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2018 FRAN CRIPPEN MEMORIAL SWIM MEET OF CHAMPIONS

• June 21st-24th, 2018
• Mission Viejo, California
• LCM (50m)  Meet
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results

Another action-packed night has wrapped up in Mission Viejo at the 2018 Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions, with some of the country’s top swimmers, along with some international talents, racing to some quick times.

Two of the top swims on the night came right off the hop in the 200 freestyle, where Chinese teenager Li Bingjie and American powerhouse Blake Pieroni earned victories.

The 16-year-old Li won the women’s event in a time of 1:56.93, dropping her season-best by .03 and coming within two tenths of her lifetime best. She remains 10th in the world rankings for the year, while her teammates Yang Junxuan (1:58.04) and Al Yanhan (1:58.44) made it a 1-2-3 finish for China.

In the men’s event, Pieroni was aggressive opening up, flipping in 24.79 and 51.80 at the 50 and 100m walls. The wheels fell off towards the end of the race, coming home in 29.04, but he did hang on to win by nearly a second in 1:48.80. Currently, the 22-year-old ranks 3rd among Americans this year with his 1:48.19 from the Indianapolis PSS. Stanford’s Grant Shoults, who had an impressive win in the 400 last night, dropped his season-best by half a second for 2nd in 1:49.76, and China’s Qiu Ziao (1:50.23) was 3rd. Also notable was medley specialist Abrahm DeVine swimming a lifetime best of 1:50.77 for 4th.

Another swimmer who had a great night was Katie McLaughlin of Cal, who won the 100 freestyle last night in a lifetime best. Tonight in the 50 free she did so twice, first dropping her 25.41 (set this year in Santa Clara) down to 25.40 in the semis, and then took two more tenths off to win the final in 25.19. She’s now 8th among Americans this year, and runner-up Anika Apostalon (25.45) swam her fastest of the season.

OTHER EVENTS

• Friday’s 50 back winner Tevyn Waddell of Minnesota won her second event of the meet in the women’s 200 back, holding off China’s Jiang Yuru by .01 for the win in 2:14.01. Kendyl Stewart took 3rd in 2:14.15, her fastest swim in four years.
• UBC’s Josiah Binnema won the men’s event in 2:01.15, and Robert Hill (2:04.25) and Cole Pratt (2:05.45) made it a 1-2-3 for the Canadians.
• 18-year-old Samantha Shelton of SoCal posted a lifetime best to win the women’s 400 IM, coming in at 4:48.46 in holding off veteran Haley Anderson (4:48.61). 2015 World Championship bronze medalist Emily Overholt took 3rd in 4:50.35, her fastest swim since returning from injury in late 2017.
• China’s Yizhe Wang (4:17.78) edged out Takeharu Fujimori (4:18.85) of the Phoenix Swim Club to win the men’s 400 IM, with Canadian Tristan Cote (4:22.81) in 3rd.
• Ruta Meilutyte of Trojan won the women’s 50 breast in 31.34, edging Breeja Larson (31.45). Stanford’s Matt Anderson won the men’s event in 28.84.
• In the men’s 50 free, Michael Chadwick (22.61) topped Sid Farber (22.72) and Yuri Kisil (22.77) for the top spot. Chadwick currently ranks 5th among Americans this year with his 22.37 from Mesa.

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2018 FRAN CRIPPEN MEMORIAL SWIM MEET OF CHAMPIONS

• June 21st-24th, 2018
• Mission Viejo, California
• LCM (50m)  Meet
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results

Below, watch all ‘A’ final race videos from the 2018 Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions, being held in Mission Viejo, California. All race videos are courtesy of USA Swimming on Youtube. All finals races, including the 50m semi-finals and relay heats, can be found on their channel.

For a full recap of day 3, click here.

Women’s 200 Free

Men’s 200 Free

Women’s 200 Back

Men’s 200 Back

Women’s 400 IM

Men’s 400 IM

Women’s 50 Breast

Men’s 50 Breast

Women’s 50 Free

Men’s 50 Free

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2018 SWIM GSA 63RD ANNUAL EASTERN INVITATIONAL

• June 21-24, 2018
• Greensboro Aquatic Center
• Greensboro, North Carolina
• Results on Meet Mobile

Swimming at the 63rd Annual Eastern Invitational in Greensboro, the Mason Manta Ray quartet of Carson Foster (16), Jake Foster (17), Jacob McDonald (16) and Adam Chaney (16) took down a five-year-old National Age Group Record in boys’ 15-18 200 medley relay.

NATIONAL AGE GROUP RECORD!New 15-18 #NAG Record in the 200 Meter Medley Relay (1:43.02)

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2018 DUTCH OPEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• June 22nd – June 24th
• Amersfoort, Netherlands
• LCM
• Meet Information
• Day 1 Recap
• Live Results

Night 2 of the 2018 Dutch Open National Championships concluded last night, with several national record holders taking to the Amersfoort pool. Among them was speedster Jesse Puts, the 2016 Short Course World Championships gold medalist, who topped the men’s 50m free field once again.

After claiming the top seed of the morning in a solid 22.37, 23-year-old Puts dropped his time down to 22.22 to win by half a second over teammates Thom de Boer and Nyls Korstanje. Both de Boer and Korstanje slammed the wall in a time of 22.71 to tie for silver in the race.

Breaststroking maestro Arno Kamminga was also racing last night, winning the men’s 100m breaststroke sprint in the only sub-minute mark of the field. Kamminga clocked 59.93 to beat the field by over a minute. Kamminga is already ranked 14th in the world with the 59.59 clocked at the Mare Nostrum – Canet meet earlier this month.

The winner of the women’s 200m freestyle on night 1, Femke Heemskerk, racked up her 5th 200m IM national title in a winning time of 2:13.21. She crushed the field by over 7 seconds to earn her 2nd gold of these championships.

National record holder Kira Toussaint nailed the women’s 100m backstroke, touching in a winning time of 1:00.44. That was enough to hold off silver medalist Maaike de Waard and 3rd place finisher Tessa Vermeulen, who finished in respective times of 1:01.91 and 1:01.98.

Toussaint has already broken the minute barrier so far this season having notched a time of 59.88 at the Swim Cup Eindhoven.

Additional Winners:

• Serena Stel doubled up on her 1500m freestyle victory from night 1 with a win in the 800m free tonight. Her winning time was 8:56.64.
• The men’s 400m free was won by Bart Sommeling, who touched in 3:59.71 to represent the only swimmer under 4 minutes in the race.
• Tes Schouten took the women’s 50m breaststroke in 31.37.
• Arjan Knipping swept the IM events, adding a 200m victory to his 400m win from last night. His 200m IM winning mark tonight was 2:02.70.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Heemskerk Wraps Up 2nd Win At 2018 Dutch Nationals

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35th GLENMARK Junior And Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championships 2018

From: 24th June To 29th June

Venue: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Swimming Pool, Balewadi, Pune Maharastra

35th Glenmark Junior And Sub Junior National Aquatics Championships 2018 Ki Datesheet Aa Chuki Hai, Iss Baar Junior National Aquatics Championships 24 June Se 29 June Tak Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Swimming Pool, Balewadi, Pune Maharastra Me Hone Ja Rhe Hai. FINA Rule Ke According Jo Age Group Bnaye Gye Hai Wo Niche Diya Hua Hai.

