Articles by Braden Keith

All Zach Harting Wants for Christmas…Is You!

Zach Harting is full-send, 100% of the time, and that’s what we love about him.

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Two-Time Olympian Alex Di Giorgio Finishes 4th on Italian Dancing With the Stars

The 32-year-old Di Giorgio represented Italy at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He made history as part of the show’s first-ever out gay couple.

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Silvia di PIetro Breaks Italian Record After Returning Home from SC Worlds

Silvia di Pietro caught a bad flu in Australia, but that didn’t keep her from returning home to break an Italian Record in the 50 free just before Christmas.

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Former Penn Swimmer Endows Swimming & Diving Head Coaching Position

Lou and Rene Kozloff have committed a donation of just over $1 million to establish an endowment for Penn’s head swimming coach position.

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Tomas Koski Joins the Family Business with a 19.91 in the 50 Free at GA State Champs

Georgia Swimming Senior State Championship Meet – Short Course December 2-4, 2022 Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia Short Course…

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Lexi Stephens Beats Her Time from Winter Jrs; Heilman Wins 4 at VA High School Invite

University of Alabama commit Lexi Stephens (above) was a tenth faster at last weekend’s Hanover Hawks Holiday Invite in the 100 back than she was at Winter Juniors the weekend before.

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Seven Swimmers Named 2022-2023 Victor Davis Memorial Fund Award Recipients

The Victor Davis Memorial Fund gives out financial awards to help amateur Canadian swimmers continue pursuing elite swimming.

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7 Men Have Been Sub-19 in the 50 Free Mid-Season, a New Record (By a Lot)

Jordan Crooks (above) is one of 6 men who have been sub-19 seconds in the 50 free already in the fall semester of NCAA swimming.

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Russia Exploring Move to Asian Confederations to Qualify for Olympic Games

Russian sporting federations have begun exploring whether they can join Asian sporting federations rather than European ones to qualify for the Olympics.

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Swimming’s Litherland Triplets are Music’s TRiiiPS (New Single Drop)

Jay, Mick, and Kevin Litherland all swam collegiately at the University of Georgia. Jay’s swimming career included an Olympic silver medal in 2021.

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Blood Passport Anti-Doping Program Triggers Procedings Against Two Hungarian Swimmers

Neither the Hungarian anti-doping authority nor local media that claim to know the identities of the accused will reveal their names, citing privacy rules.

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Jovan Lekic Takes 5+ Seconds Off Bosnian & Herzegovina Record in 400 Free

Jovan Lekic returned to racing two months ago after being found to have “no significant fault or negligence” in a 2021 doping case and has broken this record three times already.

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Olivia Chambers Adds a 2nd Win to Wrap US Para-Swimming Nationals

2022 US PARA SWIMMING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS December 16-18, 2022 Mecklenburg County Aquatics Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 50 meter (long course…

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The Wild Splitting That Led to the World Record Tie in the Men’s 400 Medley Relay

Kyle Chalmers had the fastest-ever relay split in a 100 freestyle on Sunday evening in Melbourne, securing a gold medal and co-World Record to end Worlds.

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Bella Sims Obliterates 17-18 National Age Group Record in 400 Yard IM at Sectionals

Bella Sims is focusing on races she didn’t swim at Winter Juniors -West last weekend, which includes the 4th-fastest 400 yard IM in history.

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