Kathleen Baker

College Swimming Previews: Baker Leads Charge for #2 Cal Women

They may not have the depth to challenge Stanford for a title, but with their sprint talent, they should be challenging for several relay titles and should get multiple individual titles with Baker alone.

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2017-2018 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: First Edition

You’ll never guess who we ranked #1… Ok, you might. But there are a few interesting offseason shake-ups, including one team outside the top 10 last year bringing in two impact transfers to surge towards the top 5.

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Top Ten Men’s Storylines Of The 2017-18 NCAA Season

Caeleb Dressel will swim for his collegiate legacy in his senior year with the Florida Gators.

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Top 10 Women’s Storylines Of The 2017-18 NCAA Season

Stanford was dominant at last year’s NCAA Championship meet, and should be again this year. But there are 9 other things that we think are worth a good, hard look this year.

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All The Records Broken At The 2017 FINA World Championships

Check out all the records broken at the 2017 FINA World Championships.

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Americans Show Incredible Improvement From Kazan To Budapest

The American team saw incredible improvement at the 2017 World Championships compared to their disastrous 2015.

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U.S. Olympic Committee Announces Best Of July Finalists

The United States Olympic Committee today announced the finalists for the Team USA Awards presented by Dow, Best of July,…

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Baker, King, Worrell, Manuel Nail WR

Like we did last week, we’re using our blueseventy Swim of the Week to count down the world records from the World Championships, this time focusing in on the world records from the second half of the meet: days 5 through 8.

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Watch USA Women Eclipse WR in 4×100 Medley Relay (Race Video)

Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Kelsi Worrell, and Simone Manuel combined for a U.S. gold medal and world record in the 4x100m medley relay in the last event at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest.

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Russia, Australia Make Moves in Final Swimming Medal Table

Australia and Russia moved up to double digits to tie China for 2nd with 10 total medals.

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Stanford Edges Cal 14-13 For Most World Championship Medals

Stanford narrowly edged California for the most World Championship medals in Budapest, winning 14 total and 12 gold medals.

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FINA World Swimming Championships Day 8 Photo Vault

WOW!  It’s been amazing here in Budapest, Hungary for the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships. Sure, we all love swimming…

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USA Takes Down World Record in Women’s 400 Medley Relay

Baker got the ball rolling on the backstroke split with a personal best 58.54 on the backstroke leg, marking the 5th fastest 100 back ever done by an American.

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Day 8 Relay Lineups: Dressel Goes For 7, Sjostrom In For Swedes

Caeleb Dressel swims fly as he looks for his 7th gold of the 2017 World Championships on the medley relay.

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Où l’on retrouve Seebohm, Ledecky et Sjöström (RM du 50 mètres)

L’Australienne Emily Seebohm a conservé son titre mondial sur le 200m dos à Budapest.

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