Articles by Jared Anderson

Paralympic Champ Jessica Long To Star in Toyota Super Bowl Ad

13-time Paralympic swimming gold medalist Jessica Long is the star of Toyota’s new television ad, set to air during Super Bowl LV this weekend.

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USA Swimming Announces 300-Person March Pro Swim Series At San Antonio

The 2021 Pro Swim Series will return to San Antonio, this time with a slightly-expanded participant field from March 3-6.

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Kyodo: In 2018, French Judge Criticized Flaws In Japan’s Vote-Buying Probe

More than two years ago, a French judge said Japan’s probe had “many flaws” in an investigation into alleged vote-buying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2021: Men’s #50 – #41

Yan Zibei is one of a number of men who could be higher on this list if it weren’t for Adam Peaty being such an overwhelming favorite for 100 breast gold.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 1/29/2021

In our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series, we celebrate swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month: Shaine Casas, Texas A&M

44.9 in the 100-yard fly. 51.9 in the 100-meter fly. 54.3 in the 100-meter back. 1:58.0 in the 200-meter back. And that’s just the beginning for Casas.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Matt Kredich, Tennessee

Tennessee has reloaded dramatically, with 9 swimmers currently projected to score NCAA points. All five of the Volunteer relays rank in the top 7 nationally.

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Swim of the Week: Max McHugh’s 22.6/50.6 Breaststroke Combo

Swimming in Minnesota’s first meet of the season, Max McHugh wasted no time in reminding us all how good he is with historic breaststroke swims.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 64% Prefer to Anchor Relays With Fastest Leg

Almost two-thirds of SwimSwam voters said it’s better to put your fastest swimmer last on a relay, with just under 40% preferring the ‘shotgun’ approach.

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2020-2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: January Edition

The Texas Longhorns are still waiting on Austin Katz to perform to previous levels, but if he does, the ceiling for the Texas men is a national championship.

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2020-2021 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: January Edition

With just a few weeks of dual meets left, things should start to get clearer in some corners of the country coming up, while other corners become murkier.

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Pennsylvania Moves PIAA State Swim Meets To Cumberland, March 19-20

Pennsylvania has confirmed dates and a new host site for its high school state swimming & diving championships after last year’s meet was truncated.

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Event Schedules For Both Waves of 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials

We run through the event schedules for both waves of U.S. Olympic Trials, including the four-day Wave I and the eight-day Wave II.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2021: Men’s #100 – #76

We start our countdown of the top 100 men and the top 100 women in world-level swimming heading into the 2021 Olympic year.

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Unger: Olympic Trials Spectator Decisions To Come, Health & Safety Are Priority

USA Swimming hopes to have some spectators in the stands at its split U.S. Olympic Trials meets, but decisions, like the pandemic itself, are very fluid.

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