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U.S. Olympic Team Receives Record $100 Million Donation To Fund Athletes’ Post-Games Career

U.S. athletes will receive $100,000 payments and matching life insurance benefits for every Olympics they qualify for beginning in 2026.

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Lublin, Poland Confirmed As Host of 2025 European Short Course Championships

The event will take place December 2-7, 2025, at the Aqua Lublin pool, with the Masters SC Championships to follow at the same venue from December 10-16.

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Lincoln East Boys Win First Nebraska HS State Title Since 1988; Marian Girls Victorious

The Lincoln East boys secured their first title in 37 years, accumulating 334 points to best two-time defending champion Creighton Preparatory (316.5).

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U SPORTS Championships To Serve As Selection Meet For Dual With British All-Stars

A U SPORTS Canadian team will face a group of British university swimmers in a historic dual meet this summer in Loughborough.

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Pre-Selection Psych Sheets For 2025 Women’s NCAA Championships Released

Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske will go head-to-head in the 100 fly (and 100 free) at the 2025 NCAAs after going 1-2 in the event at the Olympic Games.

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Alex Walsh Opts For 200 Fly, Grimes Enters 1650 Free At 2025 NCAA Championships

Rather than defend her title in the 200 breast, Alex Walsh will be racing the 200 fly on Day 4 of the Women’s NCAA Championships this season.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Josh Christensen

Christensen led the Sycamore women to the first Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) championship in program history over the weekend.

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Judge Blasts SafeSport For ‘Perpetuating Fraud’ and Withholding Evidence In 2022 Case

SafeSport intentionally withheld evidence in a case involving a female water polo player from 2022, Seminole County Judge John Woodard said.

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2025 U SPORTS Preview: UBC Aims To Reclaim Titles With Addition of Sanchez, Knox

Kayla Sanchez could prove to be the difference-maker for the UBC women this year as they vie to dethrone the University of Toronto at the USPORTS Champs.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 3/1/2025

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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Summer McIntosh To Leave Sarasota After This Season, Considering Joining Bowman At Texas

McIntosh is looking to join a pro team after this summer’s World Championships, with Bob Bowman and the University of Texas at the top of the list.

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Wisconsin-Green Bay Swimmer Alex Smolecki Dies At 20

A native of Hickory Hills, Ill., Smolecki was in his junior year at UW-Green Bay and was slated to graduate early in the sprint of 2025.

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arena Swim of the Week: La Salle’s Felix Jedbratt Blasts 44.97 100 Fly At A-10 Championships

Jedbratt became just the third mid-major swimmer in history to break 45 seconds in the 100 fly, putting him in position to earn his first NCAA invite.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 50.1% Think Sprint Free Has Seen Greatest Evolution In Past Decade In SCY

Gretchen Walsh owns four of the six U.S. Open Records that have improved the most over the past 10 years.

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Former Riverside School District (PA) Swim Coach Charged With 34 Counts of Sexual Assault

Alaina Marshall, 29, was charged after allegedly having sex with an underage student on school property.

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