Articles by Yanyan Li

Jake Magahey No-Shows 400 Free Prelims Due To Illness, Carson Foster Also Out

The 400 free was one of Magahey’s best shots at qualifying for the World Championships, while Foster is already going to Worlds for the 400 IM and 200 fly.

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NCAA All-American Kelly Pash To Use Fifth Year Of Eligibility At Texas

Pash is a seven-time NCAA ‘A’ finalist and has been a valuable asset to Texas individually and on relays over the last three years.

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Dare Rose Moves Up To #6 All-Time Amongst Americans With 50.74 100 Fly

Rose passes Michael Andrew to become the sixth-fastest American of all-time, and also moves up to become the 17th overall performer in history.

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2023 U.S. Trials: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

After winning the 200 breast last night, Lilly King will take a shot at the 50 breast on day three of the 2023 U.S. National Championships.

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Dare Rose Swims 50.87 100 Fly To Become #7 American Of All-Time

Rose improved a considerably amount from his previous best time of 51.40, which was set over a year ago at the 2022 U.S. World Championship Trials

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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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