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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 14. THE second evening of short course yard finals at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Minneapolis, Minn., featured a pair of meet records for the Trojan Swim Club.
Trojan's Rebecca Soni won the women's 400 IM in 4:14.41, finishing nearly a second back from Kaitlin Sandeno's meet record of 4:13.54....
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, August 7. TROJAN's Jessica Hardy is definitely completely back after a year away from the sport due to a doping ban. Tonight, at the U.S. Open, Hardy clocked a pair of world records.
First, she hammered the 50 breast in 29.80 on the way to a stunning 1:04.45 in the 100 breast finale. Yesterday, Hardy clocked a swif...
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, August 6. WHILE Jessica Hardy's world record in time trials easily stole the show today, Stanford's Elaine Breeden claimed a meet record in the standard part of the schedule during the U.S. Open.
As previously
reported Hardy bro...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 26. IT is not every day that you can say you are better than Michael Phelps in an IM, but Florida's Bradley Ally can do just that after winning the 200-yard IM at NCAAs.
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 7. THE third and final day of swimming came to a close at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Austin, Texas. While prelims were held in short course yards, finals are being contested in the long course meter format.
Women's 200 back
Kirsty Coventry eased through the event in her home pool with a swift time of 2:...
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 5. THE first night of swimming at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Austin, Texas came to a close. While prelims were swum in short course yards, finals competition are taking place in long course meters.
With subplots like Katie Hoff and Dagny Knutson facing off for the first time and Mary DeScenza's quest for the Gr...
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, February 15. THE third day of the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Missouri featured Mary DeScenza setting a pool and meet record over long course meters en route to a double triumph.
Women's 800 free
Open water Olympian Chloe Sutton earned a confidence boosting win over Olympian Katie Hoff with an 8:30.19 to claim...
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LONG BEACH, California, January 17. THE second night of swimming of the USA Swimming Grand Prix in Long Beach, Calif., is underway. Mary DeScenza of Athens Bulldog took down Natalie Coughlin's American record in the 200 fly early in the evening.
Women's 100 free
Lacey Nymeyer opened the evening with a triumphant time of 48.73. ...
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Updated December 7, 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 4. WELL, it's time for another
Swimming World Virtual Meet. From time-to-time, when enough strong meets are going on during the same weekend across the world or country, we like to throw them together as it they were the same meet. The top three finishers from each meet are...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 6. THE third day of finals came to a close with Mary DeScenza winning a pair of titles at the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals held in Atlanta.
Women's 1650 freestyle
Florida's Laurabeth Guenthner used a strong backhalf of the race to cruise to a winning time of 16:07.80. Indiana's Amanda Smith ...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 6. THE third day of prelims came to a close at the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals held in Atlanta.
Women's 200 backstroke
Auburn's Julianne McLane topped qualifying in 1:55.12, while Athens Bulldog Mary DeScenza posted a time of 1:55.88 for second place. Florida State's Stephanie Sarandos (1:5...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 4. IN the first major competition for the U.S. since an incredible run at the 2008 Beijing Games, some of the best swimmers in the nation have come to Atlanta, Ga., for the USA Swimming Short Course National Championships. The first day of preliminary swimming started off with some top times.
SwimAtlanta's Amanda...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 4. THE first night of finals action provided some quick swims at the USA Swimming Short Course Championships held in Atlanta, Ga.
Amanda Weir of SwimAtlanta notched several quick times in the women's 50 free as a leadoff and in the championship heat. Meanwhile, Matt Grevers of Tucson Ford joined Ben Wildman-Tobri...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 3. FOUR years ago in Athens, Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte led the United States to a gold-silver sweep in the 200 individual medley. The first step toward a repeat has been taken. The two-fastest men in the history of the event strolled through the morning preliminaries, with Phelps touching just behind Locht...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 30. ONE of the most anticipated events for the men this week is the 200 freestyle, what with a sterling battle expected for the two individual berths and the six relay nods to Beijing. So, it wasn't surprising that the morning prelims were lightning fast, with 1:48.76 required to return for the evening semi...
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By John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, June 17. ANOTHER week, another look at how an event will shape up at the Olympic Games in Beijing later this summer. This week,
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com continues its Olympic Preview Series with a glance at the men's 800 freestyle relay, an event that features the United States as the favorite.
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, March 28. THE second day of action at the NCAA Division I Men's Championships usually sees one team start to separate from the pack. With three teams in the 100s and two in the 90s, action in the King County Aquatic Center should be strong during day two prelims.
Overall for the day, Arizona made a big move to give ...
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, March 27. ARIZONA's Darian Townsend snagged the 200 IM title with a swift time at the NCAA Division I Men's Championships in Federal Way.
Townsend held off a hard charging Ricky Berens of Texas with a sterling time of 1:42.72. That is the 10th-fastest performance of all time and made Townsend the sixth-best eve...
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, March 27. THE first day of what should be an enjoyable weekend of fast swimming began at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.
200 free relay
Arizona will be looking to dethrone two-time defending champ Auburn in the relay event as the Wildcat squad of Albert Subirats, Nicolas Nilo, Jordan Smith a...
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 9. WITH the All-American Long Course Championships put in the books this year, many of the top swimmers in the nation remained an extra day to participate in the charity SCM-meet called Encore Swim, put on by the Texas Pros. Tara Kirk, however, proved to be the shining star with three American-record swims throughout the meet...
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