13 Year Old Kate Harrison Splits 27.3 50 Fly at Australian Age Day 3
Following her 1:00.9 winning time in the girls 13 100 fly yesterday, Kate Harrison posted a blistering 27.30 fly split in the 13-14 girls 4×50 medley relay.
13 Year Old Kate Harrison Posts 1:00 100 Fly at Australian Age Day 2
On the 2nd day of the 2018 Australian Age Champs, freestyle star Ariarne Titmus was a no-show again, signalling that she may not be competing in the meet at all following her triple gold medal performance at the Commonwealth Games a couple weeks ago.
Mauro Castillo Breaks 2 Mexican Records at Tijuana Arena Grand Prix
5 Mexican Records were broken over the course of the meet.
Wayne Lomas Announced as New Canadian National Para-Swimming Coach
Lomas is currently Swimming Australia’s High Performance Executive Manager, and he has been working for Swimming Australia since 2010.
Mike Bottom To Donate $10,000 to Support EMU Sports Facing Elimination
Bottom had strong words for EMU, stating that “There’s other ways to do this besides stealing dreams”, referring to solving EMU’s budget problems.
2018 Spanish Spring Open Day 5: Belmonte Grabs 6th Event Win
Joan Lluis Pons won the 400 IM with a 4:14.77, becoming the 6th swimmer to automatically qualify to the European Championships team.
2018 Spanish Spring Open Day 4: Munoz Breaks Own Spanish Record
Mireia Belmonte went her fastest time since 2014 in the 200 IM.
2018 Spanish Spring Open Day 3: Belmonte Adds 2 More Events for Euros
After putting up his 2 fastest 200 IMs ever (including a Spanish National Record) yesterday, Hugo Gonzalez fell off by quite a bit today.
2018 Spanish Spring Open Day 2: Hugo Gonzalez Breaks Spanish Record
Jessica Vall became the 3rd swimmer to automatically qualify to the European Champs team through the 2nd day of the meet, coming in under the qualifying standards in both her prelims and semifinals swims of the 200 breast.
2018 Spanish Spring Open Day 1 Recap: Belmonte Qualifies For Euros
With new, tougher qualifying standards for the European Championships, Mireia Belmonte was the only swimmer after day 1 to automatically qualify for the team.
15-Year-Old David Curtiss Posts 19.75 50 Free at Y Nationals
Tri-Hampton YMCA’s David Curtiss won the men’s 50 free tonight at the 2018 YMCA Short Course National Championships, posting a personal best of 19.75.
Brendan Burns Leads off 800 Free Relay With 1:36.01 on Day 4 of Y Nats
Brendan Burns dropped a new personal best in the 200 free, leading off the Upper Main Line YMCA men’s 800 free relay in 1:36.01.
2018 Commonwealth Games: Day 2 Finals Live Recap
Records are poised to fall as the 2nd finals session of the 2018 Commonwealth Games will feature finals in the men’s 50 fly, women’s 50 breast, men’s 200 free, men’s and women’s S9 100 back, men’s 400 IM, men’s 100 back, women’s 100 fly, and men’s 4 x 100 free relay, as well as seminfinals of the women’s 50 free, men’s 100 breast, and women’s 100 back.
Leah Braswell Drops 10 seconds to Win 400 IM at Y Nats Night 3
Braswell’s best time coming into the meet was 4:19.21, which she swam at last year’s Y Nats. She dropped a 4:15.78 in prelims, which was already a decent drop, until she dropped almost another 7 seconds in finals.
14-Year-Old Para Swimming Rising Star Grace Bunke Dies of Cancer
Bunke succumbed to osteosarcoma, a very aggressive bone cancer, the day before her 15th birthday.
