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2022 European Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

The first session of the 2022 European Championships in Rome is here!

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Valentin Bayer Downs Austrian Record in 100 Breast Prelims – 59.76

The swim marks Bayer’s first time under 1:00 in the event, beating out his previous best of 1:00.14, which was set in April of this year. 

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Nyls Korstanje’s 22.90 Leads Trio of National Records Broken in 50 Fly Prelims

Firstly, Netherlands’ Nyls Korstanje wasted no time putting up a great performance, swimming a 22.90 to establish the top time of the morning.

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2022 European Championships Previews: Sjostrom Looking for 5th Women’s 50 Fly Gold

Sprint superstar Sarah Sjostrom, the fastest women’s butterflier in history, is set to compete in her 7th LC European Championships starting this week.

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2022 European Championships: All the Links You Need

Use this post for all the links you need as we head into the meet, including the event schedule, start times, results links, and the live stream link.

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Northwestern Names Sarah Stockwell-Gregson Assistant Head Coach

Stockwell-Gregson comes to Northwestern with 12 years of collegiate coaching experience under her belt.

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2022 European Championships Previews: Toussaint, Panziera Lead Women’s Backstroke

One of the leading backstrokers at these championships is Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint, who is the fastest 50 backstroker in European history.

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5-Time U.S. National Team Member Sierra Schmidt Announces Move to ASU Pro Group

Pan Ams, World Junior Champs, and Jr Pan Pacs Gold medalist Sierra Schmidt announced she will also be joining the ASU pro group under head coach Bob Bowman.

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Tokyo 400 IM Silver Medalist Jay Litherland Joining Rapidly Growing ASU Pro Group

Olympic Silver medalist Jay Litherland has confirmed to SwimSwam that he will be moving to Arizona to train under Bob Bowman with the ASU pro group.

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2022 European Championship Previews: Quadarella Eyes Distance Free Triple-Triple

Italy’s Simona Quadarella is the name to watch out for in women’s distance freestyle as we head into these Championships.

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Watch the Most Intense Swim-Off Ever: 5-Way Girls 50 Free Swim-Off at US Jr. Nats

There was a 5-way tie for 24th place in prelims of the girls 50 free at the 2022 US Junior Nationals, resulting in a 5-person swim-off.

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2022 U.S. Junior Nationals: Team Scoring Analysis

Carmel Swim Club came away with the combined title thanks to a mostly balanced scoring between their boys and girls.

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NY and NJ Teams Put 6 Swimmers on the Podium in the Girls 1500 at Junior Nationals

15-year-old Chloe Kim out of Scarlet Aquatics took 2nd, swimming a 16:28.77, while 16-year-old teammate Kate Hurst was 3rd in 16:37.22. 

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2022 Summer Junior Nationals: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

This morning’s prelims session will be a short one, featuring just the 200 IM and 50 free.

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14-Year-Old Baylor Stanton Rips 2:05.73 200 IM, Moves to #2 All-Time 13-14

He sits behind only Michael Andrew, who holds the 13-14 NAG at 2:04.13.

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