Team USA Leads WUGS Through Day 4 With 21 Swimming Medals
Leah Smith won two Gold medals for Team USA on the fourth day of the 2015 World University Games in Gwanju, South Korea.
Adrian, Grevers, Morozov among huge names at LA Invite
This weekend’s LA Invite will feature a huge roster of national and international stars, including Olympic gold medalists Nathan Adrian and Matt Grevers among many others.
World University Games Day 4 Finals: Evgney Koptelov Swims World’s 2nd Fastest 200 Butterfly
Rachel Bootsma and Liz Pelton will represent Team USA in the final of the women’s 100 backstroke today.
Watch Team USA Break 4x200m Free Relay Universiade Record – Race Video
The relay team of Chelsea Chenault (1:58.50), Hali Flickinger (1:57.77), Leah Smith (1:59.05), and Shannon Vreeland (1:58.56) combined for new World University Games record time of 7:53.88.
Watch Cottrell, Stubblefield, and Conger Win Day 4 Semifinals – Race Videos
Andrea Cottrell, Seth Stubblefield, and Jack Conger each won their respective semifinal races on day 4 of the 2015 World University Games in Gwanju, South Korea.
Evgney Koptelov Swims World’s 2nd Fastest 200 Butterfly – Race Video
Russia’s Evgney Koptelov absolutely destroyed the men’s 200 butterfly, posting the second fastest time in the world this year, 1:54.79. That time bumps him ahead of Chad le Clos and puts him just behind Daiya Seto in the world rankings.
Kylie Masse Wins 100 Back, First Gold Medal For Canada – Race Video
Kylie Massie won Canada’s first swimming gold medal of the games as the only swimmer to break 1 minute in the women’s 100 backstroke.
Japan’s Hasegawa Junya Wins 50 Backstroke In Gwanju – Race Video
Hasegawa Junya of Japan raced through the men’s 50 backstroke, breaking into the top 25 times in the world this year to win the Gold Medal. His time of 25.25 moves him to 23rd in the world this year.
Josh Prenot Pops World’s 6th Fastest 200 Breaststroke – Race Video
Josh Prenot came up big, winning the men’s 200 breaststroke with the sixth fastest time in the world this year at 2:08.90.
Zhang Sishi Runs Down Madisyn Cox For 200 IM Gold – Race Video
Madisyn Cox of Team USA led for the first 175 meters of the women’s 200 IM, but she didn’t have enough to hold off a charging Zhang Sishi of China.
Singapore’s Quah Zheng Wen Granted National Service Deferment
Last month we reported that 2015 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 12-time medalist, Singaporean Quah Zheng Wen, was seeking a deferment…
Leah Smith, Lindsay Vrooman Sweep 400m Freestyle – Race Video
Smith picked up the Gold medal with her time of 4:05.29, just off of her record time from this morning, and Vrooman earned the silver medal with a 4:07.28, dropping more than four and a half seconds from her morning swim.
Don’t Blink: Memories of a Summer Swim Team Parent
In 1999, I would not have believed you if you had told me back then that the Bolger family would dedicate every June and July to the Mount Vernon Park Gators, and that we would have loved nearly every minute of it,
26 Tips to Help Swim Coaches to Avoid Boring Routines
The current ease with which young people can choose to participate in other, more entertaining activities should encourage us to seek strategies capable of helping them to choose the sport of swimming. 26 strategies are listed here.
It all started with summer league swimming
“It is now the summer I turn 18. I am currently head coach of my summer league team, and it is by far the most rewarding experience I’ve ever had.”
