Articles by Braden Keith

Wisconsin Puts New Aquatic Center on Display for 2022 Big Tens (WALKTHROUGH)

Check out Wisconsin’s new aquatic center as head coach Yuri Suguiyama explains how the new pool helped put Phoebe Bacon on the U.S. Olympic Team.

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Kate Douglass Breaks ACC Championship Record with 49-Point 100 Fly in Prelims

Virginia junior Kate Douglass is one of only three swimmers who has broken 50 seconds in the 100 fly in a preliminary heat.

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FINA Confirms Dates for 2022 Open Water World Junior Championships

Hungary’s Kristof Rasovsky, an Olympic silver medalist and World Champion in open water, first won gold at the 2016 Junior Open Water Championships.

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#1 Seed Kieran Smith Drops 200 Free for 400 IM on SEC Day 3 (HEAT SHEETS)

Florida’s Kieran Smith is the defending NCAA Champion in the 200 free, but he’s chosen the 400 IM on day 3 of SECs for the fourth straight season.

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Faster Than Dressel: Jordan Crooks Is Now the Fastest Freshman 50 Freestyler

Jordan Crooks is now the fastest freshman 50 freestyler in NCAA history, beating out the former number one, Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel.

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WATCH: 2 American Records Fall At 2022 ACCs Day 2 (RACE VIDEOS)

Kate Douglass (21.10) led off Virginia’s 200 free relay that broke the ACC, American, NCAA, US Open, and American Records (1:24.47).

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WATCH: Freshman Jordan Crooks Swim 18.53 in 50 Free (RACE VIDEO)

University of Tennessee freshman Jordan Crooks is the fastest freshman, and 5th-fastest swimmer ever, in the 50 yard freestyle.

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Big Ten Vote for Empty Lanes in Relays Was Prompted by ACC, SEC Decisions

The Ohio State women won and broke school records in both relays on day 1 of the 2022 Big Ten Swimming & Diving Championships.

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Liberty Women Jump Out to Big Lead on Day 1 of CCSA; UIW Paces Men’s Meet

A 1-3-4 finish from Liberty in the 500 free, led by Emma Hazel (above), gave the Flames a big lead on day 1 of the 2022 CCSA Championships.

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Matt Sates Executes Impeccable Descending Splits En Route to SEC 500 Free Title

In just his third official 500 yard free swim, Georgia freshman Matt Sates is the SEC Champion and fourth-best freshman ever in the event.

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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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