Summer Smith

Overreacting To The 2023 SEC & ACC Championships Day 1

After day one of the 2023 ACC and SEC champs, we’ll play the favorite game of SwimSwam commenters: jumping to conclusions after a single day of racing.

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World Championship Teamer Summer Smith, Absent for Most of the Season, Is Home in Mass.

Summer Smith hasn’t raced since October while back home in Massachusetts dealing with the symptoms of multiple concussion syndrome.

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Lady Vols Marred By Absences At Tennessee Invite

The Tennessee women are missing three NCAA scorers, two more NCAA qualifiers and one standout freshman at their home invite this week.

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#19 Ranked Emily Brown Sends Verbal to Tennessee (2024)

#19 ranked Emily Brown has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Tennessee Vols, beginning in the 2024-2025 season.

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2022-23 College Previews: #10 Tennessee Women Looking to Defend SEC Title

Tennessee had one of the best turnarounds of the 2021-2022 season, coming back from a 5th place finish at the 2021 SEC Championships to win the 2022 title.

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Olympic Champions Wellbrock, Cunha Grab 5K Wins on Day 2 of Open Water Worlds

Ana Marcela Cunha (above middle) won her third-straight World Championship in the women’s 5km race on Monday in Lake Lupa.

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USA Swimming Names 2022 World Open Water Champs Roster, Katie Grimes to Compete in 10K

Grimes will be the only American to compete at the 2022 World Championships in the pool and on the Open Water team.

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2022 U.S. Trials: Katie Grimes Scratches 200 Back ‘A’ Final On Day 2

Grimes has dropped the women’s 200 back and will instead race the 200 free, having qualified eighth overall out of the prelims in both events.

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2022 U.S. Trials Previews: Smith Returns For Redemption In Women’s 200 Back

After falling to third at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials, Regan Smith is out to reclaim her spot as the top American woman in the 200 backstroke.

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USA Swimming Names 12 To World Junior Open Water Championship Roster

After winning the event at U.S. Nationals, Katie Grimes will compete in the 7.5K at the World Junior Open Water Championships in early September.

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23 Swimmers Notch Names on National Team Rosters at 2022 U.S. OW Nationals

Results from Open Water Nationals and Junior Nationals in Florida finalized the 2022 U.S. Open Water National Team and World Junior Championships rosters.

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2022 Open Water Nationals Preview

Katie Grimes is one of multiple 2021 Olympians swimming at Open Water Nationals this weekend and trying to qualify for the Worlds team.

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Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisville Hit NCAA Cuts at Tennessee Last Chance Meet

Tennessee’s Summer Smith swam a time of 16:11.59 in the 1650 free, which ranks her 26th in the nation this season and will likely qualify her for NCAAs.

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Tennessee Women Win 2nd SEC Title in 3 Years, Highest Score in Program History

In Tennessee’s press release following the conclusion of the meet tonight, they referred to this Tennessee team as the “deepest roster in program history,”

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2022 SEC Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks will have all eyes on him in the men’s 100 freestyle after becoming the fastest freshman in the 50 free earlier in the meet.

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