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TYR Pro Series - Knoxville (Day Three) RESULTS The expectations surrounding Regan Smith and what she might accomplish at this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo are massive, fueled by what the teenager managed at last year’s World Championships. Given what Smith did on the third night of the TYR Pro Se...

The TYR Pro Swim Series heads to Knoxville for the weekend, starting Thursday. It’s the first big North American meet of the year (and second Pro Swim Series stop of the season) where a multitude of Olympic hopefuls can lay down early markers for the pivotal year that lies ahead. Four years ago, wha...

The final night of the TYR Pro Series stop in Des Moines was very much a sneak preview of what is to come at the United States Olympic Trials in June, especially in the women’s 100 backstroke. One night after prevailing in the 200 backstroke, Regan Smith bested a strong field at half the distance wi...

Regan Smith will get another chance to show what she’s got in Saturday night’s final day of the TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Des Moines. She enters the evening as the top seed in the 100 backstroke, an event where she holds the world record, after a morning swim of 58.79 seconds. The second seed is O...

Katie Ledecky - 1500 Freestyle A month ahead of the start of Olympic Trials season around the world, American distance ace Katie Ledecky put down an impressive marker in the 1500-meter freestyle to open action at the TYR Pro Series stop in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday night. Unchallenged and racing...

Tickets are now on sale for the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series at Des Moines event, which will take place from March 4-7 at the MidAmerican Energy Aquatic Center at the Wellmark YMCA in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Tickets are available at usaswimming.org/tickets. One the most competitive domestic events se...

The 2019-20 TYR Pro Swim Series in Greensboro, North Carolina started Wednesday night with the heats of the 1500 free as Ashley Twichell won the women's race at 16:11.19 and Zane Grothe won the men's race at 15:18.71. Women's 1500 Free Twichell is racing in her first pool meet since the 2019 World C...

Allison Schmitt knows a little something about starring at the Olympic Games, and the veteran freestyler certainly opened her Olympic season in stylish fashion on Friday night. Kicking off the second night of the TYR Pro Series stop in Knoxville, Schmitt produced a strong performance to secure top h...

With the Olympic Games officially being pushed back a year to avoid safety issues with the coronavirus pandemic, an entire sporting calendar needed to be shifted. USA Swimming officially moved its Olympic Trials earlier this month to June 13 - 20. On Monday, USA Swimming President & CEO Tim Hinchey ...

Pro Series - Knoxville (Day Four) Results The Regan Smith Express continues to roll along toward the Olympic Games in Tokyo, as the American teenager delivered another standout performance on Sunday night to close out her weekend at the TYR Pro Series stop in Knoxville. Contesting the 200-meter back...

Hali Flickinger and Regan Smith put together an epic showdown to highlight Thursday's finals of Day 2 of the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series in Des Moines. In the 200 butterfly, Flickinger held off Smith for victory, finishing in 2:06.11, a Pro Swim Series record. It was the No. 1 time in the world this y....

TYR Pro Series (Greensboro) - Day 4 Finals The sprints might have more scintillating finishes. Some events have better rivalries. But when it comes to the 800-meter freestyle, it can be argued that Katie Ledecky’s prowess is the finest artistry in the sport. Want to debate that statement? Ok. Start ...

At this stage of the Olympic season, much of the discussion will revolve around how athletes look with the Tokyo Games just more than four months away. Well, count Regan Smith in the right-on-track category, as the teenage phenom flourished on Friday night at the USA Swimming TYR Pro Series stop in ...

Following the closure of the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana because of the coronavirus pandemic, USA Swimming will be unavailable to host the TYR Pro Swim Series that was originally set to be swum from May 6 - 9. Indianapolis marked the final stop of the 2020 TYR Pro Swim Series, following p...

This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Katie Ledecky for her 8:14.95 in the 800 freestyle at the first stop of the 2019-20 TYR Pro Swim Series in Greensboro, North Carolina. Although it seems like a ho-hum swim for Ledecky, sitting outside the top 25 all-time swims in the 800 free, she ha...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault In this issue of SW Biweekly, read about Regan Smith's scorching 58.26 performance in the 100 backstroke at the TYR Pro Series stop in Knoxville, fueling massive expectations around this summer's T....

TYR Pro Swim Series (Greensboro) The gold medal captured by Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle at last summer's World Championships would suffice for most athletes. However, the American star's trip to Gwangju was anything but was what was envisioned a year shy of the next Olympic Games. That win fo...

This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Regan Smith for her 58.26 at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday. Smith started her 2020 on a good note as she put up really good swims at the Pro Series against some of her chief rivals. She put up a best time in the 100 fly ...

With an exciting 2019-2020 swim season just around the corner, tickets are now on sale for the first TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Greensboro, N.C. The four day, long-course event takes place at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, November 6-9, 2019, with all-session tickets available via Ticketmaster. On....

TYR Pro Swim Series (Greensboro) With the Olympic year just around the corner, Simone Manuel used the first stop on this year's Pro Swim Series to deliver a strong performance, as the reigning world champion in both sprint-freestyle events blew away the field in the 100 freestyle. After posting the ...