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Audrey Derivaux Drops 1:51.9 200 Back, 1:54.9 200 Fly At Jersey Wahoos Thanksgiving Meet

The 16-year-old Texas commit put up a time of 1:51.97 in the 200 back, ranking her #1 in the country this season in the girls’ 15-16 age group

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Carli Cronk Breaks Sixth World Record, Wins Seventh Gold of 2025 Deaflympics

Cronk, a current sophomore at Notre Dame, clocked 2:01.77 in the women’s 200 freestyle to break her deaf world record of 2:03.65 set in 2024.

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Conference Carolinas Adds Five Swimming Associate Members For 2026-27

The NCAA Division II conference will add Carson-Newman Catawba College, Mars Hill, Lenoir-Rhyne and Wingate next season.

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Olympic Champion Penny Oleksiak Accepts Two-Year Competition Ban For Whereabouts Failures

Oleksiak, 25, accepted a voluntary suspension earlier this year prior to the World Championships, and now, is officially banned through July 2027.

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State Law/USOPC Policy Clash Leads To Difficulty Sanctioning Meets In Washington

The conflict highlights the state-by-state nature of U.S. policy and the fact that national governing bodies like USA Swimming are not government entities.

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World Junior Champion Rylee Erisman Sends Verbal To Cal, Reclassifies To Class of 2026

Erisman, ranked #2 in the girls’ high school class of 2027, will graduate high school earlier than expected and join the Bears this coming fall.

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Reef McMeeking Moves To #7 All-Time In Boys’ 13-14 100 Breast (55.48) At FAST High School Open

McMeeking produced the swim one day after being disqualified in the 100 breast prelims at the FHSAA 3A State Championships.

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Big Ten Champion, Michigan Junior Colin Geer Misses CSCAA Dual Challenge With Mono

Geer was reportedly “staying positive” amidst the illness and was back in the water at the end of last week as his teammates competed at Tennessee.

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Gabi Brito, Adalyn Lee Post Top-20 All-Time Age Group Swims At RMDA Legends of Coaching Meet

At 15, Brito clocked 48.08 in the 100 free and 1:55.76 in the 200 IM, ranking her 13th and 16th all-time in the girls’ 15-16 age group, respectively.

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Thirteen-Year-Old Tyler Harris Hits 52.1 100 Back, 52.9 100 Fly At ISCA Fall Classic

Harris brought his best times in the 100 back and 100 fly both down from 55-point to 52-point at the ISCA Fall Classic.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 200 Semis, Stroke 50s Make For Convoluted Olympic Swimming Schedule In LA

The new swimming schedule for the 2028 Olympics Games in likely ends any shot Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh will race the 800 free in LA.

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arena Swim of the Week: Liberty Clark Hits 1:41.27 200 Free At Ohio State Fall Invite

Clark has lowered her 200 free best time by more than four seconds so far this season, and now ranks 6th all-time in the girls’ 17-18 age group.

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2025 Ohio State Fall Invitational: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Indiana’s Owen McDonald headlines the men’s 200 IM on Friday after back-to-back top-three finishes in the event at the NCAA Championships.

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2025 Wolfpack Elite Invite: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

The opening day of the 2025 Wolfpack Elite Invite kicks off this morning from Greensboro with heats in the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free.

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2025 Ohio State Fall Invitational: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

After churning out a pair of 20.7 relay legs early in the meet, Julia Dennis headlines the women’s 50 free on Day 3 at the Ohio State Fall Invitational.

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