Articles by Braden Keith

Virginia Women Break NCAA, US Open Records in 200 Free Relay at ACC Champs

Kate Douglass (above) led off the Virginia 200 free relay in a nation’s #1 time, and Alex Walsh, Lexi Cuomo, and Gretchen Walsh finished with a new record.

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Two Colleges Share All But 3 American Records in Women’s Yards Swimming

Current, former, and future swimmers at Cal and Stanford, located just 30 miles apart in the Bay Area of NorCalifornia, combine to hold 16 of 19 records.

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Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks Is Now the #3 Freshman in History in the 50 Free

19-year old Jordan Crooks, a freshman at the University of Tennessee, split 18.72 on the leadoff leg of a Volunteers 200 free relay on Wednesday.

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Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh Breaks Simone Manuel’s Freshman Record in the 50 Free

Virginia freshman Gretchen Walsh missed the Cavaliers’ mid-season invite, but she has come back with a fury this week in Atlanta.

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Freshman David Curtiss Goes 18.7, 19.23 Won’t Cut it for ACC A-Final

The time it took to make the top 8 in the ACC Championships is almost as fast as the time it took to make the top 8 at the NCAA Championships.

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Auburn’s Mikkel Gadgaard, 2021 NCAA Qualifier, Will Miss SEC Championships

Auburn sophomore Mikkel Gadgaard was one of only two Auburn Tigers to advance to last year’s Men’s NCAA Championship meet.

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Matthew Sates Shows No Trouble Adapting in First 2 SEC Championship Swims

A month into his NCAA career, Matt Sates is already the 5th-best freshman in history in the 200 yard freestyle. His 500 on Wednesday was pretty good too.

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2022 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships: Day 2 Prelims Scratches

Dupre was the pre-scratch 4th seed in the 200 IM, but chose the 50 free, where she’s the 47th seed, instead on Wednesday at SECs.

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Why Didn’t Alabama’s -.07 Reaction Time DQ Their SEC Record Relay?

While the touchpad registered a DQ’able reaction time of -.07 on the breaststroke leg of Alabama’s 200 medley relay, video review overturned the call.

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2022 SEC Championships Day 1 Overreactions: EVERYONE IS SWIMMING FAST!

Almost every SEC team has something significant to hang their hat on from the first day of the 2022 SECs, where 3 meet and 2 conference records were broken.

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LSU’s Brooks Curry Splits 18.14 on 200 Medley Relay Anchor

Brooks Curry won an Olympic gold medal on a 4x100m free relay over the summer, but it’s his 50 free that earned his first headline of this year’s SEC Championships.

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2022 SEC Championships: Day 1 Ups/Mids/Downs

Tennessee got a big day 1 bump when Grace Cable qualified for the A-Final on the 1-meter springboard, where Alabama won’t score.

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Baylor Nelson Shatters State Record in 200 IM, Leads Team to First State Title

Baylor Nelson, the #1-ranked recruit in the high school class of 2022, won his 6th and 7th individual state titles and helped the Community School of Davidson win its first-ever team title.

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Russell Mark Takes Job at ASCA After Leaving USA Swimming in the Fall

Former USA Swimming High-Performance Manager Russell Mark has re-emerged after his November departure from USA Swimming, taking on a new…

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ISL Says Russia-Ukraine Conflicts Won’t Impact Funding of Future Seasons

The league is almost entirely-funded by Russian-Ukrainian billionaire Konstantin Grigorishin, but a league spokesperson says that they are confident that future seasons will not be affected by “any geopolitical situations.”

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