Video: Harnish wins 400 IM at 2014 YMCA Nationals, 4:11.93
14-year-old Courtney Harnish continues to improve, dropping 3.3 seconds from her already-lifetime-best prelims swim to win the 400 IM. The York YMCA product went 4:11.93, thanks to some big front-half swimming.
Cyclist Sarah Hammer & Paralympian Evan Strong earn U.S. Olympic Committee’s March honors
Top performances throughout March earned Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.) and Paralympic snowboarder Evan Strong (Maui, Hawaii) Athlete of the Month…
Olympian Alex Meyer Walks The 2014 YMCA Nationals Parade
2012 Olympian and open water World Champion, Alex Meyer, walks the famous YMCA Nationals Parade in Greensboro, North Carolina. Alex…
Riding On A Crest Of A Wave…Support From A Home Crowd
With just a week until the British Gas Swimming Championships in Glasgow (10-15 April), Scotland’s Ross Muir can’t wait for his shot at qualifying for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
SwimSpray to Work with Chloe Sutton as First Athlete Ambassador
A partnership between SwimSpray, Chloe Sutton and the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour Presented by Swimoutlet.com, will help increase awareness in the swimming community about the benefits of using all-natural formulas, to remove chlorine from your hair and skin.
U.S. Olympic Committee announces 2014 Best of U.S. award winners
The United States Olympic Committee today announced the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games honorees for Best of U.S.,…
Video: Ryan Held 2014 YMCA Nationals 50 Free Winner, 19.58
This race was another one of our “pre-meet highlights” and Ryan Held certainly did not disappoint. The senior out of the Springfield, Illinois YMCA not only swam a lifetime best of 19.58 to win the title.
Video: Konopka 2014 YMCA Nationals 50 Free Winner, 22.46
Another Middle Tyger podium finish came from 16-year old Katrina Konopka, on her second swim of the finals session, with a 22.46.
Video: Weaver 2014 YMCA Nationals 100 Fly Winner, 52.87
Courtney Weaver was successful in winning her 10th career YMCA National Championship, and even though she couldn’t match her record-breaking prelims swim of 52.51, Weaver still had a comfortable margin of victory with a 52.87 for the title.
Video: Petersen 2014 YMCA Nationals 100 Fly Winner, 48.12
Led by Nick Petersen from the Schroeder YMCA in 48.12, last year’s runner-up, there were 5 swimmers in this final under 49 seconds.
Feature Video: 2014 Australian Swimming Championships
Swimming video is courtesy of Swimming Australia for the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships.
TYR Sport Sponsors Coaching Trailblazer Rachel Stratton-Mills
Excellent coaching is vital to swimming’s advancement as a sport, which is why TYR Sport is proud to support Rachel Stratton-Mills, head coach of the Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA) Swim Team.
Olympians and Cancer Survivors Team Up to Fight Cancer, Make Waves at Swim Across America – Dallas
Olympians and cancer survivors will join hundreds of swimmers of all skill levels for the fourth-annual Swim Across America –…
U.S. Olympian Alex Meyer Attends YMCA Short Course Nationals
U.S. Olympian Alex Meyer (Ithaca, N.Y.) will represent the USA Swimming Foundation at the 2014 YMCA Short Course National Championships on Tuesday…
Team USA set for week of events in Washington D.C.
The United States Olympic Committee announced today details of four celebratory events to take place April 2-5 in Washington, D.C., commemorating Team…
