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McLaughlin Doubles Up (AGAIN); Meili Breaks Meet Record at KMSC Pro-Am

SwimMAC Elite’s Katie Meili swam herself to four individual victories at the KMSC Pro-Am this weekend.

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2014 Swammy Awards: Male Central American and Caribbean Swimmer of the Year

George Bovell earned this year’s Swammy for Male Central American & Caribbean Swimmer of the Year.

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McLaughlin, Weiss Double Up on Victories at KMSC Pro-Am Day 2

Note: there are two fantastic Pro-Am meets this week in Oklahoma City; we’ll identify them by their host teams: KMSC…

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FGCU Eagles Give GA Tech, Florida Atlantic a Thrashing

FGCU’s Emma Svensson brings home the 50y and 100y freestyle wins, as the Eagles trounced both GA Tech and Florida Atlantic.

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Andreina Pinto Wins Venezuela’s Golden Generation Award

Venezuela’s 23-year-old Andreina Pinto has been honored with her country’s Golden Generation Olympic Heroine Award for 2014.  The award, one for…

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2024 Boston Olympic Bid Promotional Video

As the four possible host cities for the United States’ bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics have been announced,…

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Two More Brazilians Headed to Kazan After Day 2 of Nationals

Joanna Maranhao, who led the women’s 400m IM field in her finals time of 4:41.00 comfortably cleared the Worlds cut of 4:43.46 at Brazilian Nationals.

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2014 Swammy Awards: Male African Swimmer of the Year Chad Le Clos

To see all of the 2014 Swammy Award winners, presented by TYR, click here. 2014 HONOREE: Chad Le Clos, South…

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Spitz Pool Record Goes Down as Navy Tops Army in Patriot League Duel

The Navy men’s and women’s teams trounced Army, leaving the record between these two rivals at 29-4 in Navy’s favor.

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Mountain West Women’s Weekly Honors Announced

Genevieve Miller (Air Force) and Molly Coonce (Wyoming) have been named Mountain West Co-Swimmers of the Week; Jordan Marthens (Boise State) earned MW Women’s Diver of the Week honors.

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Swimmer Thoughts from 2014 Scottish Nationals

Corrie Scott gives thoughts on swimming short course, as the Scottish Short Course Nationals meet concluded on Sunday.

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Germany’s Deibler Announces Retirement Weeks After Setting World Record

24-year-old Markus Deibler has decided to call it quits and pursue interests outside of the pool.

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UK Special Needs Swim Coach Wins BBC’s Unsung Hero Award

Jill Stidever was honored with the BBC’s 2014 Unsung Hero Award for her work in special needs swim instruction.

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Fans Select Names for Rio 2016 Mascots

Meet “Tom” and “Vinicius”, the two names just announced for the Rio 2016 Olympic Mascots.

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American Sprinter, Erika Braun, Breaks 3 Masters World Records

Erika Braun (left) with North Carolina Masters Swimming teammates Henry Stewart, Sue Walsh, and Jon Klein after their World Record win in the mixed 200-239 age group 400m freestyle relay.

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