Articles by Sean Griffin

Swims You Might Have Missed From Day One Of The 2025 World Junior Championships

Trinidad and Tobago’s Liam Carrington chopped 0.78 seconds off his 100 backstroke personal best on the first day of the World Junior Championships.

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Gavin Keogh’s 53.52 100 Back Moves Him To #3 All-Time U.S. 17-18, Tops World Juniors Semis

NC State commit Gavin Keogh clocked 53.52 in the boys’ 100 backstroke, moving up to #3 in the U.S. 17-18 national age group rankings.

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Neutral Athletes ‘B’ (Russia) Set New World Junior Record In Boys’ 4×100 Freestyle Relay

Neutral Athletes ‘B’ (Russia) clocked 3:15.38 to break Team USA’s World Junior Record in the boys’ 4×100 freestyle relay.

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All The Links You Need For The 2025 World Junior Championships

SwimSwam has compiled all the essential links you’ll need for the 2025 World Junior Championships. (Pictured: Audrey Derivaux)

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Mary Woods-Lopez Named Assistant Coach For Kansas Women’s Swimming

The University of Kansas has announced the hiring of Mary Woods-Lopez as an assistant swim coach for their women’s swimming and diving program.

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St. Bonaventure Lands 47.5/1:47.6 Butterflier David Mutter For Class Of 2029

David Mutter joins St. Bonaventure with a 100 butterfly time that would have made the ‘A’ final at last season’s Atlantic 10 Championships.

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Breaststroke & IM Specialist Corey Su Sends Commitment To St. Bonaventure For Fall 2025

Scarlet Aquatics’ Corey Su, a breaststroke and IM specialist, will join St. Bonaventure University’s swim team this fall.

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Brownell Talbot’s Ingrid Nelson Commits To Western Colorado University For Fall 2025

Ingrid Nelson, from Omaha, Nebraska, has committed to swim and study at Western Colorado University in the fall of 2025.

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Mary T. Meagher Sets Masters World Record In 60-64 200 Butterfly

Mary T. Meagher, now racing as Mary Plant, has shattered the masters world record in the women’s 60-64 200 LCM butterfly.

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Olympic Champion Wang Shun Elected Member of AQUA Athletes’ Committee

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion in the 200 IM, China’s Wang Shun, has reportedly been elected to the AQUA Athletes’ Committee.

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Swimming’s Greatest Record Years: The 2009 Super-Suit Era To The 2024 Short Course Worlds

2024 was the first year since 2009 in which at least 50 world records were set, largely due to the record-breaking frenzy at Short Course Worlds.

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Olympian Janelle Pallister Leaves Griffith, Takes Over As Head Coach Of Surrey Park

1988 Olympian and three-time Commonwealth Games medalist Janelle Pallister has been named the head coach at Surrey Park Swimming.

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Proposal To Shift Seven Maine Towns To New England Swimming LSC Up For Vote

The towns of Waterville, Winslow, Fairfield, Benton, Oakland, Belgrade, and Rome may move from the Maine LSC to the New England Swimming LSC.

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Female Athletes Sue Concordia Irvine Over Elimination Of Women’s Teams, Title IX Violations

Nine female athletes, all from the recently eliminated swimming and tennis teams at CIU, have filed a sex discrimination class action lawsuit.

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Phelps Pushes Back On USA Swimming, Releases Statement Despite Being Told To “Stay Quiet”

Michael Phelps has released a lengthy public statement criticizing USA Swimming’s leadership, and is calling for major organizational changes.

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