Perspective: Darian Townsend’s First Experience At U.S. Olympic Trials
For 31-year-old Darian Townsend, his first experience at the U.S. Olympic Trials was one to remember.
Pickrem, Castillo Pick Up Wins on Night 3 of Austin Sectionals
Mauro Castillo, a swimmer for the Texas A&M men’s squad, swam the 100 breast/100 fly double tonight. He won the 100 breast with a 1:03.39 over Tristen Disibio (1:04.46), giving him a successful sweep of the breaststroke events after his 200 breast win last night.
Electricity & Creativity: Molly Hannis’s Outside The Box Path To Rio
Molly Hannis is electric. The rangy speed breaststroker and her coach talk pacing, explain skipped underwater pullouts and respond to legality criticism in the lead-up to the Rio Olympics.
Relive The Meet of Tears: Post-Race Emotions of Olympic Trials (Video)
There was so much emotion put into every single swim, and no one saw that more than the support systems of these athletes.
NIH to Conduct Zika Virus Study Among U.S. Olympic Team Members
In response to concerns about the Zika Virus, which has caused speculations about health risks at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the National Institute of Health will fund a study to monitor potential infections among members of the U.S. Olympic Team.
Watch: The Antics of Gold Medal Mel In the Aquazone
While at the 2016 U.S Olympic Trials Olympic gold medallist and SwimSwam co-founder Gold Medal Mel (Mel Stewart) had some fun in the Aquazone (the area designated at the Olympic Trials with booths set up ect.) signing autographs and joking around with the mascots.
Dakota Luther Lands in 15-16 Top 30 With 2:11.6 200 Fly in Austin
Dakota Luther smashed her personal best for a big win tonight in Austin in the 200 fly.
Michael Phelps Will Not March at Opening Ceremonies in Rio
Michael Phelps admitted on Sunday during his live stream that he will not attend the Opening Ceremonies in Rio this summer.
It’s Been 116 Years Since the U.S. Has Had No 18 & Unders on Olympic Swim Team
Katie Ledecky is the youngest member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team (again). At 19, she is the oldest youngest-member…
Bethany Galat Enjoying The Race En Route To Big Summer of ’16
In our post-Olympic Trials analysis, Texas A&M’s Bethany Galat stood out as one of the meet’s most dramatic improvers – she put up two of the four biggest time drops of all female swimmers in the meet. So we caught up with the rising Aggie junior to talk Trials.
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Men’s Race Videos
Re-live the drama from Omaha, where Michael Phelps qualified for 3 individual events and will join a load of new faces on the U.S. Olympic men’s roster.
Roster Swapout on U.S. Paralympic Team After Selection Error
Lindsay Grogan (above) has been added to the U.S. Paralympic Swim Team roster for the Rio Paralympics and Haley Barenbaum dropped from the team as a result of an error in the original selection process.
2016 Olympic Trials ‘Guess the Times’ Contest: Final Results
We’ve crunched the numbers in our ‘Guess the Times’ contest, and have a runaway winner.
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: Women’s Race Videos
Re-watch Lilly King’s 100m breaststroke victory, among other available race videos from the magical 8 days in Omaha.
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Fun Facts
Now that Trials are over, we can comb over the results in detail. Thanks to Barry Revzin who sent us the…