Articles by Laura Rosado

Olympic Gold Medalist Chris Guiliano Enters Transfer Portal in Wake of Notre Dame Suspension

Guiliano is not thought to have participated in the gambling that led to ND’s suspension, which was announced just days after the end of the Paris Olympics.

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USA Swimming Releases Age Group Motivational Times for 2024-2028

The time standards set varying marks for swimmers of every age group, ranging from B to AAAA based on relative speed within the age group.

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MIT (D3) Adds Fifth-Years Obochi, Turvey for 24-25 Season

Tobe Obochi and Alex Turvey (Pomona-Pitzer) have six NCAA titles between them and will help bolster the Engineers’ relays.

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Blast from the Past: A Look at Olympian Brian Goodell’s Training Log

Goodell won double gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. In this article, we take a look at the ups and downs of his training before and after the Games.

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2024 Paralympic Games: Italy Tops Day 1 Medal Table As Five Records Fall

The women’s S10 50 free world record fell for the second time today in a thrilling race, as China’s Chen Yi upset the U.S.’s Christie Raleigh-Crossley.

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Is the World Catching Up to the U.S.?: A Look at the Historical Olympic Swimming Medal Table

With the Paris Olympics over, the U.S. now holds 607 Olympic swimming medals across the history of the games, 265 of which are gold.

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Another Look at the Two Athlete Limit: Who Loses Out?

Based on the number of athletes under the qualifying time for Paris, elite female athletes are more concentrated in the top swimming countries.

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2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Post-Mortem: How Did Our Readers Do?

A majority of our readers did not pick Sarah Sjöström or Pan Zhanle to win the 100 freestyle, despite both of them holding the respective world records.

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2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Day 9: A Late Surge Wins it All

Like Team USA on the medal table, a late surge from Sports Lover wins it all with 631 points. Congratulations!

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Gretchen Walsh Ties Sarah Sjostrom for Fastest 100 Fly Relay Split (55.03)

Walsh now holds two of the top five fastest 100 fly relay splits in history, including her 55.18 from the mixed medley relay.

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2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Day 8: Somehow, Shakeups Send Shockwaves

Only 11 players picked Paige Madden to medal in the 800 free, a trend for most of the events tonight.

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Caeleb Dressel’s Individual Paris Olympic Campaign Concludes: “I trained to go faster.”

Dressel went through a range of emotions in the pool and on the deck last night, but spoke to the press after the 100 fly semifinals.

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2024 Summer Swimming Pick ‘Em Day 7: A Near-Perfect Entry Wins the Day

Caeleb Dressel’s miss in the 50 free is the only incorrect entry for our top player; his miss in the 100 fly finals could shakeup the final rankings.

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2024 Paris Olympics: #8 Seed Thomas Heilman (USA) Misses 100 Fly Semifinals

Heilman was over a second back of his personal best to finish 18th overall, 0.2-seconds away from a semifinals berth.

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2024 Paris Olympics: Paige Madden Clocks PB in 800 Free Heats to Become #5 American All-Time

Madden clocked 8:18.48 to cut over two seconds from her previous best of 8:20.71, which she swam at Trials to qualify for this event.

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