Previews & Recaps

Quintin McCarty Swims a 43.67 on Day One of St. George Sectional

McCarty dipped below 44.0 for the first time in the 100 free while Max Cannon broke 2:00 in the 200 breast on day one of the St. George Sectionals.

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Brazil Adds Dizotti, Lorscheitter, Souza and Spajari to Olympic Roster

Dizotti became the first woman to qualify for Brazil’s 2021 Olympic roster in an individual, pool event after breaking the National 1500 free Record tonight.

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2021 Brazil Olympic Trials – Day 4 Live Recap

Beatriz Dizotti broke the Brazilian Record in the women’s 1500 free on Thursday to book her first Olympic qualification.

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2021 Belarus Open Day One: Shymanovich Qualifies for Tokyo with 58.77 BR

Belarusian Ilya Shymanovich has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with his 100 breast World No. 6 swim of 58.77, clearing the automatic cut of 59.93.

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Faster Than Dressel, 16-Yr-Old Popovici Nails 49.09 100 Free Personal Best

Romanian 16-year-old David Popovici put on a freestyle show in Ukraine over the weekend, raining personal bests in the process.

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Danielle Hill Reclaims 100 Free Irish Record, McGeever Breaks 400 Free Mark

Two more national records fell tonight in Dublin at the Irish Olympic Trials, though no new Tokyo qualifiers came out of the session.

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16-Yr-Old Tuncel Lowers Own Turkish 800 Free Record – 8:26.06

Teenager Merve Tuncel tore it up in her native Turkey tonight, registering a new 800m free national record en route to gold.

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Andre Souza Leads Brazilian Trials 100 FR Prelims at PR 48.0, Six Men Break 49

Marcelo Chierighini, meanwhile, snuck into the final tonight at sixth with a 48.95, over a second off of his lifetime best 47.68 from 2019.

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Hulkko Wants to Be 1:07.0 In Helsinki Finals Following Recent 100 BR Finnish NR

Ida Hulkko broke the 100 BR Finnish record at 1:06.90 in Stockholm, yet settled for a 1:08.70 AM effort in Helsinki, placing second behind Jenna Laukkanen.

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Andrej Barna Hits Lifetime Bests 48.5 100 FR, 1:49.5 200 FR at Louisville Meet

Coincidentally, 48.58 is exactly what it took to place 16th in prelims of the 100 free and make it through to semifinals at the 2016 Olympics. 

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Washington State’s Chloe Larson Hits Wave II Cut at St. George Sectional Meet

Three swimmers hit new Olympic Trials cuts at the long course time trials, highlighted by Washington State’s Chloe Larson Wave II cut in the 50 free.

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Brazil’s De Deus Punches Ticket to Third Olympic Games, Costa Adds 800 Free

De Deus’s victory in the 100 fly qualified him for his 3rd consecutive Olympics. Costa posted the 8th fastest 800 free time in the world this season: 7:50.41

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2021 Brazilian Trials – Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Two-time Olympian Leonardo De Deus has the fastest 200 fly seed time but he is going into tonight’s final ranked 3rd as he aims to make his 3rd Olympic team.

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Siobhan Haughey Hits 1:54.8 In 200 Free, World’s #3 Time This Season

Siobhan Haughey swam a career-best 50 free and the world’s #3 200 free of the season at the Hong Kong Festival of Sport Time Trial.

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Who Should Each ISL Team Retain For 2021? Who Will Fall To The ISL Draft?

We run through a high-level projection of each team’s top returning swimmers, with an early look at what the ISL draft pool might look like.

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