Articles by Yanyan Li

What Times From U.S. Nationals Would Have Made The Worlds Team?

In this article, we review some of the swims from the first two days of US Nationals that were fast enough to earn a spot on the 2022 Worlds team.

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After Trials Struggles, Gretchen Walsh Suits Up And Goes Best Time In 3 Years

A new approach to swimming 100s helped Gretchen Walsh achieve a 100 free time of 53.86 at the 2022 U.S. National Championships, her fastest in three years.

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Tess Howley Moves Up To #6 All-Time In US 17-18 Age Group For 200 Fly

Howley is now the sixth fastest American in the 17-18 age group, which surpassed the #12 ranking that she earned in prelims this morning.

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2022 Commonwealth Games Previews: South African Showdowns in Women’s Breaststroke

South African women such as Tatjana Schoenmaker, Kaylene Corbett, and Lara van Niekerk are favored to win multiple medals in the breaststrokes.

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Ryan Mallette on Being Named Head Coach of the High Performance Center in Ontario

Recently hired HPC-Ontario head coach Ryan Mallette discussed his new job, Canada’s performance at the World Championships, and choosing event lineups.

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Josh Liendo on World Champs Success, Being a Black Swimmer, and Kayla Sanchez

In a virtual press conference, Liendo discussed his Worlds performance, being a black swimmer, and Kayla Sanchez representing the Philippines internationally.

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Maggie MacNeil Happy with World Champs Outcome, Looking Forward to Birmingham

At a virtual press conference, MacNeil spoke about her thoughts on her World Championships performance, pressure, and her outlook on Birmingham.

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2022 Commonwealth Games Previews: McKeown And McIntosh To Face Off In The IMs

Kaylee McKeown and Summer McIntosh look to be the top two swimmers fighting it out for IM titles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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Olympic Medalist Emma Weyant Announces Transfer To Florida

Weyant’s arrival to Gainesville will make a huge impact on her team, which is already one of the fastest-rising women’s programs in the country.

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Swimming Australia Arrives in Birmingham For Commonwealth Games Post-Training Camp

Swimming Australia spent two weeks at a training camp in Chartres, France, before heading over to Birmingham for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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2022 YMCA LC Nationals Day 5: 16-Year-Old Emily Thompson Swims 2:16.39 200 IM

Thompson was just slightly slower than her PB of 2:15.63, which was set at the U.S. International Team Trials to qualify her for the Junior Pan Pacs team.

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Anna Moesch Swims 24.92 50 Free Before Splitting 53.98 On The 4×100 Free Relay

Moesch’s 50 free now makes her the fifth-fastest performer of all-time amongst 15-16 year old girls in the U.S, and also came after a PB in the 200 IM.

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2022 YMCA LC Nationals Day 4: 16-Year-Old Clare Logan Swims 1:01.99 100 Back

Logan, the winner of the 50 back as well, dropped a few tenths off her previous best time of 1:02.39 that was set leading off the 400 medley relay.

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2022 YMCA LC Nationals Day 3: Diehl #2 All-Time In 15-16 U.S. Age Group For 50 BK

Daniel Diehl’s time of 25.32 is just 0.21 seconds away from Michael Andrew’s unofficial national age group record of 25.13 in the 50 back.

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Katie Ledecky Wins ESPY Awards For Best Women’s Athlete and Olympian

Although Ledecky had been nominated for multiple ESPYs in the past such as in 2016, 2017, and 2018, this year is her first time winning one of the accolades.

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