Previews & Recaps

2015 Island Games Results Through Day 3: Fraser Brothers, Joensen Still on a Tear

Shaune Fraser claimed gold as the Island Games continued this week.

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World Championships Preview: Men’s 100 Butterfly

The men’s 100 butterfly should be tightly contested as there is only 37 one-hundredths of a second separating the world’s top ranked time and eighth…

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Hungarian Nationals: Gyurta Swims Easy 2:10 In 200 Breast Semifinal

Gyurta posted the fastest time in the semifinal of the men’s 200 breaststroke by four seconds, swimming to a time of 2:10.74. That time is still two seconds off of his season best of 2:08.58 from the Bergen Swim Festival.

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Hungarians Improve Butterfly World Rankings On Day Four of Nationals

Tamas Kenderesi and Lazslo Cseh became second and third men this year to break 1:55 in the 200m butterfly.

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1500m Freestyle World Championship Preview: Ledecky Looking For Second Distance Trifecta

Katie Ledecky is the undisputed favourite in this event and it does not appear that she will be challenged in the slightest.

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Bence Biczó Lights Up 1:56 200 Fly At Hungarian Nationals

Laszlo Cseh earned his first silver medal of the day with his time of 1:49.09 in the event. Later, he finished second in the men’s 100 backstroke to Gabor Balog by .06 seconds, adding his second silver medal of the day.

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2015 CCCAN Meet Recap – Gabriela Donahue, Miguel Cancel, Raiz Tjon-A-Joe Make Their Marks

It was a weekend of record-breaking swims for the rising swim stars who took part in the XXIX Central American…

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Laszlo Cseh Wins On Day 2 Of Hungarian Championships

Today was the first day of racing for Hungarian superstar, Katinka Hosszu, although it was one of the lightest day she’s had in a long time. Her only event was the 100 backstroke, where she posted a 59.83 in prelims.

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McLaughlin, Licon go lifetime-bests on final night of SMOC

Katie McLaughlin and Will Licon capped off the 2015 Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions with a lifetime-best each en route to individual wins.

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2015 Bahamas Nationals: Vanderpool-Wallace, Higgs & Burrows Among Multiple Event Winners

Action just wrapped up at the 2015 Bahamas National Championships, where several swimmers took home multiple event wins over the…

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Le Clos, Van Der Burgh Earn Multiple Wins at 2015 Treviso Swim Cup

Italy’s ASD Natatorium played host to this year’s Treviso Swim Cup, where amateur and professional swimmers alike took to the…

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Katie Ledecky Swims Smooth 1:58 200 Free in Prelims of Indiana Senior Circuit Meet

At the prelims today of the visitbloomington.com Bucceto Open at Indiana University, Katie Ledecky put together a controlled 200 meter freestyle,…

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2015 European Games Day 5 Finals Live Recap: New World Junior Record for Russia’s Chupkov

The Russian team capped off their tremendous 23 gold medal-winning performance over the course of these games with a new World Junior Record in Chupkov’s 100 breaststroke race, as well as in the men’s 400 medley relay event.

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Haley Anderson Wins Twice, Weitzeil Inches Near Personal Best at SMOC Finals

Abbey Weitzeil (above) nearly established a new personal record for herself in the 100m free finals.

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2015 European Games Day 4 Finals Live Recap: GBR’s Luke Greenbank Nabs New World Junior Record in 200 Back

Great Britain’s Luke Greenbank raced his way to a new World Junior Record mark in the 200 backstroke on Day 4 of the 2015 European Games.

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