Articles by Braden Keith

NCAA D2 Title Contender UIndy Fires Head Coach Jason Hite Mid-Season

Jason Hite was in his 7th season as the head coach of the UIndy men and women. Both teams finished 3rd at last year’s NCAA Division II Championships.

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14-Year-Old Joshua Hedberg Qualifies for 2022 World Champs in Men’s Platform

14-year old Joshua Hedberg is Team USA’s newest diving sensation, qualifying for next year’s World Championships at just 14 years old.

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FINA Names Caeleb Dressel, Emma McKeon 2021 Swimmers of the Year

FINA, the international governing body for 6 aquatic disciplines, has handed out its 2021 best-of awards. Presented at a gala…

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FINA Confirms 7 Positive Tests for COVID; Nigerian Swimmers Question Protocols

Nigerian swimmer Philip Adejumo (right) who is a MD and PhD candidate at Yale University, believes that the Nigerian delegation has been treated unfairly by FINA.

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Olympic Champion Tom Dean No-Shows 200 Free Prelims at SC Worlds

Tom Dean, the Olympic champion in the 200 free, was a no-show for prelims of the short course version of the same event on Friday morning at Worlds.

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Matthew Sates Still Planning to Join Georgia Bulldogs for Spring 2022 Semester

The University of Georgia says that Matt Sates is still planning to enroll for the spring semester, and he echoed those…

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Canada’s Maggie MacNeil Scratches Women’s 100 Back Semi-Finals

Maggie MacNeil, the 10th qualifier into the semifinals of the 100 back, scratched the event on Thursday and will instead focus on the women’s 400 free relay.

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Who Was the International Swimming League DJ? DJ JFB

DJ JFB, who manned the turntables at the 2021 ISL meets in Eindhoven, won three major DJ titles in 2021 as a scratch DJ.

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2018 NCAA Champion Diver Brooke Schultz Transfers to South Carolina

Brooke Schultz completed her academic work at Arkansas this week, and she will now transfer to South Carolina for graduate school.

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Cornell Athletics Practice, Competition Interrupted by Omicron Variant

A rapid increase in new cases of COVID-19, combined with evidence of the Omicron variant on campus, has ground in-person activities at Cornell to a halt.

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Paris 2024 Presents Revolutionary New Opening Ceremony Concept

Besides being spectacular and open to the public, for free, the new opening ceremony concept will reduce the strain on athletes.

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World Leader Bailey Andison Subbed in for Sydney Pickrem in 400 IM at SC Worlds

A last-minute substitution for Canada makes for a new medal contender in the women’s 400 IM: Bailey Andison, whose 4:26 was the fastest in the 2021 ISL season

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Fabio Scozzoli, Victor Johansson Are Latest to Pull Out of Short Course Worlds

2012 World Short Course Champion Fabio Scozzoli of Italy will miss the 2021 edition after testing positive for COVID-19 again.

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Schoenmaker, Matt Sates Out of World SC Championships Amid Omicron Surge

World Record holder Tatjana Schoenmaker and Matt Sates, star of this year’s World Cup series, are both expected to miss this week’s World Championships.

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2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Women’s Individual Medley

The absence of Abbie Wood gives Emma Weyant a clear inside track for her first career World Championship in the 400 IM this weekend.

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