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Pacific Lutheran University Partners With blueseventy

PLU was founded in 1890, and it’s NCAA Division III swim team is enjoying success in the pool as well as the classroom, with a streak of three straight conference titles to go along with Scholar All-America Team Awards for the men’s and women’s teams.

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How to do the Back-to-Breast Turn with Gold Medalist Darian Townsend

This transition is essentially half of a backstroke turn and half of a freestyle turn.

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Rio Reflections with Olympic swimmer Maya DiRado

Olympic gold medalist and Stanford graduate Maya DiRado was an absolute sensation in the pool at the Rio Olympics.

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FINIS: Train for Gold Like Brad Snyder

Over the next four years, Snyder established himself as a force to be reckoned with in para-swimming.

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How to Avoid the ‘Modern Toilet Seat’ Syndrome, Backstroke/Freestlye

I call this the ‘modern toilet seat’ syndrome, because in swimming freestyle and backstroke, the hand slows down just like a modern toilet seat with a spring on it to keep it from falling down hard.

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OWP on Why South Padre is Quickly Becoming Next Open Water Hot Spot

The team discovered that South Padre Island, Texas met all of this race criteria in spades, while offering so much more to race goers and spectators alike.

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2017 Pine Crest Swim Camps Are Ready for Signups Now

If you are a competitive swimmer, this camp will bring you to the next level of your swimming career.

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New Technology Takes Coach off the Pool Deck & Into the Water

AquaCam’s launch of the CoachCom waterproof transmitting system means that swimmers are never out of earshot from coaching guidance.

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Swimming With Music Changes Everything

Runners can listen to music, watch TV and movies on a treadmill, change scenery every time they pick a new trail. What about swimmers?

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The Winner Within: Byron Davis Returns To Cleveland For Swim Clinic

Listen to former Team USA swimmer Byron Davis describe how he ‘fell’ into swimming and how the sport has changed his life significantly.

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Rio Reflections with swimmer Missy Franklin

Olympic star Missy Franklin candidly reflected on the lessons she learned from her experiences in Brazil with Excelle Sports.

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TritonWear Epic Showdowns: Phelps vs. Phelps – Olympic 200 Fly

In the spirit of theoretical epic showdowns, we pitted Phelps against himself in the 200 butterfly in each of his five Olympic Games.

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Add Some Music to Your Swimming Workouts With AudioFlood

I’m going to tell you about my swimming routine. Tell me when mine differs from yours.

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Navy Swimming’s Elite Training Camp – Sign Up Today

The Navy Swim Elite Training Camp is designed and implemented by our Navy Coaching staff to take swimmers to the next level of performance by focusing on a progressive stroke technique session, while adding an elite level pool training session to each day.

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Jolyn Lookbook: Submersion

By Photographer Aaron Okayama aaronokayama.com – Producer Mallyce Miller @mallyce – Model Sarah Courtney @sarcourt – and 3x Olympic Swimmer Kara Lynn Joyce @karalynnjoyce

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