Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Kyle Chalmers opens long course season with a bang
Swimming at Australia’s long course national championships, Chalmers, just 16 years old, blasted two of the finest junior times we’ve ever seen in the 100 free.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Nolan hits a new career-defining number in final collegiate 200 IM
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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Missy Franklin silences doubts with five digits: 1:39.10
After dealing with adversity for a good calendar year, Missy Franklin broke through at the 2015 NCAAs, answering questions about her improvement curve and training home with a resounding “1:39.10.”
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Josa’s 100-point weekend carries the Queens national title run
Between relay and individual events, Matt Josa put up 100 of Queens’ 433.5 total points to help the Royals earn their first-ever Division II NCAA title.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Michael Phelps and the most talked-about time trial in years
Swimming a handful of races that weren’t even official, Michael Phelps still managed to steal swimming’s spotlight as the comeback continues.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Bilis & NC State announce their arrival into the NCAA’s speed tier
NC State (shown here celebrating a big relay last season) now has the depth to put four swimmers under 19 seconds on the 200 free relay, including newly-found 18-second leadoff man Simonas Bilis.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Yale pulls off one of swimming’s elusive feats – the 1650 tie
Yale’s Cailley Silbert (pictured) and Eva Fabian battled for nearly 16 and a half minutes, ultimately tying for the Ivy League title in the 1650 freestyle.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Caroline Hauder goes back-to-back-to-back at NC high school state
Sophomore Caroline Hauder played the closer for Marvin Ridge, pitching a shutout ninth inning with three straight event wins to close the meet.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Westminster relay comes up clutch in Georgia HS title run
Georgia’s class 1-5A high school state meet was a thriller, all hinging on a gutsy 200 free relay win for Westminster.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Kaylyn Schoof knocks down ancient record in Schroeder A+
At the Schroeder YMCA A+ Meet in Brown Deer, Wisconsin this weekend, Schroeder YMCA 12-year-old Kaylyn Schoof broke a meet record nearly three times as old as she is.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Ipsen rounding out a formidable NC State roster
In 2014, NC State scored 8 men in the 50 free at ACCs, but just 2 in the 1650. With Danish star Anton Ipsen heating up, it looks like 2015 might be a different story.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Pawlowicz cracks the Georgia distance gauntlet
Kaitlin Pawlowicz became just the second swimmer this season to beat Georgia’s MacLean-McDermott duo in a 1000 or 1650 freestyle.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Flickinger triples to stay hot in the January cold
Hali Flickinger excelled during one of the toughest months of the year in college swimming, winning three individual races for the defending NCAA Champion Georgia Bulldogs.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Cesar Cielo strikes back
Cesar Cielo waited until the final men’s event of Short Course Worlds to provide what was perhaps its most exciting swim.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Simone Manuel and the swim that changes everything
In a busy weekend for fast college swimming, one race was on another level entirely.
