Articles by Braden Keith

Florida St. Commit Logan Robinson Has Gigantic Drop to Win SE LSC Title in 200 Free

Logan Robinson dropped over five seconds in the 200 meter free to pick up a win at the Southeastern LSC Championships on Friday.

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Pascal Molinard Retires at Campbell; Zach Bagby Named Interim Head Coach

Pascal Molinard, the only head coach in Campbell swimming history, has retired. His former assistant Zach Bagby takes his role on an interim basis.

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Minnesota Associate Head Swim Coach Jeff Kostoff Retires from Coaching

Jeff Kostoff, who has had coaching stops at Maryland, Indiana, Stanford, and most recently Minnesota, has retired from the profession.

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Canadian Open Water Swimmer Abby Dunford Pulls Out of World Championships

17-year-old Abby Dunford will be replaced by her 17-year-old Sarasota Sharks teammate Bailey O’Regan in the women’s 10k at the World Championships.

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Olympian Jacob Pebley Joins Yale Swimming & Diving Coaching Staff

Jacob Pebley, who finished 5th in the 200 back at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, has joined the coaching staff at Yale for 2023-2024.

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Etobicoke Breaks a National Record and Big Breakthroughs at Ontario Provincials

Shana Branton, the Canadian collegiate champion in the 100 breast, has inserted herself into the conversation for an Olympic spot next year.

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Northwestern NCAA Qualifier Jamie Brennan Enters Transfer Portal After Coaching Change

Brennan, the daughter of legendary American swimmer Sippy Woodhead, dropped big time in both short course and long course as a freshman at Northwestern.

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SMU Pours Walls on New 50 Meter Outdoor Pool

SMU’s new 50 meter outdoor pool will give the Mustangs a pair of long course tanks adjacent to each other, joining an elite class of swimming programs.

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Alabama Swim Coach Critically Injured En Route to a Swim Meet Sunday

A summer league swim coach from Boaz, Alabama has been critically injured in a single car crash that happened while she was traveling to a swim meet.

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Peru Sends Roster of 5 Swimmers, All with AQUA “B” Standards, to World Championships

Alexia Sotomayor missed the semifinals of the 200 back at last year’s World Championships by three-tenths of a second. Since then, she’s dropped almost three seconds.

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Kate Douglass, Jordan Crooks, and Aria Fischer Named 2023 Sullivan Award Semi-finalists

After one of the best NCAA swimming seasons in history, Kate Douglass has been nominated for the prestigious AAU Sullivan Award.

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Gunnar Schmidt Is the Latest Coaching Addition to New Michigan Swim Staff

Gunnar Schmidt, the head coach of local club team Club Wolverine, will head to the other side of the deck this fall with the University of Michigan.

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Duke Adds NC State Graduate Daniel Graber to Wolfpack-Heavy Swimming Staff

Daniel Graber, who was most recently an assistant at Dartmouth, is the third coach with NC State ties hired this summer by the Duke swim program.

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Instant-Impact Swimmers Sam Krew, Emma Wright Transferring to Washington State

Sam Krew and Emma Wright join a good incoming recruiting class for the Washington Cougars next season, both with times that could score at Pac-12s.

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Alex Jerden’s Purdue Promotion Comes With a Big Raise as New Men’s Swimming Head Coach

Purdue’s new head men’s swimming coach Alex Jerden received a 75% raise to take on his new position leading the program after Dan Ross’ retirement.

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