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Posted by Ricky on Mar 11, 2013

NEW AMERICAN RECORD!

A goal of mine for many years now was to break the American Record in the 200 Yard Freestyle. This past weekend at the American Short Course Championships I accomplished that goal, swimming a 1:31.31 to break my good friend and former teammate David Walters record of 1:31.72. Eddie Reese and Kris Kubik have had me training great the past couple weeks, and I knew I could have some very fast swims this...

Posted by Ricky on Dec 27, 2012

Olympian Ricky Berens named NBC Charlotte Person of the Year

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NBC Charlotte has named Ricky Berens as its Person of the Year. With 63 percent of the viewer vote, Berens took home the award. The Charlotte native edged out fellow nominees Beverly Howard, Brenda Stevenson, Leon and Sandra Levine and David Marsh. It’s not every day you get to see an Olympic gold medal in person, much less three Olympic medals, which earned the Olympic...

Posted by Ricky on Dec 11, 2012

Gold and Bronze at 2012 AT&T Nationals

The 2012 Short Course nationals were just held at the Lee and Joe Jamail swim center here in Austin, TX. It’s always fun coming to a meet in your home pool, and it definitely didn’t hurt that the stands were PACKED! I have never seen that swim center so crowded, and it was incredible to see all the fans coming out to support everyone swimming. Going into this meet, I really had no idea what to...

Posted by Ricky on Sep 20, 2012

My Next Journey

After seven weeks, my brief “retirement” is over. I’ll be returning to my alma mater, the University of Texas, next month to act as the swim team’s volunteer assistant. I also plan to start training again for competition, with my first meet likely to be the U.S. Nationals in December. There are three things I have a huge passion for: the University of Texas, athletics, and swimming....

Posted by Ricky on Jul 12, 2012

Update From Training camp

It has been a couple days now since being here in Knoxville, TN for our Olympic training camp and I wanted to give you an update. Things are going great and it is already becoming a very different trip than 2008. With only a short time in between trials and the games, I have to make sure I can get everything I can out of this camp. USA Swimming makes this pretty easy to do, having every single resource...

Posted by Ricky on Jul 3, 2012

On to London for 3 events!

The 2012 Olympic Trials have just concluded and they were everything and more! I will be going to the London Olympic games for the 200 Free, 4×100 Free relay, and 4×200 Free relay. My goal going into this meet was to qualify for both relays and an individual event. By placing 3rd in the 200 free and 4th in the 100 free, I accomplished half of my goals. It wasn’t until the last day of...

Posted by Ricky on Jun 21, 2012

2012 Olympic Trials: June 25- July 2

The 2012 Olympic Trials are upon us! It has been a long road to get here and we have all been waiting patiently for our chance to qualify for the London Olympic Games. There isn’t much for me to say about this meet, but that I am ready! It will be a fun and exciting meet so EVERYONE better have their TV’s tuned in. For FULL Coverage of the meet and all information regarding the meet, head...

Posted by Ricky on Jun 4, 2012

Taper: The light at the end of the tunnel

What every swimmer looks forward to of a season, the light at the end of the tunnel, taper time!! It is something I have never understood my entire swimming career, and one of the main reasons I could never be a swim coach. Tapering for a swimmers big meet is a science that I think only coaches understand, and what swimmers think they understand. All I know is I go in to practice everyday, do what the...

Update From Training camp

Posted by Ricky on 7-12-12

On to London for 3 events!

Posted by Ricky on 7-3-12

Taper: The light at the end of the tunnel

Posted by Ricky on 6-4-12

Charlotte Ultraswim: What a Grand Prix Should Be

Posted by Ricky on 5-16-12

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