Jay Litherland

The Trials That Would Have Been: Who Would Have Made the Tokyo Olympics Today?

In an alternate timeline, we’re all just starting a week with our eyes and minds glued to live results pages from Omaha at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

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Ranking the Most Highly Anticipated 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Races: #20-11

We know what she can do in backstroke, but what could happen if Regan Smith swims the butterfly events at Trials? It’s something worth getting hyped over.

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NBC Sports’ Swimming World Championships Week Begins on May 18th

NBC Sports and the Olympic Channel will feature over 50 hours of coverage of the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in swimming next week.

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Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars: Men’s 400 IM

How do these eight swimmers’ unique stroke specialities propel them to 400 IM success? Find out in this installment of U.S. Roadmaps.

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Kathleen Baker, Team Elite Get Back to Training in 22-Yard Pool

Kathleen Baker is among the Team Elite members who have secured water time amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Presenting The Swimmer Version Of Monopoly: SwimOpoly

Jarod Arroyo and Vica Dow have created SwimOpoloy, featuring some of the sport’s best athletes in place of properties.

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2020 Pro Swim Series – Des Moines: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Tonight, Regan Smith will aim for a 200BK/100FL double while Katie Ledecky (200 FR) and Michael Andrew (100 BR) will aim for another PSS win in Des Moines.

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2020 Pro Swim Series – Des Moines: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

After breaking the 200 fly 17-18 National Age Group Record on Thursday, Regan Smith will take on the 200 back and 100 fly on Friday in Des Moines.

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2020 Pro Swim Series – Des Moines: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Hali Flickinger unleashed the #1 time in the world this year in the prelims of the 200 fly, coming just .02 off of the Pro Swim Series Record set in 2012.

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2020 Pro Swim Series – Des Moines: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Caeleb Dressel comes into Thursday at the Des Moines PSS with the top seed in the men’s 100 free, one of the events in which he’s a two-time world champion.

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2019 Swammy Awards: US Male Swimmer of the Year Caeleb Dressel

After a rocky 2018 Pan Pacs, Caeleb Dressel rose to the top again at the 2019 FINA World Championships. Dressel set his first individual World Record in 2019.

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2019 US Open Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Andrew Wilson of Athens Bulldog Swim Club broke the U.S. Open meet record in the 100 breast in prelims with 59.28.

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2019 US Open Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

World record holder Caeleb Dressel is slated to swim both the 100 fly and the 200 free during prelims of Day 3 of the 2019 US Open Championships.

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5 Men’s Races To Watch At Swimming’s 2019 U.S. Open

Ryan Lochte is chasing a 5th Olympic team, Chase Kalisz a bounce-back year, and Carson Foster a place among the top senior IMers in one of our races to watch.

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2019 ISL American Derby – Day 2 Live Recap

All four American ISL teams are meeting this weekend in College Park, with the top two heading to Las Vegas next month for the ISL Championship.

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