Alex Valente

2015 U.S. Speedo Junior Nationals: Day 3 Finals Preview

Ella Eastin looks for her third win in three days on Saturday night.

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Michael Andrew Cracks Justin Lynch’s Meet Record on Day 3 Prelims of US Junior Nationals

Michael Andrew split 24.50/28.36 on the way to a 52.86 that clipped Justin Lynch’s Junior National meet record of 52.91.

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All the links you need for the 2015 U.S. Junior National Championships

Former Junior World Champ Ella Eastin will swim a full lineup in her last Junior National Championships ever.

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Michael Andrew and Reece Whitley Face Off at Speedo Junior Nationals

Junior star swimmers Ella Eastin, Katie Drabot, Michael Andrew, Sean Grieshop, Alex Valente, Reece Whitley, Maxime Rooney and Miranda Tucker will compete at Speedo Junior Nationals in San Antonio, Texas.

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2015 CIF State Meet Finals – Eastin, Liu, Mefford, Gwo, and Xie Score Big in Inaugural CIF State Meet

Crean Lutheran girls’ 400 free relay established the meet record with 3:20.03, nearly 3 seconds faster than their record-breaking performance last weekend at CIF-SS Division II finals.

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2015 CIF State Meet Prelims – Eastin, Valente Chasing National High School Records

Ella Eastin is the top qualifier in the 200 IM and second in the 100 breast. She is only 1/10 off the national high school record in the IM, heading into Saturday’s finals.

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Race Videos: Watch Alex Valente and Abbey Weitzeil At The CIF-SS Div 1 Championships

Watch Alex Valente win the 100 fly in 46.00 and Abbey Weitzeil win the 100 free in 47.33.

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2015 CIF (Inaugural) State Swimming and Diving Meet – Preview

Alex Valente of Dos Pueblos High School has a legitimate shot at Joseph Schooling’s national high school record in the 100 fly at the inaugural California state swimming and diving meet.

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2015 CIF-SS Division I Prelims – Weitzeil, Wasting No Time, Breaks 50 and 100 Free National HS Records

Abbey Weitzeil of Saugus High School finally smiled after her 3rd national high school record at CIFSS Division I prelims on Thursday.

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2015 CIF-SS Division I Preview – Santa Margarita Depth Should Carry Girls; University-Dana Hills Boys Even on Paper

Katie McLaughlin is expected to go out with a big bang in her last high school meet at CIF-SS Division I championships on Saturday.

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#10 Recruit in Men’s Class of 2015 Alex Valente Verbally Commits to USC

Alex Valente has made his college decision: he gave a verbal commitment to the USC Trojans for the class of 2019.

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2014 Jr Pan Pacific Championships: Day 3 Finals Real-Time Recaps

American Alex Valente will be looking to break the junior world record in the 100 butterfly in tonight’s finals session…

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Race Video: Tom Shields Plays the Phelps Card in the Men’s 100 m Fly

Tom Shields edged out Michael Phelps for this race by just .01 seconds as he killed his turns and won…

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Race Video: Watch Alex Valente Win the Boys’ 100 Fly at 2014 U.S. Junior Nationals

Alex Valente of the Buenaventura Swim Club is the 2014 U.S. Junior National Champion in the 100 long course meter butterfly.

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10 Things We Noticed on Day 3 of the 2014 U.S. Junior National Championships

One of these things is not like the others…one member of the Indiana University Swim Team’s National Age Group Record setting 800 free relay still has a year of high school left.

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