Swimming: Junior

Group- 1st 15 To 17 Years – Born In 2001, 2002 And 2003

Group- 2nd 13 & 14 Years- Born In 2004 & 2005

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Group- 3rd 11 & 12 Years – Born In 2006 & 2007

Group- 4th 9 & 10 Years- Born In 2008 & 2009

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35th GLENMARK Junior And Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championships 2018

From: 24th June To 29th June

Venue: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Swimming Pool, Balewadi, Pune Maharastra

35th Glenmark Junior And Sub Junior National Aquatics Championships 2018 Ki Datesheet Aa Chuki Hai, Iss Baar Junior National Aquatics Championships 24 June Se 29 June Tak Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Swimming Pool, Balewadi, Pune Maharastra Me Ho Rha Hai. Niche Aap Diving Ka Full Results Dekh Skte Hai

35th GLENMARK Subjunior National Aquatic Championship 2018: Diving Results

1–       101     HIGH BOARD                                         BOYS          Group:    I

Exist. Record :                         548.35   ,   VIRAJ PATIL                      ,  MAHARASTRA,           1997

1    N. WILLSON SINGH                                                                  S. S. C. B.               381.05

2    DAKSH BAJPAI                                                                        UTTAR PRADESH  342.85

3    ANKIT PUNIA                                                                         UTTAR PRADESH  287.50

2–       104     HIGH BOARD                                         GIRLS        Group:    I

Exist. Record :                         419.70   ,   ANNIKA MADGAOKAR    ,  GOA                 ,  1998

1    ASHNA CHEVLI                                                                       GUJARAT              224.15

2    JYOTISHREE LAHA                                                                  BENGAL                208.35

3    SWETA DEY                                                                           BENGAL                200.75

3–       109     1 MT. SPRING BOARD                         BOYS          Group:    III

Exist. Record :                         302.15   ,   RAMANANDA SHARMA   ,  S. S. C. B.          ,  2009

1    Y. PREMSON MEITEI                                                                 S. S. C. B.               300.90

2    YUKAR TACHE                                                                       ARUNACHAL        244.30

3    SHUBHRO DAS                                                                        S. S. C. B.               243.35

4–       112     1 MT. SPRING BOARD                         GIRLS        Group:    III

Exist. Record :                         244.50   ,   SWATI VIDAP                     ,  MAHARASTRA,           2008

1    HRUDAAYE WAGH                                                                  SFI                        139.45

2    LAVANYA CHOUHAN                                                               MADHYA PRADESH   130.70

3    TISHA JAIN                                                                            SFI                        105.55

5–       114     3 MT. SPRING BOARD                         BOYS          Group:    II

Exist. Record :                         416.60   ,   K. RAMANANDA                ,  S. S. C. B.          ,  2011

1    SATISHKUMAR PRAJAPATI                                                        S. S. C. B.               343.10

2    OM AWASTHI                                                                         SFI                        262.40

3    PRAKHAR JOSHI                                                                      MADHYA PRADESH   260.65

6–       117     3 MT. SPRING BOARD                         GIRLS        Group:    II

Exist. Record :                         275.10   ,   NAMMI DIVYA THEJA      ,  KARNATAKA,  2008

1    MEHEK JAIN                                                                          SFI                        170.40

2    ADITI DINESH RAO                                                                  KARNATAKA         160.10

3    SHENDE MONALI                                                                    MADHYA PRADESH   158.50

Day 1 Results: 35th GLENMARK Junior And Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championships 2018

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GIOCHI DEL MEDITERRANEO 2018

• Tarragona 23/25 Giugno 2018
• Sito Dell’evento
• Programma gare nuoto
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A Tarragona è il giorno di super Greg.

Prima di puntare gli occhi sulle trenta vasche di Gregorio, l’attenzione sarà per i 100 dorso ed i 50 farfalla femminili.

Nelle batterie della mattina Margherita Panziera fissa il nuovo Record dei Giochi, con il tempo di 1:00,70. C’è anche una scatenata Elena Di Liddo, che dopo aver nuotato ieri il suo personale nei 100 farfalla, concede il bis nei 50 metri, con il tempo di 26″24.

400 misti maschili

Prima gara in programma nel pomeriggio di finali. In acqua due italiani. Il capitano della nazionale Federico Turrini entra in finale con il tempo di 4’23”83. L’altro azzurro è Pier Andrea Matteazzi, che nelle batterie della mattina ha ottenuto il tempo di 4’24”30.

Il capitano non delude, abbassando mostruosamente il tempo dei preliminari. Oro con 4:16,37. Fuori dal podio Pier Andrea Matteazzi, che tocca quarto con 4:20,01

1.  ORO Federico Turrini 4:16,37
2. ARGENTO Joan Lluís Pons Ramon 4:17,97
3. BRONZO Joao Alexandre Vital 4:18,76

200 misti femminili

Anna Pirovano (2’15”93 in batteria) e  Carlotta Toni (2’17”10) sui blocchi di partenza. In corsia centrale la campionessa olimpica Mireia Belmonte Garcia.

La spagnola Belmonte dimostra subito che non vuole farsi sfuggire il titolo. Passa i primi 50 metri a farfalla in 28″91 e guadagna un margine che le consente di vincere la gara con il tempo di 2:11,66. Tocca per seconda la turca GUNES Viktoria Zeynep.

Sul podio anche l’italiana Anna Pirovano, che ha lottato fino all’ultima bracciata per l’argento. Il tempo finale è 2:13,21, soltanto due centesimi di secondo dalla turca Gunes, ma che per lei rappresenta la sua migliore prestazione di sempre.

Carlotta Toni finisce sesta con il tempo di 2:17,48

1. ORO Mireia Belmonte Garcia 2:11,66
2. ARGENTO Viktoria Zeynep Güneş 2:13,19
3. BRONZO Anna Pirovano 2:13,21

100 stile libero maschili

La gara regina. Attesa per il campione Europeo in carica Luca Dotto, un po’ spento stamattina con il tempo di 49″77.

Al passaggio dei 50 metri tra Miressi e Dotto c’era un solo centesimo di distacco (23″46 – 23″47). Miressi nella vasca di ritorno è più veloce e tocca prima di Dotto. I due italiani devono accontentarsi dell’argento e del bronzo, poiché sul gradino più alto c’è a sorpresa l’algerino Oussama Sahnoune con il tempo di 48″00.

