Kathleen Hersey

Regan Smith Further Distances Herself With The Fastest 200 Fly/200 Back Combo

Smith is nearly three seconds quicker than the next-fastest woman, Katinka Hosszu, in terms of 200 fly + 200 back add-up times.

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UVA Commit Christopherson Leads Westminster to Another GHSA Title, This Time in 4-5A

University of Virginia commit Katie Christopherson led the way for Westminster, earning victories in the 100 fly (52.77) and 100 breast (1:00.81).

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Which Female Swimmer Has the Fastest 4-Stroke 800 Meter IM Add-Up?

Canadian teen sensation Summer McIntosh sparked an interesting question after further-flexing her wide-ranging versatility at last weekend’s U.S. Open.

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Westminster Soph. Katie Christopherson Cracks GHSA Record with 1:56.72 200 IM

Swimming a 1:56.72 in the 200 IM, Christopherson won the 200 IM, shattering the GHSA record which was held by 2-time Olympian Kathleen Hersey.

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Teagan O’Dell Ties No. 10 All-Time 13-14 Girls 400 IM at 4:46.73 In Irvine

14-year-old Teagan O’Dell touched third in the Irvine 400 IM final at 4:46.73, dropping 3 seconds and boosting up to No. 10 all-time in 13-14 history.

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Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars: Women’s 200 Fly

Mary T. Meagher’s 80s NAGs and Mary Descenza’s 2009 American record remain unbroken today. Who’s been close to breaking the marks? Could they ever go down?

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Madisyn Cox Goes 4:01,Takes Down Kathleen Hershey’s 2009 400 IM

Madisyn Cox knocked out Kathleen Hersey’s supersuit-era record in the 400 IM tonight at the Big 12 Championships.

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Kelsi Worrell Breaks American Record En Route To 200 Fly Silver

Kelsi Worrell broke the American Record en route to winning silver in the 200 fly at SC Worlds.

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What UT Coach Capitani is Doing Differently This Year – Video

Capitani talks about her Texas swim stars and what she’s doing differently in 2016-17.

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Ella Eastin Ties Kathleen Hersey for 8th on All-Time 200 IM Rankings

Stanford’s Ella Eastin moved into the top-10 swimmers of all-time in the 200 IM on Wednesday.

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Cammile Adams Lowers Hersey’s 200 Fly American Record

Adams, a captain for this year’s team, barely snuck under Hersey’s time to break the American record.

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Kathleen Hersey among 5 inducted into Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame

U.S. Olympian Kathleen Hersey is one of five figures inducted into the Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame over the weekend.

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Katie McLaughlin Nabs New 200 Fly NAG Record

En route to finishing in sixth place in today’s final of the women’s 200m butterfly in Kazan, 18-year old Katie…

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Katie McLaughlin posts 10th-ranked 200 fly time in the world at SMOC prelims

U.S. National Teamer Katie McLaughlin had a huge swim in this morning’s prelims at the Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions, going 2:07.93 in the 200 fly.

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Butterfly Olympians Building Champions in Maine

Ian Crocker is a Master Clinician for the Mutual of Omaha BREAKOUT Swim Clinic having taught in over 100 cities since retiring after Beijing 2008.

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