Nathan Adrian is Figuring Out How to Balance Training and Fatherhood (Video)
Taking 2nd was veteran Nathan Adrian, clocking in at 22.56. Adrian’s season-best of 21.98 ranks second in the nation behind 18-year-old David Curtiss (21.87)
Simone Manuel Details the Work She’s Doing in Practice to Perfect her 50 Free
Coming out on top again this weekend was Simone Manuel, swimming the only sub-25 time of the event at 24.70. That now moves Manuel up to 2nd in the nation
Madisyn Cox Enjoying Build of Competition into 2021 Olympic Trials (Video)
Handily winning her only final of the night was Longhorn’s Madisyn Cox, clocking in a sub-2:11 effort of 2:10.84 to take the win over a stacked field
Ryan Murphy Remembers Exactly What Times He Went in March 4 Years Ago (Video)
Easily winning his signature event was Ryan Murphy, clocking in the top time of 53.56, .01 off his season-best of 53.55 from the January Pro Swim
Olivia Smoliga Details Brutal Kick/Swim 50s During 6-Week UGA Training Camp
After nabbing the win by over Regan Smith in the 100 back on the final night of competition, Smoliga gives us insight into the work she’s been putting in
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
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
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
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
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.