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I am not talented, I am obsessed. ~Conor McGregor

SwimSwam Pulse: 73.2% Believe Extra Focus Won’t Go To Pac-12s Despite It Being The Last One

The 2024 Pac-12 Championships will mark the end of an era, which begs the question: Does that make them mean more?

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Kristof Milak Reportedly Back In The Pool With Eyes On Paris

Milak is said to have returned to the pool under the radar in mid-January and is committed to regaining form in time for the Paris Games.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #30-21

Two of this best swimmers of the last five years, there are nothing but questions surrounding Caeleb Dressel and Kristof Milak in 2024.

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arena Swim of the Week: Shona Branton Drops Big For 1:06.59 100 Breast In Luxembourg

Branton broke 1:07 for the first time en route to topping a talented international field in Luxembourg, making her an Olympic contender for Canada in 2024.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Women’s #30-21

Torri Huske is a title contender in the women’s 100 fly this year if she can return to the form she showed in 2022, when she won the world title going away.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: John Roy

Roy led his swimmers with the New Wave Swim Team to a number of impressive performances in January, both at the Knoxville Pro Swim and a club meet in Raleigh.

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Ultra Swimmer of the Month: Ilya Kharun

Kharun became the fourth swimmer sub-1:38 in the 200 fly and delivered several other impressive swims across three dual meets for ASU in January.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #40-31

Hwang Sunwoo isn’t a clear-cut favorite for Olympic gold in the 200 free, but there’s no question he’s in the hunt after three straight years in the 1:44s.

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Wyatt Davis Accepts Three-Month Doping Sanction For Cannabis Use

Davis’ sanction, which officially started on Jan. 2, will result in him missing the entire 2023-24 NCAA season.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Women’s #40-31

Marrit Steenbergen has had a career resurgence over the last two years, and, flying under the radar, will vie for medals in multiple events in Paris and Doha.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #50-41

After a senior breakout in 2023, American Thomas Heilman will be in the hunt for an individual Olympic medal in Paris in the 200 fly.

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Canadian Swimmers Jet To Turkey For Pre-Worlds Staging Camp, U.S. Heading Straight To Doha

Taylor Ruck and the rest of the Canadian contingent headed to the 2024 World Championships will have a pre-meet staging camp in Antalya, Turkey.

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Former Arlington Aquatic Club Board President Mark Black Pleads Guilty In Child Porn Case

Black faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring to sexually exploit multiple children between 2018 and 2021.

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Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 1/26/2024

Our GMX7 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: 51% Pick 2:06 200 IM As Most Likely Women’s Barrier To Fall In 2024

Kaylee McKeown, Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh are all candidates for the first sub-2:06 in history in the 200 IM, as is Canadian star Summer McIntosh.

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