Articles by Braden Keith

2018 European Champion Ellie Faulkner Announces Retirement

25-year old British swimmer Ellie Faulkner has announced her retirement from competitive swimming. The 2012 and 2016 Olympian is coming off…

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Southern Illinois S&D Hit with NCAA Penalties for Rules Infractions

The infractions revolve around impermissible diving lessons given to ineligible students, and result in probation, reduced, scholarships, suspensions, and vacation of results.

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NOVA’s Rod Hansen Named ASCA/F&F Age Group Coach of the Year

Rod Hansen of Irvine Novaquatics Swimming has been named the 2018 ASCA/Fitter & Faster Age Group Coach of the Year….

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Cooper Complete Releases Statement on Tainted Supplement

2017 World Champion Madisyn Cox was able to trace the origin of her positive doping test to a supplement produced by Cooper Complete Nutrition.

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Cooper Complete Pulls Madisyn Cox’s Multivitamin from Website

The Cooper Complete Elite Athlete Multivitamin is no longer available for sale on its website after it was blamed for a failed doping test.

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Tom Shields Skips Kazan World Cup While Regrouping from Summer

American swimmer Tom Shields was noticeably absent from Friday’s opening day of the 2018 FINA World Cup Series in Kazan, Russia,…

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National Teamer Erica Sullivan Will Sit Out Fall Semester at USC

Erica Sullivan, who earlier this week was named to the 2018-2019 USA Swimming National Team in the 800 free, 1500…

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IOC Supports Senegal to Host 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games

Of the 4 finalists to host the 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games, which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is intent…

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USA Swimming Names 8-Swimmer Roster for 2018 Youth Olympic Games

National Age Group Record holder Kate Douglass leads a team of 8 Americans to the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

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Harvard Diver, Kenyon Swimmer Named Top 30 for NCAA Woman of the Year

16-time Division III All-American Julia Wilson was one of two aquatic athletes that were named to the Top 30 list for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Has Its Starting Date

11 women, representing the Vestal Virgins of Olympia, are responsible for lighting the Olympic torch.

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Chad le Clos Spends 2 Weeks in Italy with Italian Jr. Record Holders

Le Clos and his coach Andrea di Nino spent 2 weeks training in Ostia, alongside 2 Italian Junior Record holders and Youth Olympians.

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2018 FINA OW Junior Worlds Kick Off Thursday in Israel

Eliat, Isarel is the backdrop for this week’s FINA Open Water Junior World Championships.

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Behind the Scenes with Team USA at the 2018 Pan Pac Championships

USA Swimming’s Pan Pacs team spent just-over-a-week in Tokyo Japan last month while competing at the biggest meet of 2018…

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SEC Champion Maddy Banic Opens Up About Mental Health

In a blog post on Tuesday, Banic explained being taken away in an ambulance from the 2017 NCAA Championships and her absence from the Tennessee roster for the first-half of last season.

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