Cristian Quintero

2017 Arena Pro Swim Series – Mesa: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

The third of six stops on the 2017 Arena Pro Swim Series begins today in Mesa, Arizona. Melanie Margalis and Daiya Seto lead the points, but the tour is as close as it’s been in recent memory as it churns toward the halfway point.

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ASU Freshman Cameron Craig Shreds 1:31.7 200 FR for Pac-12 Meet Record

Arizona State freshman Cameron Craig won a thrilling race with USC’s Dylan Carter on night 3 of the 2017 Men’s Pac-12 Championships, setting a new Championship Record in the process.

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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day Two Prelims Live Recap

Katie Ledecky will swim her first individual event of these games this morning, taking things out in the heats of the 400m freestyle. The world record holder will be looking to enter her first Olympic final in this event.

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Efimova Clocks 2:22 to Win 200 Breast on Night 3 of LA Invite

On day 3 of the 2016 LA Invitational, Russia’s Yuliya Efimova swam her first race since the lifting of her FINA ban for testing positive for the banned substance Meldonium earlier this year. Efimova won the race in 2:22.77.

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Efimova to Test the Waters at LA Invite Prior to Competing in Rio

The University of Southern California’s Uytengsu Aquatic Center is bracing itself for 1000 swimmers competing in the 2016 version of the annual Los Angeles Invitational, beginning this Thursday and running through Sunday.

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2016 Arena Pro Swim Series – Mesa: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Ryan Lochte of SwimMAC Carolina is entered in all three (non-distance freestyle) individual events on Day 3 of the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa.

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2016 Arena Pro Swim Series – Mesa: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

Ryan Lochte is the top seed in the men’s 200 free, the first event of the three-day Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa, Arizona.

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South American Champs Day 5 Record Roundup: Enderica Scores SA Record

One South American continental, three Venezuelan, two Argentine, and one Ecuadorian records were set yesterday at the final day of competition at the 2016 South American Championships.

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Enderica Sets South American Continental Record On Day 5 Of SA Champs

Esteban Enderica set new Ecuadorian and South American Continental records in the 1500 free on the final day of the 2016 South American Championships.

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Berrino Swims New Argentine National Record At South American Champs

Andrea Berrino of Argentina broke her own 50 backstroke national record by nearly a second at this weekend’s South American Championships.

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Pinto Nearly Clocks Lifetime Best In 200 Fly At South American C’ships

In Asuncion, Andreina Pinto (Venezuela) struck gold again, taking the women’s 200m butterfly in a time of 2:09.92

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Grabich, Quintero, Claverie Lead National Record Assault In Asunción

Swimmer Federico Grabich notched a new Argentine National Record in the men’s 200m freestyle tonight, just one of a multitude of national records to fall by the time day 1 of the South American Championships concluded.

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Grabich & Quintero Square Off At South American Championships

Venezuelan freestyle studs Federico Grabich and Cristian Quintero will face each other several times before the South American Championships are done and dusted.

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Reed Malone Happy to Get Cristian Quintero Off His Back in 500 Free

Video courtesy: Pac-12 Networks 2016 MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 2nd- Saturday, March 5th Prelims 11AM | Finals 6PM (Pacific…

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Watch Efimova Put Up 2016’s Fastest 100 Breast (Unofficially)

There are ‘Fast Fridays’ and then there are Trojan Swim Club Fast Fridays, marked by a stellar swim by Russia’s Yuliya Efimova.

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