Articles by Jared Anderson

2014 Winter Nats: Louisville & SwimMAC lead combined points, UCLA women on top

Through three of four days of the 2014 U.S. Winter Nationals, it’s the University of Louisville leading the combined points for college programs and SwimMAC Carolina running away with the club trophy.

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8 Big Things from Us & You: Day 3 of U.S. Winter Nationals

UCLA’s Linnea Mack is an underrated swimmer who is having a great showing at U.S. Winter Nationals.

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Courtney Bartholomew swims second-fastest 100 back in history as Virginia relay scares US Open record

Courtney Bartholomew nearly broke two national records at once at the Georgia Invite on Friday night.

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10 Big Things from Us & You: Day 3 of the 2014 Short Course World Championships

The Netherlands took gold with a new world record in the 4×100 free relay on day 3. But they didn’t even enter the 4×50 medley relay, despite holding the fastest time in world history. Why not?

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MEET NOTES: Texas A&M hosts Rice

The top-ranked Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team will host former conference rival Rice in a 1 p.m. dual meet on Saturday at the Student Recreation Natatorium.

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No major scratches on day 2 of U.S. Winter Nats, True Sweetser drops 400 IM

There are only a handful of scratches heading into tonight’s Winter Nationals finals, and none out of an “A” final. Michigan’s Bruno Ortiz (pictured) is out of the 100 fly along with SwimMAC Olympian Cullen Jones.

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Dutch women 2-for-2 in free relay World Records after 4×100 record in Doha

The women’s team from the Netherlands broke the 4×100 free relay world record, their second free relay record of the meet so far. Pictured: Femke Heemskerk.

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Florent Manaudou breaks World Record in 50 free on Friday in Doha

French fast-twitch specialist Florent Manaudou went 20.26 to break a super-suited mark set by South Africa’s Roland Schoeman.

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100 IM is second World Record, second gold for Hosszu on day 3 of SC Worlds

No sooner had we reported on Katinka Hosszu’s first world record of Friday’s session at Short Course Worlds than she had already broken a second.

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Katinka Hosszu evens the score with second backstroke WR, first woman under 2:00 in the 200

After Mireia Belmonte broke two world records on day 1, Katinka Hosszu (pictured) has slowly evened up the score. Her second WR came in the 200 back on Friday.

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Danish women destroy 200 medley relay world record with historic split from Ottesen

Denmark broke their own record, which was set at the 2013 European Championships (pictured above), and also topped the former Russian world record vacated after a doping suspension.

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10 Big Things from Us & You: Day 2 of U.S. Winter Nationals

The Louisville men’s B medley relay did something special tonight, and let’s not even get started on their A.

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Daiya Seto breaks Hagino’s Asian 400 IM record in Doha while topping Hagino for gold

Kosuke Hagino (right) was the story of the Asian Games for Japanese swimming, but his teammate Daiya Seto (left) stole the spotlight on day 2 of the Short Course World Championships.

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Brazil breaks men’s 4×50 medley relay World Record as 6 teams shatter old mark

After Russia reset the men’s 4×50 medley relay World Record in prelims, no less than 6 teams crushed the mark in finals, led by world champs and new record-holders Brazil.

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University of Minnesota to Rename Aquatic Center after Jean K. Freeman Saturday

The legendary Freeman, who passed away in 2010, was a student-athlete for the Gophers and then coached Minnesota’s swimming and diving program for more than 30 years.

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