Florida Gator freshman Michalak wins back-to-back races at Plantation sectionals
Florida’s German freshman, who just joined the program a few months ago, won the 100 fly and 400 IM at the Plantation Sectional meet.
Lochte, Baker, McCullagh win twice each for SwimMAC on day two in Charlotte
SwimMAC’s junior stars Kathleen Baker and Nora McCullagh and new pro addition Ryan Lochte each won a pair of events on the second night of the Speedo Champions Series sectional event in Charlotte.
2014 W. NCAA Picks: Don’t Blink Or You’ll Miss A New NCAA Champ
The women’s fifty free hasn’t seen this much speed in a while and it could by anybody’s race Thursday night.
Club Wolverine pros headline first day of Plantation, Florida Speedo Sectional
Michael Klueh and Emily Brunemann each won a distance freestyle race on opening night at the Florida Speedo Champions Series event.
Hawaii high school star Mau wins twice in Washington during mainland swing-through, Schoeman takes 100 free
Jasmine Mau won the 100 free and 200 fly on the second night of action at Speedo Sectionals in Federal Way. South African Roland Schoeman arrived to beat Ryan Hoffer in the 100 free.
Michael Thomas breaks Murphy’s backstroke NAG at Pennsylvania state champs
Michael Thomas, in the middle on the highest podium step, broke a NAG record in his 46.65 100 backstroke win at the Pennsylvania High School state meet.
2014 W. NCAA Picks: Slew of Sophomores Look to Spoil Senior’s Last 200 Back
Elizabeth Beisel looks to end her final day at the NCAA Championships a winner, but a studly group of sophomores including defending champ Liz Pelton (above) may spoil her exit.
Get to know ’em: Top NCAA small-conference seeds
The biggest 5 or 6 conferences tend to dominate the headlines, but they’re far from the only homes for fast swimming. Meet 6 women with top-10 NCAA seeds coming from the smaller conferences.
2014 W. NCAA Picks: 200 breast could be a barn-burner with Reaney, Larson & co.
The marquee matchup pits American record-holder Emma Reaney of Notre Dame against the woman whose record she broke just a few weeks ago, Texas A&M’s Breeja Larson. But a tough field should make this more than a 2-horse race.
2014 NAIA National Championships – Men – Final Wrap-up: OBU Gets Three-Peat; ONU 2nd by 5 Points
As went the 400 free relay, so went the 2014 NAIA National Championships. Oklahoma Baptist (center) finished first; Olivet Nazarene (left) took second; SCAD Savannah (right), third.
Scoring Out the Men’s 2014 Pre-Selection Entry Sheets: Florida and Michigan on Top Again
Dan Wallace and the Florida Gators are seeded to win NCAA Championships, but it’s close enough with Michigan that this should be a fantastically-finished meet.
2014 NAIA National Championships – Women – Final Wrap-up: OBU and SCAD Repeat at 1 and 2
Laura Galarza of Oklahoma Baptist won repeat victories in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles at the 2014 NAIA National Championships, setting the record in the 100 with 49.97.
Two more top-5 world-ranked times for Sjostrom on final day of Swedish Grand Prix
20-year-old Sarah Sjostrom stayed hot at the Swedish Grand Prix, putting up the world’s second-fastest 50 fly time of 2014, plus a top-5 time in the 100 free.
Zeiger, Schooling get to 5 wins each on final night of Southern Premier Meet
Brooke Zeiger and Joseph Schooling won two events each on Sunday night to wrap up the Southern Premier Meet in Knoxville.
Final night of Jenks Sectional sees big swims from Walker, Tatlow, Molacek
Columbia Swim Club’s Elizabeth Walker finally broke through with her first two wins of the weekend, both lifetime-bests and huge time drops. Michael Andrew and Jacob Molacek continued to impress while Chelsea Tatlow took home her third win of the meet.
