By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Disclaimer: Blueseventy Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of the week, but rather one Featured Swim to be explored in deeper detail. The blueSeventy Swim is an opportunity to take a closer look at the context of one of the many fast swims this week, perhaps a swim that slipped through the cracks as others grabbed the headlines, or a race we didn’t get to examine as closely in the flood of weekly meets.

An NCAA freshman is an unpredictable beast. At times, the adjustment to an entirely new setting, a new training system, a new lifestyle, new coaching and a new schedule can spell disaster for a top prospect, or at least require a year or two to fully adjust. Then again, for some athletes, the step into a new system can be a breath of fresh air, a jolt of electricity that kickstarts some massive time drops.

North Carolina freshman Sophie Lindner is putting herself solidly in the latter category. A solid backstroker out of SwimMAC in North Carolina, Lindner went 4-for-4 in lifetime-bests last week, including a massive 200 back drop that powered the Tar Heels past South Carolina.

Lindner won three individual events and powered one winning relay for the Heels. She kicked the meet off with a 25.45 backstroke leadoff on the 200 medley relay as UNC won by almost two seconds. Later, she came back to go 53.85 in the 100 back, winning and shaving a tenth off her personal best from Winter Juniors last December. Towards the end of the meet, she’d go 54.00 in winning a touchout of the 100 fly – that’s a drop of two tenths from her best.

But the swim of the week came in the 200 back, where Lindner blasted a 1:55.40 to crush the field by nearly three and a half seconds. The time was a personal-best by 1.4 seconds and currently ranks 5th in the NCAA this season.

For UNC – which finished 25th last year at NCAAs, but graduated its only individual scorer – Lindner’s rise is a much-needed boost for the coming college season.

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By Andrew Mering on SwimSwam

The Wisconsin high school girls sectional meets will be taking place this weekend. These meets will serve as the qualifying meets for the following weekend’s state meet.

Today the WIAA released the psych sheets for the sectional meets. View the Division 2 sheets at the links below (the D1 projections and psych sheets are in the D1 article):

• Ashwaubenon
• Baraboo
• Colby/Abbotsford
• New Berlin Eisenhower

Given that Wisconsin uses a 4 sectional winners + next 12 fastest swimmers, a top 16 ranking of the combined sectional psych sheets provides a decent early look at who is in line to qualify. Defending champions and title favorites Edgewood lead the way with 14 projected individual qualifiers. They are followed by Greendale with 10, Baraboo, McFarland and Whitefish Bay each with 9. This doesn’t include diving as divers are entered without seeds. The complete list of estimated qualifier numbers is below the combined psych sheets table at the end of the article.

The complete combined top 16 from the psych sheet is below. I did not check to make sure there was someone from each sectional represented, but this is a rough estimate anyway. Lots of things will change on Saturday.

It’s too early to score this out (do so if you wish). I’ll score out the state psych sheet when those are released after the sectional meets are completed. Check SwimSwam on Sunday for that.

Combined Psych Sheets Top 16

By Andrew Mering on SwimSwam

The Wisconsin high school girls sectional meets will be taking place this weekend. These meets will serve as the qualifying meets for the following weekend’s state meet.

Today the WIAA released the psych sheets for the sectional meets. View the Division 1 sheets at the links below (the D2 projections and psych sheets are in the D2 article):

• Cedarburg
• Greenfield
• Middleton
• Neenah
• Waukesha South/Mukwonago
• Wisconsin Rapids

Given that Wisconsin uses a 6 sectional winners + next 18 fastest swimmers, a top 24 ranking of the combined sectional psych sheets provides a decent early look at who is in line to qualify. Middleton and Waukesha South/Mukwonago lead the way with 16 projected individual swimming qualifiers each. They are followed by Sun Prairie and Madison West with 11, and Arrowhead with 10. This doesn’t include diving as divers are entered without seeds. The complete list of estimated qualifier numbers is below the combined psych sheets table at the end of the article.

The complete combined top 24 from the psych sheet is below. I did not check to make sure there was someone from each sectional represented, but this is a rough estimate anyway. Lots of things will change on Saturday.

It’s too early to score this out (do so if you wish). I’ll score out the state psych sheet when those are released after the sectional meets are completed. Check SwimSwam on Sunday for that.

Combined Psych Sheets Top 24

By Jared Anderson on SwimSwam

Tazmin Pugh, a former European Junior champion and Commonwealth Youth Games medalist has died at the age of 18 in a house fire.

British media are reporting that Pugh and her boyfriend were found dead after a house fire in Cotheridge, Worcester. Sky News reports that firefighters were called just before 8 PM on Sunday night to combat the blaze, and that paramedics in an ambulance saw the fire and stopped to help as well. The 18-year-old Pugh and her boyfriend, 21-year-old Josh Kirk, were found dead inside the property.

Pugh won 6 medals for England as a 15-year-old at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa. She took bronze in the 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM, silvers as part of the 4×200 free relay and 4×100 medley relay and bronze as part of the 4×100 free relay. The next year, she won 200 back gold for Great Britain at the 2016 European Junior Championships, plus silver as part of the 4×200 free relay.

