Explaining Jimmy Feigen's "Olympic Waiver"
Every four seasons, athletes in Olympic sports have to begin to make tough decisions about how to balance their training…
Diving Deeper into the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships
Most of USA Swimming’s most elite competitors wrapped up their 2011 long course seasons last week at the USA Swimming…
Franklin Posts Career-Best, Top 5 Time on Day 2 at USA Swimming Nationals
Day two at the 2011 USA Swimming (LCM) National Championships got off to a rip-roaring start in Palo Alto, beginning with…
Payback Time for Lochte, Grevers in 100 Back Prelims on Day 2 at USA Nationals
The men’s 100 back prelims on day 2 of the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships was a bit of a…
Lochte Drops 200 Free, Focuses on 100 Back on Day 2 From USA Nationals; Other Day 2 Scratches
It’s early morning on day 2 at the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships, and while only those suffering from the…
In Briefs: Lochte, Clary, Amongst Several Scratches on Day 1 at ConocoPhillipsNationals
As one of our readers astutely pointed out in the wee hours of this morning, there have already been several…
USA Swimming Nationals Psych Sheets Released
There has been discussion about which USA Swimming World Championship Team members would compete in Nationals next week, and we…
5 Things to Watch for on Day 4 of the World Championships
Day 4 at the 2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships – Pool Swimming – will feature another very light preliminary schedule. The…
Shanghai 2011 Day 3 Prelims: Phelps Wins Slow Heat, Takes 11th Seed in 200 Fly; Clary Takes 4th
Men’s 50 breaststroke prelims Felipe Da Silva has improved his skills in the 100 breaststroke, but that hasn’t hurt his…
Cracking the Relays: Women's 800 Free Relay
Halfway through our relay breakdown, next up us the women’s 800 free relay. Looking back on what we’ve done so…
Shanghai 2011: Women's Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Relay Predictions
Women’s Breast, Fly, and Relay picks here. In part 1 of our women’s predictions, we looked at the freesytles, backstrokes,…
BREAKING: Jessica Hardy added to 50 Breast for World's; Scroggy Supplants Vollmer in 200 Free
USA Swimming has announced what should be their final roster for this summer’s World Championships in Shanghai, which includes a…
Steph Rice, Meagan Nay Represent Australia Well on Day 2 of Santa Clara Grand Prix
The Santa Clara ‘International’ Grand Prix really lived up to its billing on the 2nd-day of competition, as 7 out…
Park Pulls Monster Double, Phelps' Fatigue Shows in Two Races
The 2011 Santa Clara Grand Prix kicked off last night with the non-Olympic distance events, but today was when the…
Three Meet Records Fall on Day 2 at Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix
Missy Franklin is celebrating her 16th birthday in final. She took huge points in the night’s first event, the women’s…