By Lauren Neidigh on SwimSwam

2020 WOMEN’S IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 22
• Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center – Providence, RI (Eastern Time Zone)
• Prelims: 11:00 AM/Finals: 6:00 PM
• Defending Champion: Harvard (2x – results)
• Live results
• Fan Guide
• Championship Central

The Princeton women captured their first Ivy League title since 2015 as they defeated rival Harvard at the 2020 Ivy League Championships. There were 3 freshmen who came up with 9 event wins. Of those freshmen, 2 were Princeton swimmers who combined to win every freestyle race and sweep their individual races. Ellie Marquardt won the 1650 free tonight, dropping 10 seconds in 16:06.96. With that, she broke the Pool Record and outswam Penn’s 2019 champion Catherine Buroker, who knocked a couple of seconds from her best in 16:09.76 for silver. Marquardt won the 500 free, 1000 free, and 1650 free at this meet.

Freshman teammate Nikki Venema broke the Pool Record as she won the 100 free, clipping her best by a few hundredths in 48.55. She came from behind to out-touch Brown’s Taylor Seaman (48.85) and Yale’s Izzy Henig (48.90) at the finish. Venema won the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free at her first Ivy League Championships.

Harvard also had a freshman triple. After sweeping the IMs, Felicia Pasadyn dominated the 200 back. She took over a second off the Ivy League Meet Record, posting a lifetime best 1:52.56. Teammate Samantha Shelton, who won this race and set the Meet Record as a freshman in 2019, was the runner-up this season in 1:54.91.

Jaycee Yegher swept the breaststrokes for Harvard. She took down the Meet Record in the 200 breast by nearly a full second. Yegher, who placed 5th last season in the event, broke 2:10 for the first time in prelims. She dropped over 3 seconds throughout the day, winning the final in 2:08.47.

Teammate Miki Dahlke then won the final individual event of the meet for the Crimson. Opting for the 200 fly instead of the 100 free this season, Dahlke took down a Pool Record as she dominated in 1:55.51. That was her first swim under 1:56. Behind her, Princeton freshman Christina Bradley, who took 2nd to Dahlke in the 100 fly, earned another silver. She dropped over half a second in 1:57.25. Dartmouth’s Mia Leko was just shy of her best in prelims in 1:57.92. She went on to take bronze in the final with a 1:58.70.

Harvard closed the meet with a new Ivy League Meet Record in the 400 free relay, winning in 3:14.48 to swim under the NCAA ‘A’ cut. Pasadyn broke 50 for the first time as she led them off in 49.27. Kennidy Quist took on the 2nd leg in 48.61, followed by Shelton (48.47) and Dahlke (48.13).

FINAL TEAM SCORES

  1. Princeton University             1569   2. Harvard University               1462
  3. Yale University                1139.5   4. University of Pennsylvania      949.5
  5. Brown University                  843   6. Columbia University               755
  7. Dartmouth College                 598   8. Cornell University                543

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Princeton Women Win 2020 Ivy League Title as Venema, Marquardt Sweep Freestyles

By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam

2020 WOMEN’S ACC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, February 19th to Saturday, February 22nd | Prelims 10:00 am | Finals 6:00 pm (1650 prelims Saturday at 4:00 pm)
• Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: North Carolina State University (NC State) (1x) (results)
• Streaming: ACC Network
  • Day 2 Finals
  • Day 3 Finals
  • Day 4 Finals
• Championship Central: Here
• Detailed Timeline: Here
• Psych Sheets: Here
• Live Results

University of Virginia junior Paige Madden won the mile on Saturday at the 2020 Women’s ACC Swimming and Diving Championships to secure her third individual victory and elevate her individual point total to the maximum one can achieve at ACCs: 96 points. Madden was also a key component to UVA’s champion 400 and 800 freestyle relays, bringing her total medal haul to 5 golds.

While the ACC is full of national-caliber talent, Madden distinguished herself as the only swimmer at the Women’s Championships to win 3 individual events. Others, such as teammate Kate Douglass and NC State’s Sophie Hansson each won 2 individual races and played vital roles on their team’s relays, but Madden’s dominance over the freestyles put her above everybody else.

Madden was named the 2020 Women’s ACC Championships Most Valuable Swimmer when the meet was over. SwimSwam caught up with Madden after the session to get her take on her swims and her team’s performance.

While there was some question as to whether Madden would swim the mile or the 200 backstroke on day 4 of ACCs, Madden ultimately opted for the mile, which she won by 11 seconds, despite it being a race she is less-accustomed to racing than others in her repertoire, such as the 200 backstroke, which she swam at the 2019 ACC Championships (finishing 4th in finals).

1650 – TIMED FINALS

• ACC meet record: 15:25.20 – Leah Smith, 2016
• ACC record: 15:25.20 – Leah Smith, 2016
• 2019 ACC champion: Tamila Holub (NC State) – 15:56.91

1. Paige Madden (Virginia) – 15:50.38
2. Makayla Sargent (NC State) – 16:01.36
3. Kate Moore (NC State) – 16:09.86

NC State freshman Katharine Foley led the early heats with a 16:17.45. That’s 11 seconds faster than she was at midseason, and is over 40 seconds faster than her best time coming into college. With a handful of women in the final heat seeded with times in the low 16:20s, it looks like Foley could have a good chance of ending up in the top eight overall.

Virginia Tech sophomore Loulou Vos (16:25.99) and freshman Brooke Travis (16:27.47)were the only other two women under 16:30 in the early heats. That’s about a 3.3s personal best for Vos, while Travis was about six seconds off of best time from high school.

UVA junior Paige Madden had competed in the 200 back at ACCs the past two years, but she made her first ACC 1650 a memorable one. Swimming in in the final heat, she moved into the lead early on, and was roughly 10 seconds ahead of the field with 600 to go. No one came close to challenging her, and she ended up winning by nearly 11 seconds, in 15:50.38. That’s a new best time for her by nearly 8 seconds and moves her to #4 in the nation this year (pending other results today).

It also completes the distance sweep for Madden, as she’ll walk out of the meet with three individual gold medals, as well as relay gold for the 4×200 free. Madden mention in the post-race interview that she thought it was only her second time swimming the even in the past five years, and sure enough, until she swam the 1650 at the Tennessee Invite, she doesn’t appear to have swam that event since December 2013.

NC State got 2nd and 3rd place finishes from the two women who flanked Madden, Makayla Sargent (16:01.36) and Kate Moore (16:09.86), while UVA freshman Maddie Donohoe picked up 4th with a 16:13.64. Sargent moved up one spot after finishing 3rd last year with a 16:06.58.

Foley’s time from the early heats held up for 5th, and Vos’s time put her 8th. Louisville’s Sophie Cattermole (16:20.33) and Notre Dame’s Lindsay Stone (16:23.93) also made the top eight from the final heat.

NC State closed the gap a little bit with that event, and UVA’s lead has been cut to about 90 points. Notre Dame has closed to within 6 points of UNC.

WOMEN’S 400 FREE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• ACC meet record: 3:09.45 – Virginia, 2018
• ACC record: 3:09.45 – Virginia, 2018
• 2019 ACC champion: Louisville – 3:11.63

1. Virginia – 3:10.57
2. Louisville – 3:11.57
3. NC State – 3:13.00

Virginia wrapped up the ACC champs with a dominant showing in the 400 free relay. The Cavaliers used a pair of freshman for the front half; Kate Douglass got things rolling with a 47.77 leadoff, then handed it over to Lexi Cuomo, who split 47.84. At that point, the seniors took over. Paige Madden, who swept the distance events, split a 48.04 that’s not at all shabby for someone just won the mile in 15:50, then Morgan Hill stormed home with a 46.92 split as UVA won in 3:10.57. That’s about a second off of the meet and conference record the Cavaliers set two years ago, but at the moment, that appears to be the fastest time in the NCAA this season (although that could change soon this evening).

