Articles by Sam Blacker

2025 Swammy Awards: Breakout Male Swimmer of the Year – Ahmed Jaouadi

Ahmed Jaouadi earns the Breakout Male Swimmer of the Year award after shocking the distance free field in Singapore and setting a textile World Record

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2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships — West: Swims You Might’ve Missed on Night 4

Evan Gluck (above) shattered his best 1500 free time to dip below 15 minutes last night, his second top-four finish of the meet

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Collin Holgerson Goes 1:39.74 In The 200 Back for #7 All-Time In The 17-18 Age Group

Holgerson claimed his third title of the meet thanks to a 3.60 second drop tonight, and now ranks as the fourth-fastest high-schooler in history in the event

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2025 Speedo Winter Juniors – West: Swims You Might Have Missed On Night 2

Louisville commit Ty Thomas was one of a number of swimmers to drop huge chunks of time on Day 2, taking two top-five finishes

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Cam Brooker Breaks British SCM 200 Back Record, Jumps To #17 All-Time

Cam Brooker hacked nearly three seconds off his personal best to soar up the 200 back all-time rankings in Sheffield tonight and crack the British Record

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Rowan Cox, Syunta Lee Scratch Boys’ ‘A’ Finals At Winter Juniors West Day Two

Rowan Cox made the ‘A’ final in all three events today, and it is the 50 free that he skips tonight, focusing on the 500 free and 200 IM

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Madalyn Petty Scratches Top-5 Seed In 500 Free At Winter Juniors West Day Two Prelims

Jordan Ragland scratches the 200 IM to prioritise his #4 seed in the 50 free, while #5 seed in the women’s 500 free Madalyn Petty scratches her second event

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2025 Winter Juniors – West: Swims You Might Have Missed On Night 1

Rowan Cox had a pair of big swims to kick of his meet, as he looks to defend the 100 fly and 200 fly titles he won last year

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Waterloo Swimming Nab Winter Juniors West Meet Record With 1:26.96 Boys 200 Medley Relay

The quartet of Ben Jaggers, Max Laine, Austin Ross, and Julian Rusk took the Meet Record below 1:27, breaking the Ryan Hoffer-led mark from 2016

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Rylee Erisman Scorches 1:41.86 200 Free Split On WJ Night 1, Faster Than Ledecky’s 15-16 NAG

Erisman threw down one of the fastest 800 free relay splits we have seen at Winter Juniors to showcase the threat she will present this week in freestyle

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Spanish Men’s 4×50 Medley Shatter Super-Suited Record To Win First Relay Medal For 32 Years

Spain had an historic meet in Lublin, capped by their first-ever men’s European relay medal and their first overall since winning silver at Worlds in 1993

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Grousset Splits 19.96 As Part Of Relay Record Bonanza At Euro SC Champs

Noe Ponti and Maxime Grousset both had historic splits as they helped their nations to new heights in the medley relay tonight

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2025 European SC Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap

Maxime Grousset is the top seed in the men’s 50 free as he goes for his third European title, and will have a big part to play in France’s 4×50 medley relay

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Top Two Euro SC Finals Qualifiers Henveaux and Bursa Demolish National Records in Men’s 400 IM

Lucas Henveaux set a second big Belgian record in less than 24 hours to qualify 2nd for tonight’s final behind another record-breaker in Jakub Bursa

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2025 European SC Championships: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

Alberto Razzetti has a title defence in his sights as he dives in for the 400 IM heats this morning, entered as the only man under four minutes

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