Egypt dominates Arab Championships led by distance sweeps from youngsters
Egypt rolled through the 2nd Arab Championships earlier this month, winning 33 of 42 events, including distance sweeps by 19-year-old Marwan Ahmed Aly Morsy and 16-year-old Roaia Mohamed Ahmed.
College Swimming Previews: New sprint influx looks to keep #9 Texas inside the top 10
Texas brought in a tough new class of sprint-based recruits to pad its relays in search of another top 10 finish.
College Swimming Previews: Giant senior class has come of age for the #10 Minnesota women
Freestyler Kiera Janzen is a big part of a hard-hitting senior class for the Golden Gophers, who look for a third-straight top-10 finish in 2014-2015.
One more win for Heemskerk powers Fiat/Minas to Jose Finkel team trophy
Femke Heemskerk and Cesar Cielo each won one more event each on the final day of competition to power Fiat/Minas to the team title at Brazil’s Jose Finkel Trophy.
Kosuke Hagino breaks Asian 200 IM record with 1:55.33 at Japan Intercollegiate Champs
Daiya Seto and Kosuke Hagino swept the top two spots in the 200 IM, with Hagino breaking his own national and continental records.
College Swimming Previews: A young #11 Virginia starting to come into its own in year 2 of Augie Busch era
Courtney Bartholomew is now a junior, a part of a rising young nucleus that has Virginia fighting for a top 10 finish.
Netherlands national record for Heemskerk, relay run-down for Cielo on Jose Finkel day 5
Femke Heemskerk broke the Netherlands’ national 200 IM record, then came back to power her 4×100 free relay to victory on night 5 in Brazil.
National 50 free record for 19-year-old Miki Uchida at Japan’s Intercollegiate Championships
Miki Uchida was the star of Japan’s Intercollegiate Championships today, breaking a national record in the 50 free that was nearly as old as she is.
Schlanger, Adrian sweep sprint paydays at Singapore Swim Stars, each earn $20,000
Australia’s Melanie Schlanger and the U.S.A.’s Nathan Adrian put their sprinting skills on display in Singapore and were handily rewarded for it, to the tune of $20,000.
Swim Job: Dynamo Swim Club seeks Full-Time Coach
Dynamo Swim Club is seeking a full-time coach. Dynamo celebrates it’s 50th anniversary and is a nationally recognized Gold Medal Team. The position will include coaching two group and administrative responsibilities.
More gold for Etiene Medeiros on night 4 of Jose Finkel Trophy, Franca wins 100 breast handily
Etiene Medeiros won her third event of the meet and made her fourth Worlds cut with a new South American record in the 50 back.
Finkel day 4 prelims: Felipe Franca breaks South American record, qualifies for Worlds in two events at once
Felipe Franca of Corinthians had himself a great 100 breaststroke on Thursday morning, breaking a continental record while qualifying for Worlds in two events with his one race.
Cielo wins 50, two South American relay records drop on day 3 of Jose Finkel Trophy
Cesar Cielo won the 50 on day 3, though a bad turn left him slower than his preliminary time.
Cesar Cielo with world-leading 20.68 in 50 free prelims of Jose Finkel
Cesar Cielo put up a lightning-quick relay split on day 1 of the Jose Finkel trophy, and at prelims of day 3, he followed it up with the world’s fastest 50 free of 2014.
Another national record for Snyders on day 2 of New Zealand Short Course Nationals
Glenn Snyders stayed on a roll on the second day of New Zealand’s Short Course Nationals, breaking his second national record in as many days.
