Articles by Braden Keith

US National Teamer Receives Public Warning for Anti-Doping Rules Violation

USA Swimming National Teamer Will Licon declared on a doping control form that he was taking a banned substance, but did not test positive for that substance.

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Bobby Finke Moves to 8th on All-Time Americans List in Men’s 800 Free

Finke missed the World University Games because of a wrist injury, but bounced back at Nationals with a new lifetime best in the 800 free.

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Red Bank YMCA Sweeps Y Nationals Team Titles in Barn-Burner Finishes

In individual results, Michigan commit Megan Glass (above) finished her YMCA Nationals career with a sweep of the women’s butterfly events.

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2019 US National Championships: Six Stars of Night 3

6 weeks after breaking a hand, Amy Bilquist won her first ever USA Swimming Summer National Championship on Saturday in the women’s 100 back.

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1960 US Olympic Gold Medalist Mike Troy Dies at 78

Mike Troy won 2 Olympic gold medals at the 1960 Games in Rome; he would go on to serve a decorated career in the US Navy.

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Shaine Casas Enters All-Time Top 10 Among Americans in 100 Back

Casas, a rising sophomore, swam the butterfly events instead of the backstroke events at the NCAA Championships, but crushed his 100 back on Saturday morning.

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Elmbrook Swim Club Breaks 13-14 National Age Group Record in 200 Medley Relay

The Elmbrook Swim Club has broken the National Age Group Record set by a relay that includes a current member of the USA Swimming National Team.

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West Virginia’s Trayton Saladin Hits Olympic Trials Cut in 100 Fly in Geneva

Trayton Saladin was all smiles after hitting his first Olympic Trials cut on Friday – and West Virginia doesn’t quite have access to its long course pool yet.

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Caeleb Dressel Scratches Again; Ryan Lochte Drops 400 IM on Day 3 at Nationals

Ryan Lochte dropped the 400 IM which, for SwimSwam staff, was the most-anticipated race on his schedule this week at the US National Swimming Championships.

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Peru’s Mauricio Fiol Announces 2 More Failed Doping Tests Days Short of Return

Fiol (left) tested positive for a banned substance at the 2015 Pan American Games, and was suspended for 4 years. Now, he has tested positive again.

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Mike Murray Returns to Victor Swim Club as Co-Head Coach

After 2 years away on Long Island, Mike Murray is returning to Rochester as the co-head coach and program director of the Victor Swim Club.

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16-Year Old Matthew Fenlon Swims 1:57 in 200 Fly in C-Final at US Nationals

The 16-year old now ranks as the 4th-fastest 15-16 swimmer in US history in the 200 long course meter fly after his C-final win on Wednesday evening.

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Coach Neil Versfeld Returns Home to Georgia Where He Was an NCAA Champion

2009 NCAA Champion Neil Versfeld takes over for Harvey Humphries as Georgia’s associate head coach after 4 years at Georgia Tech.

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Dressel and Flickinger Scratch, Regan Smith Remains on Day 1 (HEAT SHEETS)

Regan Smith is still entered in and scheduled to swim the women’s 200 fly on day 1 of the 2019 USA Swimming National Championships.

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All the Links You Need to Follow the 2019 U.S. Swimming National Championships

Regan Smith only got to swim 1 individual event at the World Championships. She’s entered in 5 at the USA Swimming National Championships.

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