Articles by Braden Keith

Update: All Tickets for Mesa Grand Prix Sell Out Within 48 Hours of Phelps Comeback Announcement

Update: as of 8:30 on Wednesday morning, all tickets are sold out. Tickets for the finals sessions of the 2014…

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IOC Announces Open Water, Diving, Polo, Synchro Qualifying Systems for 2016 Olympics

The open water qualification system for the 2016 Olympics is unchanged from 2012.

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Harvey Picks up 3rd Win, Bowles And Fyfe Add 2nd on Day 2 of Australian Age Championships

Day 2 of the 2014 Australian Age Championships didn’t see as many record-breaking swims as the meet’s first day, however…

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Kyle Chalmers Breaks Thorpe’s 100 Meter Record For Second Time; Also Gets 16-Year Olds Mark

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers has broken the 15-year old’s 100 free record, and also gone faster than the country’s record for 16-year olds.

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USA Swimming Confirms Michael Phelps’ Comeback at Mesa Grand Prix

Michael Phelps is targeting the 2014 Mesa Grand Prix as his return to competitive swimming.

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Jamie Thomas Added to USA Swimming Banned List After Losing Appeal

Jamie Thomas, the former head coach of New South Swimming in North Carolina, has been added to USA Swimming’s List…

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Canadian Harvey Steals the Show on Day 1 of Australian Age Group Nationals

The Canadians waved their flags on day 1 of the 2014 Australian Age Championships. They were responsible for 4 wins on the first day of the 2014 Australian Age Championships.

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2014 M. NCAA Championships 5 Big Things #4: Not a Single ‘Last Chance’ Qualifier Scores at NCAA’s

Texas freshman Will Licon was the only swimmer to qualify for the men’s NCAA Championships at a Last Chance Meet and wind up scoring at NCAA’s – and even he would have qualified without improving his 200 breaststroke time.

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Texas Takes 8 of 10 Big 12 Annual Awards; Bohman Named Men’s Swimmer of the Year

Texas senior Lily Moldenhauer won the women’s Big 12 Swimmer of the Year award.

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O’Connor Breaks English Record in 200 IM, Brown Wins Men’s 100 Free at British Champs

Unlike the rest of the 8 national championship meets going on last week and through the weekend, the British Championships…

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Shioura Becomes First Japanese Man Under 22 in 50 Free to Close Japanese Nationals

Women’s 50 Freestyle – FINALS Among the greatest weaknesses in all of Japanese swimming is the women’s sprint freestyles; however,…

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Verlinden Goes World Leader in 100 Fly on Day 3 of Eindhoven Swim Cup

The Dutch men might have a new gold medal contender for this summer’s European Championships.

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Sophie Taylor & Molly Renshaw Battle Their Way Under English Record on Day 3 of British Champs

Day 3 of the 2014 English Championships was highlighted by several career-best swims from event winners, a new English Record…

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Hagino Breaks Two Japanese Records; Women Start Slow But Finish Strong on Day 3 of Japanese Nationals

As more Japanese veterans fail to qualify for Pan Pacs, it’s unquestionable who the country’s star swimmers is: Kosuke Hagino.

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VIDEO: Canadians Speak With Accents, Then Take Selfies, at National Championship Meet

Not only did the Canadians swim at their National Championship meet, they had a little bit of fun, too. In the above…

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