Tag Archives: Backstroke

Ryan Murphy and David Plummer Claim Top Spots for 100 Backstroke Finals

The American men entered the 100 backstroke semi-finals tonight ready to make a statement, earning the first and second place seeds for tomo [...]

Camille Lacourt Tops Tight Mens 100 Backstroke Prelims in Rio

France’s Camille Lacourt had the fastest men’s 100 backstroke this morning in 52.96. The top four swimmers all touched wit [...]

Regan Smith Lowers 100 Backstroke National Age Group Mark Again

Fourteen year old Regan Smith finished second in the 100 backstroke at the 2016 US Open tonight. Her runner up time of 1:00.26 lowered [...]

Regan Smith Takes Down Missy Franklins 100 Backstroke NAG Record

Fourteen year old Regan Smith took the second seed in this morning‘s 100 backstroke at the US Open. Her 1:00.31 established a [...]

Dominique Bouchard Dominates Backstroke Field on Night One of Columbia Sectionals

By Caitlin Daday, Swimming World College Intern In the last event of the evening at Speedo Sectionals in Columbia, Dominique Bouchard oblite [...]

Maya DiRado Missy Franklin Lead Way into 200 Backstroke Finals

Maya DiRado already has two events on her schedule for Rio. Tonight she was out in 1:02.87 and finished in 2:08.14 for the top seed in to [...]

Cal Teammates Ryan Murphy Jacob Pebley Rio Bound in 200 Backstroke

Jacob Pebley was first to the 50 in 27.04, just .02 ahead of Ryan Murphy. Murphy took over the lead at the 100 meter mark and sh [...]

Missy Franklin Back on Top Leading 200 Backstroke Prelims

Editorial Coverage provided by Missy Franklin returned to the pool in her signature event. She entered with the world’s 13th fastes [...]

Video Interview Tyler Clary Provides Deep Insights After 200 Backstroke SemiFinal

From an outside perspective, 2012 Olympic gold medalist Tyler Clary may have gotten off to a rough start in the first few days of trials. He [...]

Olivia Smoliga Maintains Top Spot in 100 Backstroke Missy Franklin 7th

This morning’s leader Olivia Smoliga was first to the wall in 59.16, a new personal best and the fifth best in the world this ye [...]
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