Tom Shields

Shields Moves up in 100 Fly World Rankings on Day 4 Prelims of L.A. Invite

In the first event of the day, world record holder Dana Vollmer returned to the pool after a 2 year hiatus. Following the World Championships in 2013, Vollmer was absent from competition, despite never officially retiring.

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Murphy Drops 1:56.65 to Win 200 Back at L.A. Invite

Friday nights finals at the Los Angeles Invitational was a tune up for many of the swimmers on the U.S. World Championships Team roster.

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Margo Geer Swims Fastest 100 Freestyle Done By An American This Season At LA Invite

Margo Geer swam the most impressive performance of the meet thus far in the prelims of the women’s 100m freestyle; touching the wall in 53.95 to take the top seed heading into finals.

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World Championships Preview: Men’s 100 Butterfly

The men’s 100 butterfly should be tightly contested as there is only 37 one-hundredths of a second separating the world’s top ranked time and eighth…

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Top 8 Swimmers Who Could Have Won The 100 IM At NCAAs

With the recent addition of the 100 yard IM to the NCAA program (approved for inclusion at conference championship meets) it begs the question of who would have dominated this event if it had been introduced years prior.

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INSTANT ANALYSIS: What Does the NCAA’s Addition of the 100 IM Mean?

Miguel Ortiz was a very good NCAA swimmer, but were the 100 IM offered during his four years at Michigan, he could have been a legend.

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Double National Champ Shields Headlines Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions Field

The 2015 TYR Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions, known in the swimming community as SMOC, will be held June 25-28 at the Marguerite Aquatic Center in Mission Viejo.

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Arena Pro Swim Santa Clara final photo vault

It’s been a great 4 days of racing in NorCal as some of the world’s best swimmers converged upon the…

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Race Video: Watch Michael Phelps Win 200 Butterfly In Santa Clara

Michael Phelps won his first event of the season at the final Arena Pro Swim Series meet of the year.

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2015 Arena Pro Swim Santa Clara – Day 2 Race Videos

Watch all the race videos from day two of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Santa Clara.

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Tom Shields missed racing Phelps in 100 fly (Video Interview)

Despite tying him last year at this same meet, Tom Shields confesses missing Phelps in the 100 fly

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Arena Pro Swim Santa Clara Day 2 Photo Vault

Our photographer Mike Lewis has covered a lot of ground around the deck to help bring us these great images…

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Arena Pro Swim Santa Clara: Day 2 Prelims Photo Vault

Sun and fast swimming fun are the order of the morning at the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Santa Clara.  Here’s some…

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Arena Pro Swim Series Santa Clara Photo Vault: The Quiet Before The Storm

Missy Franklin smiles fresh off of signing her partnership with Speedo USA.

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Tom Shields One of Five USA Swimming National Teamers to Assist in World’s Largest Swim Lesson on Thursday

Nic Fink, Connor Jaeger, Melanie Margalis, Emma Reaney, and Tom Shields will all be participating in the event.

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