Argento dolce per Miressi, che ottiene la sua seconda migliore prestazione di sempre, a due decimi di secondo esatti dal suo personal best.

1. ORO SAHNOUNE Oussama 48.00
2. ARGENTO MIRESSI Alessandro 48.56
3. BRONZO DOTTO Luca 49.20

200 stile libero femminili

Linda Caponi centra l’obiettivo medaglia, arrivando terza con il tempo di 2:00,02.

L’oro è della campionessa francese Marie Wattel con 1:59,12

1. ORO WATTEL Marie 1:59.12
2. ARGENTO COSTA SCHMID Melania Felicitas 1:59.75
3. BRONZO CAPONI Linda 2:00.02

100 rana maschili

Fabio Scozzoli è il campione del Mediterraneo dei 100 metri rana, con il tempo di 1:00,36. guadagna più di due secondi rispetto al tempo nuotato stamattina (1’02”02). Dietro di lui, ad un decimo di distacco, il serbo Casa Siladi con 1:00,46. Chiude il podio il turco OGRETIR Berkay Omer con il tempo di 1:00,95.

Nella gara femminile primeggiano le spagnole. La nostra Arianna Castiglioni vince la medaglia di bronzo con il tempo di 1:07,85. Oro per Jessica Vall Montero con 1:07,19 ed argento per Marina Garcia Urzainqui con 1:07,58

50 farfalla uomini

Piero Codia rompe il muro dei 24 secondi e si posiziona al terzo gradino del podio.  Vince l’oro il greco GKOLOMEEV Kristian con 23.53. Secondo l’egiziano ELARABY Abdelrahman con 23.69

50 m farfalla femminili

E’ il momento della pugliese Elena Di Liddo che in questi primi due giorni ha fatto faville nella vasca di Tarragona. Dopo aver nuotato ieri il suo personale nei 100 metri farfalla, si tuffa in acqua con la voglia di concedere il bis. Elena soddisfa le aspettative, nuotando i 50 metri farfalla in 26″21. Per lei è argento, ma il tempo rappresenta il suo primato personale sulla distanza. Vince con il tempo di 25″48 l’egiziana Farida Osman, che fissa anche il nuovo Record della manifestazione.

1. ORO Farida Osman 25″48
2. ARGENTO Elena Di Liddo 26″21
3. BRONZO Marie Wattel 26″48

100 m dorso femminili

Nelle batterie preliminari Margherita Panziera ha fissato il Record Della Manifestazione con 1’00”70. Il precedente era di un’altra italiana, Elena Gemo e risaliva all’edizione 2013.

L’attuale detentrice del Record Italiano si laurea Campionessa del Mediterraneo con il tempo di 1:00,74.

Doppio podio italiano, poiché Silvia Scalia tocca a 1:00,99.

Bronzo per la turca  TURTUR AVRAMOVA Ekaterina con 1:01.16

Gli azzurri convocati

• Domenico Acerenza
• Stefano Ballo
• Filippo Berlincioni
• Paola Biagioli
• Nicolò Bonacchi
• Linda Caponi
• Diletta Carli
• Martina Carraro
• Zaccaria Casna
• Arianna Castiglioni
• Matteo Ciampi
• Christopher Ciccarese
• Piero Codia
• Stefano Di Cola
• Elena Di Liddo
• Luca Dotto
• Francesca Fangio
• Erika Ferraioli
• Christian Ferraro
• Giada Galizi
• Elena Gemo
• Edoardo Giorgetti
• Laura Letrari
• Pier Andrea Matteazzi
• Filippo Megli
• Alessandro Miressi
• Gregorio Paltrinieri
• Margherita Panziera
• Anna Pirovano
• Stefania Pirozzi
• Luca Pizzini
• Alessia Polieri
• Simona Quadarella
• Tania Quaglieri
• Lucrezia Raco
• Matteo Restivo
• Matteo Rivolta
• Simone Sabbioni
• Silvia Scalia
• Fabio Scozzoli
• Claudia Tarzia
• Carlotta Toni
• Andrea Toniato
• Federico Turrini
• Ivano Vendrame
• Andrea Vergani
• Lorenzo Zazzeri
• Mattia Zuin

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Giochi Del Mediterraneo: Spettacolo Di Liddo e Panziera-Bene Miressi

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GIOCHI DEL MEDITERRANEO 2018

• Tarragona 23/25 Giugno 2018
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A Tarragona è il giorno di super Greg, il campione olimpico e mondiale dei 1500 stile libero.

 Gregorio Paltrinieri 

Una stagione ricca di nuove esperienze.

Dal periodo di allenamento in Australia, alla partecipazione della tappa a Doha della Fina World Series 2018. Nel mezzo un secondo posto nei 1500 stile libero agli Europei in vasca corta di Copenhagen.

Ai Campionati assoluti di Riccione nuotava gli 800 metri stile libero, ottenendo la prima prestazione mondiale stagionale con il tempo di 7:45.53. Vinceva il titolo anche nei 1500 mt, con il tempo di 14:50,35. Il tempo non lo entusiasmava, ma lo riteneva adeguato al carico di lavoro che stava eseguendo.

Ora è tempo di guardare agli Europei di Glasgow. Mancano meno di 40 giorni e Gregorio ha una sana voglia di vincere ancora.

La strada per Glasgow passa attraverso il Trofeo Settecolli di Roma, ma stasera possiamo vederlo di nuovo nella sua gara.

Giochi Del Mediterraneo – 1500 stile libero

Serie unica veloce, dove è impegnato anche un altro azzurro, Domenico Acerenza.

Ai Campionati Italiani assoluti, Domenico Acerenza ha conquistato l’oro nei 400 mt stile libero con il tempo di 3:46,27.

Si posiziona secondo (dietro Paltrinieri) nelle gare degli 800 e 1500 stile libero.

Entrambi sono allenati dal tecnico federale Stefano Morini.

Dopo trenta vasche c’è una nuova coppia del fondo europeo che porta la firma di Morini.

Gregorio Paltrinieri vince l’unico titolo che mancava nel su palmares, con il tempo di 14:46,25.

Questi i passaggi:

Il tempo di Paltrinieri è migliorato di 4 secondi rispetto ai Campionati Italiani assoluti. Tra una settimana si troverà a nuotare di nuovo questa gara al Trofeo Settecolli di Roma, dove si potranno analizzare e comparare le varie prestazioni.

Accanto a Gregorio Paltrinieri, Domenico Acerenza, che nuota il suo miglior tempo personale di sempre, toccando la piastra in 14:55,44.

Terzo gradino del podio per il francese  Joris Frafra Bouchaut con il tempo di 15:08,70

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Il Ritorno di Paltrinieri-Campione Del Mediterraneo-Argento Acerenza

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We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse. Friday was national Olympic Day, and many of your favorite swimmers took to social media (mostly Instagram, so we had to cheat) to celebrate. Scroll for the highlights!

