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Why The MAC Moved Back Its Conference Championships

Why the Mid-American Conference moved back its conference championship meets until mid-April amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Toussaint Ties Dutch 50 Back Record In Opening Skins Round

Toussaint tied her national record in 25.75, but failed to advance to the final in the following round.

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Szabo Moves To #5 All-Time, Smashes Hungarian Record With 22.00 50 Fly (SCM)

Szebasztian Szabo produced the fastest time in league history en route to winning the men’s 50 fly at the ISL’s second match in Budapest.

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Relay Analysis: Apple Torches Pair of 45-Point Free Splits For DC Trident

Apple split 45.15 on the 400 free relay, and then followed up with a 45.43 anchor on the medley.

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Valentine Dumont Crushes New Belgian 400 Free Record In Budapest

Dumont, representing the Aqua Centurions, knocked over four seconds off her old mark in 4:00.37 to win the event at the ISL’s second match.

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Christian Diener Takes Down Super-Suited German 50 Back Record

Diener moves into a tie for 10th all-time after erasing Thomas Rupprath’s 2009 German Record of 22.85 in 22.76.

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Emre Sakci Defeats Peaty En Route To 50 Breast Turkish Record

Sakci becomes the ninth-fastest swimmer of all-time after clocking a blazing 25.74 in Budapest.

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Relay Analysis: Haughey, Sjostrom Provide Deadly Combo For Energy Standard

Sitting in third after two legs, Haughey (51.06) and Sjostrom (51.23) delivered the top two female splits in the field as Energy Standard claimed victory.

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Soka University Swimmer Thomas “Wyatt” Balman Dies At 20

Balman reportedly died at the Wamego Aquatic Center in Wamego, Kansas on October 13 from an apparent drowning.

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FHSAA Releases Dates For Postseason Swimming & Diving Championships

The Class 3A and 4A State Championships will be on Nov.6-7, and the 1A and 2A meets will take place on Nov.13-14 in Stuart.

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Anastasia Gorbenko Lowers European Junior Record In SCM 200 IM

The 17-year-old Israeli swimmer reset both her national record and the European Junior mark in 2:06.46, placing third overall in the event.

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ISL Season Opener: Rooney, Ferreira Provide 1-2 Punch On LA Current Relays

Maxime Rooney anchored both male LA Current relays to victory on the opening day of the 2020 ISL season.

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Lilly King Edges Out 50 Breast SCM American Record In 28.86

King’s time dips under her 28.90 set in last season’s Grand Finale.

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Melanie Margalis Lowers Own Women’s SCM 200 IM American Record In Budapest

Margalis clocked a time of 2:04.06, improving on the 2:04.18 record she set during the Indianapolis match last season.

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ISL Prize Money To Exceed $6 Million USD In Season 2

With more matches and events, the ISL season will be far more lucrative than it was in 2019.

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