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We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.
15-Yr-Old Merve Tuncel Beats World Junior Record 1500 Benchmark Time
The 2020 Turkish Short Course Championships saw a monster swim take place on day 3 at the hands of 15-year-old Merve Tuncel.
UNC Nabs First Ranked Recruit For 2022: OT Qualifier #11 Emma Karam
At the 2019 Speedo Junior Nationals, Karam scored in the 100m back B-final, snagging an Olympic Trials cut with a 1:02.58.
2020 Swammy Awards: Silvia Solymosyová Is a TikTok Sensation
Silvia Solymosyová took over the aquatic space on TikTok in 2020, amassing more than 1.1 million followers in a yeaer.
4 Spanish Relay Records Fall At The Copa De España Meet In Castellón
At the conclusion of the Copa de España meet in Castellón, Spain, a total of four Spanish records were broken, all of which took place in relay events.
Georgia Pulls in Another Distance Free Verbal for 2022-23: Heidi Stalkfleet
Heidi Stalkfleet, a 16:34 miler from Iowa Flyers, has verbally committed to Georgia for the 2022-23 school year and beyond.
Meet Record From Shymanovich Wraps Up Vladimir Salnikov Cup
You read earlier about Andrei Minakov’s European Junior Record in the 100 fly but read what else happened in St. Petersburg tonight.
Ziyad Saleem Continues to Drop, Hits 1:42 200 Back at Schroeder YMCA Invite
A Top-100 age group swim from Ziyad Saleem and an Olympic Trials cut from Erik Gessner highlighted the Schroeder YMCA’s two-day meet.
UNC-Wilmington Lands Huge Commitment from TAC Titans Sprinter Brooke Morgan
Morgan has hit lifetime bests in all of her best events since the pandemic began, and she’s taken her 100 free down by a second (49.83).
Miguel Nascimento Breaks Portuguese Records in 50, 100 Free at Jamor Open
Nascimento shaved .01 seconds off his own Portuguese Record in the 50 free and half-a-second off a 11-years-old record in the 100 free.
2020 Swammy Awards: High School Team of the Year, Carmel High School Boys
The Carmel High School boys set national public high school records in the 200 medley relay (1:27.94) and in the 500 free (Jake Mitchell’s 4:14.68.
Andrei Minakov Shaves .01 Off SCM 100 Fly European Junior Record
While competing on day 2 of the 2020 Vladimir Salnikov Cup, 18-year-old Andrei Minakov checked in with a new European Junior Record in the men’s 100m fly.
Chernysheva Clocks Russian Junior Record In 200 IM
A Russian Junior Record went down on the 2nd and final day of the 2020 Vladimir Salnikov Cup, courtesy of Anna Chernysheva.
SwimSwam Pulse: 50% Predict Two Women To Break 58 In 2021 Olympic Back Final
Half of voters predicted that exactly two women would break 58 seconds in the 100 backstroke final at next summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
Serbian Men’s and Women’s 50 Free Records Both Go Down at Serbian Nationals
Andrej Barna (above) and Nina Stanisavljevic broke the men’s and women’s 50 free Serbian Records, respectively, last weekend in Belgrade.
