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USA Swimming Hires Lucinda McRoberts as Chief Counsel, Director of Legal Affairs

Lucinda McRoberts has joined USA Swimming in the newly-created position of Chief Counsel and Director of Legal Affairs, where she…

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USA Water Polo battle 3 game series with Italian National Team

The offensive attack continued in the second period with Tony Azevedo finding the back of the cage for a 4-1 lead…

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Lenoir-Rhyne Swimming Sign 13 for the 2015-2016 Season

Coach Paul Schiffel: “With such a big class coming and only one graduating swimmer, this class stands to make an immediate impact…”

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Lessons From Legends, Mary T. Meagher

Chuck Warner, the author, is a coach and an old friend. Thoughtful and passionate about the sport, he has studied the details behind what it takes to achieve swimming excellence.

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English Swimmer Savanna Saunders commits to the North Michigan Wildcats

North Michigan lands some depth from England. Savanna Saunders leaves for the USA to join the Wildcats this winter.

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7 Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our big swimming family! Here are 7 Swim Jobs you might love…

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Andrew Seliskar Underwater – Swimming Photo Vault

Many thanks to Rafael Domeyko – rafaeldomeyko.com – for these great swimming photos of Andrew Seliskar.

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Need a Gift Idea This Holiday? Give Your Swimmer an Elite Level Strength Program

BridgeAthletic is offering SwimSwam readers the ability to give the gift of an elite level strength program at a discount.

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Johnston and Ryan win 3-Meter Synchro National Title

Johnston and Ryan concluded their six dives with a total score of 597.30 to collect their first national title as a synchro pair.

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Bowersox Claims 2nd Consecutive Synchro Title at USA Diving Winter Nationals

Cory Bowersox and Zach Nees posted the meet’s top-scoring dive in the fifth round that yielded 87.78 points from the judges.

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Swim Job: SwimLabs Franchise Owner

If you want to own your own business and be your own boss within the swimming community, why not do something you already know and love?

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Midseason Report – Colorado State Swimming and Diving

Coach Woodard. “We are sitting at .500, and all in all I think our girls have done a great job in training and in their race strategy. We feel pretty good; now it is time to push the pedal for the rest of the season.”

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Katie Ledecky Honored as “Champion of Champions” By L’Equipe

Ledecky is the first swimmer to earn L’Equipe’s international “Champion of Champions” award, which has been presented annually since 1980.

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Arena Signs Canadian Commonwealth Champion Katerine Savard

“Katerine is a bright young star in a very competitive event, so it’s with great pleasure that we welcome her to our team of elite athletes,” said Pierre Vermette, Director of Sales and Marketing of F3 Distribution Inc.. (Official distributor of Arena in Canada)

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Rittenhouse Leads 10-meter semifinals at 2014 USA Diving Winter National Championships

Rittenhouse was the only women’s 3-meter diver to score more than 300 points in both the preliminaries and semifinals and heads into the finals with 619.45 points.

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