Pancake Hot Take: Top 5 Swim(mer)s & Surprises from Des Moines/Pac-12s
This weekend really blew my socks off for a beginning of March, in-season meet. We saw many top times in the world & so many historic, top-10 all-time swims.
Smith & Murphy Lead PSS As 16 of Top 20 Swims of Season Come In Des Moines
Backstrokers Ryan Murphy and Regan Smith lead the 2020 Pro Swim Series as the Des Moines stop produced 16 of the top 20 swims of the season in FINA points.
Gracie Weyant Breaks Pickrem’s LSC Record at Florida Age Group Championships
Gracie Weyant (SYS) broke 30 in the 50 breast for the first time in 29.63, erasing the former LSC Record set by SEC Champion Sydney Pickrem in 2011.
Cal’s Hoffer and Weitzeil, UW’s Nelson Named Sullivan Award Semifinalists
American record-holders Abbey Weitzeil, Ryan Hoffer, and Beata Nelson were among the 33 semifinalists for the James E. Sullivan Award.
R. Smith, Andrew Lead Des Moines Money Earners, Smith Leads Entire PSS
Regan Smith earned the most prize money of any athlete for a second-consecutive Pro Swim Series stop, and she now leads the entire series in earnings at $13K.
Gunnar Bentz on Living with Fellow Olympian Kevin Cordes (Video)
Gunnar Bentz describes cooking, sleeping, and TV with recent UGA transplant and fellow Olympian, breaststroke specialist Kevin Cordes
Ryan Held Describes Killer Coley Stickels Set (Video)
Ryan Held breaks down Coley Stickels Sprint training, including a set that burns the arms, the legs… burns just about everything if done right
Michael Andrew Describes Changes in his Swimming after Getting an Agent (Video)
Michael Andrew blasted out to a lifetime best in the 200 IM at 1:56.83, ranking 4th in the world this season and 6th All-time among Americans
Ryan Held Analyzes 100 Free Field Heading into Olympic Trials (Video)
Dean Farris (48.97), Ryan Held (48.99) and Blake Pieroni (49.00) had virtually nothing between them as took third, fourth and fifth
NCAP 13-14 Boys Break 200 Yard Medley Relay National Age Group Record
A day after breaking the 400 medley relay record, a group of NCAP 13-14s broke the 200 medley relay as well.
13-Year-Old Pelaez Posts 2:16 200 Back on Night 4 of Plantation Sectionals
Eagle Aquatics’ 13-year-old Erika Pelaez took nearly 3 seconds off her best in the 200 back. She won the final in 2:16.21.
Sam Stewart Doubles with Lifetime Best 100 FR, 1:59 200 IM at Cary Sectionals
YMCA Hub Fins’ Sam Stewart, a former Texas Longhorn, was 2nd in the 100 free with a 50.67, marking his first time under 51 in the event.
Walsh Sisters Battle in 100 Fly on Day 4 of Southern Premier
The Walsh sisters and Ulett returned for the 100 fly. Alex got her hands to the wall ahead of Gretchen, 51.73 to 52.03. That was Gretchen’s best by 2 tenths.
Gunnar Bentz on UGA Training: “It’s been a war zone in Athens” (Video)
Gunnar Bentz shocked many after registering a lifetime best in the 200 fly, taking the event by a wide margin with a time of 1:56.20
Leah Smith Talks Suited Swims with Arizona Pro Group (Video)
Leah Smith consistently held 31s throughout the majority of the race, coming home in 30.46 to clock in a season best of 8:23.46.
