VIDEO INTERVIEW: Katie Ledecky talks Metro Champs, records and pre-race strategies
SwimSwam caught up with American record-holder Katie Ledecky after her headline-grabbing performances at the D.C. Metro Championships to get her feelings on what was a huge weekend for the rising star.
RACE VIDEO: Katie Ledecky smashes national high school record with 1:42.38 200 free
This on-deck video captures Katie Ledecky’s second high school record of the Metro Championships. In this race, the freestyling phenom goes 1:42.38 to dominate the 200 free with the fastest time ever swum in a high school competition. Video courtesy of Matt Rees.
Gunnar Bentz Breaks Eric Shanteau’s Georgia State Record in 200 IM Finals
St. Pius X’s Gunnar Bentz has broken the State Record previously held by an Olympic gold medalist.
Janet Hu Scares National High School Record in 50 Free in Northern VA Regional Prelims
Janet Hu, a Stanford commit, very nearly went her best time in prelims of her high school regional championship meet, and she’s still got many tries left to chase records.
Texas High School District Meets Delayed Due to Icy Conditions
The Texas Swim Center will lay empty on Friday, after a trio of Texas high school district championship meets scheduled to be swum there have been delayed.
La Cueva Wins Boys’ Metro Champs in New Mexico
New Mexico’s Metro Championship meet from this past weekend kicks off the state’s championship season.
Charlotte-Area High School Swimming Thrown Into Chaos After Times Thrown Out
According to Langston Wertz, Jr. of the Charlotte Observer, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships in swimming…
Hardcore Swim of the Week: Sayed Makes an Instant Impact
The HardCoreSwim of the week goes to Aly Sayed of West Windsor-Plainsboro High South in New Jersey. In his very first meet…
A&M Commit Bethany Galat Breaks Lindsay Benko Pool Record in Dual Meet
Bethany Galat, the defending Junior National Champion
New Trier Narrowly Defeats Downers North for 4th-Straight Championship
The New Trier girls won a very competitive girls’ Illinois High School State Championship meet, sending their seniors out undefeated.
Rommel Outbattles Smith; Sargent Wins 200 IM at New York HS State Championship Meet
Makayla Sargent picked up a win in the women’s 200 IM in a new lifetime best at the 2013 New York High School Girls’ State Championship meet.
Schneider Goes 22.6 in Prelims at Illinois High School State Championship Meet
The pool at New Trier High School was packed to the rafters, as is the norm for the Illinois High School State Championship meet.
New York Girls’ High School State Championship Meet Psych Sheets Released
After two fantastic weeks of high school state championship meets the last two weekends, things don’t slow this upcoming weekend. The…
Sarasota-Riverside Girls Overcome Relay DQ to Win Florida’ First 4A State Championship
Streaks, totals, and records can all be broken, but there can only ever be one first, and the first ever…
SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 11/13/2013
There was a lot of fast swimming going on during the weekend of November 9-10, 2013, including various high school state…
