Articles by Braden Keith

Arizona State Promotes Logan Hirka from Volunteer to Full-Time Assistant

The Arizona State men’s and women’s swimming program has elevated Logan Hirka from volunteer assistant to a full-time assistant position….

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18-Year Old Jan Cejka Breaks Czech Record in 50 Back at World Juniors

Jan Cejka broke the Czech National Record in the 50m backstroke on Thursday at the World Junior Swimming Championships.

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Shane Tusup Posts “Episode 1” of Olympic Dark Horse YouTube Series

Shane Tusup returned to deck as a swim coach on Monday for the first time in over a year. He’s in Italy, where he’ll train Ilaria Cusinato toward the Tokyo Olympics.

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Missouri Hires 2018 WAC Coach of the Year Kyle Bogner as New Diving Coach

Kyle Bogner comes to Missouri after spending the last 4 seasons at Wyoming, where he qualified 3 divers to the NCAA Championships on 5 occasions.

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Joshua Matheny Re-Breaks National Age Group Record in World Juniors Semifinals

Joshua Matheny re-broke his own record from the prelims of the men’s 100 meter breaststroke.

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Cleveland State Hires Alumnus Pieter Ritz as Swimming Assistant Coach

Ritz returns to his alma mater as an assistant under the program’s new head coach, Hannah Burandt, who was hired earlier this summer.

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Memphis Tiger Swimming Merges with YMCA of Memphis & The Mid-South

After the merger, Adam Byars (above) will serve as the director of competitive swimming for the new Memphis Tiger YMCA Swimming program.

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USA Team for 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships Elects 5 Captains

Gretchen Walsh, Carson Foster, Lillie Nordmann, ,Luca Urlando, and Maxine Parker (left-right) are the 5 American captains for the 2019 World Jr Championships.

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Ryan Lochte Will Appear on HBO’s Real Sports on Tuesday

Ryan Lochte, fresh off a 14-month suspension for a violation of anti-doping rules, talks about the aftermath of the Rio scandal on the show.

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Valparaiso Hires Maggie Kroemer as New Head Swimming Coach

Maggie Kroemer swam at Valapraiso from 2001-2005, and now returns as the program’s new head men’s and women’s swimming coach.

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Cali Condors of the ISL Sign Danish Sprinter Signe Bro

Danish sprinter Signe Bro gives the Cali Condors another weapon in one of the deepest sprint groups in the ISL.

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Worlds Runner-Up Andrei Minakov Headlines Russian Roster for World Juniors

Minakov (above) won silver at the World Championships in the 100 fly; he’s facing a headline battle with American Luca Urlando in Budapest in 2 weeks.

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1,115 Swimmers Have Qualified for the 2020 US Olympic Trials (FULL LIST)

Hali Flickinger continues to lead all qualifiers with 9 Olympic Trials standards out of a possible 14. Those 1,115 swimmers have a combined 2,299 cuts.

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Fish Out of Water: The SwimSwam Podcast, Episode 3 – Elvis Burrows

When Elvis Burrows is on the air, the mic is always hot.

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Evan Sholudko Named Women’s and Men’s Head Swimming Coach at Eastern Illinois

Evan Sholudko was set to lead the Assumption College men into its first varsity season in 2019-2020; instead, he’ll coach the men and women at D1 EIU.

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