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Brandon Fischer made a statement in the men's 100 breaststroke. He dropped a major best time and climbed to third in the 2019 American rankings. DAY 2 RESULTS Men's 100 Breaststroke Thirty-year-old Brandon Fischer blasted a 59.86 100 breast to take the win. Not only was the swim a best time by over ...

During the first full morning of fast racing at the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships, Allie Piccirillo, Jean-Pierre Khouzam, Olivia Calegan and Joshua Matheny all put up the top times in their respective events. They will all have their won set of challengers throughout the heats including ...

U.S. Olympic Trials: Matt Fallon Sets AR 2:06.54 to Join Josh Matheny in 200 Breast Top 2 For years, the old guard in men’s breaststroke has held sway. Many have improved, some have faltered, but by and large, they’ve held off the advancing front. Wednesday night in Indianapolis, the young guns took...

The final session of the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships from Irvine, California will close with the 200 IM, 50 free, men's 800 and women's 1500 free finals, as well as both 4x100 medley relays. Jake Foster, Grace Sheble, Andrei Minakov and Christiana Regenauer are the top seeds for tonigh...

Breaststroke Breakthroughs? Where U.S. Team Has Openings Entering Nationals The United States has never lost a women's medley relay when Lilly King has handled the breaststroke leg, with two Olympic gold medals and four world titles to show for it. Three of those wins came in world-record time, incl...

Steady Rise of Patrick Sammon, AJ Pouch a Lesson for American Swimming Herbie Behm has skin in the game, but that doesn’t mean his point is any less accurate. Right around the time that Patrick Sammon was turning in a sub-47-second split to set a world record and win gold on the mixed 400 freestyle ...

NEW COMMITS: Virginia Tech has gained a talented set of siblings for the fall of 2019. Twins Rose Pouch and AJ Pouch both announced their commitments to the Hokies as part of the class of 2023. Natives of Henderson, Nev., both Rose and AJ swim for Team Rebel Aquatics and are rising seniors at Boulde...

The 24th-ranked Virginia Tech men's swimming and diving team downed in-state rival No. 15 Virginia, 158-141 on Saturday afternoon at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center. Tech's women battled against Virginia, but the 3rd-ranked 'Hoos took the decision 186-111. Team Scores: Men: Virginia Tech 158, Virg...

Friday’s finals session had some very anticipated races at the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships, and not one, but a handful of the closest races of the meet. During prelims,Alexei Sancov and Will Grant got within a second of meet records held by Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrew, respective...

Olympic Trials Day 4 Prelims: Jake Foster in the Mix in Men's 200 Breaststroke The Day 4 prelims session concluded with the men's 200 breaststroke at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The breaststroke has become a familiar group and that continued on Tuesday. Nic F...

U.S. Men’s Swimming Tiers, Part 2: The Rosters of Today and Tomorrow The U.S. men’s swimming program is hitting a natural calendar reset. Six World Championships have been sandwiched between the last two Olympics in a pandemic-condensed cycle between Tokyo and Paris, a busy 40 or so months. The NCAA...

U.S. Nationals: Josh Matheny Holds Off AJ Pouch For 200 Breast Win The 10 months since he raced in the 200 breaststroke Olympic final were relatively quiet for Josh Matheny. The Indiana senior ended up 10th and 14th in the breaststroke events at his final NCAA Championships, and he posted no standou...

TYR Pro Swim Series: Olympic Showdown Set in 100 Back The TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont is not short on big names and thus big matchups. But even among that, the field for the women’s 100 backstroke will stand out prominently Saturday night, the final evening of the meet. Four members of the ...

U.S. Open Races to Watch (Men's): Distance Aces, Dressel in the Spotlight This week, the final major long course competition of 2025 will take place in Austin, Texas, and the men's racing will see the two best backstrokers in the world squaring off. South Africa's Pieter Coetze won this year's world...

Daniel Roy posted a solid 200 breaststroke time at the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series Clovis, helping him climb the 2019 American ranks in the event. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM HEAT SHEET Men's 200 Breaststroke 19-year-old Daniel Roy had a quick swim in the 200 breaststroke for the win in Clovis. His 2:10.4...

U.S. Nationals: Redeeming Swims Turn Third-Place Tears into Singapore Smiles The disappointment of a third-place finish at Olympic Trials manifests in different ways for the contingent of swimmers who come excruciatingly close to punching their tickets to the Games. A select few actually walk away p...

After World Championships, Questions Remain for United States Men as Road to Los Angeles Olympics Shortens Despite feeling the effects of a team-wide stomach illness throughout the week, the American women overcame adversity at the World Championships to win a medal in almost every event, the streak...

The third night of finals at the 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series Clovis featured six events for both men and women. Numerous season-bests were achieved on night two, and a similar showing presented itself on night three. Luca Urlando led the way by breaking Michael Phelps' 17-18 National Age Group Record i...

U.S. Nationals: Matt Fallon Crushes 200 Breast Field With 2:07.91, Third-Fastest in the World in 2022 Over the last year, Matt Fallon had shown signs of his potential to become one of the country's best in the 200 breaststroke. He was the fastest swimmer in semifinals at the 2021 Olympic Trials, alt...

US Olympic Trials: Matt Fallon Turns On After Burners to Snag Top Seed in 200 Breast Semis Ahead of Fink, Cordes, Licon The men's 200 breast was billed as one of the most wide open races of Olympic Trials, with any number of five to six guys capable of making a statement and getting on the Olympic t...