Her club, Pershore Swim Club, posted on social media yesterday, mourning the loss:

With enormous shock and sorrow that we heard today that Tazmin Pugh has tragically died on Sunday. There are no words to describe the horror of losing one so young. All at Pershore SC send their thoughts and prayers to her family & friends at this dreadful time. RIP Tazmin

By Adrian Mancebo on SwimSwam

USA Swimming ha publicado los componentes del equipo que representará a Estado Unidos en el Mundial de piscina corta de Hangzhou (China), del 11 al 16 de diciembre. El equipo de 35 nadadores contará con 18 hombres y 17 mujeres.

Caeleb Dressel, Kathleen Baker, Michael Andrew y Leah Smith son solo algunas de las estrellas que competirán en múltiples pruebas. Dressel y Baker competirán en cuatro y cinco pruebas, respectivamente. Andrew, el nadador americano emergente del año, lo hará en otras cinco. Smith también competirá en cuatro pruebas.

USA Swimming ha seleccionado a los nadadores del equipo nacional de EEUU para la temporada 2018-2019, que fue confeccionado en base a los resultados de los Campeonatos nacionales y los Pan Pacíficos de este verano. Aquí puede leer los criterios de selección completos para el Mundial.

El equipo que acudirá a Hangzhou está plagado de estrellas, sin embargo muchos otros campeones olímpicos y mundiales como Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel o Lilly King han decidido no acudir al mundial ya sea porque se van a centrar en la temporada en yardas u otros motivos.

Aquí está la lista completa de los nadadores del equipo nacional de EEUU 2018-2019 que no acudirán al mundial en corta: Nathan Adrian, Townley Haas, Andrew Seliskar, Conor Dwyer, Jordan Wilimovsky, Chase Kalisz, Grant Shoults, Abrahm DeVine, Jay Litherland, Zach Apple, Jack LeVant, Simone Manuel, Margo Geer, Abbey Weitzeil, Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Gabby DeLoof, Hali Flickinger, Lilly King, Micah Sumrall, Ally McHugh, Ashley Twichell, Regan Smith, Katie McLaughlin, Katie Drabot, Brooke Forde.

A continuación pueden consultar el equipo completo, o pinchando en este link:

Equipo femenino

Equipo masculino

Contenido traducido con modificaciones del artículo de Jared Anderson.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: EEUU enviará un potentísimo equipo al Mundial en corta

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Ryan Kent, the head age group coach of the YMCA Westside Silver Fins in Good Year, Arizona, died this week. Kent had served with the team since 2000, where he began as the program’s head coach and grew the team from 97 to 340+ swimmers.

Among his accomplishments on deck was being named the 2013 Arizona Age Group Coach of the Year. Swimmers developed during his time with the program include Cal All-American Tyler Messerschmidt; 2014 Swammy Award Nominee for 10 & Under Swimmer of the Year Asia Minnes; and current Cal All-American and American Record holder Amy Bilquist, who swam with the Silver Fins until moving to Indiana in high school.

Upon the death of her former coach, Bilquist began a site to remember the man that helped launch her world-class swimming career. Included is the following letter that remembers what Kent meant to her, in her own words.

(Reprinted with permission)

It is hard to find the words to say when you lose someone that helped pave your life. Ryan was the man who helped pave mine, and countless other swimmers’ lives.

I was four years old when Ryan first started coaching me, and six when I first joined Westside Silver Fins. I was quickly moved up to Ryan’s group, and as he moved up to coach the better groups, a group of us moved with him, myself included. Ryan did not just show me what it meant to have the skills of a swimmer: determination, an unrelenting work ethic, toughness, and courage, but he also showed me skills of life. Everything I ever thought he was teaching me about my swimming, he was teaching me about my life. When you are hurt, you don’t quit. When you are not feeling your best, pick yourself up. And Ryan’s favorite and most repeated phrase he ever told me was “Suck It Up.” I take that back, the phrase I heard him say the most to his swimmers was, “I am proud of you.”

This may paint Ryan out as a tough guy, but he was the biggest softie. Some say swim coaches care about swimming above everything, but if you ever knew Ryan you know that there was one thing he cared about more than anything, his swimmers.  He always knew when we were having bad days and would ask us about them, he would ask us about our family, school, anything. He was invested in every swimmer he ever coached. He is a rare coaching breed. Never gave himself credit; instead, he always accredited all his swimmers’ successes to their own hard work. In reality, not one Silver Fin would be who they are, both swimmer and person, without Ryan Kent.

I grew up swimming with a small group but Ryan always kept up with us. Whenever I was in town he would tell me about what everyone was doing, who quit swimming to pursue a new passion, who was still swimming, and no matter what anyone was doing the one thing that never changed was that he was proud of us.

Ryan and I have kept in touch every step of my life. He was the first person I called when I got 3rd at the 2016 Olympic Trials, and all he could tell me was, “I know this sucks kid, but I am so proud of you and that will never change.” To me, that was the most I could have ever asked from a coach.