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Paige Madden is Not Used to Racing the Mile, Wins by 11 Seconds Anyway (Video)

By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam

Horizon League – Men and Women

• Wednesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 22
• Oakland Aquatics Center, Rochester, MI (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: Oakland men (6x) & Oakland women (6x) (results)
• Live results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• Day 1 Finals Results
• Day 2 Finals Results
• Day 3 Finals Results
• Day 4 Finals Results
• Full Results (PDF)

FINAL TEAM SCORES

WOMEN

1. Oakland – 927.5
2. Cleveland State – 594
3. IUPUI – 531
4. UIC – 388
5. Milwaukee – 336.5
6. Green Bay – 288
7. Youngstown State – 282

MEN

1. Oakland – 858
2. Cleveland State – 633
3. UIC – 544
4. IUPUI – 479.5
5. Green Bay – 408
6. Milwaukee – 351.5
7. Youngstown State – 97

Horizon League Honors:

• Coach of the Year: Pete Hovland (Oakland)
• Women’s Athlete of the Year: Susan LaGrand (Oakland)
• Men’s Athlete of the Year: Marko Khotynetskyi (Oakland)
• Women’s Freshman of the Year: Emily Aycock (Oakland)
• Men’s Freshman of the Year: Marko Khotynetskyi (Oakland)
• Diver of the Meet: Felix LaFortune (UIC)

The Oakland Golden Grizzlies secured the men’s and women’s team titles at the 2020 Horizon League Championships tonight, marking the 7th straight title for both. The Oakland women were on the edge of sweeping the swimming events at these championships, but UIC’s Lilly Culp snapped the streak on the final individual swimming event of the meet, the 200 fly. Culp swam a lifetime best 2:00.58 to pick up the first non-Oakland swimming win in a women’s event. She got out to the early lead, swimming a 57.60 on the first 100, and expanded on her lead through the end of the race. 500 free champion Sohvi Nenonen (Oakland) came in 2nd with a 2:02.37.

It was all Oakland in the other women’s events of the day, with freshman Emily Aycock taking the women’s 1650 free. Aycock, the 200 free champion from yesterday, swam a 16:53.37 to finish the race as the only swimmer in the field to break 17:00.

Susan LaGrand, Women’s Swimmer of the Year, won the 200 back in a new Horizon League record tonight, swimming a 1:56.58. LaGrand was the defending champion in the event, who held the previous Horizon League record at 1:56.74. Senior teammate Grace Shinske came in 2nd, swimming a best time of 1:57.17. Shinske was also runner-up behind LaGrand last year, and was the conference champion in 2018.

LaGrand and Shinske teamed up with freshman Sohvi Nenonen and senior Katie Colwell to win the women’s 400 free in a new pool record time of 3:20.42. LaGrand led the Golden Grizzlies off in 50.76, with Shinske following in 50.25, then Nenonen in 50.19, and Colwell splitting 49.22 on the end. Oakland had the top 3 fastest splits out of the field. The squad broke the pool record of 3:21.03, which was set by Oakland the last time they hosted the Horizon League Championships, back in 2016.

Katie Colwell defended her title in the women’s 100 free earlier in the session, swimming a 49.99. Colwell won the event in 49.80 last year. Oakland junior Sydney McDowell completed a sweep of the breaststroke events, swiming a 2:12.77 to win the 200 breast. That marked a new lifetime best for McDowell, as she led a 1-2-3-4 charge for Oakland. Sophomore Taylor Bailey (2:13.59), freshman Kiera Brough (2:16.12), and sophomore Erin Donagan (2:17.88) were the next 3 swimmers in.

In the men’s events, Oakland freshman Marko Khotynetskyi won a broke the Horizon League record in the 200 back. Khotynetskyi clocked a 1:43.12 to narrowly touch out Cleveland State’s Dominik Niedzialek (1:43.19). Niedzialek slightly outsplit Khotynetskyi on the front half, 50.50 to 50.61 on the first 100, but Khotynetskyi came home faster.

Oakland freshman Christian Bart won the men’s 100 free, touching in 43.76 to finish as the only swimmer in the field under 44 seconds. With that time, Bart is now the 2nd fastest Golden Grizzly all-time. Bart also anchored the winning Oakland 400 free relay in a blistering 42.99. Khotynetskyi led the relay team off in 44.99, and was followed by junior Mack Flowers (43.86), junior Rudy Aguilar (44.45), and Bart, for a 2:56.29.

UIC had their biggest night of the meet, picking up 3 wins on the day. Hunter Crook (junior) won the men’s 1650 free, defending his title in 15:26.95. With that swim, Crook broke his own UIC record of 15:27.52. Teammate Luke Hutchinson (senior) took the men’s 200 fly with a 1:46.37, setting a new personal best and repeating as the Horizon League champion. UIC also picked up a win when Felix LaFortunate, later named the Diver of the Meet, took men’s 3 meter diving. He posted a final score of 358.10 to claim victory.

Maxwell Boehnlein, a Green Bay junior, won the men’s 200 breast with a 1:58.01, beating out 100 breast champ, Ryan Geheb of Oakland (1:58.77). Boehnlein used a quick 1:01.45 on the back half of the race to pull ahead and get his hands on the wall first.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Oakland Wins 7th-Straight Horizon League Titles, More Records Fall on Day 4

By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam

Missouri Valley Conference – Women

• Wednesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 22
• Mizzou Aquatic Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (Central Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: Missouri State (3x) (results)
• Live results (Available on MeetMobile)
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• Full Results

FINAL TEAM SCORES

1. Missouri State – 826.5
2. Southern Illinois – 603
3. Indiana State – 539.5
4. Illinois State – 454
5. Northern Iowa – 445
6. Evansville – 272
7. Little Rock – 216
8. Valparaiso – 126

AWARDS

• Freshman Diver of the Year: Anna Penning, UNI
• Freshman Swimmer of the Year: Lucia Romero, Southern Illinois
• Diver of the Year: Baobao Ji, Southern Illinois
• Swimmer of the Year: Kierston Farley-Sepe, Illinois state
• Diving Coach of the Year: Chunhua Zhao, Southern Illinois
• Swimming Coach of the Year: Dave Collins, Missouri State

Missouri State won their 4th-straight Missouri Valley Conference title tonight, finishing ahead of runner-up Southern Illinois by over 200 points. Also of note, the Illinois State Redbirds narrowly overtook Northern Iowa for 4th by 9 points in the final standings.

Missouri State’s Liberty Howell made it 3-for-3 on the meet, taking the 1650 free in a time of 16:44.16, leading a 1-2-3-4 charge by the Bears. Howell was 1st, with Sam Hietpas coming in 2nd (16:52.49), Grace Beahan took 3rd with a 16:57.07, and Alex Thorson came in 4th (16:59.43). Howell also won the 200 free and 500 free earlier in the meet.

Anna Miller was another Bear who went 3-for-3 on the meet, taking the 100 free. She swam a 49.28 to dominate the field by well over a second. Miller’s title tonight was her 3rd MVC 100 free title in a row. Howell and Miller teamed up with Alex Thorson and Hannah Amelung to win the 400 free relay. Thorson (51.84), Howell (50.39), Amelung (51.68), and Miller (49.33) combined to post a 3:23.24, touching the wall first by over a second.

Missouri State Picked up one other win on the day, with Alessio Puleo swimming a 2:13.92 to narrowly beat out Northern Iowa’s Moriah Ross (2:14.23). Puleo came home in 35.29 on the last 50, compared to 35.99 for Ross, running Ross downto get her hands on the wall first.

Illinois State’s Kierston Farley-Sepe was another swimmer who completed a 3 event sweep, taking the 200 fly with a time of 1:58.82. Farley-Sepe also won the 200 Im and 400 IM earlier in the meet, breaking conference records in both. She led a 1-2 punch by the Redbirds in the 200 fly, with Haley Rivera taking 2nd with a 2:02.66. Farley-Sepe went on to be named Swimmer of the Meet for her efforts.

Northern Iowa’s Katie Taylor was dominant in the 200 back, swimming a 1:56.72 to take the title by nearly 2 seconds. That performance marked Taylor’s 3rd-straight MVC title in the 200 back. 100 back champion Lucia Romero (Southern Illinois) came in 3rd with a 1:58.65.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Missouri State Wins 4th-Straight Misouri Valley Conference Title

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

Il coronavirus nelle ultime 48 ore si è diffuso nel Nord Italia, in particolare nelle Regioni di Lombardia E Veneto.

