Arena Swim of the Week

arena Swim of the Week: Ashley Twichell Upsets Olympic Champ In Pan Am 10km

After planning to retire and then giving birth, the 34-year-old Twichell came back with an incredible win over Ana Marcela Cunha in the women’s 10km.

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arena Swim of the Week: Rachel Stege Drops 13 Seconds For Pan Am Record In 1500 Free

Stege came from behind to claim gold in the 1500 free in a time of 16:13.59, setting a new Games Record and crushing her previous PB of 16:29.55.

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arena Swim of the Week: Matt Sates Closes Impressive Double With Fractured Wrist

Sates won the 200 fly in a lifetime best of 1:55.44 less than 40 minutes after he topped the field in the 200 IM, doing so with a fractured wrist no less.

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arena Swim of the Week: Minna Abraham Delivers 1:43.53 200 Free In Yards Debut

The 17-year-old Hungarian won both of her individual events at the SMU Classic, highlighted by her 200 free effort that’s already in NCAA ‘A’ final territory.

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arena Swim of the Week: Letitia Sim Shatters 11-Day-Old Singaporean Record In 200 Breast

Sim has broken the Singaporean Record in the women’s 200 breaststroke five times in 2023, bringing it down from 2:28-high to 2:24-low in a matter of months.

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arena Swim of the Week: Singaporean Men Rocket To Massive National Record In 4×100 Free

Jonathan Tan, Zheng Wen Quah, Ardi Azman and Mikkel Lee combined to smash the Singaporean Record in the men’s 400 free relay by nearly two seconds in 3:14.77.

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arena Swim of the Week: Haig Buckingham Drops 57.85 100 Breast At Aussie SC Champs

The 19-year-old has been on the rise and could be Australia’s answer on the men’s medley relay.

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arena Swim of the Week: Wang Xizhe Runs Down 200 Fly Field With 28.94 Closing 50

Wang produced one of the rare sub-29 closing splits in the boys’ 200 fly final en route to the World Junior title in a time of 1:56.22.

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arena Swim of the Week: Zhang Zhanshuo Becomes Fastest 16&U 400 IMer In History

The 16-year-old Zhang dropped five seconds in the 400 IM with a time of 4:12.44, winning silver at World Juniors and becoming the fastest 16 & under ever.

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arena Swim of the Week: 16-Year-Old Tai Pearson Hits 1:56.8 SCM 200 Fly In South Africa

Pearson put up a time of 1:56.84 to crush his own WCA (Western Cape) Record by nearly two seconds in the 200 fly, one of four marks he set on the weekend.

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arena Swim of the Week: Sven Schwarz Drops 7:41.77 800 Free In Dublin

After narrowly missing out on a World Championship spot, Schwarz delivered in a big way at the LEN U23 Championships, moving into 17th all-time in the 800.

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arena Swim of the Week: 17-Year-Old Iona Anderson Hits 57.16 100 Back (SCM) In Australia

Anderson came within nine one-hundredths of the Australian Age Record for 17-year-olds held by current world record holder Minna Atherton.

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arena Swim of the Week: Maximus Williamson Rockets To 48.84 100 Free On Relay Lead-Off

Williamson inched even closer to Kaii Winkler’s National Age Group Record on a relay lead-off Thursday night in Irvine.

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arena Swim of the Week: Matt Richards Orchestrates Gigantic Upset In Men’s 200 Free

Richards stunned the favorites to win gold in the men’s 200 free at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka.

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arena Swim of the Week: Ayden Tan Lowers 10 & Under NAG Record In Boys’ 100 Breast

Tan broke the 11-year-old record held by Ethan Dang in the 100 breast with his time of 1:18.56 at the Bill Rose Classic.

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