arena Swim of the Week: Pacome Bricout Hits 15:00 To Set French Age Record In 1500 Free
Bricout dropped more than seven seconds to lower the French Age Record in 15:00.81, marking a 39-second improvement since February.
arena Swim of the Week: Gretchen Walsh Levels Up With 56.73 100 Fly
Walsh has all of a sudden become a contender for a World Championship slot in the women’s 100 fly later this month at U.S. Nationals.
arena Swim of the Week: Marcelo Chierighini Fires Off First Sub-48 100 Free Since 2019
Chierighini put up a time of 47.86 in the men’s 100 freestyle on Thursday at the Brazilian Championships, his fastest in four years.
arena Swim of the Week: Leah Shackley Continues Rise With 59.55 100 Back
Shackley now ranks fifth all-time in the girls’ 15-16 age group in the 100 back, having dropped nine-tenths of a second since December.
arena Swim of the Week: After NCAA Breakout, Jonny Kulow Hits Big 100 Free Best In LCM
Kulow, who hadn’t lowered his 100 free PB in long course since 2021, took off more than a second on Day 2 in Mission Viejo, clocking 49.29 in the final.
arena Swim of the Week: Jonathan Tan Drops 21.91 50 Free For New Singaporean Record
Tan broke through with the first sub-22 swim of his career after hovering in the 22.2 range for more than three years.
arena Swim of the Week: Adela Piskorska Cracks Super-Suited Polish Record In 200 Back
Entering 2023 with a personal best of 2:14.69, Piskorska’s continued improvement culminated with a 2:09.40 showing in the 200 back at Polish Nationals.
arena Swim of the Week: Kuzey Tuncelli Becomes First 15-Year-Old Sub-15 In 1500 Free
Tuncelli is now the fastest 15-and-under swimmer in the 1500 free by nearly 10 seconds and is more than seven under the current U.S. NAG record.
arena Swim of the Week: Kaylee McKeown Turns Heads With 2:24.18 200 Breast
“It is just a real fun event for me and it was all about having no nerves and just coming out and giving it a real red hot crack,” McKeown said post-race.
arena Swim of the Week: 17-Year-Old Oleksandr Zheltyakov Ties Ukrainian 200 Back Record
Zheltyakov fired off a time of 1:57.18 in the final of the men’s 200 backstroke, tying his Ukrainian National Record at the Swim Open Stockholm meet.
arena Swim of the Week: Freya Colbert Hits 4:35.50 400 IM To Lock In Worlds Spot
Colbert dropped more than four seconds to get under the British Swimming selection standard and earn a berth at the 2023 World Championships.
arena Swim of the Week: Brayden Taivassalo Earns Upset 200 Breast Win At Canadian Trials
Taivassalo made up a 1.5-second deficit on the last 50 to win the 200 breaststroke at the Canadian Trials in Toronto.
arena Swim of the Week: Six High School Juniors Break 1:46 In 200 Fly At NCSAs
Six high school juniors broke 1:46 in the 200 fly in the NCSA final last week, all setting new personal best times.
arena Swim of the Week: Kensey McMahon Upsets 500 Free Field To Win NCAA Title
McMahon roared to her first NCAA title as a fifth-year senior, resetting her best time twice on Thursday to ultimately claim victory in 4:36.62.
arena Swim of the Week: Mason Edmund’s Fearless Strategy Qualifies Him For NCAAs In 1650
Edmund dropped 12 seconds in the span of one week to qualify for the NCAA Championships in his freshman year.
