Josh Howat

2024 US Olympic Trials Day 7 Roster Update: Bacon and Casas Make the Team

Phoebe Bacon and Shaine Casas punched their tickets to Paris tonight, and the men now have enough doubles to take all 2nd-place finishers.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 6 Overreaction: Michael Andrew Is Making Math Hard

These are the disparate but loosely connected, at least in my mind, thoughts about Day 6 Prelims of the 2024 US Olympic Trials

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NCSA Spring Championships: NCAP Boys Sweep Sprint Relays

Josh Howat, JT Schmid, Rian Graham andSimon Bermudez came together to win the 200 and 400 free and medley relays last week at NCSAs.

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Albert Smelzer Jumps to 9th on List of All-Time Top-100 Times in 15-16 Age Group 50 Free

16-year-old Albert Smelzer hit a Trials cut and jumped to 9th on the all-time top 100 age group ranking in the 50 free at the Southeastern Meet of Champions.

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2024 NCSA Spring Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Louisville commit (’24) Caroline Larsen could be in for a tough battle against 14-year-old Laker Swimming standout Rylee Erisman in the girls 50 free final.

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Stars Come Out to Play in Big Head-to-Head Matches on Final Day of NCSA Championships

Maggie Wanezek is the top qualifier in the 50 backstroke, one of a few big matchups set for Saturday’s long course session in Orlando.

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2024 NCSA Champs: Jacob Johnson Moves To 13th All-Time In 17-18 Age Group With 45.6 100 Fly

At 17, Johnson clocked 45.65 in the 100 fly to rank 13th all-time in the boys’ 17-18 age group.

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2024 NCSA Champs: 17-Year-Old Jacob Johnson Drops 1:42.29 200 Fly At Day 3 Prelims

Johnson clocked 1:42.29 to move up to 20th all-time in the 17-18 age group, improving on his previous best of 1:43.46 set in December.

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Rylee Erisman Becomes Fastest American 13-14 Girl in 100 Meter Free in 15 Years at NCSAs

Erisman now finds her name among swimming juggernauts as the third-best American in long course in history in the girls’ 13-14 100 meter freestyle

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Langley Boys and Yorktown Girls Repeat as Virginia Class 6 State Champs

In the team race for the boys, Langley used a balanced attack to score in every swimming event, earning the Saxons a comfortable victory over Robinson.

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Robinson Boys & Girls Win The Northern Virginia 6A Occoquan Region Championship

Both the boys’ and girls’ Class 6 Occoquan region championship titles went to Robinson of Fairfax on Saturday.

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District Records Fall As West Springfield Boys, Woodson Girls Win VHSL Patriot Titles

A total of nine Patriot District records fell during the meet, including two apiece from Robinson’s JT Schmid and Fairfax’s Sadie Buckley.

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Top Class Of 2025 Recruiting Storylines (So Far)

#1 Thomas Heilman was one of the four top-20 ranked boys to announce their verbal commitments to Virginia on the same day in October.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 75.5% Think Virginia’s 2025 Recruiting Class Is Better Than Cal’s

Thomas Heilman heads up a talent-stacked recruiting class for the Virginia Cavaliers in the fall of 2025.

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One Day, Four Top 20, Five Commits, What. Just. Happened for the Virginia Men

The Virginia men had five commitment announcements today, with four of them in our top 20 recruits, including #1 Heilman and #2 Williamson.

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