If you ever swam for Ryan you know how special of a coach and person he was. If you ever met Ryan you knew how passionate and caring he was. And if you never met Ryan, know that he was the epitome of what makes the sport of swimming great.

Ryan gave me everything I needed in order to pave the career and life I have and everything I will face in the future, and in return I gave him some extra grey hairs on his beard, some headaches, memories and smiles. Ryan, thank you for giving me more than I could have ever asked from a person, let alone from my age group coach. You have forever changed my life. In every hardship and success your swimmers, including myself, have, I hope you know you played such an instrumental role in teaching us how to handle them that is beyond what any of us could have hoped. You were more than a coach; you were a teacher and a mentor. I will remember all the lessons you have taught me and carry them with me the rest of my life. Rest easy Ryan, you are loved by so many.

Love, Amy

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Amy Bilquist Reflects on the Death of Her Coach Ryan Kent

By Torrey Hart on SwimSwam

Olympians Katie Ledecky and Lilly King were part of a group of athletes and officials to call for reform of the World Ant-Doping Agency at the White House Wednesday for what’s being called an “emergency” summit.

The meeting was held in response to WADA‘s September decision to reinstate the Russian Anti-Doping Agency after its three-year ban for carrying out a state-sponsored doping scheme.

The reinstatement has been adamantly opposed by athletes from the United States and many other nations worldwide, as WADA allowed RUSADA to be reinstated after meeting lower standards than were originally required. The US Athletes’ Committee and USADA were among the organizations to release independent statements in opposition to WADA‘s decision. However, the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Committee, which is said to represent all Olympic athletes, released a statement of support for the decision.

Ledecky, currently at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA., spoke via a prerecorded video statement and tweeted that Olympic sports need a “truly independent international anti-doping regulator free of conflicts of interest.”

Swimmer Katie Ledecky joins Summit by video and calls for reform of WADA. #WhiteHouse4CleanSport#ReformWADApic.twitter.com/go7LUXGVOR

— Bill Bock (@Bill_Bock_III) October 31, 2018

King, who traveled from school in Bloomington, Indiana, to attend the event in-person called for an “overhaul” of WADA. King has been particularly vocal about her desire for clean sport throughout the duration of her rivalry with Russian breaststroker Yulia Efimova, who has failed multiple drug tests.

Lilly King calls for WADA reform. #ReformWADApic.twitter.com/AogET1hXRy

— Bill Bock (@Bill_Bock_III) October 31, 2018

The duo was part of the 14 total athletes to speak, including Russian whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova; US Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart also spoke. Additionally, national anti-doping organization representatives from Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and the UK were present, according to insidethegames.

Citing their lack of representation in D.C., WADA officials released a statement to insidethegames Wednesday morning calling the summit “one-sided.” WADA vice president Linda Helleland was in attendance, though reportedly not in an official capacity for the organization.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Katie Ledecky, Lilly King Speak at White House Anti-Doping Summit

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

MONDIALI FINA IN VASCA CORTA 2018

• 11-16 Dicembre 2018
• Hangzhou (Cina)
• Sito web dell’evento
• programma gare
• Tempi limite

Santo Condorelli potrebbe indossare i colori azzurri già a partire dai Mondiali in Vasca Corta 2018.

Il processo di acquisizione della cittadinanza sportiva è in dirittura di arrivo, come confermato dal giornalista del Corriere Dello Sport Paolo De Laurentis.

Già dal prossimo week end, Condorelli tenterà di nuotare il tempo minimo di qualificazione per i Mondiali in Vasca Corta, fissato per i 100 metri stile libero maschili a 46.50.

Occhi dunque puntati sul Trofeo “Mario Battistelli”, che si svolgerà presso il centro federale di Pietralta a Roma sabato 3 e domenica 4 Novembre.

I TEMPI MIGLIORI DI CONDORELLI

Condorelli è un atleta con fame di medaglie. A Rio è arrivato 4 ° nei 100 stile libero. Alle Olimpiadi ha nuotato i suoi migliori tempi di sempre:

• 50 stile libero (21.97)
• 100 stile libero (47.88)
• 100 farfalla (51.83)

È stato anche finalista come membro della staffetta 4×100 stile libero del Canada.

Oltre alla sua apparizione olimpica, è salito sul podio dei Campionati del Mondo di Kazan del 2015 con la staffetta 4×100 mixed mista.

A Kazan arrivò anche in finale nella gara dei 100 stile libero.

Con il trasferimento in Italia, Condorelli dovrebbe svolgere un ruolo importante sulle staffette.

La nostra nazionale comprende già talentuosi velocisti, come il campione europeo dei 100 stile libero e Record Italiano Alessandro Miressi e  Luca Dotto.

Dotto è stato il primo italiano a rompere il muro dei 48 secondi nei 100 metri, durante i Campionati Italiani di Riccione del 2016 quando fissò il record italiano con il tempo di 47.96.

