5 Storylines to watch at US Nationals – plus links, schedules, selection procedures and more!
Katie Ledecky (left) and Missy Franklin (right) are two of the many stars converging on Southern California for the US National Championships this week.
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Men’s 100 Meter Backstroke – US Nationals Preview – Question marks abound in one of US’s deepest races
David Plummer (pictured) is the defending national champion in what has historically been one of the USA’s toughest and deepest events.
Race Video: Men’s 100 Back Final at LA Invite – Matt Grevers with Meet Record 54.00
Matt Grevers and Ashley Delaney both dipped under the meet record of 54.05, set by Cal’s Ryan Murphy in prelims, with 54.00 and 54.03, respectively.
Photo Vault: LA Invite Part Two
Here are more SwimSwam images from the Los Angeles Invitational at Uytengsu Aquatics Center at USC.
Men’s 100 Meter Butterfly – US Nationals Preview – Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte comebacks could collide
Perhaps the marquee event of this summer’s U.S. Nationals, the men’s 100 fly is a mash-up of the year’s two biggest comeback stories, a lineup of iconic swimming figures and exciting young talents that should capture the attention of the whole world on August 8th.
LA Invite Day Four Finals: Matt Grevers, Jake Packard, Justin James with Meet Records
2014 LA Invite Thursday, July 17th-Sunday, July 20th Thursday 4PM, Friday-Sunday Prelims 8:30AM/Finals 5PM (Pacific Time) Uytengsyu Aquatics Facility, University…
2014 LA Invite Day 4 Prelims: Missy Franklin With 100 Back, 200 Free Double
Justin James of Australia, pictured above, clocked a 2:03.61 to lead the qualifiers in the men’s 200 IM at Los Angeles Invitational.
Race Video: Men’s 50 Free Final -or Fly, your choice- at LA Invite
There was a lot of splashing-and-dashing going on, and not all of it was freestyle. Watch the video to see the men’s 50 free final from LA Invite.
Race Video: Matt Grevers Winning 100 Free Consols at LA Invite
Matt Grevers won the consolation final of the men’s 100 free at Los Angeles Invitational with 51.08.
2014 LA Invite Preview: Big names load up sprints, IM’s in Los Angeles
Missy Franklin, Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin, Matt Grevers and Kosuke Kitajima are among the names on the loaded LA Invite psych sheets.
Men’s 50 Meter Freestyle – US Nationals Preview – Adrian leads ‘splash-and-dashers’ into action
Nathan Adrian is the obvious favorite in 50 free, but he’ll lead a crew of heavyweight fighters into a race all about speed, aggression and power.
Race Video: Vyatchanin wins 100 Back, Olympic Champion Grevers 2nd at the Santa Clara Grand Prix
Arkady Vyatchanin has been 8 for 8 in the backstroke events in the last four Arena Grand Prix events. He won the 200 backstroke yesterday and double up with the 100 backstroke today. He posted a 54.34 to win the race. Grevers 2nd with 54.95.
Santa Clara Grand Prix Photo Vault #4
We’ve seen a lot of great swimming and fun times so far at the 2014 USA Swimming Arena Grand Prix…
Fitter and Faster Swim Tour’s “Swim Like a Champion” Video Series wins Telly Award
“This video series was a long time coming. I had known since about five years before we began production that the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour needed to create a video,” said executive producer David Arluck.
