Articles by Braden Keith

Missy Franklin Breaks 100 Back American Record

No word if Missy still “Tebows” now that Tim is in New York. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Breeja Larson Seizes Best Olympic Trials Moment to Date

Wednesday was the best day of the Olympic Trials so far, and it may remain that way through the end….

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Brazil Hands Out Two Year Suspension to Olympian Silva

The CBDA has handed out their suspensions for the three athletes who had positive tests at the 2012 Maria Lenk…

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77% of Prelims Swims Slower Than Seed Time at Trials on Wednesday

Best times are becoming incredibly rare in Omaha (Photo Courtesy: Mike Lewis/SwimImage.com)

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Caroline McElhany Scratches 200 IM Semifinal, Penn State Bumped In

In a bit of a surprising move, Texas A&M’s Caroline McElhany scratched the women’s 200 IM semi-final after coming from an…

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Elizabeth Beisel Scratches 200 Free

Elizabeth Beisel has scratched the semi-final of the 200 free for Wednesday, after qualifying 13th in 1:59.79. There have been…

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Liz Pelton Scratches 100 Back Final

T2 Aquatics’ Liz Pelton has scratched the 100 backstroke final, according to the start lists. She was not swimming well in…

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Bobby Bollier Tops Phelps in 200 Fly Prelims on Day 3

Ariana Kukors is the World Record holder in the women’s 200 IM. (Photo Courtesy: ©TIm Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Heat Sheets Day 3: No Coughlin in Women’s 200 IM

Natalie Coughlin is giving up one of her three remaining chances at making the 2012 US Olympic Team (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Swims of the Day for 6/27: Day 2

Swim of the Day – Brendan Hansen, 100 breaststroke, 59.68 – Just a few years ago, the Americans were panicking about…

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Old But New, Sutton Makes First Olympic Team in Pool

Chloe Sutton talks about how she stays in a race when Schmitt goes out so hard (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Dana Vollmer Wins Women’s 100 Fly Final; Coughlin 7th

Last summer, when Tim Binning took this picture, these two were just great young swimmers. Fast forward a year, and it’s game-on (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Franklin Has a New Rival: And Her Name is Rachel Bootsma

America has a new rivalry in the women’s 100 backstroke. And it’s not Natalie Coughlin versus Missy Franklin. Coughlin seems to have…

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Katie Ledecky Snaps Janet Evans NAG Record

Katie Ledecky has finally gotten American middle-distance swimming at the high school level back to where it hasn’t been in…

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