Articles by Braden Keith

Australian Olympic Committee Bans Alcohol in Effort to ‘Boost Performance’

The Australian Olympic Committee has cracked-down on drinking in the Olympic village for their athletes during the Rio 2016 Games.

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Ryan Sebastian of Scarlet Aquatics Commits to Become Michigan Man

Ryan Sebastian (left), seen with Olympic medalist with Cullen Jones

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Cal Men Pick Up Verbal From Second Breaststroker, Sac-Joaquin Section Record Holder

Cal has picked up another good breaststroke recruit in the class of 2014.

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Duke Recruiting Class Grows By Three: Paez, Artmann, and Pena

The Duke women’s recruiting class now looks a lot like a top-10 class, at least, in the 2014 rankings.

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CIF-SS Proposes New California High School State Championship Meet

The California Interscholastic Federation is considering a move to a single state championship meet.

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Decade-Long Club Teammates O’Neill and Skibniewski Verbally Commit to Same College as Well

Ryan O’Neill and Mike Skibniewski from the Freehold-Old Bridge YMCA in New Jersey have both committed to Penn State.

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Joao de Lucca Leads Louisville to Big Victory; Tennessee Women’s Freestylers Shine

After losing by 37 last year, Louisville won by nearly the same margin this year against Tennessee.

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Auburn Gets Verbal From Breaststroker Zack Warner

Auburn has gotten another big breaststroke verbal commitment, this one from Zack Warner out of New Jersey.

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Holy Molacek!

Jacob Molacek is already going lifetime bests in the 50 free, and it’s only October.

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Katie Ledecky Named USOC Sportswoman of the Year

Katie Ledecky stamped her name among the greats distance swimmers in history at the 2013 World Championships.

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Kentucky Men Add Two Commits, Including Junior Worlds Medalist

Lars Jorgensen has really heated up his first recruiting class as Kentucky’s head coach.

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Sims Twins From Downers Grove, Illinois Both Verbally Commit to Academic Powerhouses

1980 Olympic Qualifier and Masters Swimming Champions David Sims is the patriarch of an impressive Sims swimming legacy that includes two new Division 1 commits.

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Sutton, Butler, and Hashbarger All Verbally Commit to Texas

Sam Sutton poses above with a friend on her shoulders for ‘twin day’ after verbally committing to Texas.

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Penn State Women Pick Up Two More Verbals, From Rogers and Harper

The Penn State women have picked up a versatile freestyler and a very good butterflier for their class of 2014.

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Kenneth To Pulls Out of Asian Stops of 2013 FINA World Cup

Kenneth To of Swimming Australia has changed his plans, and will focus on school instead of swimming the Asian leg of the 2013 World Cup Series.

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