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2025 College Swimming Previews: #4 Tennessee Women Remain Dangerous With High-End Talent

Fresh off winning an Olympic medal, Mona McSharry returns for her fifth year at Tennessee in pursuit of that elusive individual NCAA title.

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World Championship Medalist Ksawery Masiuk Announces Texas Commitment For January 2025

The multi-time World Junior champion brings world-class backstroke ability to a Texas team that has quickly emerged as a national title contender.

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Why Some Non-Countries Are Able To Be Represented At The Olympic Games

Siobhan Haughey has won four Olympic medals for Hong Kong, which isn’t a recognized country but rather “a special administrative region of China.”

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Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 9/21/2024

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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USA Swimming Announces 2024-25 Junior National Team Roster

Junior Pan Pacific champion Luka Mijatovic highlights the 71-member U.S. National Junior Team roster for 2024-25.

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Fluidra Race Video Of The Week: Shark Attack Survivor Ali Truwit Sets American Record

After her foot was bitten off by a shark last year, Truwit won a pair of silver medals and set two American Records at the Paralympics in Paris.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 41.9% Want To See Short Course Meters In The NCAA

What kind of damage could Gretchen Walsh do to the world record books if she had the opportunity to race SCM in college competition?

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2025 College Swimming Previews: It’s Full Steam Ahead For #5 Stanford Women

The Cardinal return their entire roster from last season, led by Caroline Bricker (pictured), and add a strong freshman class along with Torri Huske.

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arena Swim of the Week: Japan’s Next Sprinting Star Murasa Drops 48.87 100 Free At 17

After breaking 49 seconds for the first time last month, Murasa re-lowered his PB and National High School Record in the 100 free with a sizzling 48.87.

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2025 College Swimming Previews: Can #6 Louisville Women Rejig Without Regenauer?

The Cardinals are losing two of their top three NCAA scorers, Christiana Regenauer and Else Praasterink, meaning the first-years will be relied on heavily.

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ISL, Shields & Hosszu To Go Ahead With World Aquatics Lawsuit After Court of Appeals Ruling

The long-running antitrust lawsuits were filed in 2018, with the ISL and the swimmers accusing World Aquatics of restricting their ability to compete.

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Pac-12 Targeting Memphis, Tulane In Pursuit of Building Best Non-Power Four Conference

After poaching four of the best in the Mountain West, reports indicate the Pac-12’s next target are some of the top teams in the American Athletic Conference.

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2024-25 NCAA Season Takes Flight With Friday Kickoff At Cal Poly

Destin Lasco and Jack Alexy will be back in NCAA competition on Friday at the annual Queen and King of the Pool event at Cal Poly.

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Kirsty Coventry Among Seven Candidates To Succeed Thomas Bach As IOC President

Coventry, the only woman running, is seeking to become the first female president in the IOC’s 130-year history.

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Breaking Down The Olympic Finals In Paris: Event-By-Event Tracker

SwimSwam has been diving deep into the advanced statistics of some of the Olympic finals we saw this past summer in Paris—keep track of it all here.

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