Day three of the 2018 Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships continued the momentum of the first two days with American records and U.S. Open records tumbling down. Ryan Murphy shattered
Brooke Forde figured she could lay down a strong swim in the women’s 400 IM at U.S. Nationals, but she didn’t expect to be turning for the freestyle leg with the
Katie McLaughlin of Cal talked about how difficult her last few years have been since not making the Olympic Team and not making a major international team since the 2015 World
Chase Kalisz talked about why he wasn’t quite so happy with his 400 IM tonight in Irvine, and also talked about his feelings about Pan Pacs coming up in two weeks.
Ally McHugh of Penn State won her first career National Title in the 400 IM with a huge best time. McHugh credited her coaches and teammates at Penn State for pushing
Ryan Murphy shattered the American, U.S. Open, and Championships records in the 50 backstroke to grab his second National title of the meet. Touching the wall in 24.24, Murphy broke Randall Ball’s 2008
Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga earned herself a spot on the 2019 Worlds team with a win in the 50 back tonight. Smoliga was 27.70 in tonight’s final, which was a .24 drop from
Michael Andrew dropped .02 off his U.S. Open record from this morning to grab his second National title of the meet. Touching the wall in 26.84, Andrew blew away the rest of
Lilly King secured herself a spot on the 2019 Worlds team with a blistering swim in the 50 breast. King touched the wall first in 29.86, the only swimmer in the
Caeleb Dressel put a lot of fears to rest with a dominating swim in the 100 fly. The Florida swimmer finished first in 50.50 to punch his ticket to Pan Pacs,
