Articles by Riley Overend

44-Year-Old Bill May Becomes First American Man to Win Artistic Team Medal at Worlds

44-year-old Bill May (pictured right) became the first American man to capture a team artistic swimming medal at Worlds on Monday.

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Hasty Awards Team of the Month: Cincinnati Marlins

“I want to pilot the program back to success on the state and national levels,” said new Cincinnati Marlins head coach Brandon Voorhies.

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Special Olympics Swimmer Issued Temporary SafeSport Suspension

Special Olympics swimmer Austin Levingston was issued a temporary suspension by the U.S. Center for SafeSport last week for allegations of misconduct.

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Columbus Sectionals Canceled After Swimmer Suffers Cardiac Event in the Water (UPDATE)

The 2023 Columbus Sectionals were canceled late Sunday afternoon due to what meet organizers are calling a “medical emergency.”

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(ENTRY BOOK) Kyle Chalmers Drops 100 Fly to Focus on 100 Free at World Championships

Kyle Chalmers is dropping the 100 butterfly from his Worlds lineup to focus on the 100 freestyle, now the only individual event on his schedule in Fukuoka.

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Why David Popovici Says His Spirit Animal Is a Dragonfly — And Other Fantastic Quotes

“…(Swimming) helps me forget all the negativity in life – the past, the future and the stress that catches up with us all sooner or later,” Popovici said.

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Watch: Katie Grimes Pulls Off Effortless Spin Move During 10km Open Water Race

Katie Grimes effortlessly spun from freestyle to backstroke and then back to freestyle without missing a beat as she peeked at the competition behind her.

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Beck Wins 10km World Title, Grimes Becomes 1st American to Qualify for Paris 2024

Katie Grimes just barely out-touched the reigning Olympic and world champions to become the first American to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Katie Ledecky Says LA 2028 Olympics Are ‘Definitely in the Picture’

“I just don’t see myself hanging it up after next year,” 26-year-old American star Katie Ledecky said Saturday. “I just love the sport too much right now.”

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Hasty Awards Team of the Month: Opelika Swim Team

Tyler McGill (pictured), an Olympic gold medalist at London 2012, is in his fifth year leading the growing Opelika Swim Team group.

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2023 World Champs Preview: Sarah Sjostrom Seeks Historic Third Title in Women’s 50 Free

When Sarah Sjostrom steps up to the blocks for the 50 free in two weeks’ time, the Swedish sprint star will be seeking to make history in more ways than one.

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Bulgarian Olympian Ivanov Suspended 2 Years: ‘Without Me, Bulgarian Swimming Dies’

Antani Ivanov’s two-year suspension for missing three doping tests was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on June 26. 

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Cincinnati Hires Former Kentucky Volunteer Assistant Scott Stern as New Assistant Coach

After one season as a volunteer assistant at Kentucky, Scott Stern is headed to the University of Cincinnati as an assistant for the new Big 12 program.

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No. 5 MLB Draft Pick Walker Jenkins Credits Athleticism to Swimming

“Swimming got me in the best shape of my life freshman year,” said Walker Jenkins, who was drafted fifth overall by the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.

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LIVEBARN Race of the Week: Petar Mitsin Rips World Junior Record in 400 Free (3:44.31)

Mitsin reached the wall in 3:44.31, shaving .29 seconds off of Australian Mack Horton’s previous world junior standard of 3:44.60 from 2014.

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