Tom Shields Explains Why Fall of 2020 Was the Best Season of his Career (Video)
Veteran Tom Shields held off Andrew by roughly three-tenths to win at 52.25 with Andrew in second at 52.53. This continues Shields’ success this season
Freshman Matt Brownstead Gives His Take on Class of 2024 Chasing History
We’ve already seen a slew of 18-unders drop 18+ and 41+ swims in the 50 and 100 freestyles, and Brownstead thinks the NCAA Champs will just bring more.
Regan Smith Explains How She Manages Nerves Throughout a Prelims-Finals Meet
Smith reveals that while she doesn’t feel nervous behind the blocks, she does before she walks in the door of a finals session
Kathleen Baker Sees 200 IM work in Practice Pay Off with #2 Worldwide 200 Back
After accelerating on the third 50, Kathleen Baker distanced herself from Regan Smith, taking the win at 2:07.54 for the fastest time in the nation
Blake Pieroni Was Surprised by his 200 Free Time After How Much it Hurt (Video)
Seliskar’s winning time of 1:47.01 was nearly 1.5 seconds faster than runner-up Blake Pieroni (1:48.68) after Pieroni took the victory in the 100 free
Ryan Murphy Says Coach Durden “Wanted me to feel like I was swimming a 150”
Winning the 200 back by over three full seconds was Ryan Murphy, touching in at 1:56.06. That now re-writes his top US time this season of 1:56.82
Melanie Margalis Explains How Anxiety Led to 400 IM Negative Split (Video)
Throughout the whole IM race, Margalis split 2:19 on the 200 fly/back and 2:18 on the 200 breast/free coming home, effectively negative splitting the race
Watch all the Race Videos from Day 3 of Pro Swim Series-San Antonio
Rewatch all the action, or catch up on what you missed, from Day 3 finals at the 2021 Pro Swim Series-San Antonio.
Molly Hannis Describes Flatter, More-Forward Breaststroke Technique (Video)
As the rest of the field tired on the last 50, Molly Hannis continued to accelerate into the finish, touching in with the top time in the nation at 1:07.10
Simone Manuel is Now Kicking Out to Nearly 15m On her 100 Free (Video)
With a tight race in the women’s 100 free, six swimmers touched within two-tenths of a second, but it was Manuel who put her head down and got the win
ACC Swimmer of the Meet Paige Madden Details UVA Sunday Challenge Set of 15×500
We spoke a lot about her ascent as an NCAA miler, even though Madden was adamant to her coaches that she wouldn’t train for the event even if she raced it
Michael Andrew Gives In-Depth Analysis on “All over the place” 100 Breast Win
Andrew remains 3rd in the nation after his morning 1:00.23 swim. At the January PSS meet here in San Antonio, Fink’s acceleration earned him the win at 1:00.8
Arthur Albiero on 1st ACC Title in Program History: 2 Points Built on 17 Years
On paper, not even Albiero was confident that the cardinal could win, but his swimmers kept fighting and kept the meet close throughout
Katie Ledecky Comments on “Milestone” First Race Back in San Antonio (Video)
Ledecky hasn’t raced the event in almost exactly a year with her last long course 1500 occurring on March 3, 2020, when she hit a 15:29.51.
Katie Ledecky Recalls Test Set of 24×100 Best Average in Recent Training
Ledecky references a best average test set that started one week with 24×100, then 18, 12, and 6, with a goal of having a faster average each week