arena Swim of the Week: Laon Kim Becomes Fastest 16-Year-Old Canadian With 49.65 100 Free
Kim broke 50 seconds for the first time and overtook Josh Liendo for the #1 spot among 16 & unders in Canadian history.
arena Swim of the Week: 10-Year-Old Vanessa Delev Nears 200 Free NAG Record With 2:14.82
Delev came within half a second of Leah Hayes’ 10 & under NAG record in the 200 free, dropping more than two seconds in 2:14.82.
arena Swim of the Week: 16-Year-Old Mantas Kauspedas Rips 24.68 Lithuanian Record In 50 Back
Kauspedas brought the Lithuanian Record down from 25.07 to 24.68 in the 50 back, becoming the 5th-fastest European junior in history at just 16 years of age.
arena Swim of the Week: Tunisia’s Ahmed Jaouadi Drops Big For 14:48 1500 Free In France
At the French Elite Championships, the 19-year-old pulled away from David Aubry and Damien Joly to win the mile in 14:48.69, dropping more than 21 seconds.
arena Swim of the Week: 14-Year-Old Luke Vatev Rattles Heilman’s NAG With 51.21 100 Free
Vatev put up a time of 51.21 in the 100 free to come within nine one-hundredths of Thomas Heilman’s 13-14 National Age Group Record (51.12).
arena Swim of the Week: 15-Year-Old Tim Wu Hits 1:50.74 200 FR At George Haines International
Wu knocked his best time down by two-tenths, ranking him 7th all-time among 15-year-old Americans in the boys’ 200 free.
arena Swim of the Week: Rylee Erisman Becomes Fastest 15-Year-Old American Ever In 100 Free
Erisman put up a time of 54.34 in the 100 free, overtaking Gretchen Walsh (54.38) as the fastest 15-year-old American ever and one of the fastest globally.
arena Swim of the Week: Regan Rathwell Overcomes Injury Woes To Make Canadian Olympic Team
After two years of battling injury, Regan Rathwell qualified for the Canadian Olympic team by setting a personal best time of 2:09.38 in the women’s 200 back.
arena Swim of the Week: Anton Denysenko Sets Ukrainian Age Group Record In 200 IM
Denysenko broke his own Ukrainian NAG record for 15-16 boys in a time of 2:03.65, lowering the 2:04.39 standard he produced earlier this year.
arena Swim of the Week: William Carrico Breaks Through In LC To Qualify For Olympic Trials
Carrico put up a time of 4:22.92 in the 400 IM, getting under the OT cut and crushing his PB of 4:28.20. He followed up with a massive best in the 200 breast.
arena Swim of the Week: NAIA Record Holder Noel de Geus Rips 59.98 In 100 Breast
de Geus dropped nearly two seconds on Friday to become the eighth German under 1:00 in the men’s 100 breast, clocking 59.98 in Berlin.
arena Swim of the Week: Ella Ramsay Drops Big For 4:36.94 400 IM At Aussie Open
Ramsay took two and a half seconds off her previous best time of 4:39.51, making the 19-year-old a favorite to crack the Aussie Olympic team in June.
arena Swim of the Week: Henrietta Fangli Lowers 24-Year-Old Hungarian Record In 100 Breast
After recently changing sporting citizenship to Hungary, Fangli broke a National Record that was set at the 2000 Olympics in the women’s 100 breast.
arena Swim of the Week: Jack Alexy Culminates 200 Free Progression With 1:29 At NCAAs
Entering the season with a best time of 1:35.5, Alexy became just the seventh swimmer in history sub-1:30 to place 2nd in the 200 free at the NCAAs.
arena Swim of the Week: 16-Year-Old Oliver Dawson Moves Up Canadian Rankings In 200 Breast
Dawson moved into 7th all-time in the Canadian boys’ 15-16 age group rankings with his time of 2:17.13, breaking the *official* Alberta Provincial Record.