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• Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest Defends State Title at Kansas 1-5A State Championship

  23-05-2024 19:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam
  KSHSAA Girls 1-5A State ChampionshipsMay 16 – 18
  Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center
  Lenexa, KS
  Short Course Yards (25 yards) format
  Meet Central
  Full Schedule
  Full 1-5A ResultsOverland Park-Blue Valley Southwest defended their 2023 state title at the Kansas Girl’s 1-5A State Championship Saturday. Led by sophomore Willow Weninger, Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest won two relays as well as two individual events. Weninger started her campaign
  
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• Michael Andrew: “I think the X Factor to making the team here is…”

  16-06-2024 21:24 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2
  Finals Live Recap: Day 1
  Vying for his 2nd Olympic berth (and swimming
  
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• 17-18 100 Back NAG Record Holder Daniel Diehl DFS’s 100 Back After Making 200 Free Semi

  16-06-2024 21:24 via swimswam.com
  
  By Robert Gibbs on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live ResultsEven at Olympic Trials, it’s not often you see a recent National Age Group record-holding swimmer bow out of an event in which they hold a NAG record in favor of another event.
  
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• 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Alex Shackell Out of 100 Fly (Day 2 Finals Scratches)

  16-06-2024 20:59 via swimswam.com
  
  By Laura Rosado on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2Finals Live Recap: Day 1Alex Shackell has scratched the final of the women’s 100 butter
  
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• Column: Gretchen Walsh Proved She Was Worth All The Hype

  16-06-2024 20:56 via swimswam.com
  
  By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam
  Note: Opinions in this article don’t reflect the views of SwimSwam as a whole.
  Sarah Sjostrom‘s world record in the 100 butterfly came under greater threat than ever in the finals of the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, when Canada’s Maggie MacNeil (55.59), China’s Zhang Yufei (55.64), and the United States’ Torri Huske (55.73) all came within 0.25 seconds of Sjostrom’s 55.48 mark. Then, all throughout the Paris Olympic cycle, the question wa
  
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• Danny Kovac Breaks Down His Journey Back To Swimming After Year-Long Break

  16-06-2024 20:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam
  After the 2022 NCAA Championships, Danny Kovac retired from swimming. He had just completed his college career at the University of Missouri and didn’t want to continue beyond that, opting not to use the extra COVID-19 year he was granted from competing during the 2020-21 season.
  “I thought I was done for good,” Kovac said. “I had some other things that I really wanted to accomplish in my life.”
  After graduation, Kovac moved to Kansas City,
  
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• Sarah Sjostrom Responds to Gretchen Walsh’s 55.18 on Social Media in a Heartfelt Message

  16-06-2024 20:21 via swimswam.com
  
  By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2
  Finals Live Recap: Day 1WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – SEMI-FINALSWorl
  
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• Tanner Filion, D3 Record-Holder & D1 All-American, Makes 100 Back Semis at Olympic Trials

  16-06-2024 19:54 via swimswam.com
  
  By Laura Rosado on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2Finals Live Recap: Day 1In only his third time swimming the long course 100 back, Tanner Fili
  
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• 2024 French Olympic Trials Day 1: Roster Update

  16-06-2024 19:40 via swimswam.com
  
  By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
  2024 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPSSunday, June 16 – Friday, June 21
  Chartres, France
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Entry List
  Results
  Live Stream
  Prelims: Day 1 
  Finals: Day 1After an exciting and fast first day of the French Elite Championships, which is serving as their Olympic Trials, France has their first qualifiers. As a reminder, French selection procedures use the Olympic qualifying times as their standard, but there is no automatic qualification as the te
  
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• Two-Time Olympian Gabrielle Rose Goes a Personal Best at 46 Years Old, Makes Trials Semis

  16-06-2024 19:33 via swimswam.com
  
  By Laura Rosado on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2Finals Live Recap: Day 1There was an enthusiastic cheer from the 17,697-strong crowd as Gabri
  
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• Kieran Smith: “I wanted to prove that… I’m capable of being a 2x Olympian”

  16-06-2024 19:29 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
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  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Kieran Smith finished 2nd in last night’s 400 free, touch
  
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• Diehl (1:46.83) and Mijatovic (1:48.98) Move Up Respective Age Group Rankings In 200 Free

  16-06-2024 17:39 via swimswam.com
  
  By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Prelims Live Stream
  Day 2 Prelims Heat SheetIn the preliminary heats
  
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• 2024 French Olympic Trials: Day 1 Finals – Live Recap

  16-06-2024 17:32 via swimswam.com
  
  By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
  2024 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPSSunday, June 16 – Friday, June 21
  Chartres, France
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Entry List
  Results
  Live Stream
  Prelims: Day 1 Bonjour, Mes Amis. Le premier jour de Championnats de France Elite est ….. about to commence. I’m sorry that is the end of my limited French, but that does not mean that we aren’t going to try again tomorrow and make it a whole two sentences. If you aren’t filled with enough swimmi
  
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• Carson Foster No-Shows 200 Free, 2nd DFS of U.S. Olympic Trials

  16-06-2024 17:31 via swimswam.com
  
  By Laura Rosado on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Prelims Live Stream
  Day 2 Prelims Heat SheetCarson Foster was a n
  
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• Soon-To-Be Israeli Olympian Martin Kartavi Commits to North Carolina for 2024

  16-06-2024 17:05 via swimswam.com
  
  By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Soon-to-be Israeli Olympic swimmer Martin Kartavi will head stateside after Paris next month to join the University of North Carolina men’s
  
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• 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

  16-06-2024 16:10 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Prelims Live Stream
  Day 2 Prelims Heat SheetThe second of nin
  
