Jessica Hardy

2014 U.S. National Championships: Day 4 What to Watch For

Michael Phelps has held firm on his entry in the 100 backstroke for Saturday.

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Women’s 100 Meter Breaststroke-US Nationals Preview-Can Hardy’s Speed Be Stopped?

Breeja Larson is done with her yards career, and is the two time defending U.S. National Champion in the 100 meter breaststroke.

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2014 LA Invite Day 4 Prelims: Missy Franklin With 100 Back, 200 Free Double

Justin James of Australia, pictured above, clocked a 2:03.61 to lead the qualifiers in the men’s 200 IM at Los Angeles Invitational.

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2014 LA Invite Preview: Big names load up sprints, IM’s in Los Angeles

Missy Franklin, Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin, Matt Grevers and Kosuke Kitajima are among the names on the loaded LA Invite psych sheets.

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Weitzeil rocks SMOC for a big confidence boost

One of the highlights of the Swim Meet of Champions was a rising youngster who swam a pair of races that constituted a big step forward to perhaps becoming a Champion herself.

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Syrian Olympian Azad Al-Barazi Swims For His War Ravaged Country

Azad Al-Barazi: “I still wanted to swim, and the only reason why is for the Syrian people, for the 140,000 plus people that died, 7,000 of them children. For the economic losses and for the 3 million homes destroyed…”

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Corey Okubo Doubles; Weitzeil Just Misses Lifetime Best on Day 2 of Swim Meet of Champions

Corey Okubo presented a very good two-victory night on the first full day of events at the 2014 Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions.

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Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions psych sheets released with Hardy, Plummer among headliners

Olympic gold medalist Jessica Hardy (pictured) and World Champs silver medalist David Plummer are among the headliners of the meet, which runs Thursday through Sunday.

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Olympic Gold Medalists ‘Make a Splash’ With Water Safety Events In LA and Long Beach

The national tour features new USA Swimming Foundation’s Ambassadors Nathan Adrian, Janet Evans, Anthony Ervin (featured image), as well as Olympic Gold Medalists Rowdy Gaines, Jason Lezak, Jessica Hardy, and two-time Olympian Chloe Sutton.

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Coffman stepping up big against famous fields

Just two years ago, Cheyenne Coffman was a big fish in a little pond. The competition has stepped up drastically since. But Coffman? Well, she’s still finding a way to the top.

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Singapore Swim Stars to award $150,000 in prize money, event lineups set

The Singapore Swim Stars meet, billed as a kick-off to the brand-new, state-of-the-art Aquatic Center in the Singapore Sports Hub, will award $150,000 in prize money between 10 total events, according to Italy’s SwimBiz.it.

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2014 Speedo Grand Challenge Psych Sheets Are Live

Jessica Hardy, Mike Alexandrov, Jasmine Tosky, Maya DiRado, Karlee Bispo and Tom Kremer headline the 2014 Speedo Grand Challenge May 23-25th in Irvine, California at the Woollett Aquatic Center.

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Vanderpool-Wallace develops 100 free with sights on 2016

Vanderpool-Wallace has been developing her butterfly and the backend of her 100m freestyle under the magic of David Marsh at SwimMAC.

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Race Video: Vanderpool-Wallace wins 50 Free at the 2014 Arena Grand Prix in Charlotte, 24.65

Race video is courtesy of Universal Sports Network, a SwimSwam partner.

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Charlotte Grand Prix Photo Vault #4

SwimMAC is known for excellence and this year’s USA Swimming Arena Grand Prix Charlotte has been great for athletes, coaches…

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