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2022 Winters Juniors – West: Enge, Dalbey & Li Scratch Bonus Finals On Day 2

Piper Enge has dropped out of the girls’ 50 free ‘C’ final to focus on the 200 IM, earning Claire Weinstein a second swim after she won a swim-off.

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2022 Winter Juniors – East: Four Swimmers Scratch 50 Free For Day 2 Finals

Carmel Swim Club’s Aaron Shackell has dropped the 50 free ‘C’ final and will turn his focus to the 500 free ‘A’ final on Thursday night in Greensboro.

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15-Year-Old Noah Cakir Drops 54.79 100 Breast At STAR Short Course Invitational

Cakir clocked a blistering time of 54.79 in the 100 breaststroke to make him the 13th-fastest 15-year-old male in U.S. history.

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Thomas Heilman Drops Three Seconds In 200 IM, Moves To #4 All-Time In 15-16 Age Group

Still just 15, Heilman put up a time of 1:43.39 to dip well under his previous best of 1:46.61 and move into fourth all-time among 15-16s.

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Alex Shackell Moves To #3 For 15-16 Girls With 21.87 50 Free; Erika Pelaez Now #6

Shackell dropped nearly half a second in the 50 free to become just the fifth girl in the 15-16 age group under 22 seconds.

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Summer McIntosh Breaks Winter Juniors East Meet Record In 500 Free Debut – 4:34.15

McIntosh cruised to a time of 4:34.15 in her first-ever 500-yard freestyle swim on Thursday, shattering the East Juniors meet record.

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Australian Team Gears Up For Short Course Worlds With Training Camp In Bendigo

In the lead-up to Short Course Worlds, the Aussie squad has headed about two hours north for a training camp in the city of Bendigo.

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Five Storylines To Watch At The Winter Junior Championships – West

Set to age up next month, Katie Grimes will aim to etch her name in the girls’ 15-16 NAG record books in Austin at the Winter Junior Championships – West.

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Four Storylines To Watch At The 2022 Winter Junior Championships – East

All eyes will be on Summer McIntosh in Greensboro as we see what she can do in the short course yards pool.

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Li Bingjie Shows Improved Fitness, Eyes 800 & 1500 World Records At Short Course Worlds

Li enters next week’s Short Course World Championships as the defending gold medalist and top seed in the women’s 400 and 800 free.

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Italian Distance Star Simona Quadarella Withdraws From Short Course World Championships

Quadarella, who has won a medal in the women’s 800 freestyle at the last two SC World Championships, has dropped out of the event due to health reasons.

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Two-Time Olympic Medalist Federico Burdisso Will No Longer Compete For Northwestern

Burdisso is no longer a member of Northwestern’s swim team and is shifting his focus to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

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Men’s NCAA Transfer Portal Roundup: NCAA D2 Champ Spencer Daily Heads To Cal

The 2020 NCAA Division II champion in the 50 free with UC San Diego, Daily is set to join Cal for the second semester.

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LEN Announces New-Look Bureau As Tomas Kučinskas Steps Down As Treasurer

Kučinskas’ resignation has led to the reshuffling of four positions within the LEN Bureau.

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NCAA Qualifiers Gabby Dang (UCLA), Janie Boyle (Texas) Enter Transfer Portal

UCLA’s Gabby Dang has entered the NCAA transfer portal as she pursues her options for her fifth-year season in 2023-24.

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