Previews & Recaps

U.S. Open – Greensboro Thursday PM Recap: Caroline Pennington Hits First OT Cut

Pennington touched second in the 800 free tonight at 8:44.45, a five-second drop that gives her her first Olympic Trials cut.

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2020 U.S. Open — Sarasota Thursday PM Recap: Finke Drops 7:53.05 800 FR

Bobby Finke popped a 7:53.05 in the 800 free in Sarasota to rank #1 in the nation thus far. Virginia commit Emma Weyant also swam the top women’s time here.

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2020 U.S. Open – Richmond Thursday PM Recap: McKenna and Parent Take the 800s

Nation’s Capital Paige McKenna and Bluefish’s Joshua Parent won the opening events at the Richmond site of the 2020 U.S. Open Championships.

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2020 U.S. Open – Indy Thursday PM Recap: El Kamash Hits 800 Free PR

He had the only sub-8:00 time of 7:52.19, a lifetime best by over three seconds. That brings him within three seconds of the Egyptian national record.

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4 Storylines To Watch in the ISL’s Semifinal #1: Battle of the Backstrokers

Energy Standard and the London Roar haven’t faced each other yet this year, but we finally get to see Rylov vs Kolesnikov vs Grevers vs Diener vs Guido.

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16-Year-Old Matthew Lucky Hits PR 55.10 in 100 SCY Breast

In Greensboro, NC, Matthew Lucky swam a 55.10 in the 100 breast after being stuck at 56-low for a year and a half, earning a new Summer Juniors cut.

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Noah Beladi, Lane White Post US Open Cuts at LAC Fall Classic

Teams from around Texas gathered for arguably one of the largest meets in the country this season, where swimmers posted multiple US Open cuts and top times.

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Top 5 Swimmers In Each Event Heading Into the 2020 ISL Post-Season

The regular season has wrapped, and the top 8 teams are heading to the postseason. We tally up the top 5 swimmers in each event across the regular season.

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Japan Reportedly Exploring Relaxed Coronavirus Measures For Tokyo Frog Kings

If the Tokyo Frog Kings make the ISL final, then there is some potential conflict of time frames for its Japanese swimmers.

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ISL Regular Season Scoring Ranks & Strength Of Schedule

The LA Current have the #1-scoring men’s roster in the ISL, narrowly beating out Energy Standard. But who had the toughest and easiest schedules in 2020?

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ISL 2020: Team MVP Update For All Ten Teams After Regular Season

Sarah Sjostrom missed one of Energy Standard’s four matches, but she’s already retaken her spot as the top scorer on the team.

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ISL 2020: MVP & Rookie of the Year Watchlists After Regular Season

The regular season has wrapped up, and it’s time to look at the frontrunners for league MVP and Rookie of the Year with three postseason matches remaining.

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ISL Stars of Week 5: Kolesnikov, Dressel, Murphy, Banic & More

Ryan Murphy and Kliment Kolesnikov are both heating up into the postseason, setting up a key collision in the semifinals or final.

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International Swimming League Power Rankings: Week 5 / End of Regular Season

It’s been about a month since the Cali Condors beat Energy Standard head to head in match #1, and a lot has changed. Which team tops the ranks?

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OLY Host Japan To Hold 2021 Spring JOC Competition Virtually

Japan’s 43rd National Junior Olympic Cup this fall was held at the prefectural level due to the coronavirus pandemic and 2021 will follow suit.

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