Articles by Braden Keith

Pro Swim Series Ticket Prices Spike to $149 (All-Session) in Richmond

The tickets in Richmond will be about 75% more expensive than at the season-opening meet in Knoxville.

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Influential Oklahoma Baptist Coach Sam Freas Dies at 72

Dr. Sam Freas, a world-renowned sprint coach, died overnight, shortly after his 72nd birthday.

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2019 M. NCAA Previews: 200 Backstrokers Aren’t Showing Their Hands

Texas went 1-2 at last year’s NCAA Championships in the 200 back; but this year, a different Longhorn has the top seed.

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Austin Swim Club Hype for Championship Season

It’s championship season in South Texas, and the Austin Swim Club is getting hype. Below, see the team’s highlight reel,…

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NCAP Wins 9th-Straight NCSA Spring Juniors Combined-Gender Title

2019 NCSA SPRING JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS March 19th-23rd, 2019 YMCA of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 25y (SCY) in prelims &…

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Kevin Cordes Breaks Meet Record in 100y Breast at 4 Corners Sectionals

2019 4 CORNERS SPEEDO SECTIONALS – PHOENIX March 21-24, 2019 Phoenix Swim Club, Phoenix, Arizona SCY (25 yard) pool Meet…

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UCLA Sweeps Division I Diving CSCAA Honors

3-meter champion Maria Polyakova is the 2019 CSCAA Women’s Division I Diver of the Year.

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Teri McKeever Named 2019 CSCAA Division I Women’s Coach of the Year

This is McKeever’s 5th award, but first won when her team didn’t take home the title.

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Phoebe Bacon Qualifies 1st in 50 Back Prelims on NCSA Final Day

Isabelle Stadden has won both backstroke races at the 2019 NCSA Junior National Championships, but Phoebe Bacon is the top seed in the 50 back.

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Former Texas Tech Head Coach Jim McNally Dies at 91

Former Texas Tech University head coach Jim McNally died last week at the age of 91. McNally, raised in Austin, Minnesota,…

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Joshua Zuchowski Breaks Decades-Old Peirsol National Age Group Record

The 14-year old Zuchowski hit an Olympic Trials standard, and broke the 13-14 NAG Record hold by 5-time Olympic gold medalist Aaron Peirsol (above).

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Kevin Cordes Wins on Day 1 of 2019 4 Corners Sectionals

Swimming in his 3rd short course yards meet since Nationals, 2016 Olympian Kevin Cordes won the 200 breaststroke in a season-best time on Thursday.

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Manuel Bortuzzo Returns to Pool after Being Shot in Rome

Manuel Bortuzzo is “finally home!” in the pool.

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Asia Seidt Wins 2019 Women’s D1 Elite 90 Award

Asia Seidt (left) and Kentucky head coach Lars Jorgensen (right) pose after Seidt was honored with the 2019 Elite 90 Award for women’s Division I swimming.

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Pros and Age Groupers to Collide at Phoenix Sectionals (PSYCH SHEETS)

2016 U.S. Olympian Kevin Cordes is among the pros who will race at the 2019 4 Corners Sectional this weekend.

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