Al momento, in Italia si contano due decessi, uno in Lombardia e uno in Veneto.

Primi casi positivi a Milano (ancora non confermato) e Torino.

Le vittime sono due anziani, un uomo della Bassa e una donna di Casalpusterlengo.

Il secondo giorno dell’emergenza del coronavirus ha portato l’estensione delle aree soggette a monitoraggio a tutto il Centro Nord.

Il Consiglio dei Ministri ha emanato dunque un decreto legge attraverso il quale si impedisce a tutte le persone residenti o domiciliate nelle aree interessate di allontani dalle stesse.

E’ stato inoltre disposta la sospensione di tutte le manifestazioni sportive pubbliche nelle regioni di Lombardi e Veneto.

Il CONI ha dunque invitato le federazioni sportive nazionali, le discipline associate e gli enti di promozione sportiva a sospendere per la giornata di domenica 23 febbraio tutte le attività sportive in programma nelle regioni di Lombardia e Veneto. 

La Federnuoto – dando seguito ai provvedimenti cautelativi adottati già da venerdì – ha pertanto sospeso le relative attività. (Fonte Federnuoto.it)

EMERGENZA CORONAVIRUS

La situazione è andata evolvendosi rapidamente nelle ultime 48 ore.

Ieri mattina vi avevamo notiziati circa la sospensione delle attività nei comuni lombardi di:

• Codogno
• Castiglione d’Adda
• Casalpusterlengo
• Maleo
• Fombio
• Bertonico
• Castelgerundo
• Terranova dei Passerini
• Somaglia
• San Fiorano

La Federazione Italiana Nuoto ha diramato un comunicato stampa nel quale si sospendono le attività nella zona colpita dall’epidemia dicoronavirus.

Sono stati momentaneamente sospesi dalle attività anche tutti gli atleti, i tecnici, i dirigenti e gli ufficiali gara che risiedono nei comuni isolati.

Si legge nel comunicato ufficiale:

In via cautelativa e su indicazioni delle autorità sanitarie, la Federnuoto, in accordo con il Comitato Regionale Lombardia, sospende tutte le gare in programma nei dieci Comuni isolati del lodigiano indicati dalla Regione Lombardia

DETERMINAZIONI DEL COMITATO REGIONALE LOMBARDIA

Il Comitato Regionale della Lombardia della Federazione Italiana Nuoto ha pubblicato ieri la seguente determina:

A causa della criticità determinata dal Coronavirus che ha coinvolto alcune zone del Lodigiano, e nel rispetto dell’ordinanza emanata in data odierna da Regione Lombardia, il Comitato regionale lombardo della Federazione italiana nuoto ha deciso che i presidenti della società interessate possono chiedere il rinvio delle partite di pallanuoto di sabato 22, domenica 23 e lunedì 24 febbraio di tutti campionati nelle quali risultino coinvolti atleti, tecnici e dirigenti residenti o tesserati per società con sede o impianti di allenamento nei comuni oggetto dell’ordinanza sopracitata.

Allo stesso modo, il Comitato regionale lombardo della Federazione italiana nuoto ha deciso di sospendere la partecipazione a tutte le manifestazioni agonistiche in programma sabato 22, domenica 23 degli atleti, dirigenti e tecnici tesserati per società con sede o impianti di allenamento nei comuni oggetto dell’ordinanza sopracitata.

TROFEO CITTA’ DI MILANO CONFERMATO

Il Trofeo Città di Milano è confermato. L’importante manifestazione internazionale, avrà luogo il prossimo fine settimana.

Il comitato organizzatore del Trofeo Città di Milano porterà avanti con normalità la preparazione del meeting in programma per il prossimo fine settimana (28, 29 Febbraio e 1 Marzo), seguendo con attenzione e scrupolo le disposizioni prescrittive e cautelative da parte delle Autorità, circa il problema “coronavirus”.

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LA SOSPENSIONE DELLE ATTIVITA’ DI FIN Veneto

Anche FIN Veneto prende misure cautelari per contrastare la diffusione del coronavirus.

Dopo l’annuncio della Federazione Italiana Nuoto e del Comitato Regionale lombardo, FIN Veneto ha diramato il seguente comunicato:

A causa della criticità determinata dal Coronavirus, è sospesa la partecipazione di Atleti e Società del Comune di Vo’ alle manifestazioni in programma questo fine settimana in linea con l’ordinanza emessa dal Comune medesimo.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Il Coronavirus Ferma Tutto Lo Sport In Lombardia E Veneto

By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam

2020 WOMEN’S ACC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, February 19th to Saturday, February 22nd | Prelims 10:00 am | Finals 6:00 pm (1650 prelims Saturday at 4:00 pm)
• Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: North Carolina State University (NC State) (1x) (results)
• Streaming: ACC Network
  • Day 2 Finals
  • Day 3 Finals
  • Day 4 Finals
• Championship Central: Here
• Detailed Timeline: Here
• Psych Sheets: Here
• Live Results

On Saturday, February 22nd, 2020, the University of Virginia finished the ACC Championships with another victory–the 16th in program history.

Despite UVA’s 9-year win streak from 2008 until 2016, they were knocked off the top of the podium by NC State in both 2017 and 2019. Furthermore, this year the Cavaliers scored more points than ever before in program history.

For a more detailed read on UVA’s accomplishment this weekend, click here.

After the meet ended on Saturday, SwimSwam caught up with Virginia Head Coach Todd DeSorbo to talk about the 2020 ACC Championships and what the future holds for swimming and diving at the University of Virginia.

FINAL SCORES

1. Virginia – 1492.5
2. NC State – 1333
3. Louisville – 1105.5
4. North Carolina – 839
5. Notre Dame – 784
6. Duke – 675.5
7. Florida State – 555
8. Virginia Tech – 469
9. Georgia Tech – 407.5
10. Pitt – 359
11. Miami – 298
12. Boston College – 164

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Virginia Head Coach Todd DeSorbo Breaks Down Women’s ACC Team Title (Video)

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

This is Pancake Hot Take, where we rate racing on a scale of 1-5 pancakes, and give you our highlights. This is week 1 of major NCAA DI Conference championships, and we are taking you through every day of racing with our picks for the top swims

We have got some pep back in our step for Day 4! Everyone finished their meets on a strong note, seeing historic swims left and right. For that, we give Day 4…

4 PANCAKES

Let’s get into it.

• Race of the Day: The Florida men keep impressing, as Bobby Finkedemolishes the American, US Open and NCAA record in the 1,650, dropping a 14:12.08
• Surprise of the Day: … I’ll be honest, there weren’t a ton of surprises, but here are a couple more impressive swims:
  • Erika Brown goes 45.83 in the 100 free, becoming the 2nd woman ever to break 46 seconds in the event
  • Shaine Casas goes 1:37.20 200 back to become #5 performer all-time and break Ryan Lochte‘s meet record from 2005
• Syrup on Top: The Tennessee women win their first ever SEC title, while the Ohio State women come out of nowhere to win their first B1G team title since 1986

HOW MANY PANCAKES DO YOU THINK TODAY DESERVED? LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW

Stay tuned for Pancake Hot Takes every day after finals. And until then… stay hungry.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Pancake Hot Take: Week 1, Day 4 of Conference Championship Season

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2020 SEC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, February 18 – Saturday, February 22, 2020
• Auburn, AL – James E. Martin Aquatic Center
• Prelims/Finals: 9:30 AM/5:30 PM Wed-Sat, 10/4:20PM Tues (Central Standard Time)
• Defending Champion: Florida (7x) (results)
• Live Video – SEC Network+ (prelims), ESPN (finals)
• Men’s Fan Guide|Women’s Fan Guide
• Psych Sheets
• Championship Central
• Estimated NCAA Invite Times|NCAA ‘A’ Cuts
• Live Results

Tennessee senior Erika Brown closed out her SEC Championship career on Saturday with a win, SEC Championship, and SEC Conference Record in the women’s 100 yard freestyle. She swam a 45.83 that is the 3rd-best swim in history, and makes her the 2nd-fastest ever in that event’s history.

