Articles by Jared Anderson

VIDEO: Conejo Simi Swim Club’s summer 2014 lookback with some classic motivational speeches

Rather than the traditional music video, Conejo Simi’s season wrap-up video is set to some of film’s greatest motivational speeches.

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2014 Asian Games – Hagino knocks off Sun and Park for 200 free gold on day 1

Kosuke Hagino won one of the premier races of day 1, besting Sun Yang and Park Tae-hwan to take home gold in the 200 freestyle.

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7 Storylines to watch, all the links you need for the swimming portion of the 2014 Asian Games

South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan has won six gold medals over the past two Asian Games and will face Chinese rival Sun Yang at home.

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RACE VIDEOS: All finals from the Raia Rapida Fast Lane showdown in Rio

Race videos have surfaced from the Raia Rapida format meet held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the above video,…

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Early plans for renovated Belmont Pool revealed at Long Beach community meeting

Plans for the new and improved Belmont Pool in Long Beach California have surfaced, after the city revealed preliminary designs at a community meeting earlier this week.

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Tucson Ford names former Terrapins coach Paul Stafford as new head coach

Paul Stafford, well-known as the coach of California’s Terrapins Swim Club, will move to Arizona to take over Tucson Ford Aquatics, the team announced via Twitter tonight.

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Dagny Knutson suing her former lawyer over 2011 agreement with USA Swimming

Former American record-holder Dagny Knutson has filed a lawsuit against Richard Foster, her former lawyer who was also formerly president of USA Water Polo.

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Utah restructures coaching staff with event-specific job titles for Persson and Lowry

The Utah Utes announced today that they’ve restructured their coaching staff, promoting assistants Jonas Persson and Michele Lowry to head sprint and distance coaches, respectively, under head coach Joe Dykstra.

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Hamilton wins duel with Murphy to become Cal ‘King of the Pool’, Li remains undefeated in women’s meet

Will Hamilton had a huge season-opening day at the Cal Poly “King and Queen of the Pool” event, winning a tight battle with defending “King of the Pool” Ryan Murphy for the 2014 title.

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In Briefs: Kearney, Wing, Novotny headed to various Halls of Fame

Nominations for various athletic Halls of Fame have begun to come out across the country the past few months. Here’s a a brief look at a few swimmers who have gotten nods:

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BYU Cougars open season with alumni meet

The BYU men’s and women’s swim team competed against some familiar faces in the annual alumni meet Friday night at the Richards Building Pool.

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Scotland votes down independence, British swimming programs to remain unified

Scottish voters elected against becoming their own, independent nation yesterday, a decision that means Great Britain’s swimming programs will remain as one team.

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Shannon Rollason resigns from leadership role at Denmark’s National Training Center

Shannon Rollason, whose swimmers led Denmark to 6 gold medals at the European Championships, will resign as coach of the National Training Center at the end of 2014.

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Lane 8 organization helping out low-income swimmers in Cincinnati

Cincinnati-area swimming supporters have found a new way to help promote the sport and help out those in need.

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What would Scottish independence mean for swimming?

Scotland votes on a referendum today that would establish its independence from the United Kingdom. But outside of the political realm, what would this mean for Scottish Swimming?

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