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House Attorneys Call On NCAA To Retract CSC’s Guidance On NIL Collective Deals

The guidance specifically targeted NIL collectives, noting that several deals submitted “don’t meet a valid business purpose.”

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 7/12/2025

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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SwimSwam Pulse: Fans Anxiously Anticipate Showdown Between Pan & Popovici In 100 Free

Heading into the 2025 Worlds, David Popovici has one main rival in each of his two primary events as he aims to reclaim the world titles he won in 2022.

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Burlington Aquatic Devilrays Disqualified From City Contract Bid, Face Possible Closure

Two clubs in Burlington, Ontario, are in limbo after one team was disqualified from bidding on a city contract to operate in public pools.

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arena Swim of the Week: 12-Year-Old Noah Safa Breaks 200 IM Ontario Age Record From 1995

Safa’s time of 2:19.79 broke the longstanding mark for 12-year-old boys of 2:21.90, set by Mississauga Aquatic Club’s Chuck Sayao back in 1995. 

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Aaron Peirsol Tops Ryan Lochte For 200 Back WR (Throwback)

Sixteen years ago today, Peirsol shattered Lochte’s world record in a marquee showdown between the two of them and the red-shot Tyler Clary.

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Way Too Early Recruit Rankings: Girls’ High School Class of 2027

Jersey Wahoos star Audrey Derivaux is the fastest swimmer in the class in nearly half of the events, and is fast enough to be in two NCAA ‘A’ finals at 15.

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World Aquatics Releases Entry Lists For 2025 World Championships

Leon Marchand will race all four events he won gold in at last summer’s Olympics at the upcoming World Championships: 200 breast, 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM.

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U.S. House of Representatives Introduce Amended College Sports Bill, The SCORE Act

The Act codifies the House settlement, grants liability protection, preempts state NIL laws and includes an anti-employment clause.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 7/5/2025

The Spartans of La Canada’s Lexi Cronin, 12, had an impressive showing at last month’s Southern California June Age Group Championships (LCM) in Irvine.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 63.6% Think Sjostrom’s 50 Fly World Record Is Most At Risk In Singapore

Does Gretchen Walsh have another 23 one-hundredths of a second to drop in the 50 fly, bringing her down to Sarah Sjostrom’s vaunted world record?

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Supreme Court Agrees To Review Bans On Transgender Athletes In Women’s Sports

The court will review a pair of cases in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ school sports.

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arena Swim of the Week: Christian Giefing Emerges In Exciting 200 Free Battle At Euro Juniors

Giefing was the last man standing in the 200 free final at Euro Juniors as the three medalists set a hectic pace through the early stages of the race.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Anna Peplowski Holds Off Simone Manuel In 200 Free Showdown

Peplowski put up a time of 1:56.88 to out-touch Manuel (1:56.90) at the Indy Summer Cup.

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Ohio Swimming & Lake Erie Swimming Finalize Merge Into Single LSC

The new LSC will operate under the name Ohio Swimming Inc., and will officially come into effect on September 1, 2025.

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