Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Brandon James turns state record into national record
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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: When a two-hour race comes down to .006 seconds
Swimming constantly drives home the huge significance of tenths, even hundredths of a second. But even in a sport where the tiniest details make all the difference, we rarely see a race as close as the one last weekend.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Peaty’s rise continues with barrier-smashing 57.9
In a race where only two men broke 59 last year, Peaty is now the overwhelming World Championships favorite, leading the world ranks by well over one full second.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Koseki strikes first in worldwide 200 breast battle
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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Kyle Chalmers opens long course season with a bang
Swimming at Australia’s long course national championships, Chalmers, just 16 years old, blasted two of the finest junior times we’ve ever seen in the 100 free.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Nolan hits a new career-defining number in final collegiate 200 IM
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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Missy Franklin silences doubts with five digits: 1:39.10
After dealing with adversity for a good calendar year, Missy Franklin broke through at the 2015 NCAAs, answering questions about her improvement curve and training home with a resounding “1:39.10.”
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Josa’s 100-point weekend carries the Queens national title run
Between relay and individual events, Matt Josa put up 100 of Queens’ 433.5 total points to help the Royals earn their first-ever Division II NCAA title.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Michael Phelps and the most talked-about time trial in years
Swimming a handful of races that weren’t even official, Michael Phelps still managed to steal swimming’s spotlight as the comeback continues.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Bilis & NC State announce their arrival into the NCAA’s speed tier
NC State (shown here celebrating a big relay last season) now has the depth to put four swimmers under 19 seconds on the 200 free relay, including newly-found 18-second leadoff man Simonas Bilis.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Yale pulls off one of swimming’s elusive feats – the 1650 tie
Yale’s Cailley Silbert (pictured) and Eva Fabian battled for nearly 16 and a half minutes, ultimately tying for the Ivy League title in the 1650 freestyle.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Caroline Hauder goes back-to-back-to-back at NC high school state
Sophomore Caroline Hauder played the closer for Marvin Ridge, pitching a shutout ninth inning with three straight event wins to close the meet.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Westminster relay comes up clutch in Georgia HS title run
Georgia’s class 1-5A high school state meet was a thriller, all hinging on a gutsy 200 free relay win for Westminster.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Kaylyn Schoof knocks down ancient record in Schroeder A+
At the Schroeder YMCA A+ Meet in Brown Deer, Wisconsin this weekend, Schroeder YMCA 12-year-old Kaylyn Schoof broke a meet record nearly three times as old as she is.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Ipsen rounding out a formidable NC State roster
In 2014, NC State scored 8 men in the 50 free at ACCs, but just 2 in the 1650. With Danish star Anton Ipsen heating up, it looks like 2015 might be a different story.