Articles by Braden Keith

Joseph Smolinske Out as Interim Head Coach of Marymount Swimming (D3)

With just 6 days to go until the team’s conference championship meet, Joseph Smolinske is out as the interim head coach of the Marymount Saints.

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Roland Schoeman Speaks for First Time Since Doping Suspension Announced

Schoeman says that he believes a tainted supplement was responsible for his positive test, and that the ordeal has changed his perspective on other athletes’ doping cases.

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Tom Shields Swims Lifetime Best in 200 Yard Fly at Cal-UCSD Dual

Tom Shields swam a lifetime best and is now the 4th-best performer in 200 yard fly history after a 1:38.80 on Friday in San Diego.

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Florida State Finalist Paige MacEachern Verbally Commits to UCLA (2021)

Paige MacEachern is another breaststroker for the Bruins, who have hit breaststroke and IM recruits hard in the classes of 2020 and 2021.

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Renowned New England Swimming Official Priscilla Davis Dies at 85

Priscilla Davis was a fixture on New England pool decks, serving as a deck and meet official in the region for decades.

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11-Year Old Ohio Swimmer Fighting for Her Life After Collapsing on Pool Deck

11-year old Emma Palmer is in a medically induced coma after collapsing on a pool deck following swim practice last week.

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Jason Lezak Joins Coaching Staff at Mater Dei High School

Lezak will act as a part-time assistant with both the boys and girls teams at Mater Dei, which will reunite him with his former high school coach Ken Dory.

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Ticket Sales Down, Athlete & Coach Attendance Up at PSS – Knoxville

While overall ticket sales were down in Knoxville as compared to 2019, sales of all-session passes and the premium seats with a VIP experience were up.

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Sprint Freestyler, North Carolina Runner-Up, Elizabeth Sowards Commits to UNC

Elizabeth Sowards was the 2019 North Carolina 4A State Championship runner-up in both the 50 and 100 yard freestyles for Hough High School.

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Coby Ockert from Raleigh Swim Association Commits to Towson

Ockert is the 6th seed in the boys’ 100 free at this weekend’s North Carolina 4A High School State Championship meet (big schools).

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Junior Nationals Finalist Diver Kayla Wilson Commits to Louisville

Kayla Wilson, who was 5th at last year’s Texas High School 6A State Championship meet on the 1-meter, will head to Louisville in the fall of 2020.

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Santa Clara Swim Club Breaks a Pair of 10 & Under National Age Group Records

2020 Brian Malick Memorial Zone 1 SCY Meet January 31st-February 2nd, 2020 Morgan Hill, California SCY Full Meet Results A…

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Katie McClintock Breaks 2 National High School Records in Short Course Meters

High school junior Katie McClintock, a Wisconsin commit, broke a pair of National High School Records on Thursday racing for Mainland Regional High School in New Jersey.

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Kansas City Chiefs Win First Super Bowl in 50 Years: a Swimming Retrospective

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years. We use that as a measuring stick to mark the passage of time in our own sport of…

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Sam Bork, Isabelle Stadden Add 3rd Wins to Finish Schroeder A+ Meet

U.S. National Team swimmer Isabelle Stadden finished her meet with a win in the 200 back which was her 3rd individual victory of the weekend.

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