Articles by Braden Keith

Meet The 380 Men Who Have Qualified For The 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials

Kieran Smith leads all male swimmers with eight events in which he’s qualified for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.

  23 Comments

China’s 400 Medley Relay Should Put U.S. Men On High Alert Heading Into Paris

The Chinese quartet of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Wang Changhao and Pan Zhanle combined for the second-fastest 400 medley relay of all-time at the Asian Games.

  52 Comments

2023 Swimming World Cup Series Will Live Stream on YouTube

Kristof Milak is expected to make his return to racing in October at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Berlin, Germany.

  17 Comments

NAIA Releases 2023-2024 National Championship Qualifying Standards

The Keiser University men (above) have won the last 5 NAIA National Championships in swimming & diving; the women are back-to-back champions.

  9 Comments

7-Time Olympic Medalist Kirsty Coventry Re-Appointed Sports Minister of Zimbabwe

Retired swimmer Kirsty Coventry, who owns 7 of the 8 Olympic medals in Zimbabwe’s history, was re-appointed the country’s Minister of Sport this month.

  1 Comment

Ilya Kharun Breaks Arizona State School Record in NCAA Debut in Yards

Ilya Kharun had one of the all-time best debuts in NCAA swimming history on Saturday when he raced his first collegiate meet in yards.

  43 Comments

World Aquatics’ Streaming Partner Recast Falls Into Financial Administration

Recast, which was World Aquatics’ web streaming partner in countries where event rights weren’t sold, has gone into administration.

  10 Comments

Gretchen Walsh Swims 50.05 100 Back, Unsuited, in End-of-Practice Swim (With Touchpads)

A week ahead of their season-opening intrasquad meet, a casual end-of-practice time trial resulted in some thunder in the pool in Charlottesville.

  36 Comments

Boston College Dean of Students Sends Letter to Athletes Regarding Hazing Investigation

Sources close to the Boston College program have confirmed to SwimSwam the nature of some of the hazing allegations against the swimming & diving team.

  72 Comments

SwimSwam’s Official Ballot for the 2023 Golden Goggles Awards

As the open water World Championships bronze medalist in the 10k, Katie Grimes is the clear choice for Open Water Swimmer of the Year. The rest of the selections are much murkier.

  14 Comments

USA Swimming Promotes Erik Posegay to National Junior Team Director and National Coach

Erik Posegay has been given a promotion and an updated title after serving as USA Swimming’s National Junior Team Director for about 18 months.

  9 Comments

Dean Boxall Wins Record-Setting 4th Australian Coach of the Year Award

Dean Boxall’s athletes led Australia to the top of the medals table at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, including the entirety of the World Record setting 800 free relay.

  48 Comments

Olympic Gold Medalist Mack Horton Marries High School Sweetheart Ella Walter

Australian swimmer Mack Horton has married his high school sweetheart Ella Walter. The two were wedded on Saturday in Australia.

  10 Comments

Olympic Medalist Josh Prenot, Worlds Qualifier Tiffany Sudarma Welcome Baby Emilie

2016 Olympic medalist and American Record holder Josh Prenot (above) and his wife, international-level swimmer Tiffany Sudarma Prenot, had their first baby earlier this month.

  5 Comments

4-Time Ivy Champion Geordie Enoch Joins Harvard Swimming Coaching Staff

Harvard has hired conference champion Geordie Enoch, a double graduate of the school, as its new women’s assistant swimming & diving coach.

  1 Comment