Read more2Team USA Wins 5 Gold On Final Night of 2018 World Para Swimming World Series21 April 2018On the final day of competition at the Indianapolis 2018 World Para Swimming World Series, Team USA tallied eight medals, including five gold, to finish the event with 26 medals overall. This world series stop at Indiana University Natatorium featured 198 swimmers from 17 countries. To kick off the ...
Read moreTeam USA Wraps Up CanAm Para-Swimming Championships With 28 Records23 March 2015TORONTO — The final day of the 2015 CanAm Para-Swimming Championships featured seven broken American and Pan American records at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre on Sunday. Team USA closed out the three days of competition with a total of 28 records: one world, 17 American and 10 Pan American record...
Read morePara Pan Pacs Roundup: Team USA Finishes Atop Medal Standings11 August 2014Photo Courtesy: Paul Cunningham-USA TODAY Sports PASADENA, California, August 11. NEWCOMER Michelle Konkoly helped the United States close the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships on a golden note, breaking away from Australia as the anchor of the women's 4x100-meter 34 point freestyle relay...
Read moreLive Recap: Day 3 Finals, U.S. Paralympic Swimming Trials02 July 2016Everything you need to know about day 3 finals of the U.S. Paralympic Swimming Trials can be found here! Thursday marked the start of the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Trials at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event will run from Thursday June 30 until Saturday evening...
Read moreVIDEO INTERVIEW: Michelle Konkoly Sets Paralympic American Record14 February 2015Arena Pro Swim Series editorial coverage is proudly sponsored by Arena USA. Visit ArenaUSA.com for more information on our sponsor. For all the latest coverage, check out our event coverage page. ORLANDO- Michelle Konkoly fell five stories from her dorm window at Georgetown in 2011 and landed feet ...
Read morePara Pan Pacs Roundup: Nearly 40 Records Fall on Night One07 August 2014PASADENA, California, August 7. PARALYMPIC swimmers took a hammer to the Pan Pacific Championship record book during night one of the meet. Here's a sampling of what the different countries saw out of their own swimmers: USA Release Team USA's Ian Silverman smashed a nearly 13-year-old world record...
Read moreLife as Paralympics Broadcaster a New Challenge for Michelle Konkoly06 November 2024Life as Paralympics Broadcaster a New Challenge for Medalist Michelle Konkoly Michelle Konkoly understands the emotional resonance of making a return. It’s fueled her professional journey, long before her second career in para swimming. Konkoly was a freshman swimmer at Georgetown in 2011 when she f...
Read more3Robert Griswold Sets American, Pan American Records in S8 100 Back10 June 2017Night two of the 2017 World Para Swimming World Series featured many more fast swims by swimmers from around the globe. After the American team won 15 events on night one, Robert Griswold led Team USA on night two with American and Pan American Records in the S8 100 back with a time of 1:04.34. Mich...
Read moreJessica Long, Ian Silverman Among Stars on U.S. Para-Pan Pacific Swim Team09 April 2014COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 9. THE United States will send 45 athletes (27 women, 18 men) to the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, U.S. Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee, announced today. Athletes were selected for the meet, Aug. 6-10 in Pasadena, Calif...
Read more2Ellie Marks Breaks Two World Records at 2017 Jimi Flowers Classic07 June 2017The United States Paralympic Swimming community came together for the eighth year in a row to honor its late national team coach Jimi Flowers with the Jimi Flowers Classic held in Colorado Springs, Colo. The meet is named and held in honor of Flowers, who died in 2009 during a rock climbing accident...
Read more2U.S. Paralympic Athletes Earn Five Gold at World Para Swimming World Series20 April 2018U.S. athletes secured eight medals, including five gold, on the second day of the Indianapolis 2018 World Para Swimming World Series at the Indiana University Natatorium. This second leg of the world series circuit features 198 swimmers from 17 countries. The trio of four-time Paralympic medalist Mi...
Read moreNBC Olympics to Premiere "Road to Rio: 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials"15 July 2016On Monday night, NBC Olympics will air an hour long documentary titled, "Road to Rio: 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials." Swimmers Jessica Long, Brad Snyder, and Michelle Konkoly are featured in the special. The 2016 Paralympic Trials took place earlier this month in Charlotte, NC. Read the full pres...
Read more1Michelle Konkoly's Quick 100 Free Highlights Night Three of Para Swimming World Series12 June 2017While Team USA won 17 events on night three of the Para Swimming World Series, Michelle Konkoly's 1:01.75 was one of the fastest swims of the night. After nearly breaking her own World Record in the 50 free on night two, Konkoly's time was less than one second off her World Record in this event set ...