#10

Happy Olympic Day!

Oh wait…I missed it#getit

— Zane Grothe (@zane_growth_ee) June 24, 2018

Good one!

#9

Happy #OlympicDay! Thanks to @TeamUSA for laughs and memories that will last a lifetime!

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XVIII MEDITERRANEAN GAMES TARRAGONA 2018

• June 23rd – June 25th (swimming)
• Tarragona, Spain
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Although Italy still has a very comfortable lead in the overall swimming medal table, several nations stepped up on day 2 to put some hardware counts on the board. With 1 day of swimming competition remaining, Greece jumped ahead of Serbia to hold the 3rd place position.

Greek athlete Christou Apostolos topped the men’s 100m backstroke podium, earning the gold in a solid 54.68. That gives Apostolos his 2nd medal after having won bronze yesterday in the 50m back. For Apostolos, his mark of 53.82 from Marseilles back in April remains as his season-fastest.

Greece picked up another gold in the form of Kristian Gkolomeev‘s win in the 50m fly. Gkolomeev fired off a speedy 23.53 to check-in with the 16th fastest time in the world. Abdelrahman Elaraby of Egypt touched in 23.69 for silver, just .05 ahead of Italy’s Piero Coda (23.74). Coda won the men’s 100m fly gold medal on night 1.

Egypt’s Farida Osman fired off a new meet record in the women’s 50m fly, clocking 25.48 to represent the only swimmer under the 26-second threshold. She won this same event at the 2013 edition of these Games. Touching the wall in 26.21 was Italy’s 100m fly winner from last night, Elena Di Liddo, while France’s Marie Wattel claimed bronze in 26.48.

There was a surprise winner in the men’s 100m freestyle, as Ossama Sahnoune of Algeria surged to the wall first in a new national record. The 25-year-old touched in 48.00, a mark which overtook his own previous personal best and NR of 48.33 set at last year’s World Championships, His time in Budapest fell just short of making the final, positioned as 9th after semi-finals.

Remarkably, Sahnoune’s time now situates him as the 6th fastest swimmer in the world this season, ranking above the likes of Scotland’s Duncan Scott, South African Chad Le Clos and Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers of Australia.

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Sahnoune proved too fast for the Italian duo of Alessandro Miressi and Luca Dotto who rounded out the top 3. Miressi earned a silver medal in a time of 48.56, while Dotto collected bronze, just as he did in the 2013 version of these Games, in 49.20.

After a quiet night 1 in which she finished with a silver medal in the 800m free while settling for 7th place in the 400m IM, Spanish flag bearer Mireia Belmonte cranked out a big 2:11.66 to win the women’s 200m IM handily this evening. Leading from start to finish, Belmonte easily held off Turkish athlete Viktoria Gunes, who touched in 2:13.19 for silver. Italy’s Anna Pirovano was 3rd in 2:13.21.

Belmonte’s outing tonight was just slightly off the 2:11.31 registered at the Malaga Open this Spring, a time that sits as 15th among the world rankings this season.

Another Spaniard earned gold tonight in the form of Jessica Val. The breaststroking ace upgraded her silver medal from 2013 to a 100m breaststroke gold tonight, finishing in a new meet record time of 1:07.19. Italy’s Arianna Castiglioni opened with the fastest first 50, splitting 32.09 to Val’s 32.33, but couldn’t hold on and settled for bronze in 1:07.85. Splitting the two was Spain’s Maria Garcia, who captured silver in 1:07.58.

Perhaps the swim of the night, however, belonged to Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri, the reigning Olympic champion and world champion in the men’s 1500m freestyle. Already having registered an elite time of 14:50.35 at Italy’s Spring Nationals to entering this meet ranked 4th in the world, the 23-year-old attacked his race in Tarragona, crushing a new season-best of 14:46.25.

His effort tonight would have slid into the bronze medal position in Budapest and rockets the Italian up to #2 in the world rankings only behind Sweden’s Florian Wellbrock who notched 14:40.69 in April.

Additional Winners:

• Margherita Panziera was tonight’s 100m backstroke winner for the women, registering a gold medal-garnering effort of 1:00.74. That was just .25 quicker than runner-up Silvia Scalia, also of Italy, who scored silver in 1:00.99. Turkey’s Ekaterina Avramova was 3rd in 1:01.16.
• Italy won both relays tonight, with the women’s 4x100m free squad earning a gold medal time of 3:39.95, a new meet record. The men’s 4x200m freestyle clocked 7:11.66 for the victory.
• Federico Turrini of Italy earned gold in the men’s 400m IM in a time of 4:16.37. That was over a second ahead of Spanish swimmer Joan Pons Ramon, who finished in 4:17.97 for silver. Portugal’s Joao Vital was 3rd in 4:18.76.
• Wattel took gold in the women’s 200m free, clocking 1:59.12 with Spain’s Melani Costa Schmid as the only other sub-2 minute swimmer (1:59.75). Italy’s Linda Caponi took bronze in 2:00.02.
• Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli retained his title in the 100m breaststroke, touching in 1:00.36 for the gold. Behind him was Caba Siladi of Serbia and Berkay Ogretir of Turkey who finished with the silver and bronze in respective times of 1:00.46 and 1:00.95.

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By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Carmel Swim Club standout and future Texas Longhorn Drew Kibler was the standout at the IU visitbloomington.com Invite, highlighted by a 1:49.01 200 free that ranks 7th among Americans this season.

Full results available on Meet Mobile under “IU visitbloomington.com Invitational.”

The invite featured a lot of notable names, but not as many notable times, as swimmers appeared to be swimming pretty tired. Kibler himself swam an exhausting slate of five events over the three-day, four-session timed finals meet, and the 18-year-old from Carmel won all five. That 200 free was easily the standout swim of the meet. Kibler won by more than five seconds, bettering his lifetime-best (done at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacs) by .03 seconds. That’s a good early sign for Kibler, who could find himself in the hunt for some national travel team relay spots at this summer’s all-important National Championships.

Currently, he sits 7th among Americans for this season, behind only Jack Conger, Blake Pieroni, Andrew Seliskar, Jack LeVant, Zane Grothe and Caeleb Dressel.

Kibler also won the 50 free (23.08), 100 free (50.75), 400 free (3:54.87) and 100 fly (53.92), finishing mere tenths off lifetime-bests in all four races.

The big multi-event winner on the women’s side was Kennedy Goss, the 2018 IU grad who competes for Canada internationally. Goss, 21, won four of the six events she swum. That portfolio included pretty solid mid-season swims in the 400 free (4:16.36), 200 free (2:02.18) and 200 back (2:13.94) and a win and new lifetime-best in the 50 back (29.40).