Questa estate, pochi giorni dopo aver conquistato il titolo Europeo, Alessandro Miressi abbassava il record italiano, fissandolo a 47.92.

Il miglior tempo di Condorelli sui 100 stile libero è di 47.88, più basso del record italiano attuale.

L’arrivo di Condorelli renderà sicuramente altamente competitiva la nostra squadra, in proiezione Mondiali 2019 e Olimpiadi 2020.

Condorelli ora si sta allenando con Claudio Rossetto, che allena anche i nazionali Dotto e Ivano Vendrame .

MONDIALI IN VASCA CORTA – ATLETI GIÀ QUALIFICATI:

• Andrea Vergani 50 stile libero
• Ilaria Cusinato 200 e 400 misti
• Alessandro Miressi 100 stile libero
• Gregorio Paltrinieri 1500 stile libero
• Matteo Restivo 200 dorso
• Fabio Scozzoli 50 rana
• Luca Pizzini 200 rana
• Piero Codia 100 farfalla
• Federico Burdisso 200 farfalla
• Simona Quadarella 400 800 stile libero
• Carlotta Zofkova 100 dorso
• Margherita Panziera 200 dorso
• Arianna Castiglioni 50 rana e 100 rana
• Elena Di Liddo  100 farfalla
• Ilaria Bianchi
• Federica Pellegrini
• Simone Sabbioni Filippo Megli
• Luca Dotto
• Thomas Ceccon 
• Domenico Acerenza

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Santo Condorelli Potrebbe Gareggiare In Nazionale Ai Mondiali In Corta

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Reese Samuel has verbally committed to swim for Howard University’s class of 2023. Samuel is a senior at Upper Saint Clair High School where he focuses on free and fly. After notching personal bests in his short course events during the 2017-18 high school season, Samuel embarked on his first full long course season in two years. Swimming with Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics, he competed at PEAQ Steel City Invite in May, MLAC Summer Celebration in June, and Eric Namesnik Memorial in July. In the 50m free, he took 9/10 off his previous PB off the bat, then proceeded to drop almost 1/10 each of the next three times he swam the event to finish 4/10 faster than his first 50 of the season. Similarly, in the 100 fly, he improved on his previous PB by 3 seconds in the first meet of the summer. From there, he dropped another 4.6 seconds to finish with 1:02.99. While he only swam the 100 free once, he nevertheless went 3 seconds faster than his entry time.

The Howard Bison compete in the CCSA, which only scores two finals at the conference meet. He is close to scoring in both the 50 free and 100 fly, and would already make Howard’s top-10 list in the fly.

Top SCY times:

• 50 free – 22.43
• 100 free – 50.31
• 100 fly – 53.69

College Verbal Commitment! Congrats to Upper St Clair senior swimmer Reese Samuel @NeptuneXVI committing to swim next season at Howard University! @HowardU@USCSchools@SHAlmanacSports@TribLiveHSSN@PGVarsityXtra@PASwimmingpic.twitter.com/AXmiCoLNdA

— USCHS Swim/Dive Team (@USCHS_SwimDive) October 24, 2018

If you have a commitment to report, please send an email with a photo (landscape, or horizontal, looks best) and a quote to Recruits@swimswam.com.

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By Loretta Race on SwimSwam

22nd International Swimmeeting Südtirol in Bolzano

• Saturday, November 3rd – Sunday, November 4th
• Bolzano, Italy
• SCM
• Meet Site
• Start List
• Live Stream

The 22nd International Swimmeeting Südtirol in Bolzano, Italy is set to take place this weekend, with short course meters racing scheduled for Saturday, November 3rd and Sunday, November 4th. Unique to the competition is that senior swimmers are limited to just 2 races a piece

30-year-old Fabio Scozzoli has proven age is just a number, winning silver in the 50m breast behind British beast Adam Peaty at this year’s European Championships in Glasgow. Scozzoli set the Italian National Record in the SCM version of the 50m breast at the 2017 European Short Course Championships in Denmark as well.

However, on the opposite end of the age spectrum sits Scozzoli’s domestic rival Nicolo Martinenghi, who snagged Italy’s LCM 100m breaststroke record at the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships. He earned 2 new World Junior Records while competing in Copenhagen, including the 50m and 100m breaststroke events. However, the teen underwent surgery on his nasal septum in December 2017 He wound up pulling out of this year’s European Championships with a groin inury as well.

American Olympians Lia Neal and Kelsi Dahlia are set to compete in Bolzano, as are their Team Elite teammates Kendyl Stewart, Madison Kennedy and newcomer Ali DeLoof. World Record holder Kathleen Baker of the stars n’ stripes is also scheduled to race.

They’ll be joined by Brazilian speedster Matheus Santana, Italian powerhouse Marco Orsi and Youth Olympic Games standout Thomas Ceccon.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Entry Lists Posted For Bolzano

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

Beryl Gastaldello has had a whirlwind year, both in and out of the pool. Ironically, her best year in the pool was her worst year out of the pool. But once she explains the ins and outs, it makes sense why that was, and why one perhaps followed the other.

