Clark Smith

2019 Austin Sectionals Preview: Texas, Texas A&M Swimmers Headline Entries

Most interestingly for Texas, swimmers John Shebat, Tate Jackson, and Jeff Newkirk are entered in the meet.

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Practice + Pancakes: Texas Men Taper Practice for WUGs

The main WUG group included John Shebat, Austin Katz, Dean Farris, Tate Jackson, Jeff Newkirk, and Townley Haas (World Champs)

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Dakota Luther Swims 2:09.2 200 Fly on 3rd Day of Texas Senior Circuit

Luther had a previous season best of 2:11.86, marking a 2.6 second best time on the season.

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John Shebat Swims Season Best 52.9 100 Fly at Texas Senior Circuit

Shebat has a best time of 52.42 from US Nationals last Summer.

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Farris Posts 49.9 100 FR, Katz 1:58 200 Back on Day 1 of Texas Senior Circuit

Day 1 of the 2019 Texas Senior Circuit meet in College Station featured the 50 fly, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 400 free.

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Dean Farris, Lisa Bratton, Bethany Galat Highlight Texas Senior Circuit Meet

Plenty of the top swimmers training in the state of Texas will be racing this weekend in College Station, along with a few others.

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Potential Wrinkles & Doubles in Newly-Expanded Olympic Lineup

It’s good news/bad news for Caeleb Dressel: a 100 fly/50 free finals double is now averted, but he could face a 100 fly finals/50 free semis/mixed medley relay finals triple on day 7 of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Only Four Texas Pool Records Survived 2019 NCAAs

Five more Texas pool records were broken on the final day of the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships, leaving only four records untouched after the four days of competition.

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Bold Strategy: Haas Blasts First 200, Takes Down 500 Free NCAA Record

Townley Haas took home his second win and NCAA record in as many days in tonight’s 500 freestyle

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2019 Men’s Pac-12 Champs: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Cal all but has the team title locked up, while it appears Stanford and Arizona have 2nd and 3rd locked down respectively.

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Sam Pomajevich Qualifies For NCAAs in 200 Fly at ASCC Day 2

That time puts Pomajevich in the top 20 in the NCAA this year, safely out danger of not making the cut.

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Madisyn Cox Goes World-Leading Time in 200 IM at Longhorn Invite

Cox shoots past American Melanie Margalis to the #1 time in the world this year. 

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Tate Jackson, Drew Kibler Hit 49 in 100 Free at Longhorn Invite

Texas senior Tate Jackson had a great swim in the 100 free, winning it in 49.20, which is the third-best time amongst Americans this season.

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Texas, Texas A&M College Roster + Pros Take On LCM at Longhorn Invite

We’ll get to see A&M’s Sydney Pickrem in action, as the 2017 World Champs bronze medalist is one of the highest profile swimmers, internationally, at this meet.

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Watching Swimming: What Makes a Race Good?

Last Friday, SwimSwam published our Swammy Awards Top 10 Swims of the Year. The number one race was the men’s medley relay at the Asian Games.

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