Articles by Torrey Hart

NAG Holder Andrei Minakov Drops 52.0 100 Fly at Santa Clarita Sectionals Day 3

Terrapin Swim Club’s Andrei Minakov, 16, came within two tenths of his 100 fly 15-16 national age group record Saturday.

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Brinegar, Sullivan Headline US World Junior Open Water Champs Team

High school seniors Michael Brinegar and Erica Sullivan are among the 12 athletes who will represent the U.S. in Israel.

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Kentucky’s Alexander Among 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominees

The women are among the record 581 athletes nominated this year.

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USMS World Record Holder Steve West Trains with his Daughter (VIDEO)

If Steve West was going to get up at 4:15 to drive his daughter, Summer, to practice, he figured he might as well join her.

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Marcela Cunha, Correia Headline SA Champs Rosters from Brazil, Peru, and Argentina

Brazil, Peru, and Argentina have now picked their 2018 South American Championship rosters.

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Bowling Green Head Coach Arrested After Attempting to Ingest Marijuana to Hide it from Cops

Cops approached Matthew Ense and his girlfriend when they were pulled over on a highway after he threw her phone out the window.

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Georgia’s Meryn McCann Hospitalized, Will Miss Canadian Trials

Meryn told SwimSwam that she has been diagnosed with two blood clots in her lungs after experiencing difficulty breathing and pain on her right side.

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2016 Trials Semifinalist Brandon Fischer Attempting Comeback at 29 (VIDEO)

“I sat down and had a really hard conversation with myself and some really close people and said, ‘should I come back?’ And deep down, my heart told me ‘yes.'”

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Kendyl Stewart on Team Elite: “I like having girls that swim my races around me” (VIDEO)

Stewart made the switch from Trojan Swim Club to Team Elite in April, then dropped the No. 2 100 fly time for an American woman this year Sunday.

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LA Invite Day 4: Kendyl Stewart, Riley Scott Among Final Day Winners

Stewart dropped the #2 100 fly time in the United States this year, coming within a second of her best time for the first time since early 2017.

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LA Invite Day 4: Kendyl Stewart Blasts 57.89 100 Fly – No. 2 American This Year

Stewart – who recently joined Team Elite – hadn’t been under 58.8 since March 2017, and hadn’t come close to her best of 57.82 since 2015

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Something in the Water?

We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets!

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Scott on racing teammate Hosszu: “She was scared I’d be intimidated, but it just pumps me up”

USC rising senior Riley Scott is enjoying her time with USC alum and temporary club teammate Katinka Hosszu, and has had a stellar weekend racing her.

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Wilimovsky on Pool/OW Training: “Trying to make sure I can do it all”

Jordan Wilimovsky has seen immense success both in the pool and in open water, but “it’s all distance” to him.

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LA Invite Day 3: Scott Continues Stellar Meet, Dwyer Drops 1:47 200 Fr

Other notable swims included a Team China podium sweep in the women’s 400 free, and another triple-event session for Katinka Hosszu.

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