David Johnston

2024 Olympic Trials Preview: Deja Vu in 400 IM – Foster, Kalisz Frontrunners Once Again

Carson Foster will look to make his first Olympic team after finishing a heart breaking 3rd in 2021. Standing in his way however is reigning gold medalist Chase Kalisz.

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Top 10 Swims From the 2024 Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine

Lots of meet records and lifetime bests were set over the weekend, but only one American record was broken courtesy of the red-hot Regan Smith.

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2024 Speedo Grand Challenge: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Regan Smith is the second fastest 100 backstroker this season (57.64 from March) behind only world record holder Kaylee McKeown (57.33).

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Regan Smith Primato Personale Nei 100 Farfalla Allo Speedo Grand Challenge

Nella seconda serata dello Speedo Grand Challenge ad Irvine, California, abbiamo visto dei tempi molto interessanti da parte degli atleti statunitensi

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2024 Speedo Grand Challenge: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Saturday night promises to be another fast session as Paige Madden (women’s 200 free) and Regan Smith (women’s 100 fly) broke meet records in prelims. 

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Paige Madden, Regan Smith Break Speedo Grand Challenge Records During Day 2 Prelims

Paige Madden took down another Speedo Grand Challenge meet record on Saturday, this time in the 200 freestyle with the top qualifying time of 1:57.53. 

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Leon Marchand Breaks Kitajima’s Meet Record in 100 Breast Prelims at Speedo Grand Challenge

With a personal-best 1:00.62 100 breast, Leon Marchand snuck under the meet record set by four-time Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima (1:00.63) back in 2010.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Previews: Bobby Finke In Control of 1500 Freestyle, 2nd Up for Grabs

With Tokyo Olympic champion Bobby Finke showing no signs of slowing down, the men’s 1500 freestyle race in Indianapolis seems like it’s for 2nd place.

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Heartbreak Is Imminent: The Most Cut-Throat Events At The 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials

Rhyan White and Phoebe Bacon qualified for Tokyo in the 200 back, and will play a major role in the story heading to Paris in one of the deepest U.S. events.

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#6 Ranked Recruit In Class Of 2023, Aaron Shackell Announces Transfer To Texas

Shackell joins the Texas roster and would have made NCAAs this past season. He is currently the #3 American this season in the LCM 200 freestyle.

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NCAA Relay Champion Coby Carrozza Returning To Texas For Fifth Year

Carrozza helped the Texas men to NCAA titles in the 800 free relay in both 2022 and 2023. He swam for the US at 2022 Worlds.

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Men’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 16 Schools For 2020-2024

Destin Lasco led Cal to the top of the charts in the class re-ranking, outscoring all but three other teams on his own over four seasons.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 62% Don’t Think NCAA Redshirts Help Long Course Performance

Torri Huske has been thriving in long course during her redshirt season from Stanford, but would that still have happened if she was racing in the NCAA?

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2020

Destin Lasco was the top scorer from the boys’ high school class of 2020 by a landslide, putting up more than 200 over four seasons at Cal.

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2024 Pro Swim Series – San Antonio: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The Pro Swim Series stop in San Antonio concludes Saturday night with finals of the 800 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, and 50 freestyle.

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