• Read more about the record-setting swim here.

Brown, as compared to Simone Manuel when the latter marked the fastest-ever time in this event of 45.56, has a very different approach to the race. At 5’11” tall, Manuel has a much more powerful stroke with a lower recovery, whereas Brown, who is only 5’7″, is more of a “sit up high and slide across the surface” freestyler, using a high windmilling recovery stroke. Brown, however, takes much fewer strokes in a yards race, owing to much longer spent underwater. This difference in particular is part of the reason why Manuel’s swimming, thus far, has translated better to the long course pool.

Stroke counts:

• Manuel: 11-13-13-14
• Brown: 9-10-11-13

Whereas Manuel swam about 65 yards of her race on the surface, Brown only swam about 50 yards of her race on the surface. So whereas Manuel’s distance-per-stroke was somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.3 yards, Brown’s is closer to 1.15 yards. That comes out to almost 6 inches per stroke more length that Manuel gets than Brown.

Watch Video of Erika Brown‘s swim below:

Read the full story on SwimSwam: WATCH: Erika Brown Break SEC Record in Women’s 100 Yard Freestyle (45.83)

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

TROFEO CITTA’ DI MILANO 2020

• 28-29 Febbrai, 01 Marzo 2020
• Piscina Samuele, Via Trani, Milano
• Vasca Lunga 50 mt
• Sito web
• Accrediti Stampa
• SwimSwam Italia preview

L’evoluzione della gestione dell’epidemia del coronavirus in Italia, ha portato nelle ultime ore l’annullamento di tutte le manifestazioni pubbliche in programma nella regione della Lombardia e del Veneto.

Riportiamo il comunicato stampa degli organizzatori del Trofeo Città di Milano.

La manifestazione è stata sospesa.

COMUNICATO STAMPA

Considerata la situazione “coronavirus”. L’evoluzione del problema, e soprattutto le misure temporanee indicate dalle Autorità, il Comitato Organizzatore del Trofeo Città di Milano ha stabilito di sospendere la manifestazione in programma per i prossimi 28, 29 Febbraio e 1 Marzo.

Si invitano tutti coloro che hanno preso un impegno con la società (fornitori, atleti, squadre, pubblico) ad attendere di ricevere comunicazioni, senza cercare di contattare lo staff, in quanto si andrebbe a congestionare una situazione già impegnativa di per sé.

Stiamo parlando di 1500 atleti, altrettanto pubblico, prenotazioni alberghiere, viaggi, allestimenti, fornitori e tante altre risorse.

L’idea è di spostare l’evento di qualche mese. Attualmente non è il momento di concentrarsi sul dopo, quanto quello di attenerci alle indicazioni degli organi competenti e di tamponare la situazione, che anche economicamente metterà non poco in difficoltà la società.

Grazie allo Staff e al Comitato Organizzatore che si stanno adoperando per gestire la cosa, grazie a tutti per la comprensione e l’attenzione.

Informazioni e aggiornamenti verranno dati tempestivamente 

EMERGENZA CORONAVIRUS

Il coronavirus nelle ultime 48 ore si è diffuso nel Nord Italia, in particolare nelle Regioni di Lombardia E Veneto.

Al momento, in Italia si contano due decessi, uno in Lombardia e uno in Veneto.

Primi casi positivi a Milano (ancora non confermato) e Torino.

Le vittime sono due anziani, un uomo della Bassa e una donna di Casalpusterlengo.

Il secondo giorno dell’emergenza del coronavirus ha portato l’estensione delle aree soggette a monitoraggio a tutto il Centro Nord.

Il Consiglio dei Ministri ha emanato dunque un decreto legge attraverso il quale si impedisce a tutte le persone residenti o domiciliate nelle aree interessate di allontani dalle stesse.

E’ stato inoltre disposta la sospensione di tutte le manifestazioni sportive pubbliche nelle regioni di Lombardi e Veneto.

Il CONI ha dunque invitato le federazioni sportive nazionali, le discipline associate e gli enti di promozione sportiva a sospendere per la giornata di domenica 23 febbraio tutte le attività sportive in programma nelle regioni di Lombardia e Veneto. 

La Federnuoto – dando seguito ai provvedimenti cautelativi adottati già da venerdì – ha pertanto sospeso le relative attività. (Fonte Federnuoto.it)

La situazione è andata evolvendosi rapidamente nelle ultime 48 ore.

Ieri mattina vi avevamo notiziati circa la sospensione delle attività nei comuni lombardi di:

• Codogno
• Castiglione d’Adda
• Casalpusterlengo
• Maleo
• Fombio
• Bertonico
• Castelgerundo
• Terranova dei Passerini
• Somaglia
• San Fiorano

La Federazione Italiana Nuoto ha diramato un comunicato stampa nel quale si sospendono le attività nella zona colpita dall’epidemia dicoronavirus.

DETERMINAZIONI DEL COMITATO REGIONALE LOMBARDIA

Il Comitato Regionale della Lombardia della Federazione Italiana Nuoto ha pubblicato ieri la seguente determina:

A causa della criticità determinata dal Coronavirus che ha coinvolto alcune zone del Lodigiano, e nel rispetto dell’ordinanza emanata in data odierna da Regione Lombardia, il Comitato regionale lombardo della Federazione italiana nuoto ha deciso che i presidenti della società interessate possono chiedere il rinvio delle partite di pallanuoto di sabato 22, domenica 23 e lunedì 24 febbraio di tutti campionati nelle quali risultino coinvolti atleti, tecnici e dirigenti residenti o tesserati per società con sede o impianti di allenamento nei comuni oggetto dell’ordinanza sopracitata.

Allo stesso modo, il Comitato regionale lombardo della Federazione italiana nuoto ha deciso di sospendere la partecipazione a tutte le manifestazioni agonistiche in programma sabato 22, domenica 23 degli atleti, dirigenti e tecnici tesserati per società con sede o impianti di allenamento nei comuni oggetto dell’ordinanza sopracitata.

LA SOSPENSIONE DELLE ATTIVITA’ DI FIN VENETO

Anche FIN Veneto prende misure cautelari per contrastare la diffusione del coronavirus.

Dopo l’annuncio della Federazione Italiana Nuoto e del Comitato Regionale lombardo, FIN Veneto ha diramato il seguente comunicato:

A causa della criticità determinata dal Coronavirus, è sospesa la partecipazione di Atleti e Società del Comune di Vo’ alle manifestazioni in programma questo fine settimana in linea con l’ordinanza emessa dal Comune medesimo.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Emergenza Coronavirus: Trofeo Città Di Milano Sospeso

By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam

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Workout Context

• Purpose:  Base building
• Target age group:  13-14 years old, 9-12 years old
• Target level:  Age Group (Advanced)
• Weeks until target meet:  10 weeks
• Team Location:  United States
• Course:  25 Yards
• Shared workout link:  Click here to view this workout on commitswimming.com

The Workout

‘Work WORKS’

1x
    20 x 25 Choice on :30
    [Every 5th Whole 25 UWD]
    
Rest 2:00

1x
    +Gear of Your Choice
    20 x 50 on 1:00
    [1-5 DPS, 6-9 Descend 10 Hold]

Rest 2:00

1x
    20 x 75 on 1:15
    [O – FR, E – NO FR]
    [Last 25 = Build to 100% + 2x UWDs or Pullout]
        
Rest 4:00

1x
    20 x 100 on 1:20
    [Every 4th = 100 IM RACE]
        
Rest 2:00

1x
    +Snorkel + Pull Buoy
    20 x 25 Freestyle Pull [Vertical Body + OPEN HIPS] on :30
    Rest 1:40
    20 x 25 Social Kick on :40

Coach Notes

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2020 NYE Practice with ASA’s NDG Group (11-14s)

Christopher Schlegel
Head Age Group Coach, All Star Aquatics

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Daily Swim Coach Workout #80

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2020 AAC SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, February 19 – Saturday, February 22
• CRCW Natatorium – Houston, TX (Central Standard Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: Houston (3x), Cincinnati (2x)
• 2019 Results
• Live Results
• Women’s Fan Guide|Men’s Fan Guide
• Championship Central

On the final night of the 2020 AAC Championships, the East Carolina men came from behind to pull off a 7-point victory over defending champion Cincinnati. The Houston women secured their 4th-straight AAC title.

