Michael Taylor

2016 US Olympic Trials: Day Two Prelims Live Recap

After an eventful night one at the 2016 U.S Olympic Trials, more of America’s big stars will step up to the blocks for their first races including Missy Franklin, Natalie Coughlin, and Katie Ledecky.

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Michael Taylor Swims #2 17-18 100 Backstroke in Monday Prelims

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS Sunday June 26th-Sunday July 3rd, 2016 Century Link Center – Omaha, Nebraska Friday-Sunday – Prelims – 11:00…

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Previews: Murphy’s Time In Men’s 200 Back

The men will have to battle it out in Omaha to determine who the Americans will send up against a stacked international field that includes Mitch Larkin, Ryosuke Irie, and Evgeny Rylov.

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2016 Olympic Trials Previews: U.S. Stacked In Men’s 100 Back

Team USA has won gold in the 100 backstroke at every Olympics since 1996. With the threat of Australia’s Mitch Larkin looming, who will defend the USA’s position on top of the backstroke podium?

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Atlanta Classic Day 3 Finals: Race Videos

Take a look at Elizabeth Beisel’s 200 back win and many others on the last day of competition at the 2016 Atlanta Classic Swim Meet.

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Brookwood and Lambert Earn State Titles at GHSA 6A Championships

The Brookwood High School boys team won their first GHSA 6A title since 2010, while the Lambert girls won their fourth in a row on Saturday.

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2015 Speedo Winter Juniors East: Day 4 Race Videos

Watch all the races from Day Four of the Speedo Winter Juniors East at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center.

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2015 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals: Day 4 Composite Top 10

Here are the composite results from Day 4 of Speedo Winter Junior Championships.

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2015 Speedo Winter Juniors East Day 4 Prelim Recap

All eyes will be on Michael Taylor tonight as he attempts to break Ryan Murphy’s national age group record

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5 In The East: Storylines, All Links For 2015 Speedo East Winter Jr Nationals

Dynamo’s Michael Taylor has a shot to erase a current Team USA standout’s name from the 15-16 National Age Group record books in Atlanta.

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Start Lists Released for 4×100 Medley Relay at FINA Junior Worlds

Team USA will go with Michael Taylor on the backstroke leg, Reece Whitley on the breaststroke leg, Michael Andrew on the fly leg, and Maxime Rooney anchoring on the free leg.

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2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 6 Prelims Preview

Taylor Ruck comes in with a 1:59.79, but has had some big swims to show she’s faster than she looks on paper. Earlier in the meet, she blazed to a 1:56.71 relay anchor, so look for her to challenge today.

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2015 FINA Junior Worlds: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Viktoria Zeynep Gunes of Turkey, who won gold in the women’s 50m breaststroke, posted the top time by a large margin in the heats of the 100m breaststroke on Thursday morning in Singapore.

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Aussies Top Total Golds After Day 2 of 2015 World Junior Championships

USA’s Sierra Schmidt claimed gold in the 800m freestyle today, but take a look at the overall medal picture after two days of competition in Singapore.

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Robert Glinta Re-Breaks Own Championship Record In 100 Back For Gold

Rising Romanian backstroke star Robert Glinta managed to stay on top of his game in order to claim gold and set a new championship record in the men’s 100m backstroke final Wednesday night.

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