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I am not talented, I am obsessed. ~Conor McGregor

Parkland High School Coach Sue Acampora Dies At 61

Acampora coached the boys and girls swim teams at Parkland High School for 10 years and was a a fixture in the Winston-Salem community for two decades.

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Men’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2018-2022

Bobby Finke’s 100 NCAA points helped push the Florida Gators to the top of the 2018 recruiting class scoring rankings after four seasons.

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Michael Phelps To Rep Team USA In Ryder-Cup Style Icons Series Golf Tournament

Phelps and a host of other sporting stars will compete in the match-play style golfing tournament this summer, pitting Team USA against the Rest of the World.

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2022 U.S. Trials Previews: Fink Stands Above The Rest In Men’s 200 Breast

The ever-consistent Nic Fink is the odds-on favorite in the 200 breast after several names from last year’s Olympic Trials won’t be competing in Greensboro.

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Berkoff, Douglass, A.Walsh & Gilliland Named 2022 Honda Award Finalists

Katharine Berkoff, Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh and Tarrin Gilliland are the four finalists for the Class of 2022 Honda Sport Award in swimming & diving.

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Video Shows FINA VP Zhou Jihong Coaching Chinese Diver At Tokyo Olympic Games

Zhou has allegedly used her influence to manipulate diving results in favor of the Chinese athletes.

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Men’s Recruit Ranks: Individual Scoring For All Classes Through 2022 NCAAs

Cal’s Destin Lasco has eclipsed the 100-point barrier through just two NCAA Championship appearances, leading all rising juniors and seniors.

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USA Swimming Confirms It Won’t Send Team To 2022 World Junior Championships

The U.S. will instead focus on the Junior Pan Pacific Championships this year, which will run in late August in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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2022 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Penn’s Matt Fallon was the top domestic scorer out of the high school class of 2021, though a pair of international freshmen won individual titles.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Split Vote On Who Will Emerge As The Top US Woman In 100 Free

26.6 percent of readers think Claire Curzan will be the top American in the 100 free this year, though a pair of NCAA stars are close behind.

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arena Swim of the Week: Lukas Märtens Drops Fastest 400 Free Time In Five Years

Märtens’ time of 3:41.60 is the third-fastest we’ve seen in a decade and is nearly two seconds quicker than what it took to win Olympic gold last summer.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2018

Kieran Smith was the 11th-ranked recruit back in 2018 but emerges as the top scorer in his high school class after four seasons in the NCAA.

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Noah Cakir Becomes Just Fourth U.S. 13-14 Boy Sub-56 In 100 Breast

Team Suffolk’s Cakir clocked 55.94 to move into fourth all-time in the boys’ 13-14 age group in the SCY 100 breaststroke.

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Riverside County High School Coach Arrested On Charges of Lewd Acts With Minor

Amanda Quinonez is accused of committing lewd acts with a male student and was arrested in California on Tuesday.

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USA Swimming Releases Qualifying Criteria For 2022 World Championships

Qualification berths for the 2022 World Championships will be on the line later this month at the International Team Trials in Greensboro, N.C.

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