Rachel Blount

Minnesota

Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune

Staff Reporter/sports at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, covering the Olympics, Wild and other games people play.

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Regan Smith's rivalry with Australian swimming star peaks at Paris Olympics

Jul 22, 2024 | indydailyreporter.com | Rochelle Olson |Rachel Blount

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Regan Smith's rivalry with Australian swimming star peaks at Paris Olympics

Jul 19, 2024 | thebrunswicknews.com | Rochelle Olson |Rachel Blount

MINNEAPOLIS - Two of the greatest female backstroke swimmers will face off twice at the Paris Olympics seeking gold, world records and, for Lakeville native Regan Smith, the reclaiming of a crown. Smith, 22, and Australia's Kaylee McKeown, 23, are so far ahead in the women's backstroke events that an otherwise stellar field of swimmers is almost an afterthought. The women will swim the 100- and the 200-meter backstroke, their first head-to-head competition in both events at the Olympics.
Regan Smith's rivalry with Australian swimming star peaks at Paris Olympics

Jul 19, 2024 | thederrick.com | Rochelle Olson |Rachel Blount

Freddie Freeman hit a grand slam in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Dodger Stadium was shaking to chants of “Freddie! Freddie!” after Freeman’s seventh career grand slam — second this season. The Dodgers, who lost six of seven before the All-Star break, had as many hits in the eighth inning — two — as they had combined in the pervious seven innings.
Regan Smith’s rivalry with Australian swimming star peaks at Paris Olympics

Jul 19, 2024 | mahoningmatters.com | Rochelle Olson |Rachel Blount

MINNEAPOLIS - Two of the greatest female backstroke swimmers will face off twice at the Paris Olympics seeking gold, world records and, for Lakeville native Regan Smith, the reclaiming of a crown. Smith, 22, and Australia's Kaylee McKeown, 23, are so far ahead in the women's backstroke events that an otherwise stellar field of swimmers is almost an afterthought. The women will swim the 100- and the 200-meter backstroke, their first head-to-head competition in both events at the Olympics.
Regan Smith’s rivalry with Australian swimming star peaks at Paris Olympics

Jul 19, 2024 | miamiherald.com | Rochelle Olson |Rachel Blount

MINNEAPOLIS - Two of the greatest female backstroke swimmers will face off twice at the Paris Olympics seeking gold, world records and, for Lakeville native Regan Smith, the reclaiming of a crown. Smith, 22, and Australia's Kaylee McKeown, 23, are so far ahead in the women's backstroke events that an otherwise stellar field of swimmers is almost an afterthought. The women will swim the 100- and the 200-meter backstroke, their first head-to-head competition in both events at the Olympics.
Regan Smith's rivalry with Australian swimming star peaks at Paris Olympics

Jul 19, 2024 | gazettextra.com | Rochelle Olson |Rachel Blount

MINNEAPOLIS — Two of the greatest female backstroke swimmers will face off twice at the Paris Olympics seeking gold, world records and, for Lakeville native Regan Smith, the reclaiming of a crown. Smith, 22, and Australia's Kaylee McKeown, 23, are so far ahead in the women's backstroke events that an otherwise stellar field of swimmers is almost an afterthought. The women will swim the 100- and the 200-meter backstroke, their first head-to-head competition in both events at the Olympics.
Once a prisoner of pressure, Regan Smith is swimming free at last

Jun 14, 2024 | msn.com | Rachel Blount

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Swimmer Regan Smith takes aim at the Paris Olympics

Jun 14, 2024 | startribune.com | Rachel Blount

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – In the mountains or in the desert, every day starts the same way. Regan Smith goes to swim practice and collects a sheet of paper from coach Bob Bowman, listing a detailed plan for her time in the pool.
Schedule, TV info and more

Jun 14, 2024 | startribune.com | Rachel Blount

Before America's fastest swimmers can compete at the Paris Olympics, they have to make the U.S. team. Many of them say that's more difficult and stressful than racing at the Summer Games. The team will be determined at this week's Olympic swimming trials, where more than 1,000 athletes have qualified to compete in a temporary pool constructed in the Indianapolis Colts' stadium.
PWHL draft hits St. Paul, where there's anger of Natalie Darwitz's ouster as GM

Jun 10, 2024 | startribune.com | Rachel Blount

Tina Frederickson and Lisa Fulton made plans a while ago to attend the PWHL draft. The friends from Roseville, who have season tickets for PWHL Minnesota, arrived early Monday to grab good seats in the balcony of Roy Wilkins Auditorium. They cheered for the new players chosen and the current players arriving on the purple carpet. But Fulton and Frederickson weren't going to let the evening go by without weighing in on another topic: the removal of Natalie Darwitz as Minnesota's general manager.