East Carolina freshman Kristen Stege swam to a new Meet Record in the women’s mile. She took over 3 seconds off the former record set by Sara Wanasek of Cincinnati in 2018, winning the race in 16:11.98. This appears to have been Stege’s first swim in the event based on the USA Swimming database. Tulane freshman Lilly Byrne made a huge drop to take 2nd. Her 16:15.69 was a best by 25 seconds. Teammate Olivia Johnson, the 2019 champion, dropped over 12 seconds to take bronze in 16:18.63.

Houston’s Peyton Kondis picked up a sweep of the breaststrokes. She was just 3 tenths shy of her best as she took the 200 breast title in 2:09.93. That was her 2nd time breaking 2:10. Kondis was tenths away from the Meet Record, which stands at a 2:09.29 done by SMU’s Andrea Podmanikova in 2018. Podmanikova transferred out of the AAC and now swims for NC State.

Teammate Mykenzie Leehy completed the sprint sweep. Leehy, who won the 50 free and took silver in the 200 free, won the 100 free on day 4. She once again went head-to-head with fellow CougarZarena Brown after Brown had outpaced her in the 200. This time, Leehy got to the wall first in 48.67, just a hundredth shy of her best. Brown was also just shy of a best as she touched in 48.98 for the silver.

UConn’s William Kearsey picked up his 3rd win of the meet for a sprint sweep on the men’s side. Kearsey, the 50 free and 100 back champion, took over a second off his best, winning the race in 42.64. He later led off the 400 free relay in 42.95, giving him 2 sub-43 swims in one day.

ECU’s Gustavo Santos, who set a Meet Record in the 100 fly, edged out SMU’s Daniel Forndal for silver in the 100 free, 43.45 to 43.47. Teammate Marek Osina made a huge drop in the 200 back, taking 2.5 seconds off his best to win it in 1:43.04. Cincinnati’s Blake Hanna, the 2019 champion, was 2nd in 1:43.49. That was just off his best time, as he’d swum a 1:43.37 in prelims. Osina, a sophomore, has 2 more years to go after the Meet Record, which stands at a 1:41.50 done by Louisville All-American Grigory Tarasevich in 2014.

SMU’s Caleb Rhodenbaugh pushed ahead of ECU’s Jacek Arentewicz on the 3rd 50 of the 200 breast. Arentewicz kicked it into gear on the final 50 to close the gap, but Rhodenbaugh held on to win in 1:54.74 to Arentewicz’s 1:54.93. Rhodenbaugh had never been under 1:55 before this meet, but swam his lifetime best twice as he matched his prelims time to win the final. He also matched Arentewicz’s 2019 winning time down to the hundredth. Both men were narrowly shy of the Meet Record, which Arentewicz set at a 1:54.55 in 2018.

Additional Day 4 Winners

• Houston’s Ioanna Sacha broke 1:55 for the first time to win the 200 back in 1:54.96. Teammate Laura Laderoute, the 100 back champion, was 2nd in 1:56.26.
• Cincinnati freshman Noah Smith dropped over 20 seconds to win the mile in 15:03.83. He has 3 more years to go after Chris Bready’s record of 14:54.88. Teammate Tyler Jones dropped 15 seconds for silver in 15:05.71.
• SMU’s Olivia Grossklaus, the 2019 runner-up, took over a second off her best to win the 200 fly in 1:56.44. She finished ahead of teammate Erin Trahan, the 2019 champion, who touched in 1:57.06.
• Zarena Brown anchored for Houston’s 400 free relay in 48.66. They won the race in 3:17.39.
• Gustavo Santos split a 42.68 on the 3rd leg for ECU as they won the men’s race in 2:54.04.

FINAL TEAM SCORES – WOMEN

  1. Houston, University of          952.5   2. Southern Methodist University   640.5
  3. Cincinnati, University of         562   4. East Carolina University        461.5
  5. Tulane University                 456   6. Connecticut, University of      356.5

FINAL TEAM SCORES – MEN

  1. East Carolina University          845   2. Cincinnati, University of         838
  3. Southern Methodist University     763   4. Connecticut, University of        588

Read the full story on SwimSwam: East Carolina Men Defeat Cincinnati, Houston Women Win 4th-Straight AAC Title

By Andrew Mering on SwimSwam

2020 WOMEN’S B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Swimming & Diving
• When: Wednesday, February 19th to Saturday, February 22nd | Prelims 11am | Finals 6:30pm (6pm Saturday)
• Where: Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, Iowa City, Iowa (Central Time Zone)
• Live Results
• Championship Central: here
• Estimated NCAA Invite Times
• NCAA ‘A’ Cuts

First a few notes

• The highest scoring class at the meet were Ohio State’s juniors who put up and astounding 487 points, 186 points more than the next best class, the Michigan juniors who scored 301.
• The Ohio State seniors were the top scoring senior class with 287.5, but Ohio State still return the most individual points with 932. Michigan are next best with  766.
• Ohio State had the top freshmen class with 287 individual points, followed closely by Northwestern with 273.
• By Swimulator power points the best swim of the meet was Maggie MacNeil‘s 49.42 100 fly.
• The most points any team scored in any event was Michigan’s 130 in the 100 fly. Next best was Ohio State’s 128 in the 400 IM.

There is a lot of data below. A quick table of contents: Final Scores, Individual Scores by Class, Score Progression, Points in Each Event for Each Team, Number of Times Each Team Got Each Place (Individual Events), and Individual Swimmer Performance Breakdown

Final Scores

1. Ohio State: 1503.5
2. Michigan: 1306.5
3. Indiana: 964
4. Northwestern: 907.5
5. Wisconsin: 734
6. Minnesota: 617
7. Purdue: 602
8. Penn State: 517.5
9. Iowa: 430
10. Nebraska: 385
11. Rutgers: 291
12. Michigan State: 203
13. Illinois: 193

Individual Scores by Year

Score Progression

What the score was after each event

Points in Each Event

What each team scored in each event

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2020 WOMEN’S B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Swimming & Diving
• When: Wednesday, February 19th to Saturday, February 22nd | Prelims 11am | Finals 6:30pm (6pm Saturday)
• Where: Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, Iowa City, Iowa (Central Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: Indiana University Hoosiers (1x) (results)
• Live Results
• Streaming: Big Ten Network
• Championship Central: here
• Fan Guide
• Estimated NCAA Invite Times
• NCAA ‘A’ Cuts
• Day 4 Prelims Recap

It was a record-breaking meet for Michigan sophomore Maggie MacNeil this weekend in Iowa City. On Saturday, she closed that meet with a Big Ten Record (conference and championship) in the women’s 100 free, winning the final in 46.57 and setting another NCAA “Automatic” Qualifying Time.

MacNeil broke the University of Michigan and Big Ten Records in the 100 yard freestyle that were both previously held by Siobhan Haughey in 46.64 from the 2019 NCAA Championships. Haughey also held the old Championship Record of 47.06 from last year’s Big Ten meet.

MacNeil set the Big Ten Championship Record in the 100 fly this week in 49.42 as well, though was still short of her tied-for-best-ever time of 49.26 set earlier this season at the Minnesota Invite. She also had the fastest-ever 50 yard backstroke in a 200 medley relay leadoff.

MacNeil was one of two Michigan Wolverines to set Big Ten Records on the final day of competition, along with teammate Olivia Carter, who swam 1:53.28 in the 200 fly. In spite of the records, it was Ohio State that used overwhelming depth at the meet to cruise to a 197-point margin of victory.

