Articles by Robert Gibbs

Swiss Aquatics Cancels April’s Olympic Trials

The Swiss National Championships, which were to serve as the nation’s Olympic Trials, had been scheduled for April 2nd-5th.

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Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials “Postponed or Cancelled”

Swimming Canada announced today that the Trials, scheduled for March 5th through April 5th, will be postponed or canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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USA Diving Announces 30 Day Suspension

Following the pattern of many other organizations, USA Diving announced today that it will be suspending all USA Diving events for the next 30 days

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Maxime Rooney to Swim 50 Free, 100 Free, and 100 Fly In His Final NCAAs

Texas senior Maxime Rooney will be swimming his 4th different NCAA lineup in 4 NCAA campaigns, focusing on shorter events this year.

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Drew Kibler to Swim 500 Free After Finishing 9th in the 50 Free Last Year

Drew Kibler is going for the 500 free this year, which means Texas coach Eddie Reese has some interesting decisions ahead regarding the 200 free relay.

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Indian River Wins All Except One Event on Day 3 of NJCAA National Championships

The only event Indian River didn’t win turned out to be the most exciting event of the night, with four teams touching within 0.35s of each other.

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Siobhan Haughey Breaks Own Hong Kong 100 Free Record in Des Moines

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey shaved 0.02s off her own national record in the 100 free en route to winning the event Thursday evening.

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Kate Douglass to Swim 200 IM, 100 Fly, and 200 Breast at Her First NCAA Champs

UVA freshman Kate Douglass will repeat her multi-discipline event lineup from ACCs at her first NCAA Championships later this month.

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Louisville’s Nick Albiero Moves to #4 All-Time with 1:38.65 200 Fly

Louisville junior Nick Albiero became the 4th-fastest performer all-time in the 200 yard fly with his 3rd-straight ACC title tonight in Greensboro.

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NC State Men Win 30th ACC Swimming and Diving Championship

That’s the 6th-straight title for NC State, which was one of the top teams in the conference from 1954-1985, then only won once in the next 30 years.

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2020 ACC Men’s Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

At this point, NC State looks like to be a lock for their 6th-straight team title, but there’s still plenty of great racing ahead of us this evening.

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2020 ACC Men’s Championships: Day 4 Ups/Mids/Downs

This morning NC State, Virginia, Louisville, and Virginia Tech accounted for 23 out of 32 possible A-final spots tonight.

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2020 ACC Men’s Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

The last prelims session of the 2020 ACC Championships will feature defending champions in three of the four events being contested.

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2020 ACC Men’s Champs: Watch Three Men Go Under 45 in 100 Back

Check out race videos from day 3 of the 2020 Men’s ACC Swimming and Diving Championships, including a 100 back battle that saw 3 men dip under 45 seconds.

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2020 ACC Men’s Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

NC State Coleman Stewart will be going for the double victory in the 100 fly and the 100 back tonight, one of three men who will be in both A-finals.

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