Maya DiRado

Women’s 200 Meter Freestyle – US Nationals Preview – Missy, Ledecky & Schmitty atop hard-hitting field

Katie Ledecky (pictured), Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt are prepared to do battle for the national title ahead of a tightly-packed 200 free field.

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Women’s 200 Meter Backstroke – US Nationals Preview – Missy Franklin Will Be Defending Her National Title

Day 2 will be a busy day for Missy Franklin, but that shouldn’t phase the world record holder in this event.

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Women’s 200 Meter Individual Medley – US Nationals Preview – The Usual Suspects

Maya DiRado is our top pick for the women’s 200 IM at 2014 Nationals.

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USA Swimming Removes Restrictions Keeping College Swimmers Off Junior National Team

Last season, Tennessee’s Faith Johnson was removed from the Junior National Team roster because she had already completed her freshman year of college. USA Swimming has changed the rules, however, so future “early starters” won’t fall to the same fate.

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Race Video: Women’s 200 IM Final at LA Invite – DiRado vs Leverenz

Watch Maya DiRado and Caitlin Leverenz battle it out in the middle lanes for the 200 IM title at LA Invite.

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LA Invite Day 3 Finals: The Australian Invasion Continues

The sun came out for finals at USC’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center for Day Three of the Los Angeles Invitational.

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2014 LA Invite Day 3 Prelims: Adrian Rocks Prelims with a 21.90; Coughlin Shines

Josh Prenot of California Aquatics was among the “A” final qualifiers in the men’s 400 IM at Los Angeles Invitational.

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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.

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Women’s 400 Meter Individual Medley – US Nationals Preview – Experience Trumps Youth

Olympic silver medalist Elizabeth Beisel is our favorite to win the women’s 400 IM at Nationals in August.

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Maya Dirado, Micah Lawrence & Shannon Vreeland Sign With Speedo USA

Micah Lawrence (featured image): “I’m so honored to be joining my training partners as part of Team Speedo. Ryan and Cullen have shown me what can be achieved with the brand’s backing, and I’m excited to be on board.”

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Race Video & Interview: Lotte Friis Wins 400 Free at the Santa Clara Grand Prix

Lotte Friis cut four and a half seconds to win her second distance event of the weekend. She won the 1500 freestyle last night and is now the winner of the 400 freestyle with her time of 4:06.83.

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2014 Santa Clara Grand Prix Preview: Links, storylines and more

The Santa Clara Grand Prix is the next stop on the Michael Phelps comeback tour, and will also be the 2014 Grand Prix series debut for Missy Franklin.

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2013-2014 College Swimming & Diving Honors announced

Annapolis, MD. – The 2013-14 College Swimming & Diving Honors have been announced. In all, twenty athletes, teams or coaches are being recognized for their outstanding performances during the 2013-14 collegiate swimming and diving season.

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27 Swimmers Selected To Division 1 Capital One Academic All-American Team

The Capital One All-American Team was released this week as selected by CoSIDA, the College Sports Information Directors of America. CoSIDA…

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Two on day two: DiRado doubles on Saturday at Speedo Grand Challenge

Maya DiRado is starting out her professional career on the right foot. The Stanford grad won two more races on night two of the Speedo Grand Challenge, picking up her second and third winners paychecks of the meet so far.

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