Articles by Yanyan Li

Emma Weyant Disqualified From 400 IM Prelims Due To Fly Kick During Breaststroke Leg

Weyant, who is a 2021 Olympic silver medalist and 2022 Worlds bronze medalist in the 400 IM, will not get to make the 2023 Worlds roster in her best event.

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Alex Shackell Swims 1:56.70 200 Free To Rank #4 In U.S. 15-16 Girls’ Age Group

Shackell has dropped nearly three seconds in one day, and will likely qualify for the 2023 World Championships with her time of 1:56.70.

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Claire Weinstein Runs Down Katie Ledecky To Drop Massive 1:55.26 200 Free Swim

Weinstein dropped over a second to run down Ledecky, becoming the first American woman since Allison Schmitt to beat Katie Ledecky in the 200 free.

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Carson Foster Scratches ‘A’ Finals Of The 200 Free, Zane Grothe Gets Bumped Up

After Foster scratched out of the 200 free ‘A’ final race, Grothe now has a chance to make Worlds for the first time since 2019.

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Gretchen Walsh On Making Worlds: “I’ve Been Dreaming Of This For So Long”

After struggling at Trials for the last two years, a mindset change helped Walsh push through this year to qualify for Worlds in the 100 free.

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With Shaine Casas Out Of The 200 Back, How Does The Landscape In Men’s Events Change?

With Casas being off-form in both the 100 free and the 200 back, the other events that he’s entered in could become more wide-open than they were before.

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Claire Weinstein and Alex Shackell Move Up U.S. 15-16 Rankings With 200 Free PBs

Weinstein and Shackell now rank second and seventh all-time in the U.S. 15-16 girls’ age group for the women’s 200 freestyle race.

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UVA Women Take Up 3/6 Of The Likely Women’s 4×100 Free Relay Worlds Qualifiers

The University of Virginia women are not only dominated sprint freestyle in the NCAA, but also in long course as well now.

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Katie Ledecky Posts Third-Fastest Women’s 800 Free In History (8:07.07)

Ledecky posted her fastest-ever 800 free time since 2016, when she set the world record in the event that still stands today.

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USA Swimming Releases Psych Sheets For 2023 U.S. National Championships

Caeleb Dressel wil be present at trials, but other big names like Simone Manuel are missing from the psych sheets and will not race at Worlds.

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Regan Smith Entered In 100 Fly And 200 IM At U.S. Nationals In Addition To Usual Lineup

For the first time since 2018, Smith will be racing more than the 50/100/200 back and the 200 fly at a major international team qualification meet.

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Kate Douglass and Leon Marchand Snubbed By 2023 “Best College Athlete” ESPY Nominations

Despite posting historic NCAA seasons, Douglass and Marchand were not nominated for the 2023 “Best College Athlete” ESPY award given to a male and a female.

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2024 “Best Of The Rest” Sprinter Garrett Gould Verbally Commits To Texas

Gould’s commitment is big for a sprint-deprived Texas team, and his 100 free time makes him the fourth-fastest recruit coming to Austin in the next two years.

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Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits In The Boys’ Class Of 2024

After becoming the fastest high school 100 freestyler since Ryan Hoffer, Kaii Winkler moves up to take the honor of being the #1 recruit in the nation.

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World Record Holder Coleman Stewart Named Assistant Swim Coach At Duke University

Stewart, the world record holder in the short course meters 100 back, was named an assistant coach for Duke just a month after the program hired a new head.

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