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Anthony Ervin, Aaron Peirsol Both in USADA Drug-Testing Pool

Posted on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
Today, I was playing on the USADA (the United States Anti-Doping Agency) website, and came across a lot of interesting information relating to swimmers and drug testing. From the results, you can glean a lot of factoids. Some are simply “interesting,” while some might be...
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Hansen Dominates 200 Breaststroke, Missy Franklin Finishes Incredible Two Weeks With 100 Free National Title

Posted on August 6, 2011 | 10 Comments
Women’s 800 free USC swimmer Haley Anderson, who made the World Championship team in the open water 25k, turned her efforts back to the pool and the women’s 800 free (the Olympic distance event) on the last day in Palo Alto. She had a solid lead through about the...
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Dana Vollmer Takes Top Seed in 100 Free With Great Prelims Mark of 54.20

Posted on August 6, 2011 | 2 Comments
Today was the last set of morning prelims from USA Swimming Nationals in Palo Alto, and as expected the women’s 100 free shapes up to be a great final. Cal’s Dana Vollmer, who already has a 100 fly national title to her name, took the...
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Franklin Posts Career-Best, Top 5 Time on Day 2 at USA Swimming Nationals

Posted on August 3, 2011 | 9 Comments
Day two at the 2011 USA Swimming (LCM) National Championships got off to a rip-roaring start in Palo Alto, beginning with some huge swims in the women’s 100 back. Women’s 100 back No sooner than had Missy Franklin blown away many of the world’s best swimmers...
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Payback Time for Lochte, Grevers in 100 Back Prelims on Day 2 at USA Nationals

Posted on August 3, 2011 | 7 Comments
The men’s 100 back prelims on day 2 of the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships was a bit of a redemption story, though that will have to be confirmed in tonight’s finals. The top two seeds headed into that final are the world’s two best...
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Lochte Drops 200 Free, Focuses on 100 Back on Day 2 From USA Nationals; Other Day 2 Scratches

Posted on August 3, 2011 | 2 Comments
It’s early morning on day 2 at the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships, and while only those suffering from the worst jetlag are likely the ones to be awake in Palo Alto right now, we’ve already got the heat sheets for the Wednesday morning prelims,...
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5 Things to Watch on Day 2 Prelims/Finals in Shanghai

Posted on July 24, 2011 | 7 Comments
With a couple of hours to go until the second prelims session begins in Shanghai, let’s briefly look at a cheat sheet at 5 things to look for on the 2nd day. No relays, but plenty of hot individual action. Overall, this expects to be a big...
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Shanghai 2011: Men’s Freestyle, Backstroke, and IM Picks

Posted on July 13, 2011 | 17 Comments
Now that we’re done with the women’s picks (Free/Back/IM’s | Breast/Fly/Relays), it’s time to start on the men, which usually draw a much more passionate and heated debate. There’s still a lot of questions up in the air. With Cielo’s status in limbo (we’ve heard...
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BREAKING: Jessica Hardy added to 50 Breast for World’s; Scroggy Supplants Vollmer in 200 Free

Posted on July 6, 2011 | 2 Comments
USA Swimming has announced what should be their final roster for this summer’s World Championships in Shanghai, which includes a full compliment of 50m races: Full list here. Most significant are the lists of 50m swimmers, which are newly released now that official lineups are...
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Sutton Finishes off TYR Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions with Third Win, High Point Award

Posted on June 27, 2011 | 3 Comments
Chloe Sutton finished off her torrential swimming on the finald day of the 2011 TYR Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions by polishing off a sweep of the distance freestyle events when she won the women’s mile in 16:12.73, which missed by less-than-two tenths...
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Nick Thoman Archive

Anthony Ervin, Aaron Peirsol Both in USADA Drug-Testing Pool

Hansen Dominates 200 Breaststroke, Missy Franklin Finishes Incredible Two Weeks With 100 Free National Title

Dana Vollmer Takes Top Seed in 100 Free With Great Prelims Mark of 54.20

Franklin Posts Career-Best, Top 5 Time on Day 2 at USA Swimming Nationals

Payback Time for Lochte, Grevers in 100 Back Prelims on Day 2 at USA Nationals

Lochte Drops 200 Free, Focuses on 100 Back on Day 2 From USA Nationals; Other Day 2 Scratches

5 Things to Watch on Day 2 Prelims/Finals in Shanghai

Shanghai 2011: Men’s Freestyle, Backstroke, and IM Picks

BREAKING: Jessica Hardy added to 50 Breast for World’s; Scroggy Supplants Vollmer in 200 Free

Sutton Finishes off TYR Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions with Third Win, High Point Award

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