Articles by Mark Wild

Top 4 (+2 Bonus) Boys’ Storylines to Watch At the 2023 World Junior Championships

After walking away from Fukuoka with two relay golds & a relay bronze, Aussie Flynn Southam will look to add some individual hardware to his trophy collection

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All the Links You Need for the 2023 World Junior Championships

The 2023 Worlds Juniors will be a showcase of the next generation, all of whom will look to make a name for themselves and factor into the 2024 conversation.

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Top 4 (+2 Bonus) Girls’ Storylines To Watch At The 2023 World Junior Championships

American Leah Hayes will look to improve upon her 3rd place showing at U.S. Trials and aims to sweep the IM events in Netanya.

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2023 World Juniors: Kamryn Cannings & Elan Daley Out, Clare Watson in for Canada

Cannings and Daley, two of Canada’s Junior Pan Pac bronze medalists, do not appear in the entries after having been announced to the team in April.

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2023 World Juniors Psych Sheets: Daniel Diehl Leads Team USA With Five Entries

Daniel Diehl leads all Americans with five individual events as the U.S., Australia, and several other nations return to the meet after a hiatus.

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Milligan University Picks Up Californian Paxton Smith with Multiple NAIA Final Times

Paxton Smith will look to bring his sprinting prowess to Milligan this fall, a team that won 10 individual events and all 5 relays at conferences in 2023.

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Louisiana Native Logan Walley Set to Head North to Swim for Division II UMSL this Fall

Logan Walley is part of a large first-year class for the University of Missouri-St. Louis and is just shy of scoring in multiple events at conference champs.

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2023 World Champs Swimmer Elisabeth Erlendsdottir Commits to Georgia Tech (2024)

Elisabeth Erlendsdottir, a native of the Faroe Islands, will bring some strong backstroke times and big meet experience to Georgia Tech next fall.

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Juniors Qualifier Finn Quested Commits to Swim for Brown University (2023)

New York State High School Champion Finn Quested will look to add some backstroke depth and speed to Brown University this fall.

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Grading Our 2023 World Championships WR Predictions & a Bonus Look at Who was Closest

Sarah Sjostrom’s 50 free WR took us by surprise, as it wasn’t included in our predictions. See how else we fared and peek at which swims were closest to a WR.

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Comparing Times: What it Took to Make Semis, Finals & Medal at Worlds Dating Back To ’15

Katie Ledecky has won every 800 at a World Champs since ’13, but as the results show the time it takes to final or medal has been slowly encroaching on her.

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With Phelps’ 4IM Record Done and Dusted, What’s the New Oldest Record?

With Leon Marchand handily dismissing Michael Phelps’ 400 IM World Record, we dive into the books to see what the new oldest record remaining is.

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2023 Para Worlds Day 5: Ukraine Keeps Up Momentum, Adds 5 More Golds & 1 WR to its Haul

Host nation Great Britain claimed 2 gold medals on Day 5, but Ukraine continued its momentum from yesterday and won 5 more tonight, including one in WR time.

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2023 Para Worlds Day 4: Ukraine Adds 5 Golds and Breaks 3 WR in the Process

Ukraine surged up the medal table claiming 5 golds, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes tonight and currently sit third in the total medal rankings behind China & Brazil

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No Debating Here, Australia and U.S. Tied In Qualifying All Seven Relays For Paris 2024

Debate still swirl around who leads the medal table, but the US and Australia stand together as the only nations to qualify for all of their relays for Paris

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