Lia Neal

Bay Area Olympians Highlight 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series at Santa Clara

Standout Bay Area-based Olympic gold medalists Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, Nathan Adrian and Ryan Murphy are expected to lead a fast field for next week’s TYR Pro Swim Series at Santa Clara, June 7-10 at the George F. Haines International Swim Center.

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Practice + Pancakes: Ledecky, Manuel, Neal, Sweetser AM Workout (Video)

Remember that world record that Katie Ledecky set last week in Indy? Well a week before that, SwimSwam was in Palo Alto for practice with Stanford

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Swimmers Taking Selfies at the Churchill Downs Racetrack (Video)

While at the Iconic Churchill Downs Racetrack, a group of the pros took advantage of the setting, and did what anyone would do in their situation. They took selfies. 

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Relive the Entire 2018 TYR Derby Pro Weekend (Video)

The 2018 TYR Derby Pro in Louisville has wrapped. But that doesn’t mean the fun should stop. We documented the entire weekend, which included more than you might think, and put it together in a recap video for your viewing pleasure.

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WATCH: Derby Pro Women’s 50 Free Round 3 (Race Video)

Margo Geer claimed the TYR Pro Derby Title with a final round swim of 24.91.

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WATCH: TYR Derby Pro Women’s 50 Free Round 2 (Race Video)

Margo Geer showed great consistency from her first to her second swim, adding just four one-hundredths to take over the top spot heading to the final.

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WATCH: TYR Derby Pro Women’s 50 Free Round 1 (Race Video)

Veteran Madison Kennedy won the women’s opening round, putting up a quick time of 24.88. Margo Geer also cracked the 25-second barrier in 24.97.

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2018 TYR Pro Derby: Live Recap

Follow along for live results of the 2018 TYR Pro Derby.

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2018 TYR Pro Derby: Women’s Round-by-Round Predictions

We’ll go over who we’ll see racing on the women’s side, and break down our predictions for each round. 

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TYR Pro Derby and Swim Clinic in Louisville Set for Late April

The 2018 TYR Pro Derby will be held at the University of Louisville on April 28th, featuring a shootout style set of heats of 50 freestyle.

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WATCH: Mallory Comerford Swims to 50 Free Shootout Win in Mesa

Comerford’s quarterfinal time was just 6 hundredths shy of her lifetime best, and that was coming off a post-NCAAs break.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: $10K to Just Show Up

We’re back with swimming top 10 tweets.

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2018 TYR Pro Swim Series – Mesa: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

After winning the 50 free shootouts in Austin, Margo Geer is looking to come out on top in another round of 50 frees.

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2018 TYR Pro Swim Series – Mesa: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Nathan Adrian will set himself up for a chance to win another round of 50 free shootouts tonight.

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2018 TYR Mesa Pro Swim Series Mesa Day 2 Photo Vault

Another good day of swimming at the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series Mesa Day 2. Here are more images from…

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