A few other big IU-affiliated names competed. Olympian Cody Miller won the 100 (1:02.09) and 200 (2:17.18) breaststrokes. Current IU standout and recent American record-breaker in short course Ian Finnerty took the 50 breast win (29.98), but was just 6th in the 100 while swimming a heavy event load.

Margo Geer had two very nice wins in the sprint freestyles. She was 25.27 (a half-second off a lifetime-best) in the 50 and 54.68 (within a second of her best) in the 100. Amanda Kendall was second in that 100 with a 56.08, and also won the 100 fly in 59.76.

A few other notable swims: 20-year-old Spencer Lehman bettered his personal best with a 4:25.52 win in the 400 IM. Fellow 20-year-old Cassy Jernberg won a pair of events, going 8:54.43 in the 800 free and 16:50.71 in the 1500 free.

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Indian Para Swimmers Satendra Singh, Chetan Giridhar Raut(Maharastra), Rimo Saha(Bengal) And Jagdish Chandra Teli (Rajasthan) Ne 24 June KO English Channel(From Dover To Audinghen) Ko Relay Swimming Karke Paar Kar Liya Hai Unhone English Channel Ko 12hr And 26minutes Me Complete Kar Liya Jo Ki New National Record Hone Ke Sath Sath Asia Ka Bhi New Record Time Hai.

Satendra Singh Ne Arabian Sea Ko Bhi 5hr And 43minutes Me Cross Kiya Hai Jo Ki Unke English Channel Ko Cross Krne Ki Training Ka Ek Hissa Tha. 29 Saal Ke Satendra Singh India Ke Keval Aise Swimmer Hai Jinki Body 75% Disable Hone Ke Baawjud Arabian Sea Ko Cross Kiya Ho.

Satendra Singh Ko Madhya Pradesh Ka Highest Honor Vikram Award Bhi 2014 Me Mil Chuka Hai, Satendra Currently Cell Tax Department Me LDC Ki Post Par Kaam Kar Rhe Hai.

Santendra Singh Ka Dream Hai Ki Wo Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta And Tokyo Paralympics Games 2020 Me India Ke Liye Swimming Kare.

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35th GLENMARK Junior And Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championships 2018

From: 24th June To 29th June

Venue: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Swimming Pool, Balewadi, Pune Maharastra

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35th GLENMARK Junior And Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championships 2018

From: 24th June To 29th June

Venue: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Swimming Pool, Balewadi, Pune Maharastra

6 National Records Broken Today

• Rachana S R Rao Continued Her Fine Form From The Karnataka State Aquatic Championships To Break The National Record In The 100 M Breaststroke  Girls Group II With A Time 01:16.44. Vedika Amin Of SFI Won Silver With A Better Meet Record Of 01:16.65 While Kareena Shankta Of SFI Won Bronze With A Time Of 01:17.37 Incidentally All The Top 3 Swimmers Broke The National Record In The Morning Session.

• Vissesh Parameshwar Sharma Of Tamil Nadu Emulated Swadesh Mondal By Breaking A Record Twice In The Same Day To Win The 50 M Backstroke Boys Group III With A Time Of 00:30.72 While Sajan Bhowmick Of Bengal Won Silver With A Time Of 00:31.86 While H Nithik Of Tamil Nadu Won Bronze With A Time Of 00:32.01

• Swadesh Mondal From Bengal Who Trains At The SAI Glenmark TIDM Centre In Delhi Lived Up To His Reputation Of Being A Giant Record Breaker Breaking The Fifth Record In Two Days By Winning The 200 M Breaststroke Boys Group II With A Time Of 02:25.27 Being His Own Record Set In The Morning By 3 Seconds.  Kalp Bohra Of Karnataka Came A Distant Second Clocking 02:37.30 While Adith Smaran Olety Of Karnataka Won Bronze On The Outside Lane With A Time Of 02:37.64

• Advait Page Of Madhya Pradesh Who Has Swum The 800m With A Time Of 08:10.22 In Singapore 4 Days Ago Swum To A New National Record In The 800 M Freestyle Boys Group I  Clocking A Time Of 08:16.27 Beating The Existing Record By 8 Seconds.  Delhi’s Sanskar Tokas Who Trains At SAI Glenmark TIDM Programme Won Silver With A Time Of 08:36.58 While Sanjay C J Of Karnataka Won The Bronze With A Time Of 08:40.30

• Favourite Aryan Nehra Of Gujarat Got The Evening Session Of The 2nd Day Of The Glenmark 35th Sub Junior And 45th Junior National Aquatic Championships To A Blistering Start On A Rainy Day By Obliterating The Existing Record In The 800 M Freestyle Boys Group II By 9 Seconds To Win Gold With A Time Of 08:36.16. Hriday Santosh Of Chattisgarh Swum A Fantastic Last 300 M To Finish Second With A Time Of 08:51.71 While Kapil Shetty Of Karnataka Won Bronze With A Time Of 08:52.15

• The Swimmers From SAI Glenmark TIDM Programme Delhi Completely Dominated The 50 M Freestyle Boys Group II. Veer Khatkar Of Haryana Won Gold With A Time Of 00:24.78 While Aryan Varnekar Representing Maharashtra Bagged Silver With A Time Of 00:25.19 While  Hiren Shagolsem Of Manipur Won Bronze With A Time Of 00:25.66

• The Last Event Of The Day The 4 X 200m Freestyle Relay Boys Group II Saw Team Assam Break The Existing Record By A Huge 10 Seconds Clocking 08:16.36 Assam Was Represented By Bikram Changmai, Anupam Parashar, Rajdeep Gogoi And Gyan Kashyap While Karnataka Won Silver With A Better Meet Record With A Time Of 08:21.64 While Team SFI Won Bronze With A Time Of 08:16.36

• Golden Girl Suvana Bhaskar Of Karnataka Showcased His Overall Swimming Skills To Win  Her Third Gold Of The Meet In The 200 M Individual Medley Girls Group I Event. She Clocked 02:31.50 And Beat Top Seed Kenisha Gupta Who Clocked A Time Of 02:31.96 To Win Silver While Shrungi Bandekar Of Goa Won Bronze With A Time Os 02:32.67

• Apeksha Fernandes Of SFI Showcased Her Outstanding Ability Over The 4 Strokes To Win Gold In The 200 M Individual Medley With A Time Of 02:31.77. This Was Her Second Gold After The 400m Individual Medley Yesterday. Adithi Balaji Of Tamil Nadu Won Silver With A Time Of 02:33.27 While Kanya Nayyar Of Madhya Pradesh Added Another Bronze To Her Kitty With A Time Of 02:34.56

• Ansu Kar From Bengal Shrugged Off The Disappointment Of A Disqualification Yesterday To Win Gold In The 200 M Freestyle Boys Group III With A Time Of 02:10.95. Ronak Sawant Who Trains With The Glenmark Aquatic Foundation In Mumbai Won Silver With A Time Of 02:16.73 While Zainul Hussain Of Madhya Pradesh Won Bronze With A Time Of 02:17.21.

