Articles by Riley Overend

James Magnussen Says He’ll ‘Juice to the Gills’ to Break 50 Free WR at Enhanced Games

Australian world champion James Magnussen has only been as fast as 21.52 in 2013, but he said he could break the world record in six months if he doped up.

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SEC Distributing $51.3 Million Per School For 2022-23 Fiscal Year

That $51.3 average distribution per school is up from $49.9 million in 2021-22 and more than double the $20.8 million paid out a decade prior in 2012-13.

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Kazakhstan Wins First-Ever Gold Medal at World Aquatics Championships in Artistic Swimming

Artistic swimmers Nargiza Bolatova and Eduard Kim made history for Kazakhstan on Sunday with the nation’s first ever Worlds gold in the mixed duet technical.

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Millions in Missing Kuwaiti Funds Raises Concern at Asia Aquatics

According to Ahmad Alsalami, a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom, the missing Kuwaiti funds amount to $7 million from 2010-16.

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2024 Worlds Previews: Sjostrom Seeks Six-Peat in 50 Fly, Curzan Set for Battle With Pudar

Swedish star Sarah Sjostrom returns to Worlds in search of a six-peat in the 50 butterfly — a feat accomplished only by Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle.

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Harvard Men, Marshall Women Lead CSCAA’s Scholar All-America Teams for Fall 2023

For the third fall semester in a row, Ivy League champion Harvard led Division I men’s swimming and diving with a GPA of 3.79. 

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NCAA Champ Youssef Ramadan Rips Season-Best 100 Fly at 2024 Virginia Tech Invitational

Virginia Tech senior Youssef Ramadan set a school record in the 50 back (20.91) leading off the Hokies’ 200 medley relay that broke their pool record.

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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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