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2025 Summer Championships – Day 3 Prelim Scratches & Preview: Worlds Medalist Chmielewski Out

Singapore Silver Medalist Krzysztof Chmielewski of Poland has opted out of his lone entry this week, scratching from the Men’s 50 fly.

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2025 USA Swimming Summer Junior Nationals: Day 5 Finals Recap

Julie Mishler fired off a new Championship Record in the girls’ 50 freestyle (25.00) on the final night of U.S. Junior Nationals in Irvine.

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2025 USA Swimming Summer Junior Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Welcome to the first finals session of the 2025 U.S. Junior National Championships in Irvine, CA!

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Columbia Sectionals Day 1 Recap: 14-Year-Old Amelia Knudson Logs 25.97 50 Free

Two 14-year-old girls posted wins on the first night of Columbia Sectionals, scoring nationally ranked age group times in the process.

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Lexie D’Amico Swims #4 13-14 100 Breast This Season (1:01.81) at Columbia Sectionals Day 3

13-year-old D’Amico turned in a top performance, dropping over 2 seconds to post the 4th-fastest time this season within the 13-14 age group.

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Star Wars Sectionals? Anakin Fischer, Empire Club Kick Off Racing on Columbia Sectionals Day 1

The meet, which has a Star Wars theme, fittingly featured top swimmers from Empire KC and unattached Anakin Fischer among the highlights from day 1 of racing.

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2024 Winter Junior Championships- West: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

It is the last day of Winter Junior Nationals-West in Austin, and Teagan O’Dell is looking to pick up more event wins, in the 200 back and 100 free.

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2024 Winter Juniors – West: Swims You Might Have Missed on Day 3

Emma Hussein’s 400 IM, which won the consolation final, would have placed 4th in the championship final. She dropped nearly 6 seconds on the day for a 4:13.88

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Parkway Central Wins 3rd Straight Missouri Class 1 State Title

Parkway Central High School wins their third straight Missouri Class 1 title. The meet also saw a few new records, including the state 500 free record.

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Tennessee Jumps Into 2026 Recruiting with Verbal from Honorable Mention Whitaker Steward

Miler Whitaker Steward from Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas City has given a verbal commitment to Tennessee for 2026-27.

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Way Too Early Recruit Rankings: Boys High School Class Of 2026

Baylor Stanton of Gwinnett Aquatics won his heat of the 400 IM at the US Olympic Trials. Is that enough to push him to #1 in the initial class of 2026 ranks?

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Shareef Elaydi Blasts 2:01.94 200 IM to Become 3rd-Fastest 15-Year-Old American Ever

At age 15, only Tim Connery (2:01.92) and Maximus Williamson (1:59.01) have been faster than Shareef Elaydi’s 2:01.94 200 IM among Americans.

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Jack Dahlgren Clocks 1:48.0 200 FR on Day 2 of Columbia Summer Sectionals

It was a strong swim out of Dahlgren, who holds a career best of 1:46.92 from the 2022 US Summer Nationals.

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15-Year-Old Lucy Velte Puts Up 27.48 50 FL on Day 1 of 2024 Columbia Summer Sectionals

The day 1 finals session kicked off on a great note, seeing Empire KC Swim Club 15-year-old Lucy Velte throw down a speedy 27.48 to win the women’s 50 fly.

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Missouri Freshman Alex Ochsenbein Earns 2nd Olympic Trials Cut With 1:01.97 100 Breast

Missouri’s Alex Ochsenbein dropped over a second in the men’s 100 breast to get the Olympic Trials cut.

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