Articles by Will Baxley

Carles Coll Resets Own Spanish Records With 56.28 100 Breast, 1:24.65 4×50 Free Relay

Coll sliced .4 off his 100 breast national record from last year before producing the fastest split (20.90) on Spain’s 4×50 free relay

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Sarah Sjostrom Poses For Sweden’s National Gallery “Portrait Of Honour”

Magnus Ragnvid shot Sjostrom for the 2025 Portrait of Honour. The Olympian will join a slew of famous Swedes in the National Portrait Gallery

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NIL Swimmers’ Median Earnings Plummet 72% to $51 In Post-Olympic Season

NCAA’s NIL data dashboard show that swimmers and divers with NIL deals made much less in the 2024-25 season than they did the year before

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Anastasiya Shkurdai Produces 2:02.05 Continent-Leading 200 Back In Minsk

Shkurdai’s 200 back at Belarus’ Strongest Athletes Cup leads Europe by 1.5 seconds. Panel Samusenko also put up an elite 49.36 men’s 100 back

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Brazilian Open Championships To Return, Will Score Based Off Prelims

After 7 years dormant, Brazil is reviving its summer open championships this December with an unorthodox prelim-scoring point system

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Santa Fe, Argentina To Host 2026 World Junior Open Water Championships

Elite open water swimming returns to the northern Argentine city for the first time since the discontinuation of the Ultramarathon Series

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Spain Announces Roster of 25 For 2025 Short Course Euros

Spain will bring 25 athletes, including SC World Champion Carles Coll, to compete at the Short Course European Championships in Lublin

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Eudald Tarrats Beats Carles Coll’s 50 Breast National Record To Close Spanish SC Champs

New Spanish swimming stars such as Eudald Tarrats, Luca Hoek, and Irene Ciercoles finished out Spain’s short course nationals strongly

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Maria Daza Shines With 1:54.45 3-Second 200 Free PB At 2025 Spanish SC Nationals Day 3

The 18-year-old Maria Daza sets herself up to be a versatile relay star for Spain at the European Championships next month

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Spain Adds Eight To Lublin Roster On Night 2 Of SC Nationals

Laura Cabanes hit a 2:05.70 pr in the women’s 200 SCM butterfly, making herself a serious medal threat for 2025 Euros in Lublin

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Hugo Gonzalez Wins Spanish National Title and SC Euros Berth In 200 Breaststroke

Primarily a backstroker, University of Texas-based Hugo Gonzalez turned heads for his 200 breaststroke performance at Spanish nationals

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Colombia’s Laura Melo Annihilates 30-Year-Old 400 IM NR By 8 Seconds

Laura Melo blasted a 4:48.91 SCM 400 IM to ax a national mark from 1995. All women’s national records in Colombia are now post-supersuit.

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2025 Spanish Short Course Championships – Preview and Links

Spain will select its Lublin 2025 team, while 17-year-old Luca Hoek will follow up on his two national records from this summer.

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Mid Distance Specialist Libby Helmer Sends 2027 Verbal To South Carolina

Tennessee 200 Free State Champion Libby Helmer will arrive at Columbia in fall 2027 with strong potential in the mid-d free events

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Arizona State Adds U.S. Jr Nationals Finalist Thor Johannessen for 2027

Ohio-native Thor Johannessen, a Swiss army knife sprinter, will swim and study at Tempe with the Sun Devils beginning in 2027

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