Articles by Riley Overend

Jake Magahey Swims Season-Best 200 Free to Punctuate Georgia’s Senior Day Sweep of Emory

Georgia senior Jake Magahey now ranks 18th nationally in the 200 free (1:32.80) to go along with his nation-leading 4:10.60 in the 500 free. 

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Rye Ulett Completes 100 Back/500 Free/400 IM Triple to Lead Louisville Past Cincinnati

Louisville junior Rye Ulett completed a grueling 100 backstroke/500 freestyle/400 IM triple to lead the No. 4 Cardinals past Cincinnati, 204-90, on Saturday.

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Six Months Out of Two-Year Retirement, Tom Daley Wins Gold for Britain in Mixed Team Diving

Tom Daley, 29, clinched gold for Great Britain on the final mixed team dive with 19-year-old Andrea Spendolini Sireix, the 2022 world junior champion on 10m.

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Platanioti Wins Greece’s First Artistic Swimming Gold in Women’s Solo Technical

Evangelia Platanioti’s solo technical win was Greece’s first at Worlds in any discipline since Spyros Gianniotis’ 10km open water victory back in 2013. 

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Kelly Pash, Olivia Bray Post Personal-Best 200 Fly Times at 2024 Sterkel Classic

It was an especially impressive swim for Olivia Bray, who hadn’t entered the 200 fly in almost two years since placing 8th at the 2022 NCAA Championships.

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Abraham Rallies USC Women Past Cal For First Win Over Bears in 8 Years

USC’s Minna Abraham rallied past Cal’s Isabelle Stadden on the anchor leg of the 200 free relay to give the Trojans their first win vs. the Bears since 2016.

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Brazil Releases Olympic Time Standards, Six Likely Swimmers for Paris 2024

Gabrielle Roncatto, 25, is on track for her third Olympics after hitting Brazil’s Olympic cut in the 400 free (4:06.25) at last May’s Brazil Trophy meet.

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Isabel Ivey, Bella Sims Break Decade-Old Florida School Records at Florida Invitational

Bella Sims continues to make tough doubles look routine, blazing a personal-best 50.44 100 back and season-best 1:43.04 200 free just a few minutes apart.

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George Washington Filling Pool to Add Basketball Facilities, Booting Swim Team Off-Campus

The Revolutionaries are expected to relocate a few miles northwest, where a facility will be constructed around an existing six-lane, 25-yard outdoor pool.

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McEvoy, Sjostrom Big Betting Favorites to Repeat as 50 Free World Champions in Doha

Aussie veteran Cam McEvoy opened as a heavy -275 favorite after dominating last year’s 50 free final by more than half a second in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Caesars Releases Open Water Swimming Odds for 2024 World Championships

Florian Wellbrock is the biggest betting favorite in the men’s 5km, which he won last year (53:58.0) just ahead of a pair of Italians.

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Young Talents Impress at Spanish Meet in Mallorca

A pair of Frenchmen, 17-year-old Rafael Fente Damers and 15-year-old Luca Hoek Le Guenedal, faced off for an exciting 100-meter freestyle showdown.

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Ella Jansen Earns 3 Wins, Breaststrokers Enjoy Thrilling Battles at 2024 Toronto Grand Prix

Ella Jansen won the 100 free, 200 free, and 100 fly last weekend in what figures to be her final tune-up before next month’s World Championships.

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Brendan Burns, Tomer Frankel Post Season-Best Times in Indiana’s Sweep of Purdue

In his first time swimming the 200 free this season, Brendan Burns won by three seconds — one of four victories for the Indiana star vs. Purdue on Saturday.

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Israel Sending 3 Swimmers to World Championships in Qatar Despite Ties to Hamas

Although the ISA had security questions about traveling to an allied country of Hamas, the Israeli Security Service has apparently deemed the trip safe.

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