Articles by Braden Keith

Lilly King Swims World #1, Lazor Swims ANOTHER Personal Best in 100 Breast

Indiana breaststrokers had themselves a night in their home pool.

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Bon Voyage Balaton: Organizers Choose Lupa to Host 2020 European Open Water

The shift will bring open water swimming much closer to the city than it was at the 2017 World Championships.

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Cherry Creek Boys Go Big in Colorado 5A High School Prelims

The Cherry Creek boys have 10 Colorado team titles in swimming & diving, but their last win came in 1994. Brandon Eckerman (above) qualified 1st in the 100 free.

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13-Year Old Maggie Wanezek Becomes Youngest* Swimmer Under 29 in 50 LCM Back

Maggie Wazenek swam a 28.99 to make the A-final in the 50 back on Friday at the Pro Swim Series stop in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Nathan Adrian Resumes Consistent Ways in Racing Return from Cancer Treatment

Nathan Adrian was almost exactly as fast on Friday as he was at this meet last season.

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With 2 Weeks Left, America Hones in on 2nd Qualifiers for Worlds Stroke 50s

In the most-contested 50 stroke slot still up for grabs, Michael Andrew holds a narrow lead over Matt Grevers with 2 weeks to go in the qualifying period.

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12 Meet Records Broken at Russian Youth Swimming Championships

Andrei Chulkov was the top award winner at the meet, taking 8 total medals – including 6 golds.

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St. Bonaventure Hires Laura Harting as New Assistant Coach

Harting’s prior experiences are as a summer league coach and as a graduate assistant with Wittenberg University in Ohio.

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Lithuania Names 8 Swimmers to World Championships Roster; No Meilutyte

The roster will be led by Danas Rapsys, who won the 200 and 400 free at last weekend’s FINA Champions Series.

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Cody Miller, Annie Lazor, and Laura Morley Are Resting for PSS Bloomington

In Cody Miller’s latest vlog, he says that he, Laura Morley, and Annie Lazor are all on the “taper train” ahead of the Pro Swim Series stop in Bloomington, Indiana this coming weekend.

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2019 Winter Nationals Rebranded as “U.S. Open,” Will Be in Long Course

USA Swimming is updating its nomenclature for major National Championship meets as soon as this winter. The most notable change…

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Canadian Breaststroker Paige Banton Verbally Commits to Marshall University

Banton is a crucial pickup for Marshall, which struggled in the breaststroke races at last year’s Conference USA Championship meet.

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Notre Dame’s Abbie Dolan Goes First Sub-2:00 200m Free of Her Career

Racing at a local age group meet, the rising senior Dolan, an All-American in the 200 yard free, dipped under 2 minutes in the long course version of the race for the first time in her career last weekend.

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Futures Champion Anna Freed Verbally Commits to Indiana (2020)

Anna Freed will help Indiana re-build their backstroke depth starting in the fall of 2020.

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Australia Names 8 Open Water Swimmers to 2019 World Championship Roster

Kareena Lee and Nicholas Sloman headline the Australian open water roster for the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

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