Articles by Braden Keith

San Antonio, Texas Is Bidding to Host the 2024 US Olympic Swimming Trials

The San Antonio proposal would use a section of the 64,000 seat Alamodome, with some temporary seating installed, to host the US Olympic Swimming Trials.

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Stanford Swimmers Still Hoping to Train On Campus After School Goes Remote

The 3-time defending NCAA Champions from Stanford are still expecting to train on campus this fall, even as instruction at the school goes mostly remote for the first quarter.

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WAC Cancels Fall 2020 Athletics, Swimming Pushed Until at Least November

The Northern Arizona women won the 2020 WAC Swimming & Diving Championship in 2020. The conference decision won’t apply to them as an affiliate member, however.

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Texas 5A State Runner-Up Joelle Reddin Commits to Texas A&M

Versatile IM swimmer Joelle Reddin of Texas Ford Aquatics in Frisco has verbally committed to Texas A&M’s class of 2025.

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FIU Women’s Swimming Hires Brien Moffitt as New Assistant Coach

Brien Moffitt spent last season as a volunteer assistant at Florida State, where he worked primarily on data collection and stroke analysis.

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Giulia Salin Breaks Quadarella’s Italian Junior Record in 800 Free

Junior Giulia Salin (above) and veteran Martina Caramignoli are catching fire as the Italian women’s distance group becomes as formidable as its men’s.

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Defending NCAA Champions Stanford Won’t Compete in Fall Water Polo Season

The Pac-12 confirmed on Wednesday that its members’ men’s water polo teams, which compete in the MPSF, won’t participate in the fall 2020 season. That includes the defending NCAA Champions Stanford.

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Ava Kennedy Verbally Commits to Georgia as 4th-Generation Bulldog

Athens, Georgia native Ava Kennedy has verbally committed to the University of Georgia, which will make her a 4th generation Bulldog.

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Valentine Dumont Breaks Belgian Record in 400 Free for 3rd Straight Year

Dumont, who turned 20 last month, set a new Belgian Record in the 400 free en route to a 3rd place finish at the Sette Colli Trophy on Tuesday.

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US National Teamer Lillie Nordmann Defers the Start of Her Stanford Career

Lillie Nordmann, a member of the USA Swimming National Team, has decided to defer her enrollment at Stanford until the fall of 2021.

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Mountain West Conference, UNCW Pull the Plug on Fall 2020 Sports

The Mountain West is now the 2nd FBS conference to pull the plug on the fall 2020 sports season, including football.

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Niagara Hires WVU All-American Morgan Bullock as First Full-Time Assistant

Morgan Bullock finished her deocrated college career as an athlete at West Virginia this spring at the Big 12 Championships.

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Charlotte Hook Improves Standing as #3 200 Butterflier in 15-16 History

16-year old Hook continued to show off her versatility on Sunday. She has the fastest times in the class of ’22 in the 200 fly, 200 IM, and 1650 free.

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2 Rio Salado Swimmers Hit Olympic Trials Cuts in Post-Quarantine Racing

Jeremy Graunke, an Arizona State commit, is now an Olympic Trials qualifier, having hit the standard in the 50 meter free on Sunday.

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Reports: NCAA ‘Power 5’ Conferences on the Verge of Canceling Fall 2020 Season

The Big Ten Conference is reportedly leading the way in a conversation among the top level of college athletics to postpone the fall athletics season until 2021.

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