Braden Keith

A tier commentary for A tier drama at the ASUN Championships.

Michigan crusssshheed the meet record.

Ohio State also under the record with an all freshman relay.

Big Ten always gets caught in the wash because they start after ACC/SEC but big things are happening in Columbus.

Elite comment. Take notes, kids.

Been listening to a lot of Bliss N Esso and @tophousetheband lately and so my Spotify weekly served up this band on my Discover Weekly. A bit on the nose but I’m here for it. (Exactly what it sounds like, bluegrass band with a rapper).

SJSU Coach roasting Nevada for pulling out of their dual meet this weekend. Do we love it or hate it? X loves it, Facebook hates it.

First offense: beating Alabama in football ($100k)
Second offense: beating Tennessee in basketball ($250k)
Third offense: beating Kentucky in basketball ($500k)

Vanderbilt is gonna spend a men's swim team's annual budget on storming the court.

Leon Marchand at the Australian open (because he's now training in Australia)

$130 for an all-session pass (7 sessions). Not a bad deal.

Average College Football playoff ticket is $2500. So that means CFP is roughly 140x the value of NCAA swimming championships, per session.

I didn't invent math don't @ me.

These were the two names I was hearing most loudly in the rumor mill. If anybody else shows up this season, it would be a surprise to me.

When I was at A&M, they built a new indoor track that was one of the best of the country. Pat Henry, A&M's track coach at the time (one of the GOATs) had them install a sprint straightaway separate from the rest of the track, right up against the spectator seating so they'd get a front row view.

Everyone say 'hi Ken!"

Bruh. Starting to wonder if the comments section is actually THE oracle.

Then I stepped through the door

Everyone remembers Jimmy Carter's Olympic boycott. But he also signed the Ted Stevens Amateur Sports Act into law. Two years apart, one of the highest and one of the lowest moments in American Olympic history.

Youssef Elkhouly Becomes Baruch Men's Swimming All-Time Scorer! - Baruch College Athletics The Baruch College Swimming Team is proud to announce that a major all-time school record has been broken by senior star Youssef Elkhouly.

There's a college in New York where they keep track of the individual all-time scorers in program history and I think that's awesome.

athletics.baruch.cuny.edu/news/2024/12...

I formally demand that the US Olympic Team and Ralph Lauren use these as the LA2028 Olympic team uniforms. #beyoncebowl

I was thinking “Caspar to Indiana” but sure!

DQ overturned. Still no clear reason for the initial call.

I don’t but I can ask. I presume they won’t release reasons for DQs on juniors, it’s like pulling teeth to get them to share even at the Olympic level.

He’s 17!! Only Jordan Crooks has been faster this year at any age, and only by .09! I’m cackling!

This is the same time Tom Shields went in 2016 when he became the first man under 44 seconds in the 100 fly.

Yep - by a lot. Waiting for video to see if it's legit or a soft touch.

We'll do some digging to see if anything is worth an update next week.

Lots of legal motions in the civil case. Doesn't seem to be much movement on the criminal case.

Name a World Record that Gretchen Walsh would break if she swam it right now.

I'll go first: 100 back.

What do you notice about these splits? One really interesting thing stands out to me...

Gretchen Walsh 55.1??? Hosszu's record two months ago was 56.5. So 1.4 seconds off a 100m World Record in less than two months? And a second World Record in 30 minutes?

That's crazy talk.

Americans win the 100, Canadians win the 2 fly and Chinese win the 100 breast, which is really helping keep this shared podium thing chill.

Imagine if like...Russia and Ukraine had to share a podium step.

Ilya Kharun comment reader confirmed 👀

The top 4 in the men's 100 free at SC Worlds are all NCAA swimmers. Could this be the podium at the NCAA Championships in March?

Touchdown