Articles by Braden Keith

Minnesotan Nick Kale Will Join Purdue’s Breaststroke Tradition in Fall 2021

Nick Kale, who finished 4th in the 100 breaststroke at the 2020 Minnesota High School State Championship meet, has committed to Purdue.

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Iowa —>Iowa State: Maddie Ziegert Announces Short Transfer after Program Cut

Maddie Ziegert will transfer from Iowa to Iowa State next season. The two campuses are only about 120 miles apart in central Iowa.

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Analyzing Anastasia Gorbenko’s Breaststroke Flipturn

Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko unveiled a new technique at Match #5 of the ISL, using a breaststroke flipturn in the skins races.

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Florent Manaudou Is Lined-Up for Match #6 MVP after Energy Chooses Free Skins

Energy Standard and Toronto Titans have made their selections for the ‘skins’ events for Match #6 of the 2020 ISL season.

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Kasia Wasick Swims 23.30 in Women’s 50 Free, Becomes #6 Performer in History

Kasia Wasick has broken the Polish Record in the 50 SC meters free for the 5th time in the last year. She also jumps a spot in the all-time rankings.

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Abbie Wood Breaks 5-Year-Old British Record in Women’s 200 IM

Abbie Wood of the New York Breakers swam a new best time and British Record to win her first career 200 IM in the International Swimming League.

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Siobhan Haughey Breaks Asian Record in 100 Free, Becomes 6th-Best in History

Siobhan Haughey is now the 6th-fastest women in history in the 100 freestyle after breaking her own Asian Record in the event.

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Marco Koch Swims 5th-Best 200 Breaststroke in History at Match #6

Marco Koch of the New York Breakers has inched closed to the World Record in the 200 short course meters breaststroke on Sunday.

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Max Litchfield Out, Banic into 100 Fly, Whittle to Make ISL Debut in Match #6

Start lists reveal a number of changes to rosters for Match #6 of the 2020 ISL season, including Maddy Banic taking Sarah Sjostrom’s spot in the 100 fly.

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Illinois High School Sectionals Champion Connor McCarthy Commits to Purdue

The Purdue men don’t often recruit from the neighboring state of Illinois, but they’ve added one neighbor, Connor McCarthy, to their class of 2021.

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Defending League MVP Sarah Sjostrom Is Out for Match #6 of 2020 ISL Season

Sarah Sjostrom, who was named the MVP of the 2019 ISL season, will miss Energy Standard’s 2nd match of the 2020 ISL season on Sunday and Monday.

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Tommy Cope Almost Even Splits Backstroke-Breaststroke Legs on 400 IM

Tommy Cope says that he made the decision about backing way off his backstroke leg after the first 100 yards of the race.

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Andrew Seliskar Misses ISL Match #5 With “Stomach Bug”

LA Current swimmer Andrew Seliskar is absent from Match #5 of the 2020 ISL season because of what the team is calling a “stomach bug.”

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Andi Murez Breaks Israel Record in 200 Free by a Full Second

Andi Murez has broken at least her 3rd Israel National Record of the 2020 ISL season which has seen her have a late-career breakthrough in short course.

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London Roar, LA Current Make Choices for Match #5 Skins Races

Alia Atkinson of the London Roar will get her first crack at a ‘skins’ event on Saturday after her team chose the breaststroke.

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