• Kiara Bangera From GAF Mumbai Representing SFI Swum An Extremely Well Paced Race To Comfortably Won Her Second Gold Of The Meet In The 200 M Freestyle With A Time Of 02:18.39. Cynthia Choudhury Of Bengal Won Silver With A Time Of 02:20.33 While Jahnabi Kashyap Of Assam Won Bronze With A Time Of 02:24.10

• The Boys Group IV Individual Medley Saw Karnataka’s R Navaneeth Gowda Swim A Fantastic Breast Stroke Leg To Win Gold Clocking A Time Of 02:43.15. His Teammate Renukacharya Hodmani Won Silver With A Time Of 02:45.54 While Sanskar Bhuyan Of Assam Won Bronze With A Time Of 02:45.57

• Vinitha Nayana Of Karnataka Swum An Excellent Overall Race To Win Gold In The 200 M Individual Medley In Girls Group IV With A Time Of 02:53.36. Arista Saikia Of Assam Won The Silver With A Time Of 02:54.73 While B Roshini Of Tamil Nadu Won Bronze With A Time Of 02:58.41

• Lohith M Lived Up To His Top Seeding Winning The 200 M Breast Stroke Boys Group I With A Time Of 02:23.95. Teammates From The SAI Glenmark TIDM Centre In Delhi Aditya Dubey And Tanish Kaswan Nayasar From Rajastan Won Silver And Bronze Clocking 02:25.79 And 02:25.84 Respectively.

• Khushi Dinesh Of Karnataka And Rayna Saldanha Of SFI Locked Horns For The Second Time In The 200 M Freestyle For Girls Group I After The 400 M Freestyle Yesterday. The Race Was An Absolute Nail Biter With Khushi Just Edging Out Rayna To Win Gold With A Time Of 02:10.94, Rayna Clocked 02:11.06 To Win Silver While Her Club Colleague Prachi Tokas Of Delhi Won Her Second Medal Of The Meet By Winning Bronze With A Time Of 02:12.13

• Divya Ghosh Of Karnataka Sprung A Surprise Winning The 200 M Freestyle In Girls Group II With A Time Of 02:15.20 While Niva Sharma Of Gujarat Won Silver With A Time Of 02:16.34 While Astha Choudhury Of Assam Won Bronze With A Time Of 02:16.58

• The Girls 50 M Backstroke Girls Group III Saw Favourite Riddhima Veerendra Kumar From Karnataka Win Old With A Time Of 00:33.50 While K Akshita Of Tamil Nadu Won Silver With A Time Of 00:35.43 While Sanjana Prabhuaonkar Of Goa Won Bronze With A Time  0f 00:35.49

• Neel Roy Representing SFI Who Has Achieved The A Cut Qualifying Time For The Youth Olympics Was Adjudged The Fastest Swimmer Of The Meet By Winning The 50 M Freestyle With A Time Of 00:23.85. Tanish George Mathew Of Karnataka Won Silver With A Time Of 00:24.44 While P E Selva Prasanna Of Tamil Nadu Won The Bronze With A Time Clocking 00:24.87

• Sharon Shaju Representing SFI Caused A Major Upset By Beating Favourite Saloni Dalal Of Karnataka In The 100 M Breaststroke Girls Group I By Creating A New Record With A Time Of 01:16.00, Saloni Also Bettered The Current Record Clocking 01:16.51 While Harshita Jayaram Saloni’s Team Mate Won Bronze With A Time Of 01:17.56

• The Relays In The Morning Saw Karnataka Winning The 4 X 100 M Freestyle Boys Group I With A Time Of 03:38.26. While Team Tamil Nadu Won Silver With A Time Of 03:41.15 While SFI Won Bronze With A Time Of 03:44.77.

• The Girls 4 X 100m Freestyle Girls Group I Saw Team SFI Win Gold With A Time Of 04:07.18 While Karnataka Won Silver With A Time Of 04:10.45 While Haryana Won Bronze With A Time Of 04:17.99

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2018 Texas Senior Circuit Long Course Meet #2

• June 21-23, 2018
• College Station, Texas
• Texas A&M Student Rec Center Natatorium
• Results on Meet Mobile

The 2nd Texas Senior Circuit Long Course Meet took place over the weekend in College Station, with many top names in action. Most notably, many of the Aggie Swim Club swimmers and a few members of Team Elite were racing. Four swimmers won three events over the course of the meet: three Aggies, and Team Elite’s Sarah Gibson.

The 23-year-old Gibson swept the women’s fly events in times of 26.87, 59.07 and 2:12.09, with the 200 being a new season best (lowering her 2:13.37 from Santa Clara). The 200 fly was particularly an insane race, with places 1st through 7th separated by just 1.42 seconds (and 2nd through 7th by just 0.90). Dakota Luther (2:12.61), Remedy Rule (2:12.74) and Taylor Pike (2:12.84) also cracked 2:13 for 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

She was also the runner-up in the 100 freestyle, setting a new personal best in 55.84. That race was won by Aggie Swim Club’s Béryl Gastaldello in 55.32, not far off her tapered 54.67 done at French Nationals in May. Gastaldello also won the 50 free (25.73) and 50 back (28.48).

Sydney Pickrem, the 2017 World Championship bronze medalist in the 400 IM, had three wins herself in the 200 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM. In the 200 breast, she dominated the field in 2:26.97, with Jorie Caneta (who won the 50 and 100 breast) the runner-up in 2:30.32. In the 400 IM, she posted her fastest swim ever at a non-taper meet, clocking 4:41.12, and took the 200 IM easily in 2:10.99.

The only male to win four events was Aggie Mauro Castillo Luna, who swept the breaststrokes in 28.48, 1:03.65 and 2:14.75.

OTHER NOTABLE SWIMS

• Kaan Ayar of the Dallas Mustangs won the men’s 50 and 100 fly in times of 24.72 and 54.11, with the former being a new season best. He also was the runner-up in the 100 free, going his fastest time since 2016 in 51.32.
• 20-year-old Mike Thibert of the Aggie Swim Club won that 100 freestyle in 50.93, lowering his personal best time from the summer of 2016 (51.75). He also set lifetime bests in the 50 (23.34) and 200 free (1:53.67), placing 2nd and 1st respectively.
• Lisa Bratton won the women’s 100 (1:00.97) and 200 back (2:09.86), both being her fastest ever in-season.
• Evie Pfeifer of the University of Texas dropped a massive best time to win the women’s 400 free, knocking off over four seconds down to 4:12.01, while Aggie Swim Club member Haley Yelle knocked off nearly ten seconds for a close 2nd (4:12.04). Pfeifer also dropped a PB of 2:13.93 to take 2nd to Pickrem in the 200 IM, and Yelle set a best in winning the 800 free (8:42.40).
• Aggie Felipe Rizzo set a pair of personal best times in winning the 400 (3:55.46) and 1500 free (15:46.03).
• Another Aggie Benjamin Walker set a few best times in the 200 IM (2:03.34) and 200 breast (2:14.95), winning the former. He also won the 400 IM in his 2nd fastest performance ever (4:22.63).

