Articles by Braden Keith

Show Your Friends and Colleagues Your Swim Love with SwimSwam Zoom Backgrounds

We’ve created some free backgrounds to use on Zoom and show your friends and family how much you love swimming, even when you can’t do it.

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USA Swimming Will Refund, or Roll Forward, 2020 Olympic Trials Tickets to 2021

One of the most frequently asked questions that we have received about the U.S. Olympic Trials is what will happen to tickets upon the reschedule.

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USA Swimming Announces Dates for 2021 Olympic Trials

The 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials will be held a week earlier in the Olympic cycle than the 2020 trials were originally scheduled for.

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Bruce Furniss Cleared to Leave Hospital 11 Days after a Major Heart Attack

After a return to the ICU on Tuesday, Olympic gold medalist Bruce Furniss (left) was cleared to leave the hospital on Thursday.

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Phoenix, Arizona Swim Coach Arrested on Allegations of Sexual Abuse of a Child

42-year old coach Nate Moore, who has coached with several teams in the Phoenix area, has been accused by a former swimmer of having sex with her when she was a minor.

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Olympic Trials Qualifier Cameron Luarde Commits to Michigan

Cameron Luarde will be the 3rd current member of the Michigan team from Fort Wayne, joining Jack McCurdy and Noah Yarian.

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British Swimming Presents: Highlights of the Stay at Home Diving Series

This may not be the diving content you wanted, but it’s the diving content you didn’t know you needed.

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Swimming’s Top 25 Uncommitted High School Juniors (Boys – Class of 2021)

Matthew Fallon (above) is the #3 recruit in the class of 2021 and still hasn’t made his college decision yet. He already has NCAA-worthy times.

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Russian Federation: World Open Water Junior Championships Likely Moving to 2021

The picturesque Seychelles are scheduled to play host to the next edition of the FINA Open Water World Junior Swimming Championships.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Bruce Furniss Sent to ICU after Surgery Complications

62-year old Bruce Furniss, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has gone back to the ICU after several days of improvements in his health following a heart attack.

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Queens’ Polina Lapshina Repeats as NCAA DII Honda Award Finalist

Queens University’s Polina Lapshina has been named the swimming representative for the NCAA Division II Honda Award for the second-straight year.

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Dryland Swimming Workouts #19 – Two-a-Days

It’s week 3 of at home drylands. Time to start introducing two-a-days to your routine.

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Swimming’s Top 25 Uncommitted High School Juniors (Girls – Class of 2021)

Samantha Tadder (above) is one of three swimmers ranked in the top 10 of the high school class of 2021 that are still uncommitted.

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Dryland Swimming Workouts #18 – Toilet Paper Fitness

To maximize your muscle gains, eat a high-protein meal after your dryland workout – Shawn would prefer one cooked over an open fire like the Vikings.

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2006 Russian Champion Ksenia Vereshchagina Dies at 32 from ‘Long Illness’

32-year old retired Russian swimmer Ksenia Sergeyevna Vereshchagina died on Monday, succumbing to an undisclosed lengthy illness. Vereschagina was a member…

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