The last time we spoke with Gastaldello was at the Art Adamson invite in November 2017. She had just anchored the Texas A&M women to victory in the 4×100 medley relay against Stanford, a victory in which Beryl notably came from behind and ran down Katie Ledecky on the anchor leg. Immediately after that meet, she was struck with both physical and mental ailments, so much so that she says she couldn’t sit still and had a variety of ticks that she couldn’t control. Gastaldello went home to France to seek treatment, and she was notably absent from any spring dual meets as well as the SEC Championships, which the Aggies hosted. However, Beryl made her return to competition shortly after at the College Station sectionals, and competed for her team at the 2018 NCAA championships, the last meet of her senior season. At NCAA’s in Columbus, Ohio, Gastaldello went best times in the 50 and 100 freestyle, breaking 47 seconds in the 100 for the first time.

After NCAA’s, her summer included signing a deal with TYR, breaking a national record in the 50m backstroke at French Nationals, and anchoring France’s 4×100 free relay to becoming European champions. She spoke with the French News at French nationals about how she had handled her health issues, and at the time had only been back in the water for 6 days, after taking another extended break from swimming post NCAA’s.

In the time between the 2017 Art Adamson Invite and 2018 NCAA’s, Gastaldello said she had to figure out a lot of things about herself, and make a significant amount of changes. As noted above, she took a long time out of the pool before NCAA’s as well as after. She stopped lifting with the A&M team and made her own lifting and dryland regiment. She picked up drumming and skateboarding as hobbies, citing a need to focus her energies on other things aside from just studying, eating, sleeping, and swimming. She found medication that helped her with her depression and anxiety. And she started training with the A&M men, where she can focus more on sprint oriented training. Gastaldello noted “I’m just like a guy, basically, in the body of a woman” and that she enjoys the mentality of the men’s training environment. Beryl finished by saying she likes the fact that training with the men means that they are almost always ahead of her, so she’s always pushing herself to get past them.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Beryl Gastaldello Speaks Candidly on Mental Health Issues, Training with A&M Men (Video)

By Pablo Malvacio on SwimSwam

Los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud, Buenos Aires 2018, han llegado a su final dejando muchas opiniones y estadísticas, tan asi que nos demostró el poderío de Rusia pero particularmente el de dos nadadores, Andrei Minakov y Kliment Kolesnikov quienes se llevaron una gran cantidad de medallas entre ambos dos.

Andrei Minakov (photo: Jack Spitser)

Andrei Minakov  cerro con un total de 7 medallas, 6 oros, siendo 3 de ellos en carreras individuales y ademas 1 medalla de plata. En el relevo 4 x 100 combinado hombres fue participe del récord mundial junior.

1. Oro | 100 m libres |49.23
2. Oro | 50 m mariposa | 23.62
3. Oro | 100 m mariposa|  51.12
4. Oro | Relevo 4 x 100 m estilo libre hombres
5. Oro | Relevo 4 x 100 m combinado hombres WJ
6. Oro | Relevo 4 x 100 m estilo libre equipo mixto
7. Plata | Relevo 4 x 100 m combinado equipo mixto

Por su parte Kliment Kolesnikov cosecho la misma cantidad de medallas de oro y plata que su compatriota pero con la diferencia de registrar 2 nuevosrécords mundiales juniors tanto en los 50 espalda como al igual que Minakov en el relevo 4 x 100 combinado hombres.

• Oro | 50 m espalda |  24.40 WJ 
• Oro | 100 m espalda | 53.26
• Oro | 200 m espalda | 1:56.14
• Oro | Relevo 4 x 100 m estilo libre hombres
• Oro | Relevo 4 x 100 m combinado hombres WJ
• Oro | Relevo 4 x 100 m estilo libre equipo mixto
• Plata | Relevo 4 x 100 m combinado equipo mixto

Ademas Rusia también se mostró fuerte con respecto al sexo femenino, acumulando un total de 9 medallas siendo 5 individuales y 4 de relevos. La nadadoramas galardonada fue Polina Egorova con 3 medallas de oro, 1 de plata y 2 de bronce.

• Oro | 100 mariposa | 59.22
• Oro | 4 x 100 libres mujeres | 3:45.26
• Oro | 4 x 100 libres mixto | 3:28.50
• Plata | 4 x 100 combinado mixto | 3:51.46
• Bronce | 50 mariposa | 26.68
• Bronce | 4 x 100 combinado mujeres | 4:06.07

Por otro lado Daria Vaskina, Anastasia Makarova& Elizaveta Klevanovich fueron las otras 3 nadadoras rusas en conseguir medallas. Vaskina logro dos individuales siendo oro en los 100 pecho con un registro de 1:00.45″ y plata en los 50 espalda 28.38″.

