Kelsi Worrell to Swim 50/100 Free and 100/200 Fly in Omaha
American SCY record holder Kelsi Worrell is swimming an Olympic Trials schedule that makes a lot of sense– she’s taking on the sprints for freestyle (50 and 100) and both the 100 and 200 butterfly races.
Tom Shields Adds Freestyle and Backstroke Entries to Trials Lineup
Tom Shields has decided to enter in 3 other events in addition to his specially fly races.
2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Previews: Murphy’s Time In Men’s 200 Back
The men will have to battle it out in Omaha to determine who the Americans will send up against a stacked international field that includes Mitch Larkin, Ryosuke Irie, and Evgeny Rylov.
“Before We Were Winners”: Watch Lochte, Franklin, Ledecky Swim As Kids
Any guesses as to who this cheerful child swimmer is? Watch this Olympic hopeful in action as a budding star before we see her on the big stage in Omaha.
33 Swimming & Diving Athletes Nominated For NCAA Woman of the Year
Kelsi Worrell is one of 33 swimmers & divers nominated for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Olympic Trials Get a Little Younger
13-year-olds Gretchen Walsh, Ellie Andrews and Tristen Ulett all earned U.S. Olympic Trials cuts over the weekend, making them three of the four youngest Trials qualifiers this cycle.
2016 US Olympic Trials: Ledecky Leads Loaded Field in Women’s 200 Free
The women’s 200 freestyle is absolutely loaded with talent. Okay, every event at the Olympic Trials is ostensibly loaded with talent, but not in the same way that the women’s 200 free is.
Nathan Adrian To Appear In ESPN the Magazine’s “Body Issue”
Brace yourselves, as 2012 Olympic gold medalist, Nathan Adrian, appears in ESPN the Magazine’s “The Body Issue” next month.
Team USA’s Frank Busch Talks Doping Control & More On Podcast
U.S. National Team Director Frank Busch talks to the Swedish Snabbanan podcast this month, sharing about doping control for foreign athletes on U.S. soil, along with his thoughts leading up to the Rio Olympics.
2016 US Olympic Trials: Ranking Phelps’ +1 In the Men’s 100 Fly
After looking through results form US Nationals, Arena Pro Swim Series, NCAA’s, and even Sectionals and various club invitationals, the following list has been compiled with my predictions for how the race in Omaha will shake out.
NL Aquatic Center Opens In South New Jersey
The NL Aquatic Center competition pool has officially opened in Voorhees, New Jersey.
Olympic Hype Video: “Work, Train, Dream”
Check out the video swimmer and swim fan Chad Patterson created featuring Team USA’s victories from the 2012 London Games.
Matt O’Donnell: Two Brain Surgeries And One Olympic Trials Cut Later
NC State swimmer Matt O’Donnell celebrates his Trials cut with Wolfpack coach Gary Taylor.
DCST’s Ellie Andrews, 13, Qualifies for Olympic Trials in 100 Breast
Thirteen-year-old Ellie Andrews of the Dublin Community Swim Team (Ohio) has qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 breast…
New Olympic Trials Cuts Everywhere at Auburn’s Richard Quick Invite
Rising Auburn sophomore Aly Tetzloff, originally from Indiana, snuck under the OT cut in two races over the weekend to punch her ticket to Omaha.