Articles by Braden Keith

USA Swimming Reduced Sport Development Spending By $500,000…Is That Good or Bad?

USA Swimming has provided more details about how they cut half-a-million dollars from the Sport Development budget without reducing services.

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Leon Marchand Has a Chance to Surpass Phelps in ‘800 IM’ Rankings on Thursday (Scratch Report)

Leon Marchand’s weakest 200 meter time in long course is in the 200 backstroke, but even a modest drop would help him surpass Michael Phelps in one metric.

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American Star Shaine Casas No-Shows 200 IM Prelims on Wednesday at Austin Pro Swim Series

Shaine Casas, the 2025 World Championships silver medalist in the 200 IM, didn’t swim on Wednesday morning as part of a sleepy preliminary round of racing.

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Do Swimmers in Suits Impact Basketball Teams’ Free Throw Percentage? Miami Coach Thinks So.

Travis Steele, the head coach of Miami University’s red hot men’s basketball team, thinks the swim team’s presence impacted the team’s opponents on Monday.

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Todd Clark, Head Coach of Steel City Aquatics, Dies, 61 (Celebration of Life Details)

Steel City Aquatics head coach Todd Clark died on Sunday after experiencing a medical event while walking into a swim meet in the Pittsburgh area.

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National Teamers Hunter Armstrong, Grant House Withdraw from Pro Swim Series – Austin

Grant House, who last raced at the World Cup meet in Westmont, Illinois in October, has withdrawn from the 2026 Pro Swim Series meet in Austin.

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Ryan Lochte Skates By In Episode 1, But Thrives in Episode 2 of ‘Worst Cooks in America’

Ryan Lochte was nearly eliminated on episode 1 of Worst Cooks in America, but he bounced back and was a bright spot on episode 2.

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Tickets on Sale for 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Atlanta

The last time Georgia Tech hosted the NCAA Championships in 2022, Virginia hoisted its 2nd title trophy. Now they are looking for a six-peat.

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Italy’s Best Breaststrokers Cerasuolo and Martinenghi Will Train in the United States

World Champion Simone Cerasuolo (above) and Olympic Champion Nicolo Martinenghi will train in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for two weeks.

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UCLA Swimming Thumps Iowa In First-Ever Meeting Between Big Ten Opponents

Rosie Murphy won all four of her events on Friday, including individual wins in three different strokes, as UCLA won their first ever meeting over Iowa.

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Adrian, Kromowidjojo, and Cseh Highlight Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2026

Nathan Adrian, a five-time Olympic gold medalist and 12-time World Champion, was the rock of the American sprint relays for a decade.

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Ryan Lochte’s Olympic Medals Sell for a Combined $316,000 (Plus Buyer’s Premium)

Ryan Lochte’s three Olympic gold medals sold for a combined $316,000 at auction this week. The auction closed on Saturday.

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Stanford Medley Relay Leadoff Levenia Sim Injures Shoulder at SEA Games

Levenia Sim was a late-scratch from Singapore’s medley relay at the SEA Games after injuring her shoulder in warmups, the Straits Times reports.

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Puerto Rico’s Copa Coqui Meet Canceled After Flu Outbreak Leaves Swimmers Hospitalized

Organizers of the annual Copa Coqui meet in Puerto Rico have canceled this year’s meet because of an outbreak of the…

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Several College Teams Stranded En Route to, From Puerto Rico After US Strikes in Venezuela

Division I Duke was scheduled to fly back to North Carolina today while Holy Cross, Cleveland State, and American all had flights into PR affected.

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