Articles by Braden Keith

Evergreen Comes Away with State Title in First Year in 3A

The defending champions Longmont are now in 4A, and filling that void, Evergreen (above) captured their 3rd state title in girls’ swimming.

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Arizona Adds Official High School Varsity ESports Competition

The AIA, the same organization that governs most of Arizona’s high school sports, including swimming, has recognized esports as an official varsity high school sport in the state.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Pernille Blume Undergoes Heart Surgery

Pernille Blume, the 2016 Olympic champion in the 50 free, has undergone surgery to close a small hole in her heart.

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Déjà Vu: Rampart Opens Colorado 4A with Record, Closes with Title, Again

Colorado High School Girl’s Swimming & Diving State Championship Meet – 4A February 7th-8th, 2019 VMAC, Thornton, Colorado Meet Results…

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NCAA Sanctions Saginaw Valley State for 137 Infractions in 15 Sports

15 out of the school’s 17 sports were involved; the list of 15 sports or results that will be impacted have not yet been announced in its entirety.

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3 School Records and a 22.33 Fly Split for Duke Women at Nike Cup

Alyssa Marsh split 22.33 swimming butterfly on Duke’s 200 medley relay this weekend. That would have tied for the fastest split at last year’s NCAA Championship meet.

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Cierra Runge Breaks School Record; Fail Swims Lifetime Best in Tucson

The Arizona women rolled, while the Arizona State men won a close battle on Saturday, but all 4 squads had noteworthy times to close their regular seasons.

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Kate McDonald Swims Season Best as Tulane Downs SMU by 8 Points

McDonald’s 3 individual wins, combined with a DQ from SMU’s ‘A’ medley relay, helped Tulane top the Mustangs for the 2nd-straight season.

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Charlotte Bonnet Swims 1:57 in 200 Free at Golden Tour – Nice

Bonnet (above) opened her season in her best event with a bang, while a French male teenager swam a new lifetime best to win the 100 free.

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Jake Magahey Breaks Oldest National HS Yards Record in 500 Free

Magahey (above) took out Jeff Kostoff’s public school record in the 500 free that stood for 36 years.

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Darby Wayner Breaks Pool Record on Senior Day as Utah Downs Oregon St.

Darby Wayner celebrated her senior day with a new Utah Gibb Pool Record in the 100 breaststroke on Saturday.

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Harpeth Hall Girls Go Big, but Baylor Leads Team Battle in Tennessee

Alex Walsh was one of 3 state record breakers for Harpeth Hall on day 1 of the Tennessee State Championship meet, but that wasn’t enough to hold a points lead over a deep Baylor School team.

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Rick Walker to Retire after 32 Years at Southern Illinois

Walker has 13 conference coach of the year awards in his 26 seasons as head coach at SIU.

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Olympians’ Records Tumble at 2019 North Carolina 4A State Championship

Freshman Claire Curzan took down a National Age Group Record in the girls’ meet, while two Virginia commits (including Jack Walker, above) took down records belonging to swimmers who would become Olympic gold medalists.

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16-Year Old Isabelle Stadden Swims 51.8/1:52.3 Backstroke at Schroeder A+ Meet

Stadden was one of two US National Teamers in attendance at the meet.

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