Articles by Braden Keith

Setting the Field: Who Will the U.S. Choose as Assistant Coaches for the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Ray Looze is an obvious choice for the Paris 2024 Olympic coaching staff for the US swim team. Who else is in the running?

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2024 US Swimming Trials Pick ‘Em Contest Day 4: A New World Record!

Regan Smith smacked two-tenths of a second off the World Record in the 100 back final on Tuesday. Almost every pick ’em entry had her winning.

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DraftKings Sports Book Gives Odds on Two Races for US Olympic Swimming Trials

Do you think that someone is going to upset Ryan Murphy in the men’s 200 backstroke? If you’re right, you could make some big money.

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2024 US Swimming Trials Pick ‘Em Day 3: JessicaTitanic Is On a Roll!

Chris Guiliano was one of the biggest spoilers on Monday at the US Swimming Trials: only 8 people picked him anywhere in the top 6.

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The U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials Are a Meet of Moments. Capture Yours.

The Olympic Trials are a meet of moments. Seize the moment in front of you, then embrace the moment behind you.

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2024 US Swimming Trials Day 2 Pick ‘Em: Redemption Day

Day 2 of the US Olympic Trials was a day of redemption for swimmers like Carson Foster (above) and Gretchen Walsh…and for some Pick ‘Em entries.

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2024 U.S. Swimming Trials: Day 1 Pick ‘Em Contest Results (One Upset, One Sure Bet)

Only 5 entrants out of almost 1000 correctly picked Aaron Shackell to become the first member of the US Olympic pool swimming team for Paris.

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With 5 Best Times in 5 Swims, 18-Year-Old Olivia Wunsch Is What’s Next in Australia

Olivia Wunsch had her breakout meet at last year’s World Junior Championships, but she took a big next step this week in Brisbane.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Previews: So Many Storylines, So Little Time

Simone Manuel is the defending Olympic Trials champion in the 50 free, but enters the 2024 meet at a very different point of her career.

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NCAA Champion Zalan Sarkany Announces Transfer to Indiana for 2024-2025 Season (Not NC State)

Hungarian distance swimmer Zalan Sarkany will transfer to Indiana University next season, joining a program that is pushing its way into the NCAA title conversation.

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US Olympic Swimming Trials Tickets Are Now Available at a 10% Discount

Last week, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced a 10% off discount code for tickets to the 2024 US Olympic Swimming Trials.

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Do Semi-Finals Matter? A Look at the Data

Japan’s Yui Ohashi was outside of the top 8 in prelims of the 200 IM at the Tokyo Olympics before going on to win gold the next day.

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Pioneering Astronaut Suni Williams Was the Captain of Navy’s Swim Team in College

Astronaut Suni Williams (right) piloted the first-ever operational mission flight of the Boeing Starliner last week, arriving at the International Space Station with Josh Cassada (left).

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A Million Gallons of Milk (And Other Expensive Ways to Fill an Olympic Swimming Pool)

Why do we fill swimming pools with water? Because it’s too bloody expensive to fill it with anything else 👀.

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TWO Schroeder YMCA Backstrokers Punch Last-Minute Trials Cuts on Sunday

17-year-old Alana Berlin (above) and 14-year-old Maggie Dickinson are both now eligible to compete at the 2024 US Olympic Swimming Trials.

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