USA Swimming Foundation 2014 Grant Recipients, Over $3 Million Awarded to Local Partners
Debbie Hesse: “Providing these grants makes it possible for the USA Swimming Foundation to live up to its mission of saving lives and building champions by empowering our Make a Splash Local Partners to extend the gift of learn-to-swim in their communities.”
Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: How to Improve Your Reaction on The Start
Olympians Claire Donahue and Adam Brown demonstrate the Start Reaction Drill.
RIO Salado Swim Club opening new satellite location at Arizona State under coach Anthony Pedersen
RIO Salado will move into the facility vacated by Sun Devil Aquatics, which moved out and merged with Mesa Aquatics over the winter.
15-18 NCAP breaks boys 400 medley relay NAG with big Vissering, Seliskar splits
Nation’s Capital went 3:12.58 to break the 15-18 National Age Group record set by SwimMAC, with Carsten Vissering (pictured above) joining John Shebat, Andrew Seliskar and James Jones.
Upper Dublin 15-16 boys break 400 Free Relay NAG at MA Senior Champs
Michael Thomas (pictured above), Wyatt Amdor, Jake Sannem and Michael Jensen broke the 15-16 National Age Group record with a 3:01.01 at the Middle Atlantic Senior State Championships.
Simone Manuel blazes to another sprint free NAG: 21.70 in 50 free at NCSAs
Simone Manuel cracked 22 in the 50 free for the first time in her career and made it a memorable barrier-breaking, smashing the 17-18 National Age Group record in the process.
2014 NCSA Junior Nationals: Final night sees NAGs for Manuel, NCAP boys
Andrew Seliskar dominated the 200 IM and returned to put up a key leg on NCAP’s record-breaking 400 medley relay at the end of night 5 at NCSA Junior Nationals.
Hu and Seliskar combine for 4 top seeds on final morning of NCSAs in Orlando
Janet Hu is the top seed in two of three girls races, with her future Stanford teammate Simone Manuel heading up the other event.
Michael Andrew back at it: lowers 200 IM NAG at NCSA prelims by .02
Andrew took .02 off his 13-14 200 IM mark with a 1:47.42 at prelims, gaining the advantage over his previous best with a big breaststroke split.
Double Andrew NAGS, huge Seliskar 200 breast highlight night 4 of NCSA Juniors
Andrew Seliskar won two races, including a 1:52.21 NAG record in the 200 breast, while Michael Andrew broke two NAGs of his own on Friday night.
Cassidy Bayer adds 13-14 NAG record in 100 fly at 53.30, takes third at NCSAs
Cassidy Bayer snuck under the old 13-14 mark with a 53.30 and now owns both 13-14 short course butterflying NAGs.
Andrew Seliskar Swims Second-Fastest 17-18 200 Breaststroke of All-Time
Update: USA Swimming has confirmed that Kevin Cordes’ 1:51.96 from 2012 is, in fact, the NAG Record, even though he…
Michael Andrew gets 4th NAG of NCSAs with 47.40 in 100 yard fly
The NAGs come in threes no more: Andrew broke his fourth National Age Group record of the week and second of the night.
Michael Andrew cracks 48 in 100 back, opens up NCSAs Friday night with a NAG
This is the fourth time Andrew has broken this record in the past 4 months, and he becomes the first 14-year-old under 48 seconds in the 100 back.
Seliskar swims 3 big prelims races at NCSAs day 4
Andrew Seliskar holds the top seeds in the 200 breast and 100 fly as well as the second seed in the 100 back. For the girls, Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson had a pair of strong prelims races.