Articles by Braden Keith

Asthma Attack Doomed Gergely Gyurta’s 25km Swim with 3km to Go

Amid rough conditions in the World Championships’ longest event, Gergely Gyurta faded late not because of fatigue, but because of an asthma attack.

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Sarasota Tsunamis Break 13-14 National Age Group Record in 800 Free Relay

(L to R) Frank Runge, Evan Keough, Luis Junqueira and Dimiter Zafirov combined to break the National Record in the boys’ 13-14 800 free relay on Thursday.

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Cunha and Reymond Defend 25K Titles in Tremendous Conditions

Ana Marcela Cunha (above) Brazil won her 4th 25km title in the last 5 editions, and her 2nd gold medal of these World Championships.

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Gardner-Webb Hires Kristina Henkel and Travis Kiser as Swimming Assistants

Gardner-Webb has completed its staff rebuild for the 2019-2020 season under new head coach Mike Blum.

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Matthew Klotz Breaks His Own Deaf Swimming Record at Louisiana State Meet

Matthew Klotz, a rising senior at LSU, has re-broken his own Deaf Swimming World Record in the 50 free; he currently holds 4 World Records.

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Sarpy County Swim Club Clears Benchmark for National 15-16 Mixed Medley Record

The mixed medley relay raced by the Sarpy County Swim Club on Thursday in Oklahoma is unofficially the first to clear the standard set by USA Swimming.

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Brown Hires Matt Tynan as New Men’s Swimming Assistant

Matt Tynan comes to Brown from Stanford, where he spent last season as a volunteer assistant. This will be his first full-time college coaching job.

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Canyons Chooses Not to Renew Contract of Head Coach David Kuck

The Canyons Aquatic Club chose not to ‘extend’ the contract of head coach David Keck just 3 days before the team hosts Sectionals.

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Olympic Qualifying Spots for Relays Up for Grabs in Gwangju

The Americans won 5 out of 6 relays at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The first official relay qualifying spots for Tokyo will be given out next week.

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Georgia Drops Texas Dual, Will Race Duke for the First Time Since 1981

After a down year, the Georgia Bulldogs tweaked their schedule in 2019-2020 and added an opponent to their schedule they haven’t raced since 1981.

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Florida All-American Kacper Stokowski Announces Plan to Transfer

Poland’s Kacper Stokowski is the third Florida male All-American to announce that he plans to transfer out of the program this offseason.

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Auburn Will Host 2020 SEC Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

2019-2020 collegiate schedules are being released, and hosts of 2019-2020 conference championship meets are being unveiled. In the SEC, the…

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Gabriel Santos Doping Hearing Date Set for July 19th

The FINA doping panel hearing for Brazilian sprinter Gabriel Santos will be held on July 19th at 2PM in Gwangju, South…

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Mason Manta Rays Break Another 15-18 National Age Group Relay Record

The Mason Manta Rays have broken their 3rd, and final, 15-18 National Age Group relay record of the weekend at…

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Gwangju 2019 World Championships Boast Record 194 Participating Nations

The flags of 194 nations will wave across the 6 disciplines of aquatic sports at the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships – an increase of 12 from 2017.

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