VASKINA Daria

• Oro | 100 espalda | 1:00.45
• Oro | 4 x 100 libres mujeres | 3:45.26
• Plata | 50 espalda | 28.38
• Bronce | 4 x 100 combinado mujeres | 4:06.07

MAKAROVA Anastasia

• Oro | 100 pecho | 1:07.88
• Oro | 4 x 100 libres mujeres | 3:45.26
• Plata | 4 x 100 combinado mixto | 3:51.46
• Bronce | 4 x 100 combinado mujeres | 4:06.07

KLEVANOVICH Elizaveta

• Oro | 4 x 100 libres mixto | 3:28.50

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Poder ruso en los YOG 2018

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

A trio of senior standouts from St. Louis, Missouri’s CSP Tideriders have recently committed to swim in college: Paige Mitchell, Bella Snyder, and Maddie Mather.

Paige Mitchell– San Diego State University

Photo: CSP Tideriders

Mitchell is a senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School. As a sophomore at the 2017 Missouri Class 1 State Championships, she placed 2nd in both the 200 free (1:51.93) and 500 free (4:59.08). In the spring of her junior year she competed at the Ozark Swimming Senior Short Course Championships and won the 200 free and 500 free and was runner-up in the 1000 free and 200 back. A month later she had an outstanding meet at Columbia Sectionals, going best times in the 200/500/1000 free, 200 back, and 100 fly and making A finals in the 200/500/1000 free and 200 fly.

SDSU finished 2nd at the 2018 MWC Championships. Mitchell’s best times would already score in the B final of the 500 free and C final of the 200 free at the conference meet.

Top SCY times:

• 100 free – 53.46
• 200 free – 1:50.50
• 500 free – 4:52.54

Photo: CSP Tideriders

Isabella (Bella) Snyder – University of Massachusetts, Amherst

A senior at Ursuline Academy, Snyder is a distance freestyler who is more efficient the longer she is in the water. She won the 1000 free and was 4th in the 500 free at Ozark Swimming Senior Short Course Championships in February. At Columbia Sectionals in March, she finished 4th in the 1650 and 8th in the 1000, earning PBs in both events, and in the 200 free as well. She swam the 200/400/800 freestyle events at NCSA Summer Championships.

UMass came in 6th at the 2018 Atlantic-10 Championships. Snyder will be an immediate-impact player when she arrives in Amherst; she would have scored in the 1650 free (12th) and is within about a second of getting finals swims in the 200 free and 500 free.

Top SCY times:

• 200 free – 1:53.74
• 500 free – 5:00.64
• 1000 free – 10:13.03
• 1650 free – 17:14.26

Maddie Mather – University of Nebraska at Omaha

Photo: CSP Tideriders

Mather attends Cor Jesu Academy, the 6th-place team at the 2018 Missouri Class 2 State Championships. She specializes in free and breast and finished 3rd in the 500 free at the state meet (5:07.95). After notching a PB in the 500 at high school states, she hit a pair of lifetime bests in the 50 breast and 100 breast at Columbia Sectionals, finaling in both events. She placed 14th in the 1650 and 20th in the 1000 free, as well. She wrapped up her long course season this summer with new PBs in the 100 breast and 400 IM at NCSA Summer Championship.

UNO came in second at the 2018 Summit League Championships. Mather would have added to the Mavericks’ tally with appearances in the A final of the 400 IM and the B finals of the 200/500 free and 100 breast.

Top SCY times:

• 500 free – 5:05.37
• 1000 free – 10:32.39
• 100 breast – 1:07.10
• 400 IM – 4:35.08

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By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Organizers of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea are touting a $55 million surplus for the organizing committee, which bucks the trend of recent cost overruns at the Olympics. According to a press release by the IOC, it was IOC measures that were put in place that led to cost savings and increased revenue.

Specifically, the IOC hailed a new “Olympic Information Service,” a turnkey solution delivered by the IOC. This allowed 30,000 accredited seats to be sold to the public, it allowed them to skip building a secondary “mountain” broadcast center, and allowed for a 30% smaller main broadcast center – which was moved to an existing building.

The numbers, though, are specific to the costs for the actual organizing committee itself, and don’t correlate to the overall cost overruns of the Olympics. The estimated cost of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was $13 billion. While that’s a significant dropoff from the extravagant Sochi Olympics 4 years earlier, it’s still almost double the initial cost estimate of $13 billion.

The IOC says the new measures put in place that already helped the Pyeongchang organizing committee has saved the Tokyo organizing committee $4.3 billion – 2.2 billion saved during the review of the venue masterplan, plus an additional 2.1 billion thanks to the reforms.

With more than 18 months to go until the Tokyo Olympic Games, it’s too early to know where the total cost number will land, but we do know that the cost to the Japanese national government has already ballooned to more than $7 billion – roughly 7-times the original estimate.

While the line wasn’t specifically drawn, the message from the IOC, though, seems to be directed at organizing committees and attempts to entice them to bid by dangling big surpluses – and encouraging them to reinvest that money into local sporting pet projects.

From the release:

“Any surplus from the organisation of the Games is normally divided between the IOC, the Organising Committee and the host National Olympic Committee for the benefit of sport and the Olympic Movement.

