Articles by Braden Keith

VIDEO: Sprint Star Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Reveals Her Strategy, Mindset, and Training for the 50

Bahamian-born Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is one of the fastest sprinters in history in a 25 yard pool, and has for the last…

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VIDEO: Elizabeth Beisel Discusses Injury, Plan for Recovery

Gator Swim Club pro, and 2012 Olympic silver medalist, Elizabeth Beisel had to miss out on the trip to Perth, Australia…

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VIDEO: See a Drone’s Eye View of 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series – Orlando

See the Arena Pro Swim Series – Orlando meet like never before – from overhead. In the above video, Julian Cohen…

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2015 Ivy League Swimming Championships Women’s Psych Sheets Released

The 2015 Women’s Ivy League Championship meet will be held from February 19th-21st at the Blodgett Pool in Cambridge, Massachusetts,…

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FINA Announces Draws for Water Polo at 2015 World Championships

The American men, after a disappointing 9th place finish in Barcelona in 2013, were drawn into group B. While that group includes the defending champions from Hungary, it’s otherwise a very weak draw that will give Team USA high hopes of advancement to the knockout stage.

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MEET NOTES: UCLA’s Taylor Carlson Discusses Unique Meaning to USC-UCLA Rivalry

Below, see the pre-meet notes from the USC Trojans, and above, watch a video with UCLA’s Taylor Carlson as she…

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Texas 5A and 6A State Swimming & Diving Championships Call-Up Lists Posted

Victoria Edwards (above) and the Austin Westlake girls won last year’s Texas big school State Championship by a single point, and with the top 5 teams separated by only 14 points. This year should be another dogfight.

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Psych Sheets For 2015 Colorado Girls’ HS State Championship Meet Posted

Led by Bailey Nero (above) and Bailey Kovacs, the girls from Fossil Ridge will be strong contenders for the Colorado 5A State Championship.

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Kentucky High School State Finalist Maddie Jackson Dies in Three-Car Collision

SwimSwam’s thoughts go out to the friends and family of Ms. Jackson, including the Woodford County swimming family. Just days before beginning…

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The Next Big Idea: Rethinking NCAA Conference Championship Meets

NCAA swimming officially began conference championship season last week with a few Division II conferences handing out hardware. Division I…

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WATCH: LSU Season Highlights As SEC Championships Loom

Leah Troskot (above) and the LSU Tigers reflect upon their season so far as they prepare for SEC Championship competition.

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CBDA Takes Safe Route, Will Host 2015 Maria Lenk Meet at Fluminese

Cesar Cielo and the rest of the Brazilians will celebrate their national championship away from the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre for the second-straight year in 2015.

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Bryant Men’s Swimming MAAC Championship Preview

The Bryant University Bulldogs are preparing for this weekend’s MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships, which run from February 11th-14th at…

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VIDEO: World Record Holder Sarah Sjostrom Makes No-Look, Near Three-Pointer

Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjostrom is adept at almost everything in the water, and in 2014 swam one of the craziest swims we’ve…

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Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin Named Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week

Big Ten sprint queen Ivy Martin was named the conference’s Swimmer of the Week.

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