Articles by Will Baxley

Letitia Sim Throws Down 1:05.9 LC 100 BR Split at SEA Games

Sim closed off the SEA Games on the right foot, becoming one of only six women to split sub-1:06 in a LC 100 breast this year

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Agostina Hein Cracks Two Meet Records With 4 IM/2 Fr Double To Close São Paulo Open

Hein went 1:56.57/4:36.40 in a tough double to close out the meet. Both were meet records, but near misses of national records

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Supersuited 200 IM Argentine Record Downed By Hein In São Paulo

17-year-old Hein earned her 9th individual Argentine record with a 2:10.57 200 SC IM. It knocked off Georgina Bardach’s mark from 2009.

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Singapore Women Notch Three New SEA Games Records On Day 5 Of Meet

Letitia Sim (pictured), Xiang Qi Amanda Lim, and Gan Ching Hwee all notched new individual SEA Games meet records for Singapore

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13-Year-Old 2:31 200 Breaststroker Pimchanok Chinveeraphan: Thailand’s Breakout Star

See how Chinveeraphan’s 2:31.15 200 breaststroke as a 13-year-old girl compares to stars like Amanda Beard, Kate Douglass, and Yu Zidi

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Quah Ting Wen Becomes Singapore’s Most Decorated SEA Games Athlete Ever, Wins Gold At 33

At 33 years of age, Quah Ting Wen has now won at every SEA Games since 2007, bringing her gold medal total to the 34 (63 overall)

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2025 Winter Junior Championships – West: Day 4 Finals Scratch Report

15-year-old sprint beast Gabi Brito scratched the 200 backstroke as she guns for a fifth title of the weekend in the 100 freestyle

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#2 Seeded Audrey Derivaux Scratches 200 Back Final At Speedo Winter Juniors – East

Audrey Derivaux will still swim the 200 fly, and event in which she’s seeded #1. See the full scratch report for the session here.

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Agostina Hein Picks Up Another Argentine Record In SCM 100 Free

Agostina Hein popped a 54.16 100 free on her first race of the São Paulo Summer Open, adding another Argentine record to her collection

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Huy Huang Nguyen 5-Peats Mile, Lee Splits 48.0 100 FR on SEA Games Night 3

Huy Hoang Nguyen (VN) and Mikkel Lee (SG) were the respective distance and sprint standouts on night 3 of the 2025 SEA Games in Bangkok

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2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West: Night 3 Scratches

Jacob Bougaieff (pictured) and Cade Vieler were among the names to focus on one event by dropping another on the third night in Austin

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Michigan’s Letitia Sim Scores Another Singaporean & SEA Games Record With 2:13.42 200 IM

Letitia Sim earned a second win and meet record at the 2025 SEA Games, and also beat her own national record in the 200 IM

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Kayla Sanchez Leads Philippines To Its First Ever SEA Games 4×100 Free Gold

Sanchez helped the Philippines get its ever 400 free relay gold and NR with a 53.79 anchor. Mikkel Lee approached a Schooling meet record.

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Stephan Steverink Posts 7:55.84 800 As Minas Tênis Clube Wins Brazil Open

Stephan Steverink closed out a successful 2025 by scaring his 800 free lifetime best. Minas TC won junior and senior meet and the season.

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Germonprez, Gemmell, Andrew End Their Meets Early (U.S. Open Night 4 Scratches)

After hitting a new 200 breast best time in the morning to rank 3rd, Texas’ Nate Germonprez will not swim in the home pool final

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