MacNeil is already having a better season this year than her prior history-making freshman season, but her end-of-season planning is a little more complicated than most of her competitors. That’s because the women’s NCAA Championship meet, which will be held from March 18th-21st,  will finish only 9 days before the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials in Toronto.

While in her specialty event, the 100 fly, where she’s the defending World Champion, MacNeil has about 2 seconds of cushion before she’d be in danger of losing a spot on the team, if she wants to expand her schedule at all from there, the slots get more competitive.

2019 Canadian Ranking:

Women’s 50 Free

1. Kayla Sanchez, 25.31
2. Hanna Henderson, 25.33
3. Maggie MacNeil, 25.40
4. Taylor Ruck/Sarah Fournier, 25.45

Women’s 100 Free

1. Taylor Ruck – 53.03
2. Penny Oleksiak – 53.60
3. Kayla Sanchez – 53.61
4. Maggie MacNeil– 54.51
5. Rebecca Smith – 54.82

While MacNeil is young enough to bounce back quickly after NCAAs, and has shown the ability to swim fast at off-meets before, Swimming Canada is loaded with young talent that will be hungry to chase Olympic spots, making this year’s Trials meets rather unpredictable.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Maggie MacNeil Finishes Big Ten Championships with 100 Free Conference Record

By Lauren Neidigh on SwimSwam

2020 SEC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, February 18 – Saturday, February 22, 2020
• Auburn, AL – James E. Martin Aquatic Center
• Prelims/Finals: 9:30 AM/5:30 PM Wed-Sat, 10/4:20PM Tues (Central Standard Time)
• Defending Champion: Florida (7x) (results)
• Live Video – SEC Network+ (prelims), ESPN (finals)
• Men’s Fan Guide|Women’s Fan Guide
• Psych Sheets
• Championship Central
• Estimated NCAA Invite Times|NCAA ‘A’ Cuts
• Live Results

The 2020 SEC Championships in Auburn, Alabama came to a close last night as the Tennessee women won their first-ever SEC team title and the Florida men made it 8-straight wins. Several swimmers broke records at the meet, including American Records set by Erika Brown, Bobby Finke, and Kieran Smith. Alabama backstrokers Rhyan White and Zane Waddell crushed SEC Records. Auburn took down the records in both sprint relays, putting up the 2nd fastest 200 free relay in history with Julie Meynen, Claire Fisch, Robyn Clevenger, and freshmen AJ Kutsch (200 free relay) and Abbey Webb (400 free relay).

SwimSwam haa already posted most of the men’s race videos, but now we’ve found several of the women’s races as well. You can check out some of the women’s race videos below, courtesy of UGA Swim & Dive on YouTube. That includes videos of the records set in the 200 back prelims and 50 free final.

WOMEN’S 200 BACK PRELIMS (RHYAN WHITE RECORD)

WOMEN’S 50 FREE

WOMEN’S 200 FREE RELAY

WOMEN’S 400 FREE RELAY

WOMEN’S 200 IM

WOMEN’S 200 BREAST

WOMEN’S 200 FREE

WOMEN’S 100 BREAST

WOMEN’S MILE

WOMEN’S 100 FREE

WOMEN’S 200 FLY

WOMEN’S 200 IM

WOMEN’S 100 FLY

WOMEN’S 500 FREE

WOMEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY

WOMEN’S 800 FREE RELAY

Read the full story on SwimSwam: WATCH: Auburn’s Record-Setting Relays, Women’s Race Videos from 2020 SECs

By Ben Dornan on SwimSwam

2020 CASCADE TRANS MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL

• Saturday, February 22nd & Sunday, February 23rd
• Brookfield YMCA at Seton
• 50m (LCM)
• Psych Sheets
• Results

The 2020 Cascade Trans Mountain Festival is a two day meet hosted by the Cascade Swim Club in Calgary, Alberta. On the first night, a rather larger fraction of Canada’s current national team delivered some speedy in-season swims, just over a month out of 2020 Olympic Trials. Among the big names making an appearance are 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and recently un-retired Brent Hayden, 2019 double World Junior Champion Jade Hannah, 2019 World Junior bronze medalist Cole Pratt and leading Canadian distance swimmer Mackenzie Padington.

Following an impressive prelim swim of 49.91 in the 100 freestyle, Brent Hayden showed us that he is back and means business with a winning time of 49.51. He repeated tonight as the only sub-50 swim of the meet, with Stephen Caulkins coming in at second with a 50.90 and Carson Olafson getting bronze with a 51.35.

This time for Hayden maintains his second place Canadian ranking this season, still sitting behind Yuri Kisil’s 49.48 from the Knoxville Pro Swim Series. Hayden will race his second of two events on Sunday in the form of 50 free where he is entered with a top seed of 22.34.

Update: Markus Thormeyer jumped to the top Canadian spot with a 49.36 at USport Championships leaving Kisil in the second spot and Hayden third

Reigning World Junior Champion Jade Hannah took home two golds tonight, winning the 50 freestyle in a 26.18 and the 100 backstroke in a 1:00.68. On the 50 freestyle podium, Hannah was joined by Ingrid Wilm who took silver with a 26.57 and Elizabeth Ling with a 26.63 for bronze. In her second event, she was followed by Ingrid Wilm once again for second and Hana Edwards for third, swimming times of 1:01.06 and 1:03.95, respectively.

Hannah’s season best in the 100 back is a 1:00.32, second to two time World Champ Kylie Masse’s January swim of 59.48. 17 year old Hannah is gunning for a first spot on her first Olympic team but faces stiff competition. Assuming a victory from standout Masse at Trials, Hannah will be up against the likes of Taylor Ruck, Kayla Sanchez, Regan Rathwell, and Danielle Hanus, among others for the second spot.

Another big name on the World Junior scene who is quickly making a name for himself on a senior level, looking to get to Tokyo this summer is Cole Pratt. Like Hannah, Pratt picked up double gold tonight, taking the top spot in the 200 backstroke and 200 IM.

With a time of 2:00.19 in the 200 back, Pratt secured gold, just 0.07 off of his season best of 2:00.12 from the 2019 Toyota U.S Open in December. He remains as the third ranked this season in Canada, behind Markus Thormeyer and Javier Acevedo who are tied for first, having just dipped under 2:00 with a 1:59.90. Earlier in the year, Pratt broke Thormeyer’s 1:51.57 short course record in the 200 back with a 1:51.30. Pratt was followed in the 200 backstroke by Mathieu Cyr at 2:12.21 for silver, and Aiden Luykenaare with a 2:14.59 for bronze.

To claim his second gold of the night, Cole Pratt raced to a 2:04.03 in the 200 IM which was just off his season best of 2:02.95 from December at the Toyota U.S Open. Jacob Gallant (2:06.24) was second and Apollo Hess (2:12.81) was third.

Padington raced to gold in the 800 freestyle tonight with a 8:46.51 ahead of Chantel Jeffrey for silver (9:02.40) and Ellie Maradyn for bronze (9:06.49). Padington will also be looking for a spot on her first Olympic squad come April where she will have a shot to make the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles. Padington is Canada’s current season leader in the 400 and 800 freestyles with a 4:12.77 and 8:43.84 but still sits outside Swimming Canada’s Olympic Nomination Times of 4:09.14 and 8:35.93. Padington has Canada’s 5th ranked 1500 free this season at a 16:56.08.

Distance swimmer Mackenzie Padington was top seed by nearly 10 second with a 1:58.82 after prelims in the 200 freestyle tonight but didn’t swim the final. Instead, Teagan McKenzie took gold with a 2:07.31, followed by Eliza Housman for silver at 2:08.24 and Payton Kelly took bronze with 2:08.38.

High Performance Center Vancouver’s Haley Black went in as top seed in the 100 fly with a 1:00.85 but ultimately disqualified the final. This left Elizabeth Ling to claim her second medal of the night, taking gold in a 1:05.19. Silver went to Kennedy Scott with a 1:05.99 and Meghan Abel took bronze with 1:06.44.

