Olympians Giving Back to Summer Swimming
Cullen Jones and Missy Franklin join the First Splash Series Events in NC.
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Gaffney Among USOC’s Team USA Best of April Awards Finalists
The United States Olympic Committee today announced finalists for the Team USA Awards presented by Dow, Best of April, which recognize the outstanding achievements of Team USA athletes from last month.
Fike Swim Signs UGA Standout Megan Kingsley
Fike Swim is thrilled to announce the addition of former U.S. National Teamer and elite butterflier Megan Kingsley to its…
2019 Gwangju Ambassador Park Tae Hwan Ready To Host The World’s Best
” I am confident that those who visit Gwangju, Korea will love its nature, culture and food and I hope all the athletes, families and communities will enjoy the beautiful sceneries our region has to offer,” says Olympic champion Park Tae Hwan of the FINA World Championships coming to his home nation just over 2 months from now.
UK’s GLL Sport Foundation Hands Out Largest Annual Athlete Award
The UK’s largest leisure and culture social enterprise, the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF), has announced it will be doling out £297,000 (~$387,000 USD) to over 577 aquatic athletes in 2019, representing the organization’s largest ever annual athlete award.
Duncan Scott Changes Tune, Joins London Roar Along With Sarah Vasey
Two more big guns were added to International Swimming League (ISL) team London Roar, as Duncan Scott and Sarah Vasey each announced they are joining the Adam Peaty-led squad.
Vertical Arm Recovery in Butterfly
Recently, I wrote an article on the benefits of a more vertical arm recovery in butterfly, pointing to the techniques used by Rikako Ikee of Japan and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, as elite examples. The question is should we be teaching young swimmers the high vertical arm recovery in fly to them?
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Cal Secures Verbal Commitment from 2x Winter Juniors Champ Gracie Felner
Gracie Felner has verbally committed to Cal for 2020-21.
Farida Osman, Dylan Carter, and more on Impact of Training in US (Video)
After each round, swimming announcer extraordinaire Sam Kendricks spoke with each athlete about where they are in their training
WADA Successfully Retrieves Russian Doping Samples for Re-Analysis
After missing a previous deadline to turn over Data, this time Russia was 2 months ahead of the deadline to produce the samples to WADA.
Murilo Sartori Leads 16 Brazilians to 2019 World Junior Championships
Sartori (above) is the Brazilian Junior Record holder in the men’s 400 free.
Riptide’s Katia Soudakova Makes Verbal Commitment to Minnesota
Distance freestyler Katia Soudakova from Riptide will swim for the University of Minnesota in 2020-21.
Former Stanford Captain Sam Perry Announces Retirement
Sam Perry, former Stanford captain and New Zealand representative announced his retirement from competitive swimming earlier this morning.
4 Races To Watch, Full Psych Sheets For 2019 CIF Central Coast Champs
Saint Francis High School junior Nicole Oliva is the heavy favorite in both girls distance events, and could go after some pretty lofty section records in both races.
Tea Laughlin Snaps CIF-SS D3 100 Back Record in Prelims
Laughlin was the 2018 D1 Champion in this event, and took down Lindsey Engel’s 100 back D3 record from 2011 this morning.
