2021 TYR Pro Swim Series - (Tag)

If Swimming Added New Events to the Olympic Lineup, What Could They Be? The women's 1500 freestyle, men's 800 free and the mixed medley relay made their debuts at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, bringing the total number of events in the pool to 35. Previously, the last time an event was added to the O....

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series: Ryan Murphy Completes Backstroke Double; Isabelle Stadden Notches Strong 200 Back The way Ryan Murphy looked in his prime events over the weekend, it is clear the reigning Olympic champion in both backstroke events is ready to pursue repeats in Tokyo. One night after postin...

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series: Rising Teen David Curtiss Clocks Sub-22 to Top 50 Free Prelims Just a couple of weeks into this new year, the excitement level for this summer’s Olympic Games and Olympic Trials – as long as COVID-19 allows them – is already building. While many athletes are in the middle o...

TYR Pro Series: Zane Grothe Outduels Kieran Smith in 800 Free; Haley Anderson Tops Women's Field Following a week of negative storylines outside the pool, the focus of American swimming returned to the water on Thursday night, as the TYR Pro Series opened at two sites with distance action. At the Sa...

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series: Emily Escobedo Snares Surprise Win Over Lilly King in 100 Breaststroke One of the intriguing aspects of split locations for the TYR Pro Swim Series is the fact that top contenders may not go head-to-head if they opted to attend opposing meets. Therefore, a tight finish on p...

The 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series continued Saturday from Richmond and San Antonio with the heats of the 400 free, 100 back, 200 breast, 50 free and 200 fly. The women's races were highlighted by some good January swims from Emily Escobedo, Catie DeLoof, Olivia Smoliga and Emma Weyant. Results 200 Fly Re...

USA Swimming Reduces TYR Pro Series to Two Sites Due to SoCal COVID Restrictions USA Swimming has announced that the upcoming TYR Pro Series event, scheduled for Jan. 14-17, has been reduced from a three-site competition to a two-site meet. While the meet will still take place with fields in San Ant...

USA Swimming announced today that the next leg of the 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series will return to San Antonio March 3-6. The long-course meet will take place at the Bill Walker Pool & Josh Davis Natatorium, which hosted one of the two January multi-venue TYR Pro Series competition sites. This competiti....

Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel Set to Headline Next Pro Series Stop; Morning Finals Planned In two weeks, all eyes will turn from the college swimming to pro swimming world as the 2021 Pro Swim Series continues with its Mission Viejo stop. The meet will take place from April 8-11 at Marguerite Aquati...

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series: Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland Go 1-2 in 400 IM Since the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Chase Kalisz and Jay Litherland have carried the banner for the United States in the 400 individual medley. So, it was hardly a surprise to see the duo easily finish first and s...

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series: Regan Smith Tops Stacked Field in 100 Back; Justin Ress Secures Upset Among the events receiving significant attention ahead of the United States Olympic Trials is the women’s 100 backstroke. Why? Well, the event will feature a pair of world-record holders, a medalist from ...

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series: Justin Ress, Catie DeLoof Continue Momentum in 100 Freestyle The strength of the men’s sprint scene during the two-site TYR Pro Swim Series over the weekend was undoubtedly in Richmond. After the top three finishers in the 50 free came from the Virginia stop on Saturday nig...

TYR Pro Swim Series: What We Learned From the First Prelims/Finals Meet of the Year Usually a prelims/finals meet in mid-January would be another ho-hum competition in the leadup to the Olympic Trials. But this past weekend's Pro Swim Series in San Antonio and Richmond was a welcomed sight for swim ...

The pre-scratch psych sheets for the 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series in Richmond and although the meet is not as stacked as the San Antonio site, it is still littered with a number of swimmers that have competed in the Olympic Games. The biggest name is current 200 IM world record holder Ryan Lochte as wel...

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series: Regan Smith Checks in With Victory in 200 Fly; Aiden Hayes Surprises Among Men Any analysis of the schedule Regan Smith will adopt for the United States Olympic Trials is consistent as far as the 18-year-old’s top three events are concerned. As the world-record holder in ea...

Ashley Twichell, Kieran Smith Win TYR Pro Swim Series 400 Frees Time is chasing Ashley Twichell and Haley Anderson. Two of the most enduring stars of the U.S. Open Water program, each in the second decades of storied careers, both women have accomplished plenty, at age 31 and 29, respectively. Rarel...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault Non-subscribers can download this issue here - only $.99 for a limited time! In this issue of Swimming World, read about Katie Ledecky- at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo, fans saw a bit .....

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series: Regan Smith and Shaine Casas Shine in 100 Fly How many events will Regan Smith contest at the Olympic Trials in Omaha in June? That is one of the top questions floating around the sport. As the world-record holder in both backstroke events, those disciplines are obviously g...

After a day of distance events, the TYR Pro Swim Series continued on Friday morning with its first prelims session from San Antonio and Richmond. It started with the women’s events, followed by the men, who started later than expected because of a swim-off on the women's side. The events on Friday a...

Five Men's Storylines to Follow at the 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series The first major national level meet of 2021 will begin this weekend in San Antonio and Richmond as USA Swimming will hold the TYR Pro Swim Series in two locations to adhere to social distancing during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With...