Articles by Riley Overend

Here’s What You Missed at Club Meets Across the Country During the U.S. Olympic Trials

At last week’s Shark Open in Sarasota, Florida, Cobe Hehenberger broke into the top-10 NAG rankings with a huge lifetime best in the 800-meter freestyle.

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Morgan Stickney Crushes Her Own World Record in 400 Free S7 on Day 2 of U.S. Para Swim Trials

Two-time Paralympic champion Morgan Stickney crushed her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle S7 on Friday night.

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Seine River Fails Another Water Quality Test With Just One Month Until Paris Olympics

E. coli levels were 10 times above acceptable limits on June 18 after another month of heavy rainfall sent untreated sewage into the Seine River.

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FanDuel Releases Olympic Betting Odds for 100 Freestyle; Pan, O’Callaghan Favored to Win

Chinese world record holder Pan Zhanle is favored at next month’s Olympics in the men’s 100 free (-180 odds) ahead of Rio 2016 champion Kyle Chalmers (+300).

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Elizabeth Marks Ties World Record on Opening Night of U.S. Paralympic Swimming Trials

Reigning Paralympic champion Elizabeth Marks tied her own world record from Tokyo in the 100 backstroke S6 with a time of 1:19.57 on Thursday.

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Bermuda, Kenya, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Cambodia All Announce Olympic Swim Rosters for Paris

Kristen Romano, a former Ohio State swimmer who now trains at Tennessee, will represent Puerto Rico in Paris next month alongside Yeziel Morales.

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Shareef Elaydi Takes Down Andrei Minakov’s LSC Record in 100 Fly (54.01)

Elaydi dropped .16 seconds off his previous-best 54.17 from last month, remaining the 2nd-fastest performer in the U.S. boys’ 13-14 NAG rankings.

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Michigan Approves Largest Athletic Department Budget in School History for 2024-25

The Michigan athletic department’s revenue is expected to jump more than $25 million next fiscal year, a 10% increase from 2023-24. 

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Josh Liendo, Ilya Kharun Win Final Olympic Tune-Ups On Day 3 of Mel Zajac Jr. International

Liendo triumphed in the 100 free with a time of 48.62, about a second off his personal-best 47.55 that he equaled at Canadian Olympic Trials last month.

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Richard Burns Takes 7 Seconds Off His 80-84 Record in 200 Back to Close USMS Spring Nationals

Richard Burns stopped the clock at 2:36.94, dropping more than seven seconds off his own 80-84 age record of 2:44.23 from April.

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Katinka Hosszu Fails to Qualify for Sixth Olympics in Paris at Sette Colli Trophy

Katinka Hosszu lowered her season bests in the 200 IM (2:14.13) and 400 IM (4:42.97) during prelims, but she was still a few seconds shy of the Olympic cuts.

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Four Italian Swimmers Hit Olympic Cuts at Sette Colli on Final Day of Qualifying Period

Four Italian swimmers hit Olympic qualifying times at the Sette Colli Trophy on Sunday, likely punching tickets to Paris on the last possible day to do so.

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2024 Sette Colli Trophy: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Swedish world record holder Sarah Sjostrom will kick off the session in the women’s 50 freestyle, where she led prelims in 24.06 this morning.

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Rio 2016 Champion Penny Oleksiak Misses Olympic Cut in 100 Free at Sette Colli Trophy

2016 Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak will not contest the 100 free individually in Paris after falling just short of the qualifying standard this weekend.

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Ilya Kharun Clocks Lifetime Best in 100 Fly to Beat Josh Liendo at Mel Zajac Jr. Meet

Kharun shaved .07 seconds off his previous-best 51.09 from his runner-up finish at Trials, where Liendo blasted a world-leading time of 50.06 for the win.

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