Richard Funk and Josiah Binemma, who have each represented Canada multiple times on a senior international level each picked up an individual gold. Funk in the 100 breast with a 1:02.38 and Binemma in the 50 fly with a 24.49. Both looking to make their Olympic berths this year, Funk currently sits at third in the country this season with a 1:02.16 from December. Binemma on the other hand sits in first place nationally this season in the 100 fly with his 53.33, also from December.

2015 Pan Ams bronze medalist Jeremy Bagshaw, who took fourth place to Brent Hayden‘s 100 freestyle victory earlier in the session secured an individual gold in 400 free with a 3:58.13. Silver in that event was Jacob Gallant at a 4:08.32 and bronze went to the 200 backstroke silver medalist Mathieu Cyr at a 4:10.93.

With a lot of national team representation in Calgary tonight, Canada’s top swimmers are still rather spread out as the final month of preparation for Olympic Trials gets underway. Among those who preparing are Markus Thormeyer and Emily Overholt leading a contingent of swimmers at the 2020 USport Championships, Maggie MacNeil and Tess Cieplucha nearing the end of their NCAA seasons and the Ontario sprint squad continuing training in Toronto. They, and many others will all meet head-to-head in just 5 weeks as they vie for their spot on the 2020 Canadian Olympic Team.

Other Event Winners

• Women’s 50 Breaststroke: Hunter Stewardson (33.69)
• Men’s 50 Backstroke: Parker Brown (27.81)
• Women’s 200 Breaststroke: Isabelle Roth (2:40.73)
• Men’s 200 Butterfly: Keir Ogilvie (2:09.44)

Racing continues on Sunday with prelims beginning at 8:30 AM and finals at 5 PM (MST).

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Brent Hayden Lowers Season-Best 100 Free To 49.51, Threatens Kisil’s 49.48

By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam

SWIM TO 2020 – TROFEO CITTA’ DI TORINO

• 21-23 Febbraio 2020
• Palazzo del Nuoto – Torino (IT)
• Batterie vasca 25 metri – Finali vasca 50 metri
• Sito web dell’evento
• START LIST
• SwimSwam Italia Preview

A Torino venerdì 21 Febbraio ha preso il via il Trofeo Città di Torino – Swim TO 2020.

Questa mattina, il CONI ha invitato le federazioni sportive nazionali, a sospendere per la giornata di domenica 23 febbraio tutte le attività sportive in programma nelle regioni di Lombardia e Veneto. 

Le gare del trofeo torinese erano iniziate secondo programma. A conclusione della sessione mattutina, il Comitato Organizzatore ha interrotto il programma gare, annullando le finali previste per questo pomeriggio.

La decisione è stata conseguente la diramazione da parte della Federazione Italiana Nuoto del seguente comunicato stampa:

Ad integrazione delle precedenti comunicazioni, su indicazioni del Consiglio dei Ministri ed invito del CONI, la Federnuoto ha disposto la sospensione di tutte le attività in programma domenica 23 febbraio nella città di Torino.

EMERGENZA CORONAVIRUS

Il COVID-19, che è stato identificato per la prima volta in Cina alla fine di dicembre, secondo coronatracker.com ha infettato quasi 79.000 persone in tutto il mondo.

Ci sono stati 2.442 decessi confermati in tutto il mondo, di cui 2.345 in Cina. Nel tentativo di fermare la malattia, diversi Paesi hanno istituito restrizioni di viaggio e quarantene.

L’Italia attualmente è il quarto paese al mondo per contagi con 132 casi confermati.

Di seguito vi riportiamo tutti i link degli approfondimenti pubblicati negli ultimi giorni e delle manifestazioni sospese o annullate per contenere la diffusione del virus:

• Coronavirus: La Federnuoto sospende le attività nel lodigiano
• Anche FIN Veneto sospende le attività
• Trofeo Città di Milano sospeso
• Il Coronavirus sospende tutto lo sport nel Nord Italia

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Torino: Sospese Le Gare Della Sessione Pomeridiana Per Coronavirus

By Ben Dornan on SwimSwam

2020 CASCADE TRANS MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL

• Saturday, February 22nd & Sunday, February 23rd
• Brookfield YMCA at Seton
• 50m (LCM)
• Psych Sheets
• Results

Following his gold medal 100 freestyle performance on Saturday, Brent Hayden entered day two of the 2020 Cascade Trans Mountain Festival as top seed in the 50 free and delivered a 22.40 prelim swim. Hayden’s swim was just off his season best of 22.34 from January which remains the top ranked Canadian swim this season.

The 36-year-old announced in October of 2019 that he would be coming out of a 7 year retirement to seek a spot on what would be his fourth Olympic team. Having competed at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, Hayden’s third Olympic performance in London 2012 was his most successful, finishing with a 100 freestyle bronze. His nation-leading 50 freestyle combined with a third-ranked 100 freestyle puts him in a nice position heading into trials where he will race the best Canadian sprinters, all fighting for a trip to Tokyo.

Hayden has been training at the High Performance Center Vancouver along with 2016 Olympians Markus Thormeyer and Emily Overholt and other national teamers Richard Funk, Haley Black and Josiah Binemma.

With just over a month to go, his 50 freestyle final will likely be Hayden’s last big race before he heads to Toronto at the end of March for his shot at the Olympic team. That race will take place in tonight’s session beginning at 5 PM (MST).

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Hayden Hits 22.40 In 50 Freestyle Prelim

By Jack McCormick on SwimSwam

2020 WOMEN’S B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Swimming & Diving
• When: Wednesday, February 19th to Saturday, February 22nd | Prelims 11am | Finals 6:30pm (6pm Saturday)
• Where: Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, Iowa City, Iowa (Central Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: Indiana University Hoosiers (1x) (results)
• Live Results
• Streaming: Big Ten Network
• Championship Central: here
• Fan Guide
• Estimated NCAA Invite Times
• NCAA ‘A’ Cuts

Following a championship draught that dated back to the 1985-86 season, Ohio State emerged victorious at the 2020 Women’s Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships. They built a commanding meet throughout the meet, eventually winning by nearly 200 points.

After the conclusion of the meet, three awards were handed out. These awards honored the Swimmer of the Meet, Freshman of the Meet, and Diver of the meet.

The swimmer of the meet honor was awarded to Maggie MacNeil. She was dominant in the sprint races, finishing first in the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly, as well as leading Michigan to 1st in the 400 free relay and 2nd in the 200 free relay. Along the way she swam to Big Ten Championship records in both the 100 free and fly. Her time in the 100 free was also a conference record in the event. Both of these swims were below the automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships. MacNeil currently ranks first in the nation in the 100 fly this season.

Joining MacNeil as a conference honoree was fellow Michigan swimmer Kaitlynn Sims, winner of the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award. Sims had an excellent showing in the distance events in her first collegiate season. She finished 4th in the 500 free, falling just .3 off the winner and taking almost two seconds off of the time she had swum in prelims. Along with that took 3rd in the 1650 free, shaving 2 seconds off her best time from last fall. She also led off Michigan’s 800 free relay that finished 3rd.

On the diving side, Emily Bretscher, a junior from Purdue, was honored as the Big Ten Diver of the Meet. Bretscher had a strong showing across her three competitions. Her best finish was on the 3-meter, where she finished in 1st after entering finals in 7th place. She finished 3rd on the 1-meter and 6th in platform diving as well.

As well as these honors, the Big Ten also named their All-Big Ten Teams as well as Sportmanship Awards.

