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2015 W. NCAA Picks: Worrell on the Brink of History in the 100 Butterfly

Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell has already come dangerously close to surpassing legendary Natalie Coughlin’s U.S. Open, American and NCAA 100 butterfly record; will the NCAA Championships be the meet where the Louisville Cardinal makes it happen?

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Michigan’s Peter Brumm Clocks Season Best 100 Fly, Probable Qualifier, at Last Chance Meet

The University of Michigan hosted its men’s Last Chance meet on Sunday in Ann Arbor to give swimmers a final…

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German Swimmers Receive Sports Aid Foundation Funding

According to the German news outlet Swim Sport News, three swimmers have been named among the 22 new athletes added…

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2015 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Finals Real-Time Recap

Josh Prenot holds the top seed in the 400 IM in tonight’s finals, after breaking the Pac-!2 meet record in prelims with a time of 3:40.84.

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2015 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Prelims Real-Time Recap

Ryan Murphy and the rest of the Cal Bears try to set themselves up this morning for some mega point-earning Finals swims to continue their ascent in the overall team standings.

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2015 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Prelims Scratch Report

Cal’s Ryan Murphy aims at defending his Pac-12 100 backstroke title on Day 3 of the Pac-12 Championships.

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Michael Phelps Cranks Out 7th-Fastest 200y IM of All Time in Exhibition Race

As an exhibition race within the 2015 American Short Course Championships currently taking place at the Lee & Joe Jamail…

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2015 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Finals Real-Time Recap

Congratulations to Stanford’s David Nolan, the new American record holder and U.S. Open record holder in the men’s 200 IM (1:40.07).

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2015 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Team Scoring Analysis

Dave Nolan led the Cardinal’s charge tonight, maintaining its lead after the second night of Finals. But, the Cal Bears captured some big point gains for themselves as well, inching them closer and closer to the top of the team standings.

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5 Big Things from Day 2 of the 2015 Men’s Pac-12 Championships

Dave Nolan from Stanford was tonight’s big winner, cranking out a new American, U.S. Open and NCAA record in his 200 IM performance.

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Australia’s Grant Hackett Returns to Competition at Queensland Meet March 14-15th

Grant Hackett is set to compete at Queensland’s “Medal Shots Long Course Qualifying Meet” March 14th & 15th at the Brisbane Aquatic Center.

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San Antonio’s Northside Swim Center Selected as Site of US Olympic Team’s Domestic Staging Camp

USA Swimming has just announced that the site of the 2016 Olympic team’s domestic training camp will be the Northside…

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Coach’s Intel: David Marsh on Coaching SwimMAC Elite

In this SwimMAC Carolina team video, Head Coach and SwimMAC Carolina CEO, David Marsh, answers a young age grouper’s loaded question…

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Gators Remix: Florida Swimmers Reveal Most Embarrassing Songs on Playlists

Think you’re the only one with High School Musical on your MP3 player? You may be surprised.

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Joseph Schooling Named “The Straits Times Athlete of the Year” for 2014

Singapore national swimmer, Joseph Schooling has been named 2014’s “The Straits Times Athlete of the Year” this week.  In its…

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