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WATCH: David Popovici Swims 46.6 100 SCM Free, 23.8 Back-Half

David Popovici kicked off his campaign at the Romanian SCM Champs, competing in the 100 free and hitting a new PR and Romanian national record at 46.62

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Beata Nelson Had No Expectations Heading into World Cup, Ended Up Overall Winner

This was the first time Nelson had competed in the world cup at all, but it didn’t take her long to get her feet wet, literally or figuratively.

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Do You Love Swimming? See 3,987 Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming! Go here to see 3,987 Swim Jobs.

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Tom Shields Weighs in On World Cup, Trials, and NCAA | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

This week, Olympic champ Tom Shields joins the SwimSwam Breakdown and we discuss the World Cup, Olympic Trials, and NCAA Dual Meets.

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Olympic Champion Ahmed Hafnaoui Gives Training, Life Update From Indiana

SwimSwam visited Indiana University recently and got the opportunity to speak with recent Tunisian transplant Ahmed Hafnaoui

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What Will It Take to Pull Off 2024 Olympic Trials aka “The Meet of the Century”?

The CCO updates us on where USAS is at in their prep, including what the venue will actually look like with all 3 (yes, 3) pools inside. 

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Do You Love Swimming? See 3,984 Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming! Go here to see 3,984 Swim Jobs.

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Noah Nichols Looking to Fine Tune Details After UT-UVA Dual

Noah Nichols continued his fall momentum at the UT-UVA dual this weekend. Although he didn’t touch first, he did post a 51.73 100 breast

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Carson Foster Transitioning More to Sprints with 100 Fly, 100 Back Wins

Foster led off Texas’ winning 200 medley relay and taking wins in the 100 fly (46.57) and 100 back (45.82).

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Anna Elendt on 58.1 100 Breast: “I was just…. pretending it was a 50”

Breaststroker Anna Elendt posted the #1 time in the country in the women’s 100 breast, touching at 58.14 to top US Olympians Alex Walsh and Lydia Jacoby.

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Caspar Corbeau on Swimming 50 Fly in Medley: “I thought it was a joke at first”

Caspar Corbeau knew he could swim a good 50 fly. But he didn’t think that would mean he’d be Texas’ #1 option on Friday for the 200 medley relay

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Carol Capitani on UT-UVA Dual Energy: “I wish every meet were like that”

Captani thinks more meets should be like this, not only to have fun with her athletes but to help grow swimming to a broader fan base. 

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Todd DeSorbo on G. Walsh 100 IM: “I knew she could do a 25 breaststroke”

DeSorbo notes that all of the sprinters in his group train to swim all 4 50s of stroke, and therefore are sharpened to swim a pretty good 100 IM

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Eddie Reese: “We’re into Slovember… And we weren’t that slow”

After the UT-UVA dual, it seemed like Texas men’s head coach Eddie Reese was pleasantly surprised with how his longhorns looked at the beginning of November

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G. Walsh on Fastest 100 IM Ever: “I do stuff like that all the time in practice”

Walsh actually almost missed the 100 IM, thinking that there would be the women’s and men’s 500 free before her race.

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