Aussie Men Shut Out Of 200 Free Medals On Night 2 Of Sydney Open
Japanese national champion and World Championships qualifier in the men’s 200m free event, Katsuhiro Matsumoto, put down the hammer in his pet event tonight on Aussie soil. That left home swimmers, such as Cameron McEvoy, off the podium.
2019 CIF Boys Prelims: Ben Dillard Goes 53.16 to Break 100 Breast Record
Ben Dillard of Oak Ridge High School broke the California State Meet Record in the 100 breast with 53.16.
2019 CIF Girls Prelims: Hartman, Tuggle, Schaffer Lead Indiv. Qualifiers
Brooke Schaffer is top qualifier in the 50 free and 100 free for Saturday’s final at 2019 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships.
5 Storylines for the Budapest Stop of the 2019 FINA Champions Series
Kliment Kolesnikov will have to deal with countrymate Evgeny Rylov, China’s Xu Jiayu, and American veteran Matt Grevers in the backstrokes this weekend in Hungary.
No Additional World Championships Qualifiers Through Day 1 Of German Open
Marco Koch won the men’s 100m breaststroke in a time of 1:00.98 in Essen, Germany tonight, not enough to qualify for Gwangju, although he will be representing Germany there is much better 200m breast event.
Campbell Produces Another Sub-53, While Seto Takes Out Horton In 4Free
Doing what she does best, Cate Campbell threw down another impressive 100m freestyle performance on her home soil, taking her first gold of the inaugural Sydney Open Meet.
Inaugural Sydney Open Meet Brings Aussie Talent Trove
With just about a month to go until Australia’s World Championships Trials, Swimming New South Wales is hosting the inaugural Sydney Open this weekend at SOPAC. Not only is the 3-day competition new to the NSW calendar, but it incorporates the UniSport Australia Swimming Nationals.
Japanese Would-Be Olympic Ticket Holders Enter Lottery Phase
Japanese residents can now enter the lottery for tickets to the world’s biggest international competitive sporting events, the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Shevlyakov Adds Fly Power To This Weekend’s Estonian Open Nationals
The 100th edition of the 2019 Estonian Nationals takes place this weekend, with swimmers from both home and abroad gunning for gold.
German Open Kicks Off On Friday In Essen
Although the 29-strong German roster for this summer’s World Championships in Gwangju, Korea, was already announced, there is still a possibility for swimmers to gain last-chance bids in individual events.
2019 California State Meet Psych Sheets are Out
Freshman Claire Tuggle of Clovis North High School is top seed in the 500 free.
Two Meet Records Power La Canada Boys’ CIF SS Div 2 Team Title
The boys of La Canada High School broke two meet records in their efforts to win the CIF Southern Section D2 team title. Los Osos High School took the girls’ team title.
Hartman Breaks DiRado Record, Coughlin Record Rattles At CIF North Coast
A handful of legendary meet records were under assault at the CIF North Coast Section Championships, with senior Zoie Hartman breaking a Maya DiRado 200 IM record and senior Sophia Kosturos rattling a Natalie Coughlin record in the 100 back.
Turkey Topped 2019 Multinations Youth Swimming Meet Medal Table
Competing last month in Austria, 16-year-old Sarp Can Tezel took the men’s 200m fly in a time of 2:03.89, becoming the 2nd fastest man from Turkey this year.
Italian Men Sweep Men’s 5k Top Three, Twichell Takes Women’s 5k Title
The Italian trio of Paltrinieri, Acerenza, and Sanzullo stole the top 3 of the men’s 5k. On the women’s side, Ashley Twichell toppled Brazilian Ana Cunha for the 5k title.
