Articles by Braden Keith

Austin Chu Moves Breaks Ozark LSC 13-14 Record at Ozark “A” Championships

Chu now holds 26 Ozark LSC Records, including nine in the 13-14 age group, after breaking the 200 yard back in late November.

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Caeleb Dressel’s High School Swim Coach Is Retiring After 35 Years

Carol MacDougall launched the swimming program at Clay High School near Jacksonville and coached one of the greatest high school swimmers in history.

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Wild Men’s 400 IM Finish Highlights Day 2 of UNLV Invite

A huge charge in the men’s 400 IM nearly closed a six second deficit in the final 100 yards on day 2 of the UNLV FINIS Invitational.

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John Morse Is Stepping Down After 40 Years Leading the Nashville Aquatic Club

John Morse, who has been the head coach of the Nashville Aquatic Club for 40 years, will step down as head coach at the end of the year.

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Vladimir Putin Postpones Olympic-Replacement “Friendship Games” Indefinitely

The postponement of the Friendship Games is part of a general softening of Russia toward the Olympic movement ahead of a big global political shakeup – both in sport and outside of it.

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Isaac Cooper Says He’s “On Break” and Will “Hit a Massive Reset Button” on Swimming Career

Two-time Australian Olympian Isaac Cooper, still only 20 years old, is taking a break from swimming after the World Short Course Championships.

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Old Dominion, Georgia Southern Will Compete in the ASUN Next Season Amid Sun Belt Breakup

Georgia Southern and Old Dominion will rejoin their former CCSA foes in the ASUN Conference next season, emptying out the Sun Belt Conference swimming field.

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Boglarka Kapas Affirms the End of Her Competitive Swimming Career with a “Goggle Drop” in Duna

Hungarian star swimmer Boglarka Kapas ended her competitive swimming career last week in the Duna Arena in her home country.

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UCLA Women Dominate Day 1 of the 2024 UNLV FINIS Invitational

Rosie Murphy swam a season-best time in the 200 IM as the UCLA women won all-but-one event on day 1 of the UNLV Invitational.

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Bill Shaffer, Coach of 6 Florida High School State Championship Teams, Dies, 58

Shaffer has coached two different high schools to a combined six Florida 2A State Championships in 30 years coaching high school in the Tampa area.

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Teagan O’Dell, Maximus Williamson Win Winter Juniors West High Point Awards

Teagan O’Dell (above) and Maximus Williamson combined for nine individual event wins at the 2024 Winter Junior Championships – West meet in Austin last week.

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Gabby Rose, Age 47, Breaks 1 Minute in the 100 Yard Breaststroke for the First Time

Two-time Olympic swimmer Gabby Rose broke 1 minute in the women’s 100 yard breaststroke for the first time in her life – at 47 years old.

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Maximillian Giuliani Closes SC Worlds With New Australian Record in the 200 Free

Maximillian Giuliani wrapped up his meet at the 2024 Short Course World Championships on Sunday with a new Australian Record in the 200 free.

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Katie Kubik, Koehn Boyd Rack Up Five Wins Each at U.S. Para Swimming National Championships

Koehn Boyd (above) from the Edina Swim Club in Minnesota was named Swimmer of the Meet at the 2024 US Para Swimming National Championships.

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Madison Kryger Wins Her 6th Race, Breaks Regan Rathwell’s Meet Record, to Close OJI

16-year-old Madison Kryger broke a Regan Rathwell Meet Record in the 200 backstroke. Kryger is committed to swim at Tennessee, where Rathwell is a junior.

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