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2018 SE Richard Quick Invitational

• Friday-Sunday, June 22-24th
• James E. Martin Aquatics Center, Auburn, AL
• Long Course Meters
• Results (will be linked as soon as they’re available)

The 2018 Richard Quick Invitational, held by Auburn Aquatics, was held this past weekend, June 22nd-24th. The meet was open age group prelims/finals format, with an additional timed finals session for 12 & unders.

Robert Howard closed out the meet with a bang, throwing down a 49.33 in the 100 free. Howard’s splits were pretty tight, going out in 24.01, and coming home in 25.32. That time marks Howard’s fastest non-championship 100 free by almost a full second, and is only .29 seconds off his personal best of 49.04. Howard also posted great time in the 50 and 200 free. In the 50, Howard posted a 22.70, which again is his fastest non-championship 50 free, and was only .24 seconds off his personal best. In the 200 free, Howard posted a 1:50.23, which is his 2nd fastest 200 free ever, behind his lifetime best of 1:49.50. Howard again split the 200 50 very tightly, posting 50 splits of 26.05, 28.25, 28.37, and 27.56 for a 1st 100 of 54.30 and a 2nd 100 of 55.93.

Shane Ryan took the mens 100 back with a 54.47, missing his personal best of 53.84 from 2013 by .63 seconds. Ryan was out in 26.29, and came back in 28.18. Santiago Grassi won the 50, 100, and 200 fly, posting a best time of 2:01.91 in the 200 fly. Grassi posted a quick 24.24 in the 50 fly, just of his personal best of 23.89 from last Summer. In the 100 fly, Grassi posted a 53.16, 1 second off his personal best of 52.09 from the 2015 Pan American Games.

Sam Stewart took the mens 400 IM with a speedy 4:23.86. He was out with a 58.41 on fly, then posted a 1:09.03 back split, 1:14.26 breast, and 1:02.16 free split. That was Stewart’s fastest non-championship 400 IM ever, and was only 4 seconds off his lifetime best of 4:19.69.

Amanda Weir took the womens 50 and 100 free, posting times of 26.18 and 56.31. Weir’s fastest times in those events from last year were 25.72 and 54.59, both of which were from the 2017 Atlanta Pro Series. Weir’s lifetime bests in the those events are 24.23 and 53.02, both of which were swum at the 2009 World Championships in Rome, during the supersuit era.

16 year old Alex Massey won the womens 200 fly with a 2:14.64, dropping over 3 seconds from her best time of 2:17.97. Massey swam a consistent race, posting 50 splits of 30.66, 34.43, 35.26, and 34.29. 18 year old Trey Freeman beat out 16 year old Jake Magahey to win the mens 400 free, posting a 3:53.57 to Magahey’s 3:55.55. Magahey was leading at the halfway point, 1:57.09 to Freeman’s 1:57.29, but Freeman threw down a 56.54 on the final 100 to open up a 2 second lead over Magahey (58.64 final 100).

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Robert Howard Posts 49.3 100 Free at Richard Quick Invite

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Having recently come off of an exciting senior year of collegiate swimming, Kaersten Meitz is hungry for more. Her performance at the recent Ohio Valley Championship meet ranked among the best female swimmers in America, and she appears to be on an upward trajectory as she forays into the world of professional swimming.

Kaersten Meitz is a USA National Team member and 2018 Purdue University graduate.  She had an illustrious college career, her accomplishments including medaling at the World University Games and setting the fastest times for Purdue in the 200, 500, 1000, and 1650 yard freestyle events during the 2017-2018 season. She recently made the decision to swim professionally, signing with A3 Performance, and is looking forward to continuing her swimming career post-college.  

Meitz largely attributes her success in college swimming to having a positive attitude and believing in her coaches and teammates, “I think that, coming into the program, I was very open-minded, and ready to take on whatever challenge that our coaches gave us… I trusted my coach and teammates 100% and wholeheartedly.”  

Meitz also acknowledges the importance of having fun when swimming, saying that enjoying time with her teammates motivated her to work hard in order to help the team succeed, “If you’re not having fun, you’re not going to put as much effort in.”

Meitz has always been a strong athlete, but over the past couple of years, she has become a major contender in high-level swimming, competing in races with some of the world’s best swimmers, including Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith. She is embracing her position as one of America’s top freestylers, saying, “I’m not going to lie; after 2016 [Olympic] Trials, I was definitely starstruck by some of the big-name swimmers, but once I started improving, I realized that I can be at the same level as those swimmers, and that’s been really cool. I don’t think it intimidates me as much as it is a chance to race some of the best people in the world, and it’s an honor to do so.”

This attitude has helped Meitz zero-in on some of her goals and has pushed her to achieve greatness, “My junior year, I had never made an A final at a NCAA championship…and my main motivator was ‘I want to be on that podium with Katie Ledecky’”. She ultimately achieved that goal her senior year in the 2018 NCAA Championship, taking third in the 500 freestyle in a personal best time of 4:35.82.   

After that exciting NCAA meet, Meitz was approached by Dan Meinholz, whom she has known since childhood. Meinholz offered her the opportunity to partner with his company, A3 Performance, a brand that focuses on innovating new swimwear technology and equipment for athletes. Kaersten is looking forward to partnering with the brand, saying, “I’m super excited. I’ve known Dan, the CEO of the company,  practically my whole swim career because I used to swim with his daughters, so I know that I trust the brand and product. I had never really realized that I was a swimmer who could be sponsored, and this company is one of the leading innovators. My personal goals and values align with the goals and values of A3.”

With her college career ending and her now-professional career beginning to take off, Meitz has had to redefine the purpose of her swims, saying “I think my goals are going to become a lot more individualized. In college, a lot of our goals were oriented towards the team, so competing for myself will be very different.”

However, Meitz plans to continue training at Purdue under her collegiate coach, John Klinge, and hopes to remain an active member of the Purdue family even as she sets her sights on new horizons, “By me being at Purdue, I can hopefully still ‘swim for them’ by pushing everyone in practice and helping make them better.  I can’t see myself going anywhere else. I love this place. I couldn’t leave my coach, and I really trust everything he has done for me so far.”

