2018 TYR Pro Swim Series - (Tag)

The last session of the TYR Pro Swim Series at Mesa was underway this morning with just one event: the 1500 freestyle. Georgia freshman Olivia Anderson is the top seed for the women’s race, while Olympian and 2015 Open Water Champion Jordan Wilimovsky is entered as the top seed in the men’s 1500. WO...

This week’s Performance Of The Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes to Lilly King for her dominant win in the 50 breaststroke at the Santa Clara stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series. Swimming on the final day in Santa Clara, King added to her two wins from earlier in the meet to make it a perfect sweep of ...

Team USA legends Natalie Coughlin, Lenny Krayzelburg, Jason Lezak and Kaitlin Sandeno – who combined to win 28 career Olympic medals – will serve as team captains for #USASwimSquads, a new feature for 2018 that allows USA Swimming National Team members to compete for team points and a grand prize th...

Michael Chadwick, who put up strong times in the men's 50-meter freestyle shootout this weekend at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mesa, Arizona, discusses coming back to racing after a break since short course nationals. A lot happened during that break, the least of which he married his long-time girlf...

Leah Smith, who claimed her third victory of the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mesa last night in the 400-meter freestyle, spoke with Swimming World about her international line-up of events, her performance in the distance events this weekend, and her increasing preparation for the 400 IM. Overall, she wa...

Here you’ll find all you need to follow along live with the Austin edition of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series day one preliminary session. This session’s events include: Women 400 IM Prelims Men 400 IM Prelims Women 100 Fly Prelims Men 100 Fly Prelims Women 200 Back Prelims Men 200 Back Prelims Women 2...

Matt Grevers continued his strong comeback by winning the men's 100 backstroke in a quick 53.73, just ahead of the 53.93 posted by Ryan Murphy. The bronze was awarded to Justin Ress in 54.43. Taking fourth and fifth place was Cal's Jacob Pebley and Great Britain's Nicholas Pyle. In sixth and seventh...

Michael Andrew powered to a swift 50 fly win against competition including Giles Smith, Tim Phillips, and Pace Clark at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mesa, Arizona yesterday. His time of 23.38 ranks him among top ten in the world so far this year. He also put up admirable times in the 50 freestyle shoo...

With only one event on the final day of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series, the session was short, though there was plenty of fast swimming to watch in Austin. This session’s events include: Women 1500 Freestyle Men 1500 Freestyle For event-by-event coverage, check below. Hit “refresh” for the latest cove...

After winning the 200 breaststroke last night NYAC's Katie Meili swam to another victory in the 100 breaststroke with her 1:06.49 while Rachel Nicol swam a 1:07.70 for the silver while the bronze was awarded to Tennessee's Molly Hannis in 1:07.93. Taking fourth and fifth was Melanie Margalis and Bre...

Zoe Bartel, a Stanford commit who put up strong performances in the 50-meter breast knockout event and the 200-meter IM mystery swim at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mesa, discusses how she was super stressed behind the blocks for the mystery IM but felt strong about the order she was assigned. Her str...

This week’s Performance Of The Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes to Olympic medalist Chase Kalisz for his win in the 400 IM to kick start the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Austin, Texas this week. Kalisz swam a 4:10.80 to break his own pool record on Thursday night, winning the event comfortably...

This was a huge week of competitions across the United States as national and international swimmers continue to prepare for this summer’s big long course meets. Check out a recap of all the records that were broken along with the biggest stories of the week below in the week that was! The Week That...

Athens Bulldog Chase Kalisz blew away the rest of the A final of the 200 IM by posting 1:57.50 ahead of Will Licon who swam a 2:01.08. Carson Foster out of Mason Manta Rays swam a 2:01.46 for third place. Rounding out the top eight was Louisville's Carlos Claverie in 2:05.38.

Alys Thomas out of Wales won the 200 butterfly in the only sub-2:10 time of 2:09.50 while Zhang Yufei took the silver in 2:10.22. The bronze was awarded to Athens Bulldog Hali Flickinger with her 2:10.37. Winner of the 100 backstroke earlier in the session, Regan Smith, took fourth in 2:11.66 while ...

The second week in January was a big one, with the TYR Pro Swim Series kicking off the new year in Austin, Texas, and plenty of swimming's stars making their 2018 racing debuts. Check out the biggest swims from the meet and the other notable stories of the week in The Week That Was. The Week That Wa...

Leah Smith claimed her third title of the meet by taking the 400 Free in 4:07.25. Smith was also victorious in the 200 and 800 distances. Her swim in the 400 gives her a seventh-place world ranking and is faster than she swam at this meet last year. Despite being second through the halfway point (Le...

The action continued on day two of the Austin stop of the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series. In the middle of her comeback, Margo Geer threw down an impressive 100 freestyle, while Aggie Sydney Pickrem blasted a sub-2:14 200 IM. Notable absences included Jack Conger in the 100 free and Tom Shileds, who has n...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In a final tune-up for many swimmers ahead of next month’s Phillips 66 National Championships, a host of Olympians and National Team members are expected to compete at next week’s TYR Pro Swim Series at Columbus, set for July 5-8 at Ohio State’s McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. A...

Auburn graduate Zane Grothe took the men's 800 freestyle tonight with a solid in-season time of 7:56.69 while N.C. State's Anton Ipsen took second with a 7:57.64. Clark Smith faded to third with his 8:00.70 while China's Qiu Ziao and Louisville's Marcelo Acosta took fourth and fifth. In sixth was Ja...