Australian Championships and Trials: Day 2 Finals
Emma McKeon led the way as four women broke the 58 second mark in the women’s 100 butterfly…
2015 Shanghai Long Course Presented By Rocket Science Sports
MEET INFORMATION Oriental Sports Center – Former Location of the FINA World Championships Event Date: May 9th, 2015 Event Time:…
Dutch Swimmers Defend Home Freestyle Turf on Day 2 of Eindhoven Swim Cup
Swimming in the stadium named for the country’s most legendary freestyler, the Dutch home team impressed in freestyle events on Friday in Eindhoven.
2015 Australian Nationals and Trials: Day Two Prelims
Emily Seebohm qualified for tonight’s semi-final in the women’s 100 back at the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney.
Cochrane, Thomas, Savard All Qualify For Canadian World Championships Team
Prior to tonight, only nine swimmers had met the criteria, but now Ryan Cochrane, Noemie Thomas, and Katerine Savard have joined their ranks on the road to Kazan.
Penny Oleksiak Takes Down Noemie Thomas’ Age Group Record In 100 Fly
Penny Oleksiak took home a fifth place finish in the 100m fly tonight en route to breaking Noemie Thomas’ Canadian record that she set back in August of 2010.
2015 Canadian Trials: Day Three Finals – Ryan Cochrane Drops Fifth Fastest 400 Free This Year
CANADIAN TRIALS – DAY THREE FINALS Live streaming can be found here. Live results can be found here Prelims each day…
Taylor Ruck Breaks 38-Year-Old Age Group Record Set At 1976 Olympic Games
Taylor Ruck took down a legendary Canadian 13-14 age group mark tonight in the finals of the 400m freestyle, claiming fourth with a time of 4:13.51.
Girl Underwater: Exclusive SwimSwam Excerpt
The novel follows Avery, a competitive college swimmer, who boards a night flight from West coast to East, along with two team members and two hundred strangers. When the plane goes down over the Rockies, only Avery, three little boys, and Colin Shea, the only teammate who has ever challenged her to strike out on her own, survive.
RACE VIDEO: Watch Femke Heemskerk Swim the 7th-Fastest 200 Free in history
Femke Heemskerk became the first Dutch woman to go sub-1:55 on Friday at the Eindhoven Swim Cup.
Taylor Ruck Just Shy Of Canadian Record In Prelims, Will Have Another Go At It In Finals
That time for Ruck came dangerously close to the 13-14 Canadian age-group record in the 400 which stands at 4:14.60. That record was set back in 1976 at the Montreal Olympic Games when 14-year-old Shannon Smith took the bronze behind Shirley Babashoff.
Four Swimmers Under ‘Top 16’ Standard During Day Three Prelims At Canadian Trials
It seems as though the potential for at least four more spots on the World Championship roster are available tonight after four swimmers dipped under Swimming Canada’s ‘top 16’ standard during day three prelims.
Video: Michelle Williams And Chantal VanLandeghem Go 1-2 In the 100 Free At Canadian Trials
Michelle Williams and Chantal Van Landeghem went 1-2 in the 100 freestyle yesterday and both dipped under the Swimming Canada ‘top 16’ standard to claim spots on the World Championship roster.
2015 French Long Course Nationals in Limoges: Day Four – Top 4 Men’s 100 Free Among World’s Fastest; Gastaldello Breaks Record
Jérémy Stravius of Amiens won the 100 free, the most anticipated -and exciting- race of the day, with 48.50 to qualify for Kazan.
Pedro Oliveira Completes Backstroke Win Tri-Fecta on Day 3 of Portuguese Nats
Pedro Oliveira scored his third backstroke win at the 2015 Portugues Nats meet, completing a hat trick of 50-100-200 backstrokes.
