Articles by Braden Keith

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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Russian Olympian Daria Ustinova Joins Team Elite in San Diego

20-year old Russian Olympian Daria K. Ustinova is training with Team Elite in San Diego and will race 2 meets in the…

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CCSA Will Score 27 Places at 2019 Conference Championship Meet

Depth will be more important than ever this year, If FGCU wants to win a 5th-straight conference title.

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Manuel: Be Courageous Mom, for I am Going to Start a New Training”

Translated from original reporting by Giusy Cisale, SwimSwam Italia. Two men from Acilia presented themselves to police on Wednesday in…

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Michael Andrew Announces Commitment to Race at FINA Champions Series

Michael Andrew is one of 3 lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit against FINA, but that won’t stop him from participating in the organization’s new high-dollar series in the spring.

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Doctor: Swimmer Shot in Rome has Suffered Complete Spinal Cord Injury

Bortuzzo’s doctor says that 19-year old Italian swimmer Manuel Bortuzzo will not regain function of his legs with current medical knowledge.

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