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• Ryan Held Wins 50 Free, Swims 22.15 in Prelims

  18-05-2024 02:06 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  2024 Sun Devil OpenMay 17-19, 2024
  Tempe, Arizona
  Long Course Meters (50 meters)
  Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 Sun Devil Open”With most of Arizona State’s pros and collegiate stars are training with the program’s former head coach at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado, or racing at the Canadian Olympic Trials, a handful are racing in their home pool this weekend.
  The meet, which is not officially part of the USA Swimming Club Excellence Se
  
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• 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

  17-06-2024 01:20 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 2 Prelims Live Recap
  Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Prelims Live Stream
  Day 2 Finals Live Stream (
  
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• Women’s 100 Fly Early Contender for Race of the Meet (U.S. Trials Day 2 Finals Preview)

  17-06-2024 00:46 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sophie Kaufman 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: Day 1 | Day 2
  Finals: Day 1 The first night of finals at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials didn’t disappoint.
  
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• No. 7 Recruit Jacob Johnson Commits to Minnesota With Top 200 Fly Time in Class of 2024

  16-06-2024 23:42 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.
  Butterfly specialist Jacob Johnson will arrive at the University of Minnesota this fall as one of the best recruits in program history.
  With the
  
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• 46-Year-Old Gabby Rose: “I want women, in particular, to not be afraid to be strong”

  16-06-2024 22:53 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
  ***Video captured by YanYan Li***
  46-year-old
  
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• British Olympian Matt Richards’ Family Victims Of Paris 2024 Ticket Scam

  16-06-2024 22:35 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  Swimming at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France begins on July 27th with tickets still available for purchase, albeit at your own risk.
  As British Olympian Matt Richards‘ parents learned, official-looking sites offer tickets to the world’s biggest sporting event; however, not all are legit.
  Richard’s mother, Amanda, told the BBC that the family had been scammed of 2,500 pounds ($3,170.50) by a ticket website that “looked perfectly legitimate.
  
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• Anastasia Kirpichnikova Qualifies for French Olympic Team After Previously Representing Russia

  16-06-2024 22:33 via swimswam.com
  
  By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
  French distance swimmer Anastasia Kirpichnikova qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 400 free earlier today, marking her first Olympic qualification as a French citizen.
  The 23-year-old Russian native previously represented Russia at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, where she placed 7th in the women’s 1500 free, 8th in the 800 free and 14th in the 400 free. She also raced the women’s 10km open water event, finishing 15th.
  Kirpichnikova, who has been
  
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• Katie Ledecky Is A Better Athlete Than Me

  16-06-2024 22:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Charles Hartley
  You all remember the stir I created eight years ago when I wrote a blog for SwimSwam claiming I was the best athlete ever to come out of Little Flower School in Bethesda, Maryland – not Katie Ledecky.
  There was an uproar so intense in the comments section under that blog and I still haven’t regained my psychological footing. The whole experience jolted me like a human-ignited earthquake. All I was doing was making a simpl
  
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• 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 2 Overreaction: It’s a Swim Meet and It’s Loud

  16-06-2024 21:57 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 1The following article is my opinion and does not necessarily represen
  
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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
  SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
  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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