First Team All-Big Ten

Cora Dupre, Indiana
Olivia Carter, Michigan
Maggie MacNeil, Michigan
Claire Maiocco, Michigan
Daria Pyshnenko, Michigan
Miranda Tucker, Michigan
Markie Hopkins, Northwestern
Calypso Sheridan, Northwestern
Mackenzie Crawford, Ohio State
Kathrin Delmer, Ohio State
Amy Fulmer, Ohio State
Lucija Jurkovic Perisa, Ohio State
Molly Kowal, Ohio State
Taylor Petrak, Ohio State
Freya Rayner, Ohio State
Emily Bretscher, Purdue
Megan Doty, Wisconsin
Lillie Hosack, Wisconsin
Beata Nelson, Wisconsin
Alana Palmer, Wisconsin

Second Team All-Big Ten

Cassy Jernberg, Indiana
Emily Weiss, Indiana
Vanessa Krause, Michigan
Victoria Kwan, Michigan
Sierra Schmidt, Michigan
Joy Zhu, Minnesota
Emma Lepisova, Northwestern
Hannah Bach, Ohio State
Rebekah Bradley, Ohio State
Katherine Trace, Ohio State
Georgia White, Ohio State
Maycey Vieta, Purdue
Tereza Grusova, Rutgers
Kelsi Artim, Wisconsin

Sportsmanship Awards

Abigail Cabush, Illinois
Josie Grote, Indiana
Kelsey Drake, Iowa
Jacqui Schafer, Michigan
Claire Schenden, Michigan State
Patricia Van Law, Minnesota
Rachel Powers, Nebraska
Malorie Han, Northwestern
Laura Banks, Ohio State
Maddie Hart, Penn State
Emily Bretscher, Purdue
Francesca Bertotto, Rutgers
Kendall Smith, Wisconsin
 

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By Andrew Mering on SwimSwam

2020 WOMEN’S ACC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, February 19th to Saturday, February 22nd | Prelims 10:00 am | Finals 6:00 pm (1650 prelims Saturday at 4:00 pm)
• Where: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
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First a few notes

• Virginia had the top 2 scoring classes at the meet. Their juniors were the top class with 460.5 points. Their freshmen were next best with 342.
• Virginia also return the most individual points with 940.5 returning. NC State are next best with 748.5
• By Swimulator power points, the top swim of the meet was Kate Douglas’ 1:51.36 200 IM.
• The most points scored by any team in any event was Virginia with 129 in the 100 fly. The 100 fly was also the only event at the meet where NC State failed to score. Virginia’s final margin of victory was 159 points, so all but 30 points of that margin came from this one event

There is a lot of data below. A quick table of contents: Final Scores, Individual Scores by Class, Score Progression, Points in Each Event for Each Team, Number of Times Each Team Got Each Place (Individual Events), and Individual Swimmer Performance Breakdown

Final Scores

1. UVA: 1492.5
2. NC State: 1333.5
3. Louisville: 1105.5
4. UNC: 839
5. ND: 784
6. Duke: 675.5
7. Florida St: 555
8. VT: 469
9. GT: 407.5
10. Pitt: 358.5
11. Miami: 298
12. BC: 164

Individual Scores by Year

Score Progression

What the score was after each event

Points in Each Event

What each team scored in each event

Number of Times Each Team Got Each Place (Individual Events)

By Retta Race on SwimSwam

MCCULLAGH INTERNATIONAL OPEN MEET 2020

• February 20th-23rd
• Bangor Aurora Leisure Complex, Northern Ireland
• 50m (LCM)
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Olympic champion Adam Peaty was back in the water on this final day of the 2020 McCullagh International, taking the men’s 50m breaststroke event with ease. The Loughborough man set himself apart from the field in last night’s prelims by clocking the world’s 2nd fastest time of the season, a 26.83 to land the middle lane.

Tonight he was a hair slower in 27.01, but that was still enough to keep a safe distance from runner-up Ross Murdoch of Stirling who touched in 27.48. The reigning 200m breast Commonwealth Games champion James Wilby rounded out the top 3 in 27.72.

On the women’s side, Sarah Vasey surged to the wall first, grabbing gold in a time of 31.12. Runner-up status went to Irish national record older Mona McSharry who produced 31.66. Molly Renshaw clocked 32.57 for bronze.

McSharry’s lifetime best sits at the national standard of 30.87 she registered 2 years ago at the Edinburgh International, while Vasey is Great Britain’s 2nd fastest performer all-time, owning a PB of 30.30 from 2017.

McSharry was just coming off of the women’s 50m freestyle, the 2nd event of the evening here. In that race, 21-year-old Larne swimmer Danielle Hill followed up her newly-minted 100m backstroke national record with a strong performance in this women’s 50m free.

After handily establishing herself as the top-seeded swimmer over McSharry, snagging 25.29 to the latter’s 25.83, Hill powered her way to gold in 25.29. That ties Hill’s own Irish national record, one of several, she set at the 2019 Irish Summer Championships.

Luke Greenbank registered a winning effort of 1:57.51 to take the men’s 200m backstroke with ease. He had taken the pole position last night by over 6 seconds ahead of the rest of the field and during this morning’s final the World Championships bronze medalist still hit the only time under 2:00.

Silver went to Larne’s Conor Ferguson who touched in 2:01.59, with the 21-year-old knocking 3 seconds off of his prelims effort. Behind him was Sean Scannell who punched a bronze-worthy 2:04.20.

Going back to Greenbank, his 1:57.51 this morning outperformed the 1:58.46 effort he logged for gold at last week’s BUCS Long Course Championships. As such, the 22-year-old rockets up from 18th in the world to now #10 among the season’s top performers.

22-year-old Duncan Scott kept his two top seeds from last night’s prelims, doubling up on gold in the 100m fly and 200m IM this morning.

The Olympian stopped the clock in a time fo 52.84 to take the men’s 100m fly, registering the 3rd fastest time of his career in the process. He holds a PB of 52.25, a mark which renders the Stirling athlete as the 6th fastest Brit all-time.

Also impressive in that fly race was 17-year-old Edward Mildred, the Northampton teen who had never before under 54 seconds. This morning he earned silver in 53.04 to obliterate both the 54.22 previous PB from just January of this year, but also his 53.83 heats swim from last night.

With his performance, Mildred now checks-in as the 2nd fastest 17-year-old ever for Great Britain, sitting only behind the age record holder Jacob Peters who set the mark at 52.92 at 2017’s Swim England Winter Championships.

Of note, Irishman Shane Ryan was the runner-up seed from last night’s 100m fly prelim but bowed out of the final.

Scott was back in action minutes later in the 200m IM, with the man getting gold in 2:00.05. That just edged out runner-up Joe Litchfield of Loughborough, who finished in 2:00.33. Former Florida Gator Mark Szaranek was also in the mix with a time of 2:04.16 for bronze, although he was much quicker in 2:02.91 last night, though.

Versatile Scott is GBR’s 2nd fastest performer in this 200m IM event after registering a monster 1:56.65 at last year’s British Championships. That time fell just .01 shy of Max Litchfield’s 1:56.64 national record that’s been on teh booiks since 2017.

Scott wound up 5th in Gwangju at last year’s World Championships, producing another head-turning effort of 1:56.91.

The Olympic silver medalist in the women’s 200m IM, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, was in the water contesting that event this morning but fell just short of victory.

Last week’s BUCS double-IM winner Abbie Wood sneaked in for gold here, touching in 2:12.45 to O’Connor’s 2:12.83. 3-time Olympian Hannah Miley rounded out the top 3 in 2:15.76.

Aimee Willmott, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion in the 400m IM, actually snared the top seed in last night’s prelim in 2:12.77 before opting out of this moring’s final.

In her stead, Wood made good on her BUCS performance of 2:11.77 with her 2:12.45 here falling within a second. The International Swimming League (ISL) NY Breaker owns a lifetime best of 2:11.65, a time put up at the 2019 British Championships, rendering her as the 6th performer all-time.

Additional Winners:

• Calum Bain followed up on his top seed from last night’s 50m free prelims into this morning’s finals, stopping the clock in 22.88 for gold.
• The women’s 200m backstroke saw 15-year-old Katie Shanahan get to the wall first, with the Glasgow swimmer posting a time of 2:14.06. That set her apart from the rest of the field by over 2 seconds.
• After posting a night swim of 58.84 to take the women’s 100m fly top seed, 30-year-old Swansea star Alys Thomas finished in a time of 59.23 to take gold. Charlotte Atkinson was also under a minute, touching in 59.36 after registering 59.06 last night.
• 30-year-old Daniel Jervis represented the only swimmer under 3:50 in the men’s 400 free, with the veteran posting a time of 3:49.98.
• Ards swimmer Amelia Kane got to the wall first for the women’s edition fo the 400m free, clocking 4:23.54.

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