2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 3 Pan Pacs (& More) Projected Roster Updates
Doubles are extremely scarce three day into U.S. Nationals, suggesting that 3rd-place finishers might be in tough shape to make the Pan Pacs squad.
2018 British Summer C’ships Day 4: Richards & Williams Back At It
Royal Wolverhampton School’s Matt Richards followed up his stellar 100m freestyle win last night with a victory in the men’s 15-year-old age group 100m butterfly.
WR Watch? American Women’s 4×200 Free Relay Aggregate Time: 7:43.9
Based on the results of last night’s women’s 200 free, the American women could be in world record hunting mode come Pan Pacs, with an aggregate 4×200 free relay time of 7:43.90 – and that’s without Katie Ledecky or Leah Smith swimming their best times.
2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 2 Pan Pacs (& More) Projected Roster Updates
Day 2 has wrapped, and these U.S. Nationals have been anything but predictable.
16-year-old Regan Smith Sets 200 Back World Junior Record in 2:06.43
Smith still trails Missy Franklin for the national age group record as FINA only began recognizing WJRs in 2014.
2018 British Summer C’ships: 15-year-old Matt Richards’ 50.57 1Free
Matt Richards, who laid waste to British age group records as a 14-year-old last December, is now making moves on the 15-year-old category.
World Medalist Aleksandr Krasnykh Absent From Euro Psych Sheets
Russian Aleksandr Krasnykh is absent from the European Championship psych sheets.
Katinka Hosszu Not Entered In 400 IM At European Championships
Katinka Hosszu will not defend her European title in the women’s 400 IM.
2018 European Championships Psych Sheets Released
The psych sheets for the 2018 European Championships have been released.
Pan Pacs Warning Shots: Ikee Puts Up 53.47 1Free/56.50 1Fly At HS Meet
While competing at the 2018 Kanto High School Championship Swimming Games over July 21st – July 23rd, 18-year-old Rikako Ikee threw down impressive times across her bread-and-butter sprint free and fly events.
Mexico Tops Final Medal Table Of 2018 CAC Games
The 2018 Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Games wrapped up in Barranquilla, Colombia, but not before the nation of Mexico upgraded its 2nd place position in the 2014 swimming medal table to 1st place overall.
2018 CAC Games Day 6: Kristen Romano Strikes 200 Back Gold
Puerto Rico’s Kristen Romano sealed up the women’s 200m backstroke gold to end her 2018 CAC Games campaign.
2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 1 Pan Pacs (& More) Projected Roster Updates
It was a day 1 full of shocks, as the first swimmers to etch their names on the American Pan Pacs roster aren’t the ones most expected. Justin Wright and Blake Pieroni won events on the men’s side, while Caeleb Dressel and Jack Conger missed the first wave of qualifying.
Bill Rose, Tyler Fenwick To Be Named Open Water Coaches for Pan Pacs
Tyler Fenwick and Bill Rose have been named head coaches for Team USA at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.
2018 British Summer C’ships: Young Guns Strike Again
Two additional breaststroke age group records were broken as the British Summer Championships continue in Sheffield this week. Archie Goodburn, left, was one of the gold medalists this evening in Sheffield.
