Litherland & Prenot go 1-2 in 400 IM for Americans at World U Games (Race video)
The USA swept the medals in the final individual event, as Jay Litherland ruined teammate’s Josh Prenot’s bid for his third individual gold medal this week.
Russia wins first relay of WUGs in men’s 4×100 medley (Race video)
In another thrilling race, Russia won its only relay gold medal of this meet.
Italy knocks off Japan, USA for women’s 4×100 medley relay gold (Race video)
In what may be the biggest upset this week, Italy spoiled the USA’s attempt to sweep the relays at this meet.
Lindsey Vrooman wins gold for USA in 800 free at WUGs (Race video)
Vroomon took over the lead from Martina De Memme of Italy at the 200m mark, then held off another Italian, Martina Caramignoli, to win in a time of 8:26.67.
China’s Yilin Zhou wins 200 fly at World U Games (Race video)
Zhou put it into another gear over the final 50, outsplitting Polieri by over a second to take the gold, 2:07.69 to 2:08.66.
Tsurkin touches out Martins for 50 free gold at World U Games (Race video)
It looked like Brazilian Henrique Martins had the lead in the final meters, but Tsurkin got his hand to the wall first to win, 22.22 to 22.24.
Russians go 1-2 in the women’s 50 free at WUGs (Race video)
Rozaliya Nasretdinova of Russia won her first individual gold of the meet with a 24.91, the only swimmer under 25.0.
Margalis doubles, hits world’s #4 time in 200 IM at Athens Sectionals
Night 1 of the 2015 Athens Sectionals was all Melanie Margalis, with the Georgia Bulldog grad winning two events and hitting the fourth-fastest 200 IM the world this year.
Tennessee state champ Walker Higgins commits to Georgia Bulldogs
Tennessee high school state champ Walker Higgins out of Tennessee Aquatics has verbally committed to the Georgia Bulldogs for 2016.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Matsushima adding to Japanese breaststroke dominance
Disclaimer: BlueSeventy Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of…
South Africa will no longer require two ‘A’ cuts for Olympic qualification
South Africa has announced its selection procedures for their 2016 Olympic team across all sports, but swimming specifically won’t require two FINA ‘A’ cuts like it did in 2012.
All-American Sam Tierney training with USC for summer, will return to Mizzou’s new pro group
Missouri All-American breaststroker Sam Tierney is spending the summer training with the loaded professional group at USC, but will return to Mizzou in the fall to help start a postgrad group at his alma mater.
Following the Feet: Part 7 – B Meets
Following the Feet is an 8-week summer series on SwimSwam. Written by Stina Oakes, the series follows the eight weeks of summer…
Mission Viejo city council approves design contract for Nadadores pool renovation
Though there was some concern the process would be delayed, the city council of Mission Viejo, California did move forward with plans for a pool renovation this week, awarding the design contract to the Aquatic Design Group.
Australia loosens qualifying times for Short Course Championships
Swimming Australia has relaxed its qualifying standards slightly for the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Short Course Nationals, standards that had originally taken huge leaps forward from 2014.
