Articles by Braden Keith

Psych Sheets Posted For Next Weekend’s Mesa Grand Prix; Katinka Back in the USA

Liz Pelton, fresh off of breaking an American Record in the 200 yard backstroke, will jump into the short course season next week in Mesa. (Photo Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Andrew Again Tops Among 13-Year Olds; Off of Best Times in Showcase Prelims

Day 2 of the 2013 Showcase Classic in Clearwater, Florida, started off much the way that day 1 did, with Michael…

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Update: Armstrong Pulls Out of Masters Meet After FINA Protest

When the swimming community found out that disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong was to enter the South Central Zone Masters Championship meet,…

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Weaver Breaks Short Course Nationals Record in 100 Fly Prelims

The Greensboro Aquatic Center saw the 8th record fall in just two days in Thursday’s prelims session at the YMCA Short Course National Championships. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Ye Wins 200 Free; Sun Yang Slides Behind Ryan Cochrane in 800 Free

Sun Yang and Shiwen Ye both added third individual victories on day 4 of the 2013 Chinese National Championships. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Andrew Cuts Another Tenth off of 50 Free Best Time; Barney Moves Up All-Time Rankins on Day 1 of Showcase Classic

Wednesday’s prelims at the 2013 Showcase Classic in Clearwater, Florida were solid, but nothing spectacular. The finals session, though, put…

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Lance Armstrong to Swim at South Central Zone Masters Championships

Lance Armstrong will swim at a big Masters meet in Austin this weekend. (Photo: McSmit)

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WADA to Launch Anti-Doping “Whearabouts” App in the Fall

WADA has revealed that it will launch a new App to allow athletes to input their Whereabouts filings from their smart phones. (Image courtesy: WADA)

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Denmark Poaches Top English Club Coach for National Team Coach

Danish Swimming has its new head coach, in the form of Nick Juba from the U.K.

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Post-NCAA Championships Big Question #2: Who Was the Swimmer of the Men’s Meet?

Let’s take a look at all of the criteria that go into selecting a swimmer of the year; also how many nicknames can we come up with for Vlad Morozov in 20 seconds? Find out in Big Question #2. (Photo Courtesy: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Y Nats Kick Off in Greensboro With New Records in Womens’ 200 Breaststroke

An 11-year old Meet Record went down in the first prelims sesson, and some very young swimmers from the Middle Tyger YMCA were impressive. (Stock Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Michael Andrew; Younger Kalisz Sister Kicks Off Showcase Classic With Blazing 50 Breaststroke

Michael Andrew was the fastest swimmer in two events this morning, but will have a challenger in the 200 backstroke.

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China’ Sun Yang Wins 2nd Event, World Leader, at Chinese Nationals (Day 3)

The 2013 Chinese spring National Championships, a selection meet for the Chinese National Games later this year and a factor…

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2013 CARIFTA Caribbean Championships Pool Events End With a Bang

When we recapped the first three days of the 2013 CARIFTA Championships from the weekend in Kingston, Jamaica, we warned…

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Drumroll Please…the 2013 Men’s NCAA Championship Contest Winner Is….

Sorry about the delay, there were some gremlins who got into our files and corrupted our data. After deploying some…

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