Articles by Braden Keith

Seven Swimmers Among Isle of Man Scholarship Recipients

The Isle of Man has awarded 7 swimmers financial scholarships for the 2015-2016 season.

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Irish World Championships Selection Meet Begins Friday; Doyle, McMahon, Bryan Absent

Irish swimmers will take to the pool this weekend (Friday to Sunday) for the first National competition of 2015.  The…

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Tickets Go on Sale for Australian World Championship Trials

The Campbell sisters hope to lead Australia’s women’s team to more 400 free relay success in Kazan after breaking the World Record in 2014.

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Pro Talk: Performance-Enhancing Drugs

In part 2 of the Florida Swim Network’s “Pro Talk” series with Eric McGinnis, Roy Burch, and Elvis Burrows, the…

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Number of Teams With Women’s Individual NCAA Entries Lowest Since New Qualifying Rules Implemented

Steve Bultman’s Texas A&M women qualified 16 women for the 2015 NCAA Championships – but many, many fewer teams will be at this year’s meet than last year.

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NCAA Releases Official Psych Sheets for 2015 Women’s NCAA Championships

With divers yet to go, the Georgia women are the only team with a full roster of 18 athletes so far.

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Trans World Sport Goes Inside of Alia Atkinson’s World as a Swimmer in the Land of Runners

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson above shares insights into her training, and what it’s like being a water creature in the land of the world’s fastest land sprinters.

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ESPN: USA Swimming Having Preliminary Conversations to Reinstate Michael Phelps for Worlds

USA Swimming Executive Director Chuck Wielgus says that preliminary, informal discussions have begun to reinstate Michael Phelps to the 2015 World Championships team.

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VIDEO: Scottish Swimming’s 2014 Annual Report Highlights Organization’s Growth from Top to Bottom

In the above video, Scottish Swimming talks about its initiatives in 2014, all the way from the top and their…

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Northern Kentucky Clippers Announce Norm Wright as New Head Coach

Erlanger, Kentucky, March 3, 2015  The Northern Kentucky Clippers are pleased to announce that after conducting a national search, we…

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Sandpipers of Nevada GoPro in Texas at Big 10 Stampede Meet

The Sandpipers of Nevada were one of 9 teams the descended upon the Lakeside Aquatic Club in Texas for the…

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Raising Awareness: Struggles, Suicide and Swimming

Here at SwimSwam, we’ve taken some considerable time this year, working with Emily Brunemmann, among others, to focus on mental…

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Former National Teamer Jasmine Tosky Announces Retirement with 1 Year of Eligibility Remaining

USC junior Jasmine Tosky has announced her retirement from competitive swimming weeks before her 3rd NCAA Championship meet.

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Projecting the Field for the Women’s 2015 NCAA Championships (Cut Line Analysis)

Texas A&M’s Liili Ibanez was 6th at NCAA’s last season in the 200 free. This season, by our math, she was the second-to-last swimmer to qualify.

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NCAA Division III School Sweet Briar College to Close at End of 2015 Season

With the whole college shutting down at the end of the summer of 2015, Sweet Briar’s women’s swimming team will be no more.

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