Articles by Braden Keith

2025 Acropolis Open Returns with €50,000 Prize Pool

The 2025 Acropolis Swim Open hosted in the 2004 Olympic Aquatic Center will bring over $50,000 in prizes to a usually-elite international field.

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Wild Speculation: Who Will Steer the Ship for the Wisconsin Badgers Swim Team?

Like the Stanford women a few weeks ago, the Wisconsin Badgers don’t have to look far for an obvious successor candidate for head coach.

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16-Year Old Record Setter Sienna Toohey Leads 30 Aussies for World Junior Swimming Champs

Sienna Toohey, who has been rewriting the Australian age records in the breaststroke races, will make her World Junior Championships debut in August.

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Texas Men Return the Most NCAA Points, While Cal’s Streak Goes Into Serious Rebuild Mode

The anticipated return of David Johnston next season is part of 239.5 expected returning points for the Texas Longhorns.

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UW-Green Bay Gets New $65,000 Video Board, Other Renovations, Years After Near-Elimination

Just a few years after losing all of their scholarships, UW-Green Bay’s swimming & diving program is building positive financial momentum.

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Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown Will Move Back to USC Spartans

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown, one of the world’s top swimmers, will have a new training home and coach in coming weeks after 3 years at Griffith University.

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Yuri Suguiyama’s Hiring Gives USA Swimming Cautious Momentum Going Into CEO Hiring

Hiring Greg Meehan and Yuri Suguiyama to lead USA Swimming’s National Team is a major about-face from the last 8 years of a more administrative role.

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How Pope Francis Saw the Virtues of Swimming

Roman Catholic Pope Francis died on Monday at 88; he more-than-once celebrated swimmers and the value the sport could bring to society.

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What Will It Take to Make an NCAA Swimming Dual Meet Championship a Reality?

The biggest unsolved hurdle to creating a legitimate NCAA Dual Meet Championship in college swimming is agreeing on the timing

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Olympic Champion Ahmed Hafnaoui Given 21-Month Suspension for Missing Doping Tests

22-year-old Ahmed Hafnaoui has admitted to missing three anti-doping tests in a 12 month period, which is considered an anti-doping rules violation.

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The Big Pond, Small Pond Test in College Swimming

The last few weeks of college swimming has been littered with disappointment. Hundreds of student-athletes have been cut from their D1 rosters…

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NCAA Champion and Austrian Olympic Finalist Felix Auboeck Retires from Swimming

NCAA Champion and Austrian Olympic swimmer Felix Auboeck has announced his retirement from competitive swimming. He is 28-years old. Auboeck, born…

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Union Commonwealth University (Kentucky) Eliminates Men’s, Women’s Swimming Programs

Student-athletes were informed of the decision last weekend. The school was formerly known as Union College, but is undergoing a rebrand…

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US Olympian Jay Litherland Is Moving to Japan to Pursue His Music Career

Jay Litherland, along with his brothers Kevin and Mick, are throwing themselves into the Tokyo music scene via their group TRiiiPSS.

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Texas Men Now Have the 2nd-Most NCAA D1 Swimming Event Titles

Luke Hobson won the 200 free at the 2025 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, one of 157 all-time titles won by the Longhorn men.

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