POCOG is yet another example of Organising Committees breaking even or creating a surplus that can be used for the development of sport in the host nation.”

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By Ryan Klages on SwimSwam

The 2018-2019 NYCHSAA High School Boy’s Swimming and Diving season is right around the corner and it looks to be one of the most competitive to date. The 19 team conference features some of the most talented swimmers in New York. Arguably the most competitive league in the state, the 19 team field will showcase some of the fastest swims of the year. Only a handful of teams will be making any sort of wave for the 2018-2019 championship season.

Chaminade High School

Head coach Angelo Pellicone and the Flyers look to win their 3rd championship in a row. Having won the title the past two years by the closest margins in league history (9.5 in 2017 & 8.5 in 2018). The Crimson and Gold will look to rally around seniors Nik Daly and Anthony Melchore, as well as a strong core of juniors like Kyle Cornish and C.J. Rodgers. Sophomores Ryan Shannon, Patrick Walsh, and Nicholas Shopis will to help round out the team. Depth has always been Chaminade’s strength; with all their swimmers finishing in the top 16 for their championship wins. It will need to be just as strong in order to win a third straight championship after graduating a handful of talented athletes.

St. Anthony’s High School

The Black and Gold Friars under Head Coach Danny McBride have remained undefeated in Dual Meets 3 seasons in a row; winning two state championships and one league title during that time. Seniors Michael Chang, Dylan Champagne, and Justin Meyn will lead the way for their team. Meyn and Chang shared Swimmer of the Meet Honors in 2017 with Nicholas Torres (Fordham Prep) and Christian Sztolcman (Chaminade). Juniors Mark Owens and Christopher Stange will also be responsible for the success of this team. The defending state champions will be looking to repeat the feat they achieved in 2016; sweeping the dual-meet, league, and state titles all together.

Fordham Prep High School

With five straight state championships from 2011-2015 and one more in 2017, Fordham Prep has been a dominant force in the NYCHSAA. The Rams will look to reclaim their position at the top of the conference. Seniors Ryan Maierle, Steven Amato, Jared Copeland, and 2018 Co-Swimmer of the year Nicholas Torres will be head coach Dominick Galimi’s go-to guys this season. The Maroon will get assistance from a talented pair of sophomores in Jack Kelly and Timothy Norris.

Xavier High School

Dennis Murphy’s Xavier Knights tout a young team with a lot of upside and something to prove. Senior Timothy Murnan will help guide this squad through a very competitive season. Anchored by Junior Sean Baldwin, and Sophomores Brian Baldwin and Gabriele Lunardi; The Knights will look to make their presence known with some impressive swims to look forward to.

Archbishop Molloy High School

The Stanners will be led by State Qualifier Kevin Claiborne to carry the load for this coming season in the Butterfly and Backstroke.

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Courtesy: Washington State Athletics

Northern Arizona at Washington State
Friday, Nov. 2, 3 p.m. | Gibb Pool | Pullman, Wash.
No. 5 California at Washington State
Saturday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. | Gibb Pool | Pullman, Wash.

THIS WEEK
The Cougars welcome Northern Arizona to Gibb Pool Friday, Nov. 2 at 3 p.m., and California on  Saturday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. Both meets will be streamed live on wsucougars.com.

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
In the 2017-18 season, the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks took home their fifth consecutive Western Athletic Conference Championship title. Friday marks the 11th all-time meeting between Northern Arizona and Washington State, as WSU holds an 8-2 advantage in the series. The Cougars are undefeated against the Lumberjacks at Gibb Pool, winning the last encounter in a deciding 129-70 in the 2016-17 season. The California Golden Bears are coming off a national runner-up finish, placing in the top-three at the NCAA Championships 10 years in a row. They currently hold the longest top-three finish streak in the country. The meeting between California and Washington State will be the 12th all-time matchup between the two, with California holding an
11-0 advantage. The Golden Bears last traveled to Pullman in the 2015-16 season.

LAST TIME IN THE POOL
Washington State is 2-2 on the season, earning a win Oct. 20 at the University of Idaho. The team won 11 events over the Vandals, including both relays. Seven Cougars notched season-best times in their respective events. Senior Jasmine Margetts led the way for the Cougars, winning three individual events and swimming the opening leg of the first place 200 medley relay team. Margetts’ first-place times in the 200 fly, 200 back, and 200 IM were nearly four seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Junior Ryan Falk and freshman Keiana Fountaine each won two individual events. Falk took first in the 1000 free with a season-best 10:23.54, and the 500 free. Fountaine won both the 100 and 200 free. Senior Linnea Lindberg and sophomores Mackenzie Duarte and Taylor McCoy each took home a first place finish. Lindberg notched a win in the 100 breast. Duarte won the 200 breast and notched a third place finish in the 100 breast. McCoy notched a season-best time in the 100 back, winning the event with a 58.18. The Pullman, Wash. native also took second in the 500 free.

