American Junior Swimmer Tests Positive, Suspended Six Months
USADA has announced another doping suspension for an American swimmer, this time 17-year-old Jack Casey. Casey tested positive for the banned substance anastrozole at Winter Nationals last December and will serve a six-month suspension.
WR Watch? American Women’s 4×200 Free Relay Aggregate Time: 7:43.9
Based on the results of last night’s women’s 200 free, the American women could be in world record hunting mode come Pan Pacs, with an aggregate 4×200 free relay time of 7:43.90 – and that’s without Katie Ledecky or Leah Smith swimming their best times.
2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 2 Pan Pacs (& More) Projected Roster Updates
Day 2 has wrapped, and these U.S. Nationals have been anything but predictable.
Dahlia, Andrew Become First Members of U.S. 2019 World Champs Team
Though USA Swimming will use combined results of Nationals and Pan Pacs to select its team for next year’s World Championships, two swimmers have already (likely) punched their tickets to Gwangju through the 50 flys.
Dean Jones Breaks 11-12 NAG With 2:11.07 in 200 Meter Fly
12-year-old Dean Jones took down a USA Swimming National Age Group (NAG) record Thursday night, going 2:11.07 to win the 200 meter fly at the Texas Age Group Championships in Austin.
US Nats: Miller Scratches 200 Breast A Final On Day 2
Cody Miller has scratched the A final of the men’s 200 breast for tonight, the only A final scratch listed so far.
15-Year-Old Tannenberger Goes 1:52, 3:58 Freestyles At Gulf Seniors
15-year-old Matthew Tannenberger won the 200 and 400 freestyles at the Gulf Senior Championships in Houston, going 1:52.71 and 3:58.53. That 400 ranks him just inside the top 100 all-time for his age group (per USA Swimming’s records) and the 200 sits just outside the top 100 with more than a year to go in the age group.
Southwest Minnesota State Hires Marty Wahle To Resurrect Program
Southwest Minnesota State University has hired Marty Wahle as the head coach of its reinstated women’s swimming & diving program.
2018 U.S. Nationals: Day 1 Pan Pacs (& More) Projected Roster Updates
It was a day 1 full of shocks, as the first swimmers to etch their names on the American Pan Pacs roster aren’t the ones most expected. Justin Wright and Blake Pieroni won events on the men’s side, while Caeleb Dressel and Jack Conger missed the first wave of qualifying.
Hinchey: If Bowman Incident Happened Today, No Olympic Coaching Role
USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey fielded questions about the inappropriate text messages sent by coach Bob Bowman in 2011, saying that if a similar incident happened under Hinchey’s leadership, the new CEO wouldn’t appoint the coach to an Olympic coaching role.
Bill Rose, Tyler Fenwick To Be Named Open Water Coaches for Pan Pacs
Tyler Fenwick and Bill Rose have been named head coaches for Team USA at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.
Gretchen Walsh Goes 54.38, Fastest 15-Year-Old 100 FR In U.S. History
15-year-old Gretchen Walsh continues to impress, putting up the fastest time ever by an American 15-year-old in the 100 free.
Destin Lasco’s 49.66 Moves To #2 All-Time For U.S. 15-16s in 100 Free
16-year-old Destin Lasco moved to #2 all-time with a huge swim in prelims of the 100 free at Nationals this morning.
Urlando #2 All-Time in 15-16s, Levant #3 All-Time in 17-18s For 200 FL
A pair of teenagers put up historic age group swims in prelims of the men’s 200 fly at Nationals this morning: 16-year-old Gianluca Urlando moved to #2 all-time in the 15-16 age group while 18-year-old Jack Levant jumped to #3 all-time in the 17-18 bracket.
Swim-Off Required For 8th In 200 Fly: Nordmann vs Pike with Jr Pan Pacs, WUGs Implications
A pair of juniors are set to swim-off for 8th place in the women’s 200 fly, a dramatic start to this week’s hugely-important U.S. National Championships.