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Austin Katz Captures 200 Back National Title After Slipping Off Start (Video)

Katz bounced back again to edge Casas out at the touch. Katz won in 1:55.72, while Casas was hundredths behind in 1:55.79.

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Madisyn Cox on National Title: “It was more for Texas, and more for my team”

World Championships medalist Madisyn Cox dominated this one. Cox crushed her lifetime best by nearly 2 seconds, winning by over a body length in 2:23.84.

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Reece Whitley Wasn’t Going to Celebrate… But Did Anyway (Video)

Reece Whitley and Daniel Roy have battled in this race since they were age group swimmers. Whitley kicked it into gear, breaking 2:10 for the first time

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Robert Finke Wanted a Win After Multiple 2nd Places, Wrist Injury (Video)

Finke, who withdrew from the World University Games due to a wrist injury earlier this summer, touched 5 seconds ahead of the field in 14:51.15

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Ally McHugh: “That 800 just really felt like myself again” (Video)

Worlds team member Ally McHugh was well behind the top 3 through the halfway mark, but used her back-half speed to bring home the title in 8:26.04.

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Abbey Weitzeil: “I wanted to see if I could go a 52” (Video)

Abbey Weitzeil set a new best time in this event for the first time since 2016. Weitzeil dominated in 53.18, taking a tenth off her former best of 53.28

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Urlando: “Going into this meet I didn’t get a lot of rest” (Video)

Luca Urlando was just over a second shy of his best time from earlier this year, but still a second ahead of the field as he took the win here in 1:54.92.

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Maxime Rooney Breaks Down Life in Texas (Video)

Maxime Rooney and Tate Jackson, now training partners at Texas, both lowered their bests from prelims as well, both hitting the wall in under 48 seconds

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Ryan Held Thinks 3rd Time Would be the Charm in 100 free (Video)

Olympian Ryan Held lowered the U.S. Open Record again tonight. After shattering his best time in prelims, he clipped it to win the title in 47.39

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Full Ryan Lochte Post-200 IM Press Conference (Video)

Ryan Lochte talks candidly about his family life, checking himself into rehab, and his return to competitive swimming after a 14-month ban

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2019 World Championships: Pancake Hot Take – Day 8 Finals

Although Day 8 started out a little sluggish in terms of times, it ended with such a rush, giving us 2 amazing races back-to-back, including 2 world records

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2019 World Championships: Pancake Hot Take – Day 7 Finals

We all knew Day 7 was going to be a far cry from Day 6. But until yesterday, the times that were put up today would have made me need to change my pants.

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Watch 17-year-old Regan Smith Shatter Missy Franklin’s 200 Back World Record

The USA’s teenage standout Regan Smith broke the World Junior Record in prelims, but tonight she went straight for the World Record.

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Watch Caeleb Dressel Break Michael Phelps’ 10-year-old 100 Fly World Record

Dressel, who missed the World Record last Worlds by .04, cracked the record tonight in 49.50. The former mark was a 49.82 done by Michael Phelps in 2009.

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