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Ledecky Accomplishes Historic 800 Free Feat at FINA World Championships Katie Ledecky finished her slate of events Friday at this year’s FINA World Aquatic Championships with her fourth gold in four events – this time in the 800-meter freestyle. It’s an event she’s owned for the past decade – winning the past five world titles beginning in 2013 to become the first swimmer to ever five-peat as world champion in a single event. “I think back to London (2012 Olympics), and I made it a goal to not be a...
World Titles, Relay Gold, and New American Record on Day Six Day six of the 2022 FINA World Championships did not disappoint, with both rookies and veterans lighting up the pool with finals victories for Ryan Murphy, Lilly King and the men’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay, as well as sensational semi-final action, including a new American Record for Torri Huske. The night started off with two teens in the women’s 100m freestyle: Huske, 19, and Claire Curzan, 17. Huske went out out fast (25.3), and held a lead up until the...
Swim Day With The Rays Hey #CVST - Check It Out... Swim Day With The Rays! Join us at the Trop for the Rays vs Royals on Saturday, August 20th and pick up some cool Rays swim swag as well! All the information is at CVST.org on the Swim Day With The Rays Event Page. See you at the game! Click Here to Download a .PDF Copy of the Flyer.
Relay Gold Leads Americans on Night Five The U.S. got business done today in heavy-medal fashion at the 2022 FINA World Championships. In the women’s 200-meter butterfly, Hali Flickinger, just shy of her 28th birthday, and Regan Smith finished behind world junior record breaker Summer McIntosh. Flickinger who was fourth at the 100, brought it home fast to touch second with a 2:06.08. Smith finished fourth with a 2:06.79. “It was a lot of fun, I came to race hand have fun and I’m happy to get a medal for...
Psych Sheets & Estimated Timelines Posted for Tomorrow's TNR Tomorrow's CVST Thursday Night at the Races Psych Sheets and Estimated Timelines have been posted at CVST.org, on the Event Page. Be sure to check out the competition and where your are seeded in your events! Warm-ups begin at 5:00pm for all CVST Swimmers and the Meet will begin at 6:00pm. Please remember, due to the meet, there will be no Thursday morning swim practice for the Gold, Silver or Bronze Practice Groups. See you all at the pool tomorrow evening.
U.S. Collects Another Six-Medal Haul in Budapest Team USA collected six medals for the third straight night of competition at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with Katie Ledecky and Regan Smith each winning individual golds on night three. Ledecky tied Natalie Coughlin for the most overall medals by a woman at the world championships with 20 en route to her fourth world title in the women’s 1500m free. Ledecky got to the wall first in 15:30.15, with U.S. teammate and Sandpipers of Nevada's Katie Grimes picking up silver...
Huske's American Record Leads U.S.' Trio of Gold Medals The Americans continued to pile on the medals on night two of the 2022 FINA World Championships, picking up three gold and three bronze medals in Budapest, highlighted by Torri Huske’s American record in the women’s 100-meter fly. Nic Fink (Morristown, N.J./Metro Atlantic Aquatic Club) got the night started with a bronze in the first event, the men’s 100m breast. He finished in 58.65, just a tenth off his semi-final time, and became just the fourth American to medal in the...
FINA Votes to Restrict Transgender Women, Add 'Open' Category From SwimSwam.com FINA voted Sunday to ban transgender women from competing in women’s categories if they have gone through any part of the male puberty process. At the Extraordinary General Congress held during the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, the global governing body also announced the creation of an “open” category that will be developed in the coming months. Transgender women who transitioned after age 12, such as NCAA champion Lia Thomas from Penn, will not be eligible for FINA competitions...
U.S. Kicks off #FINABudapest with Six Medals The U.S. collected six medals—two gold, one silver and three bronze—to kick off the first night of finals at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Katie Ledecky made it back to the top of the podium in the women’s 400-meter free with her 16th world championship gold medal and 19th medal overall, setting a new championship record with a 3:58.15. She last won the event in 2017 and followed up with silvers at both the 2019 World Championships and 2020 Olympic...
