Allison Schmitt Explains How Swimming Saved Her Life (Video)
Allison Schmitt cemented her comeback with a 1:55.82 for 2nd last night, and explained how swimming has been such an instrumental part of her mental health journey
Katie Ledecky Explains Wearing a Practice Suit in Prelims (VIDEO)
Ledecky raced 200 free prelims Thursday in her practice suit after running out of racing suit backups.
Murphy: “I don’t need a certain swim to prove to myself that I’m good” (Video)
Murphy used a huge underwater to break ahead right off the wall after the flip, building a body-length lead to win it in 1:54.15
Ledecky Eyeing New WR in New Event in Tokyo (Video)
After the 200 free, Katie Ledecky talked about knabbing a world record that isn’t yet on her resume
After Injuries Last Summer, Seliskar Says It was “Make or Break” (Video)
Cal’s Andrew Seliskar, who had never been under 1:50 before 2018, is your national champion.
Missy Franklin Gives Emotional Interview After Nationals Performances (Video)
Missy commented that she was very disappointed with her swims, but she realized that this was a stepping stone to the bigger meet in 2 years
Michael Andrew: “That’s the first race I’ve cried afterwards” (Video)
Andrew earned a spot on the 2019 Worlds team as he out-touched American Record holder Dressel by 4 hundredths for the win, 22.93 to 22.97
Watch the Race Videos from Day 2 Finals at 2018 U.S. Nationals
Watch all the championship final races from Day 2 at 2018 U.S. Nationals in Irvine.
16-year-old Regan Smith Sets 200 Back World Junior Record in 2:06.43
Smith still trails Missy Franklin for the national age group record as FINA only began recognizing WJRs in 2014.
Abbey Weitzeil Makes Strides After Freshman-Year Transition (Video)
Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil continues on her way to a comeback as she hit the wall 4th in 53.56. That’s her fastest time since she set her lifetime best 53.28 at 2016 Trials
Katie Drabot’s Best 200 Fly Was 2:25 Coming Into This Summer (Video)
Over the course of 4 months, Katie Drabot has dropped a whopping 18 seconds in her long course 200 fly
Why’d Zach Harting Go So Fast? He Drinks From A Gas Can (Video)
Conger led the way through the 150, but faded on the final 50 as Louisville’s Zach Harting busted out a lifetime best 1:55.11 to take 2nd
Justin Wright Attributes Success to Bulky Fly Sets… Really Bulky Fly Sets (Video)
Arizona’s Justin Wright, a newly signed pro with A3, brought the thunder tonight.
Hali Flickinger on US Open Record: “It’s a relief” (Video)
After breaking the 37-year-old U.S. open Record this morning, Georgia’s Hali Flickinger got the job done in finals
Wilimovsky Swims 1500 After Already Qualifying for Pan Pac Team (Video)
Open water World Champion Jordan Wilimovsky was 3 seconds over his best to win the race in 14:48.89.
