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CLEARWATER, Florida, March 28. TIDE Swimming’s Harrison Pierce picked up his fourth and fifth individual titles of the meet, and Simone Manuel won the 50 fly and 100 back during the third night of racing at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater. Sarasota’s Vien Nguyen, who is havin...

CLEARWATER, Florida, March 27. MICHAEL Andrew broke two more 13-14 National Age Group records in the 50 free and 100 fly and Santa Clara's Aiden Burns just missed out on another in the 500 free during the second night of racing at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater. Andrew now h...

CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 5. THE LSU men's and women's swimming teams each picked up a pair of wins in Clearwater, Fla., by handily defeating both the University of Tampa and Ouachita Baptist in a double-dual meet today. "I was extremely pleased with everyone's performance in the meet," sai...

CLEARWATER, Florida, March 26. MICHAEL Andrew took down yet another National Age Group record, this time in the 200 IM, while 16-year-old Aiden Burns put on a show in the 1000 free and then gave Andrew all he could handle in the 200 IM during the first night of racing at the NASA Junior National Cha...

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 22. MICHAEL Andrew turned 15 years old last Friday, but he was still able to race as a 14-year-old at the NASA Showcase Classic in Clearwater, Florida, last week. Meet rules stipulate that because he was 14 years old on the first day of the meet, he would remain 14 years old ...

PINELLAS COUNTY - Vance Sanders, a promising age grouper who had gained some national attention in recent years, took his own life this weekend at the age of 15 according to WTSP. According to WTSP, "few other details are being released about [Sanders's] death," as crisis teams have been dispatched ...

CARMEL, Ind., Dec. 22. THE revised second list of the top 50 girls' high school times, compiled by Bob Klapthor, was released today. This list includes the times that were omitted from the previous listing due to file transmission problems. The new list includes the results of girls' high sc...

CLEARWATER, Florida, March 29. SIMONE Manuel of First Colony lowered her own American record in the women’s 100 free, while phenom Michael Andrew lowered two of his own National Age Group records in the 100 breast and 100 free tonight as the NASA Junior National Championship Cup came to a close in C...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor CLEARWATER, FL. In a game of contrasts between national rivals, the baby-faced boys from the U.S. put forth an inspired effort in beating their older counterparts from Canada in a UANA Pan American Junior Water Polo Championship semifinal Saturday at t...

Coronavirus restrictions have drastically limited water polo competition throughout the country. But in the East—particularly in North Allegheny, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Annapolis in Maryland and Greenwich as well as Stamford in Connecticut—polo play has endured, an encouraging sign for the sport du...

Dec. 18. THE second list of the top 50 boys' high school times, compiled by Bob Klapthor, was released today. The list includes the results of boys' high school state championship meets in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina. HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TIMES 2001/2002 TOP N...

CLEARWATER, Florida, April 20. VINNY Marciano wrapped up an impressive week at the NASA Showcase Classic with two more national short course yards age group records today. Michael Andrew, meanwhile, closed out his 13-14 racing stint with three events. In a time trial today between prelims and finals...

CLEARWATER, Florida, March 29. SIMONE Manuel got after it pretty early this morning as she took down the American record in the 100-yard freestyle at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater, Fla. Manuel, just 17, clocked a 46.83 in prelims. That performance clipped Natalie Coughlin's...

CLEARWATER, Florida, March 30. SIMONE Manuel got after it pretty early this morning as she took down the American record in the 100-yard freestyle at the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater, Fla. She then followed that up with an American record as a relay leadoff for First Colony du...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Robert Margalis, a 15-year-old high school student from Clearwater, Fla., won the 400-meter individual medley here at the U.S. Open, breaking a 12-year-old age group record and beating a field that including two 1996 Olympic medalists in the event. Margalis swam the distance in 4:...

Photo courtesy Swimming Canada/Scott Grant CLEARWATER, Florida, September 24. THE Duke Blue Devils earned a verbal commitment from a rising star this week, gaining Canadian Lexy Aitchison for next year’s freshman class. Aitchison earned a bronze medal last month at the junior Pan Pacific championshi...

In its first Hall of Fame induction ceremony as an organization, the International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) awarded a green jacket and a golden ring to three longtime swimming coaches at its sixth annual coaches clinic. The ceremony, conducted in Clearwater, Fla., at a private venue attended ...

CLEARWATER, Florida, March 27. AT the NASA Junior National Championship Cup in Clearwater, Fla., 14-year-old professional swimmer Michael Andrew clipped his own 13-14 National Age Group record in the 50-yard free with a 19.76. Andrew's time beat his previous record of 19.85 set earlier this year, wh...

CLEARWATER, Florida, April 16. COMPETING in his final meet in the 13-14 age group, Michael Andrew kicked off the NASA Showcase Classic by lowering his 200-yard backstroke national age group record twice. In prelims, Andrew posted a 1:44.02, taking more than a second off his previous record of 1:45.1...

At the expense of their American hosts, Brazil scored a minor upset on day three of the 2018 UANA Junior Pan American Water Polo Championship in Clearwater, Florida. In early morning action, the Brazilian girls beat Team USA 6-5 despite a hat trick from Miami native Paola Dominguez-Castro. [caption ...