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• Gretchen Walsh on 100 Fly WR: “I was probably the most shocked out of the people I know”

  16-06-2024 16:07 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Prelims: Day 1
  Finals: Day 1
  Last night in the first event of the 2024 US Olympic Trials, Gretchen Walsh shocked swimming by breaking an 8-year-old world record in the 1
  
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• Dutchman Sean Niewold Qualifies For Paris With 48.14 100 Freestyle

  16-06-2024 16:01 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 DUTCH LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPSJune 13th – June 16th
  Amersfoort, Netherlands
  LCM (50m)
  Recap #1
  ResultsWith the June 23rd Olympic qualification deadline looming, 22-year-old Sean Niewold made the most of his racing opportunity at the 2024 Dutch Long Course Championships.
  Competing in the heats of the men’s 100m freestyle this morning in Amersfoort, the 6’8″ Niewold cracked a monster personal best of 48.14 to take the top seed.
  Niewold o
  
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• Lazzerini Produces Another Breaststroke Record In Paraguay

  16-06-2024 15:45 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 PARAGUAYAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday, June 12th – Saturday, June 15th
  Centro Aquatico Nacional
  LCM (50m)
  Olympic Qualifying Event
  Recap #1
  Results – Meet Mobile – Campeonato Nacional de Natacion a y OpenThe 2024 Paraguayan National Championships concluded last night but not before Mariano Lazzerini fired off another national record in the breaststroke discipline.
  While racing in the men’s 100m breaststroke, Chilean Lazzerini
  
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• Summer Juniors Qualifier Reese Winer (2024) Commits to Missouri State Bears

  16-06-2024 15:37 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Reese Winer from Ames, Iowa, has announced her intention to swim and study at Missouri State University beginning in the fall of 2024. Originally comm
  
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• Freestyle Specialist PJ Nolan Commits to Boston College for 2024

  16-06-2024 15:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Freestyle specialist PJ Nolan has committed to Boston College for this fall with the program’s hazing suspension set to be lifted in August
  
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• 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 2 Prelims Preview

  16-06-2024 15:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Prelims: Day 1
  Finals: Day 1Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet
  Good morning, all you early risers. It’s day two of the 2024 US Olympic Trials. After an exciting kick-off yesterday morning,
  
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• 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: No Kate Douglass in 100 Breaststroke (Day 2 Prelims Scratches)

  16-06-2024 14:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Laura Rosado on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  SwimSwam Preview Index
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Day 2 Prelims Heat SheetDespite putting up the #3 time this season amongst
  
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• Olympic Trials Qualifier Abigail Heizer (2025) Commits to Auburn

  16-06-2024 14:27 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  2-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Abigail Heizer from Atlanta, Georgia, has verbally committed to Auburn University for the 2025-26 school y
  
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• How To Watch/Stream The 2024 European Championships

  16-06-2024 12:45 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  2024 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPSJune 17-23, 2024
  LCM (50 meters)
  Belgrade, Serbia
  Prelims: 9:30 am local time
  Finals: 5:30 pm local time
  Psych Sheets 
  Men’s Storylines
  Women’s Storylines
  Live ResultsThe 2024 European Championships kick off tomorrow, Monday, June 17th in Belgrade, Serbia. The meet runs through June 23rd which also is the final day to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
  Live streaming is available using this link on Eurovision. The live stream w
  
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• Summer Juniors Qualifier Goran Cindric (2025) Verbally Commits to Alabama

  16-06-2024 12:29 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Goran Cindric announced his verbal commitment to continue his academic and athletic career at the University of Alabama beginning in the fall of 2025.
  
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• Katie Ledecky FULL Press Conference, 400 Free (Qualified for 4th Olympics)

  16-06-2024 11:54 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALSJune 15-23, 2024
  Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
  LCM (50 Meters)
  Session Start Times (ET):11 a.m. Prelims
  7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
  Meet Central
  Broadcast Info
  SwimSwam’s Definitive Guide to Trials
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Prelims: Day 1
  Finals: Day 1
  Tonight in Indianapolis, Katie Ledecky won the women’s 400 free in dominant fashion, clocking her 30th sub-4:00 400 free of her career
  
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• 2024 French Elite Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

  16-06-2024 09:15 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  2024 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPSSunday, June 15 – Friday, June 21
  Chartres, France
  LCM (50 meters)
  Entry List
  Live ResultsThe first session of the French Elite Championships kick off this morning on Sunday, June 16th. Six events will be contested this morning while five of them serve as a potential Olympic qualification event.
  Numerous National Record holders will compete this morning. Marie Wattel looks to qualify for the Olympics and make the podium once again
  
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• Katie Ledecky makes fourth Olympics as Gretchen Walsh breaks world record

  16-06-2024 07:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Ledecky wins 400m free to punch Paris ticketWalsh, 21, sets world record in 100m butterflyKatie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, an accomplishment that seemed unimaginable when she was a 15-year-old kid in London.These days, it wouldn’t seem like a Summer Games without her. Continue reading...
  
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• Aaron Shackell On Making Olympics In Front Of Home Crowd: ‘It’s Everything To Me’

  16-06-2024 06:37 via swimswam.com
  
  By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam
  Aaron Shackell knew he was going to win the men’s 400 freestyle as soon as he flipped at the 350-meter mark in first place.
  It didn’t matter that Shackell was a 19-year-old relatively inexperienced with big meets, swimming side-by-side alongside decorated athletes like 2021 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Kieran Smith. It also didn’t matter that he had already been leading for the majority of the race, which for some, could lead to fading on the homestret
  
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