Ryosuke Irie

Japan's Ryosuke Irie Breaks Australian Open National Record

Japanese superstar Ryosuke Irie broke the Australian All-Comers National Record on Thursday at the Western Australia Open State Championships with a…

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Four Meets in Four Weeks for Young Japanese Swimmers Lead to National Records, Several Top 10 Times

Whilst much of the international focus has been on big-time meets like the USA Swimming National Championships, the World University Games,…

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Rocco Potenza's Remarkable Time-Drop in Men's 1500 Concludes 2011 World University Games

Men’s 1500 free This men’s 1500 free ended up being a much better race than previously expected (the posted psych…

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2011 WUGs Final Day Preview/Start Lists: Heated Four-Way Battle in Men's 400 Medley Relay Caps Meet

Start lists are posted for the final day of the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China. Full start lists,…

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2011 WUGs Day 3: Feigen Takes Men's 100 Free, Costa-Schmid Nears National Record in 200 Free

The USA continued their winning ways on day 3 of the 2011 Summer Universiade from Shenzhen China, and picked up…

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2011 WUG Day 3 Start Lists: Men's 100, Women's 200 Amongst Highlight Races

Day 3 psych start lists have been posted on the official Shenzhen 2011 World University Games website. Click here for…

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New Zealand Wins Two Gold, US Four Silvers on Day 1 From World University Games

Day 1 of the swimming portion of the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China with a total of 6…

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World University Games Day 1 Start Lists Released; Guehrer, Cseh, Irie to Headline

Just hours before the pool swimming begins in Shenzhen, China, the First day’s Start Lists have fianlly been released. Full…

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Lochte Wins 2 Golds on Day 6, Franklin Breaks American Record

Women’s 100 free finals – Medal Race This women’s 100 free came down to a big surprise at the touch,…

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Shanghai 2011: Men's Freestyle, Backstroke, and IM Picks

Now that we’re done with the women’s picks (Free/Back/IM’s | Breast/Fly/Relays), it’s time to start on the men, which usually…

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Alshammar, Targett, Other Sprinters Assault TYR World Rankings in Monaco Duels

The final day of the final stop of the 2011 Mare Nostrum, in Monaco, was perhaps the most exciting of…

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Sakai, Miley Move Into Top 3 in TYR World Rankings on Day 1 in Monaco

The final stop of the Mare Nostrum series this season is in Monaco, and with a purse of over $50,000…

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Irie Continues Backstroke Domination on Day 2 in Canet

Japan’s Ryosuke Irie was the big story on the 2nd day of competition when he swam a 1:54.54 to take…

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Alshammar Leads Charge as Swedes Rack up 5 Gold on First Day in Canet

On the first day of the Canet stop of the 2011 Mare Nostrum, the second of a three-meet series, the…

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Coutts Rocks 200 IM, Cseh Impresses in 400 on Day 2 of Barcelona Mare Nostrum

After an exciting first day of competition when several meet records were broken, the swimmers may have even outdone their historical…

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