The next few years will be defining and formative years for Meitz’s career, but she is ready to embrace the challenge, “I’m really looking forward to developing more relationships with other swimmers on the National Team. Last summer, I got my first taste of making the national team and competing at the World University Games. It was really cool, and my eyes were opened to the fact that my past rivals could be my friends. It really humanized them. I’m looking forward to competing in more international meets over the next two years and to continue to grow.”

Meitz has become a major contender on both the national and international stages, and she intends to keep working hard and enjoying the sport as her professional career takes flight, “I just really love the sport of swimming”.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Kaersten Meitz: Making Waves

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

Greg Meehan‘s Stanford women’s team has become a dynasty. In 2016, favored to take the NCAA’s by storm, a relay DQ led to a narrow 2nd place finish. For the next 2 seasons, in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, the Stanford women were seemingly unbeatable, boasting Olympic powerhouses in Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, and Lia Neal, as well as NCAA stars and relay mainstays Ella Eastin, Janet Hu, and Ally Howe. With these athletes being the tip of the iceberg, the cardinal have claimed the last 2 NCAA titles by margins of 160.5 (2017) and a whopping 220 (2018) points.

As the saying goes in athletics, every year is a new team. 5 of the 6 aforementioned names are no longer competing in the NCAA. This makes Stanford’s outgoing points scored last year substantial, losing (among others) 3 out of 4 of their medley relay pieces in Manuel, Howe, and Hu, and 3 individual champions in Ledecky, Manuel, and Howe. With all of these leaders in and out of the pool leaving, how to the Stanford women evolve?

For starters, they have 3 rising seniors who already lead by action. Ella Eastin is the returning 2018 Swimmer of the Year. Kim Williams is the 1 returning piece of 2 victorious medley relays. Leah Stevens has thrived in a Ledecky-era distance program and scored top 5 in the mile the last 2 years. Moving down the ladder, Stanford returns 10 underclassmen that scored over 100 points individually, with a high ceiling on improvement rate. And then you have the incoming freshman.

Stanford is bringing in 9 athletes (7 swimmers) in it’s class of 2022. Among those are 8-time commonwealth medalist Taylor Ruck, NAG record holder Zoe Bartel, and star recruits Allie Raab, Amalie Fackenthal, and Lucie Nordmann. More than anything, as described in the video above, the Stanford personnel are excited about the energy that so many young and excited student athletes can bring to Palo Alto.

As Greg Meehan, Ella Eastin, and rising junior Katie Drabot mention, it takes time to build the team. It’s vital to give incoming freshman time to adjust to their new lifestyle. You also need to give the team as a whole time to adjust to their new teammates, and develop an identity that is individual to them, one that doesn’t necessarily lean on the fact that last year they were crowned champions.

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By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Jack Conger was one of several Texas Longhorns to shine at the George Block Invite over the weekend, blasting two big butterfly swims along with a 1:48.8 in the 200 free.

Full results available on Meet Mobile under “2018 ST AAAA-NS George Block Invitational” or you can view full results on the web here.

The Texas alum Conger was 51.76 in winning the 100 fly by almost a full second over current Longhorn John Shebat, who had a solid 52.74, just a few tenths off his lifetime-best. Conger currently leads the nation in this event with his 51.00 from the Atlanta Pro Swim Series, and his 51.7 was faster than anyone else in the country has been this season. Conger was also 1:56.90 in the 200 fly – faster than anyone in the nation besides top-ranked Chase Kalisz (1:55.63) and Conger’s own season-best from Atlanta (1:55.88). Conger also won the 200 free in 1:48.88.

Will Licon, another Texas pro, was right at season-bests in winning both breaststrokes. He was 1:00.60 in the 100, taking two tenths off his best of the year. His 2:10.24 in the 200 was within a second of a season-best, which currently ranks 2nd among Americans for the season. Licon also won the 400 IM in 4:26.57, but took a DQ in the 200 IM.

National rankings leader Andrew Wilson was second to Licon in both breaststroke races, going 1:01.27 and 2:14.11 in the 200.

The 100 free had some potentially-impactful swims. Current Longhorn Tate Jackson tied for the win with Harvard standout Dean Farris, who is training in Austin for the summer. Both were 49.75. Farris was also 1:50.53 in the 200 free.

On the women’s side, rising Stanford sophomore Lauren Pitzer was 56.14, swimming for the Lakeside Aquatic Club. Pitzer would also win the 200 free (2:01.23), 400 free (4:15.33) and 50 free (25.82) over the next several days.

Olympian Clark Smith went 3:53.67 to win the 400 free, and was 1:51.44 in prelims of the 200, though he faded to 1:54.16 in the final. NCAA champ Austin Katz won both backstrokes, going 55.61 in the 100 and 1:59.40 in the 200. In the former, teammate Shebat was actually faster (55.41) in prelims, but fell off in the final, while Ryan Harty was 55.66 to push Katz for the win. Rising sophomore Sam Pomajevich moved to 5th nationally in the 200 fly, going 1:58.07 in taking second to Conger. That’s within a second of a lifetime-best for Pomajevich.

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By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Janet Evans has been nominated by USA Swimming to represent the Americas on the FINA Bureau, USA Swimming documents indicate.

A FINA Bureau nomination form appears in the minutes of USA Swimming’s May Board of Directors meeting, bearing Evans’ information. The FINA Bureau is made up of 25 voting members who represent the various continental organizations. The Bureau itself has some administrative power within the international swimming governing body, interpreting and enforcing FINA rules, submitting proposals to the General Congress and appointing other officials within the federation.

Each of the five continental federations elects a specific number of representatives to the Bureau: 4 each for Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe and 1 from Oceania. Of those 17, one from each continent is selected as a Vice President. Then there are 8 more at-large bids from the world as a whole.  Julio Maglione has already been re-elected as FINA President for a third term.

Dale Neuberger, who has been the Vice President representing the Americas since 2000, has announced his plans to retire in 2021, opening up a spot for UANA (the continental governing body for the Americas) to fill. Neuberger is currently the only representative of the United States in the FINA Bureau.

Evans is well-known for her legendary swimming career, which included four Olympic gold medals and world records spanning from the 400 to 1500 freestyle. Lately, Evans has been back in the news as a Vice Chair and Athletes director for the Los Angeles’ most recent Olympic bid. The city was awarded the 2028 Olympics last fall.

You can see the current FINA Bureau here.

The minutes of the May 12 USA Swimming Board of Directors meeting also list the credentials of a number of other nominees for swimming governance posts. There is a letter nominating Van Donkergoed to the UANA Executive Committee; a run-down of responsibilities for the UANA Technical Committee followed by resumes from Cecil Clifton Gordon Jr, JayThomas and Andrew Gemmell; a nomination for Rick Walker to the UANA Open Water Committee; and a listing of responsibilities of the UANA Coaches Committee followed by recommendations for Michael Lawrence and Dr. Dilaawar (Danny) Mistry.

The full minutes of the Board of Directors meeting are here.

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