Articles by Reid Carlson

NCAA Division III Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Day 1 finals of the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships. Be on record watch in the women’s 50 free, women’s 200 IM, and men’s 50 free.

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Futures Qualifier Peyton Day Sends Verbal Commitment to West Virginia

Day is a solid addition to the Mountaineers, bringing in lifetime bests that would have scored at the 2022 Big 12 Championships.

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Fast-Improving Bryce Halterman Sends Verbal to University of Michigan

Halterman is a sprint freestyle and butterfly specialist who has shown massive improvement over the past two seasons in his primary events.

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The Most & Least Likely Records to Fall at the 2022 Women’s NCAA Championships

The NCAA Championships are exhilarating for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the records that get broken.

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Can Team USA Afford to Leave Caeleb Dressel Off the Worlds 4 x 200 Free Relay?

Townley Haas, Andrew Seliskar, and Blake Pieroni are out–without them, can Team USA afford to leave Caeleb Dressel off the 4 x 200 free relay at Worlds?

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Shawnee Mission East Takes Kansas 6A Boy’s High School State Title

Though Shawnee Mission East High School only won two events Saturday, their depth proved enough to take them to win the KSHSHAA 6A team title.

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Adnover Central Repeats as Kansas Boy’s 1-5A State Champions

Andover Central High School captured the Kansas 1-5A state title Saturday with 300 points and 2 event victories, earning their 2nd-consecutive team title.

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WATCH: Lydia Jacoby Accept Golden Goggles Awards for Breakout Performer (VIDEO)

Lydia Jacoby won the Breakout Performer of the Year Award at USA Swimming’s 2021 Golden Goggle ceremony. Listen to her speech and see all the awards here.

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Italy’s Anna Marcotti Sends Commitment to UNC Asheville for Fall of 2022

Italy’s Anna Marcotti has announced her commitment to swim at the University of North Carolina Asheville beginning in the fall of 2022.

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Wyatt Carlton to Take Baton from Sister Emma at Tennessee in 2023-24

High school junior Wyatt Carlton of Bellingham Bay Swim Team in Bellingham, WA, has made a verbal commitment to the University of Tennessee class of 2027.

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2021 Swammy Awards: Dylan Carter Wins Men’s CAC Swimmer of the Year

For the second year in a row, Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter wins the Swammy Award for Central American & Caribbean Male Swimmer of the Year.

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2021 Swammy Awards: Joanna Evans is CAC Female Swimmer of the Year

Joanna Evans of the Bahamas wins the 2021 Swammy Award for Central American and Caribbean Female Swimmer of the Year.

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Katie Ledecky on Move to Gainesville and Training at the University of Florida

SwimSwam caught up with Katie Ledecky to talk about her recent move to Gainesville to train with Coach Anthony Nesty at the University of Florida.

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Erica Sullivan Talks Freshman Year at Texas and Life in Austin (Video)

SwimSwam caught up with Erica Sullivan on the red carpet at 2021 Golden Goggles and talked about her freshman year so far at the University of Texas.

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2021 Golden Goggles: US Olympic Swimmers talk Awards They’re Most Excited For

On the red carpet, we asked swimmers which awards they were excited for. Mostly, athletes were excited to see which awards their teammates would take home.

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