KEIANA FOUNTAINE MAKES A STRONG IMPACT
Freshman Keiana Fountaine is having an outstanding rookie campaign, leading the way for the Cougars with five individual wins and four relay wins. The Tracy, Calif. native clocked an impressive 24.35 in the 50 free in the first invite of the season, just one second outside of the WSU All-Time Top-10. The freshman is also ranked in the Top-25 in the Pac-12 in two events. Fountaine’s time of 51.66 in the 100 free ranks her tied for 17th, while a 1:50.87 in the 200 free ranks her 10th in the conference.

COMING UP
The Cougars will welcome Wyoming to Gibb Pool Friday, Nov. 9 at 5 p.m for their final home meet of the 2018 calendar year. The meet will be streamed live on wsucougars.com.

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Courtesy: Bryant Athletics

SMITHFIELD, R.I.– For the first time in the 2018-19 season, the Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team will be hosting a meet, as the Bulldogs face Wagner and Central Connecticut on Friday night and Saturday afternoon at the Chace Athletic Center Pool and Clark University.

Swim’s Particulars

Opponent: Central Connecticut, Wagner

First Race: 5 p.m. Friday | Noon Saturday

Location: Chace Athletic Center Pool

Live Stream: NEC Front Row (Friday | Saturday)

Last Time Out

Junior Alaina Scifo (Ipswich, Great Britain) and sophomores Elin Svard (Falun, Dalarna, Sweden) and Heather Wong (Ramsey, N.J.) each won two events in Bryant’s 161-139 win over Iona on Saturday afternoon in New Rochelle, N.Y. Senior Kelci Abernethy (Chandler, Ariz.) finished first in the 3-meter and second in the 1-meter en route to her second NEC Diver of the Week award this season.

Last Meet with Central and Wagner

The Bulldogs split their meet last season, defeating Central Connecticut 204-147 and falling to Wagner 192-161. Then-junior Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.) won the 50 free (24.19), while taking home four second-place finishes.

A Bit about the Blue Devils

Central Connecticut has won two of their five matchups entering the weekend, with their latest result going against them by a 162-121 margin to New Hampshire.

In the meet with the Wildcats, Aidan Devers and Alexis Fredricks went 1-2 in the 200 back while the Blue Devils also finished 1-2 in the 200 free relay.

A Bit about the Seahawks

Wagner has yet to lose a dual meet this season, winning all three matchups in the Iona Quad Meet against the Gaels, Sacred Heart and St. Francis Brooklyn and then defeating Saint Francis in a dual meet last weekend.

The Seahawks won the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay, as well as swept the 100 back to power Wagner to the victory against the Red Flash.

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By Daniela Kapser on SwimSwam

The North Sea Swim Meet 2018

• 2. – 4. November 2018
• Kristiansand, Norweben
• 25m
• Meet Website
• Start Lists

Nunmehr zum 45. Mal findet das “North Sea Swim Meet” in  Norwegen, statt. Zum zweiten Mal ist Kristiansand der Gastgeber.

EuropameisterFlorian Wellbrock wird ebeso wie Vize-Weltmeisterin Franziska Hentke und Kurzbahneuropameisterin Sarah Köhler in Norwegen an den Start gehen. Weiter sind aus Deutschland (startend für ihre Vereine) dabei : Marius Zobel, Charlotte Blanke, Pia-Sophie Berndt, Lukas Märtens und Danny Schmidt.

In den Startlisten sind die Schwimmer über folgende Strecken gemeldet:

• Florian Wellbrock: 1500m Freistil, 400m Freistil, 100m Freistil, 400m Lagen, 200m Freistil
• Franziska Hentke: 200m Schmetterling, 50m Schmetterling, 200m Brust, 400m Lagen, 100m Schmetterling
• Sarah Köhler: 800m Freisil, 200m Lagen, 50m Freistil, 400m Freistil, 200m Rücken, 200m Freistil
• Marius Zobel: 200m Lagen, 50m Freistil, 100m Brust, 400m Freistil, 100m Freistil, 200m Freistil
• Charlotte Blanke: 800m Freistil, 100m Freistil, 200m Freistil
• Pia-Sohpie Berndt: 200m Lagen, 100m Brust, 200m Brust, 400m Lagen, 50m Brust, 100m Lagen
• Lukas Märtens: 400m Freistil, 100m Rücken, 100m Freistil, 200m Freistil
• Danny Schmidt: 400m Freistil, 100m Freistil, 400m Lagen

Der SC Magdeburg stellt auch eine Staffel über 4x50m Mixed Lagen.

Aus Norwegen nehmen u.a. Henrik Christiansen, Markus Lie und Thomoe Hvas teil. Ergänzt wird das internationale Starterfeld durch Thierry Bollin (Schweiz), Jesse Puts, Kyle Stolk, Mathys Goosen and Maarten Brzoskowski aus Holland, Stephen Milne (GBR), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (FIN), Yannick Kaeser (SUI) ebenso wie bei den Damen Fanny Lecluyse (BEL),  Kim Busch, Maaike de Waard, Tes Schouten and Valerie van Roon aus Holland, . Lucy Hope and Kathryn Greenslade aus Great Britain.

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