Articles by Braden Keith

Winter Juniors Qualifier Madeline King Commits to Boston College

Winter Juniors qualifier Madeline King has committed to Boston College, where she’s scheduled to arrive in the fall of 2019 (BC…

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Middle-Distance Freestyler Adrianna Cera Commits to Miami (FL)

Adrianna Cera of the Marlins of Raleigh and Millbrook High School in Raleigh, North Carolina has verbally committed to the…

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Princeton Women Pick Up a Pair of Difference-Makers for 2019-2020

Jen Secrest and Christina Bradley have nearly-identical ratings on collegeswimming.com. They are the 140th and 141st-ranked swimmers in the class of…

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FINA Champions Series Will Be Hosted in US, Hungary, and China

According to Russian swimming legend Vladimir Salnikov, who is a member of the FINA Bureau, the three-meet series will be hosted in the US, China, and Hungary from March through May.

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2018 Swammy Awards: Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year James Wilby

Great Britain now has the two fastest active breaststrokers in the world (Adam Peaty, middle; James Wilby, right), further emphasizing their huge medley advantage headed toward Tokyo.

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Russian Journalists Name Kliment Kolesnikov 2018 Athlete of the Year

Kliment Kolesnikov has been named one of the top 10 athletes of Russia in 2018.

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2018 Swammy Awards: Oceania Female Swimmer of the Year Ariarne Titmus

To see all of our 2018 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here.  2018 Oceania Female Swimmer of the Year:…

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2018 Swammy Awards: Euro Male Swimmer of the Year Kliment Kolesnikov

Kolesnikov piled up a huge number of medals in 2018 and broke a World Record, even at only 18-years old.

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Top 50 Most Read SwimSwam Articles of 2018

Caeleb Dressel’s other-worldly 2018 collegiate season was the biggest lightning-rod of the swimming year.

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New Jersey Swim Instructor Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges

Tenafly, New Jersey swim instructor Kevin Guo, 24, has been charged with sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13…

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OFFICIAL TRAILER: A Film Called Blacks Can’t Swim

Ahead of its February, 2019 release, Ed Accura’s documentary called “A Film Called Blacks Can’t Swim” has its first trailer….

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Diver Marian Tiemeier Commits to West Virginia University

Diver Marian Tiemeier from Alexandria, Kentucky, just outside of Cincinnati, has verbally committed to West Virginia University. The Campbell County…

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2018 Swammy Awards: Canadian Male Athlete of the Year Markus Thormeyer

Markus Thormeyer won the Canadian men’s only medal in swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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Jenna Joerger Commits to Northern Michigan

Joerger’s best time in the 200 IM is just a few tenths from what it took to qualify for the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championships

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2018 Swammy Awards: CAC Male Athlete of the Year Dylan Carter

Dylan Carter had a breakthrough year in 2018, with his first major international medals at the senior level.

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