Articles by Braden Keith

7 Gold Medals Salvages USA from Historic Lows to Close 2018 Pan Pacs

Ryan Murphy’s win in the 200 back, plus gold from leading off the 400 medley relay, was part of a 7-gold run on Sunday to finish the 2018 Pan Pac Championships.

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Australian Women Break Meet Record to Complete Relay Sweep

Emma McKeon was a member of all 3 winning women’s relays, plus the gold-medal winning mixed medley.

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Ryan Murphy Breaks Meet Record, Nears Personal Best in 200 Back Prelim

Ryan Murphy has broken a Championship Record in his 2nd event of the meet.

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Nathan Adrian Scratches 50 Free on Final Day of 2018 Pan Pacs

2018 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday, August 9 – Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo, Japan Meet…

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Shouts from the Stands: I am Also So Much More than Just a Swimmer

SwimSwam welcomes reader submissions about all topics aquatic, and if it’s well-written and well-thought, we might just post it under…

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Sarah Sjostrom Now Leads All Women With 23 European LC Medals

Sarah Sjostrom’s 23 medals are the most-ever by a woman at the European Aquatics Championships. Her 14 golds are the 2nd-most ever.

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U.S. Slips to 1-For-5 in Relays at 2018 Pan Pac Championships (Medals)

Chase Kalisz hasn’t swum on any of those relays, but did win his 2nd individual gold on Saturday in the 200 IM.

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Bowling Green State Hires Rickey Perkins as New Head Coach

Perkins has served as the head coach at the University of Evansville since 2002 and has 5 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year awards.

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Yui Ohashi Breaks Countrymate’s Meet Record in 200 IM Finals

2018 PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday, August 9 – Tuesday, August 14, 2018 Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo, Japan Meet…

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Rikako Ikee Breaks Jess Schipper’s 2006 Pan Pacs Record in 100 Fly

Japanese teenager Rikako Ikee has taken out the Meet Record in the women’s 100 fly.

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Miho Teramura’s 200 IM Gives Japan Another Championship Record

Teramura (above) used a ripper of a breaststroke leg to break the old Championship Record in the 200 IM that belonged to Australian Emily Seebohm.

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After Day 2 of Pan Pacs How Do European Championships Stack Up?

Adam Peaty and the European breaststrokers would’ve swept the Pan Pacs in a dual meet scenario.

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MAAC to Host 2018-2019 Swimming & Diving Championship at Erie CC

As part of the chorus of mid-major conferences looking outside of its member institutions to find grander facilities to host…

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Japan Women Break National Record in 800 Free Relay Thanks to Ikee

Rikako Ikee (above) split a 1:54 to carry Japan to a new National Record in the women’s 800 free relay.

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USA Still Leads the Medals Table, but Australia Wins the Day

There’s no double individual winners so far through 2 days of the 2018 Pan Pac Championships, but Ryan Murphy (above) broke the Championship Record in the 100 back.

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