Articles by Tony Carroll

College Swimming Previews: #12 Indiana Men Building On Young Team

Head Coach Ray Looze brought in another large freshman class and is hoping to build off of their 12th place finish at the NCAA Championships last season.

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Australian Age Records Drop Like Flies In Singapore

Its been an Australian Age record breaking night at the World Junior championships in Singapore. Getting in on the action…

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FINA Considering Instituting Minimum Age For World Championships

“For her, this is a game and it’s better for children to have fun at this and not start at age 10 to take marijuana or cocaine, smoking or drinking alcohol,” FINA’s president said in defending the presence of a 10-year-old entrant at Worlds.

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Race For Gold: Kelsi Worrell Video Interview

Kelsi Worrell dominated the event, winning with a time of 57.26. That time is .02 off of her time from prelims the Pan American Game of 57.24.

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Race For Gold: Jack Conger Video Interview

Jack Conger is among the favorites to make the 2016 Olympic team in the butterfly events after two second place finishes to Michael Phelps in the 100 and 200 butterfly at the US National Championships.

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Ben Lecomte To Swim 5,500 Miles Across Pacific Ocean

At the end of September, Lecomte plans to start his 5,500 mile journey from Tokyo to San Francisco.

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Taylor McKeown Sets Jose Finkel Trophy 200 Breaststroke Record

Taylor McKeown had the biggest swim of the day, breaking her meet record from prelims by four seconds to win the women’s 200 breaststroke for the Minas Tenis Clube with a 2:24.09.

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2015 FINA World Cup Paris-Chartres: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The 2015 FINA World Cup Series is unique because the athletes will be competing in a 50 meter poor rather…

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IOC Says They Will Not Test For Viruses in Rio’s Olympic Waterways

The International Olympic Committee announced they do not believe testing the viral levels in the Olympic waterways in necessary.

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UNCW Hires 4x NCAA All-American Jos Smith

“Jos has experience swimming and coaching at the highest levels of the sport. I look forward to his passion and enthusiasm immediately paying off in coaching and recruiting.”

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2015 FINA World Cup Moscow: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the second day of the 2015 FINA World Cup in Moscow.

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NCAA Releases 2015-16 NCAA Division I Time Standards

Jack Conger and the rest of the NCAA will be aiming for the 2016 NCAA qualifying time standards all season.

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Comparing The 2016 NCAA Division I Time Standards

The time standards got much quicker this year, with 94.4% of the “A” standards faster than there were in 2015.

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What Is Happening With British Swimming!?

One thing that stands out in all this amazing performances in the pool is that there seems to be more and more little British flags on swimming caps during finals and semi-finals.

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Michael Andrew Leads US Jr World Championship Team With 5 Events

The championships will be in Singapore and take place from Aug 25th to the 30th. The team is currently scheduled to reassemble on August 20th to travel to Singapore for the Championships.

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