Ricky Berens

Ricky Berens and Missy Franklin won gold medals of the 200 yards freestyle in Men and Women’s corner at the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships in Austin, USA. Berens showed no mercy to his challengers from the start and paved his way towards the finishing wall for the title by producing a time of 1 minute and 31.96 seconds. The gold medallist was traced by Joao de Lucca, who remained 0.61 seconds slower from his foregoing finisher and reached the wall for silver medal by producing an...Read Full Story

United States swimmer Ricky Berens did an impromptu strip for the spectators in Rome for the 4×100m freestyle relay at the World Championship Swimming.  This “wardrobe malfunction” exposed Mr. Berens’, a senior from the University of Texas, bottom for the world to see. It is not that the swimmer had a swimsuit mishap.  I think we all have been swimming in the ocean only to find out when we emerge that we are leaving something behind.  In Blanca’s case, it is usually the better part of her...Read Full Story

This week we sat down to a Skype chat with Ricky Berens to talk about the 2012 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Ricky was one of the first to submit his top 8 picks to us and he takes us through his process of determining the potential placements. *As a side note, this is a two part segment due to the lovely time constrictions for YouTube. Our apologies for the inconvenience, but enjoy the video!Read Full Story

Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte,Michael Phelps The US Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle team, led out by the indomitable Michael Phelps, smashed the world record on the way to winning the gold medal on Wednesday. The triumph keeps alive Phelps’ dream of gathering a record eight golds at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The win also brings Phelps his 10th career Olympic gold to date. The US team of Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay led for the entire race and stretched the world record...Read Full Story

StarCam went to The American Humane Association’s Hero Dog Awards, where we chatted with Ricky Berens about how much he loves animals, and how much he enjoyed the London Olympics and his growing interest in surfing.Read Full Story