Luke Ellis

18-Year-Old Ilya Kharun Drops 1:41.39 in 200 Yard Fly in Las Vegas

Canadian teenager Ilya Kharun missed Winter Juniors, but took advantage of a local short course meet to stamp some new yards personal bests on his ledger.

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Swims You May Have Missed from Day Four of the 2023 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville

This post is dedicated to highlighting some of the swims from day four of the 2023 Pro Swim Series in Knoxville that may have been overlooked.

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Pro Swim Series: Grimes E Hafnaoui Vincono Gli 800 Stile-Recap

Si sono aperte a Knoxville le Pro swim series 2023 con gli 800 metri stile libero, maschili e femminili vinti da Hafnaoui e Grimes.Recap

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Swims You Might Have Missed in the Knoxville 800 Frees (Pro Swim Day 1)

Macky Hodges (above) is the newest member of the elite Sandpipers training group, and she swam her first-ever 800 free on Wednesday: a rite of passage for the team.

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2023 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The battle between the Sandpiper trio of Katie Grimes, Bella Sims, and Claire Weinstein highlights the first night of racing at the Knoxville Pro Series.

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USA Swimming Unveils Rosters for 2022-23 Open Water National Team, National Junior Team

Katie Grimes headlines the National Team, which features the same dozen swimmers who represented Team USA at the World Championships this summer in Budapest.

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Sandpipers Girls Back Racing at CA/NV Sectionals With Top 10 All-Time Age Group Swims

Off the plane and onto a bus: the Sandpipers of Nevada were back to racing again this week in Southern California in an event that wasn’t offered at Winter Juniors.

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Luke Ellis on Training with Sandpipers Teammates: “It pushes you, that’s for sure”

Sandpipers’ Luke Ellis swam a gutsy race in the 1,650, staying with Rex Maurer for the first 1,000 and then making his move

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Watch: Maximus Williamson’s 200 BK NAG, Other Winter JRs West Day 4 Race Videos

Below, you’ll find race videos from the ‘A’ finals on night four of the 2022 Winter Junior Championships – West.

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Sandpiper Luke Ellis Clocks 14:49.79 1650 Free, #3 15-16 U.S. Performer Of All-Time

Ellis swam his final 100 yards in 51.38, just a few tenths off of Bobby Finke’s 51.15 closing split from his American record 1650 free.

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2022 Speedo Winter Junior Championships: Combined East/West Results Day 4

At the West site, Bella Sims raced a 200 back, 200 fly, 400 free relay triple on Saturday and she won each of those events with meet record-setting times.

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2022 Speedo Winter Juniors West – Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Keaton Jones broke the 200 back meet record in prelims and is seeded more than 3.3 seconds ahead of the rest of the field for tonight’s final.

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Chase Mueller Scratches 200 Back A-Final on Day 4 of Winter Juniors – West

No. 8 seed Chase Mueller dropping the boys’ 200-yard backstroke A-final appears to be the only A-final scratch on the fourth day of Winter Juniors action.

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2022 Winter Juniors – West: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Today is the third day of racing at the 2022 Winter Junior Championships. Today’s events include the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 back, and 100 breast.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 9/9/2022

In the relatively quiet transition period from the LCM to SCY season, there were still a few young standouts in the U.S. over the past few weeks.

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