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Watch: Marchand’s 4:07 400 IM, Other 2023 Pro Swim Series – Westmont Day 2 Race Videos

This post contains race videos from the ‘A’ finals on the second night of the 2023 Pro Swim Series in Westmont, IL.

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2023 Fran Crippen SMOC: Weinstein Moves to #8 All-Time in 15-16 Girls 1500 FR (16:09.85)

The Sandpipers of Nevada are out in full force in Mission Viejo this week, and, boy, did they make their presence known in the 1500 freestyles tonight.

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2023 Pro Swim Series – Westmont: Swims You May Have Missed on Day 1

This post is dedicated to highlighting some performances that may have flown under the radar last night at the Pro Swim Series – Westmont.

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Watch: Leah Smith and Bobby Finke Post 800 Free Wins – PSS Westmont Day 1 Race Videos

The first night of the meet featured timed finals of the men’s and women’s 800 freestyles.

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Sandpipers Sims, Grimes, and Weinstein Headline 2023 Fran Crippen SMOC Psych Sheets

Mission Viejo Nadadores is set to host the annual Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions (SMOC) this week at the Marguerite Aquatic Center.

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2023 Australian Age Champs Day 5: Flynn Southam Posts 22.40 50 Free for Gold

The fifth day of the 2023 Australian Age Championships saw a pair of Australian Age Records nearly go down, both coming in the 50 free. 

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2023 Australian Age Champs Day 4: 16yo Jaclyn Barclay Rips New PB of 27.94 in the 50 BK

16-year-old Jaclyn Barclay won the girls 16 50 back convincingly, throwing down a blistering 27.94.

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2023 Australian Age Champs: Olympia Pope (14) Cracks 1:10 in 100 Breast with 1:09.76

Pope entered the meet with a career best of 1:11.09 and wasted no time, throwing down a 1:09.89 in prelims to take more than a second off her best time.

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13yo Beau Matthews Wins Five 12-13 Boys Para Events on First Two Days of AUS Age Champs

The AUS Age Championships kicked off on Friday at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. The first two days of the meet featured the multi-class para swimming events.

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2023 British Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Tonight’s final of the men’s 100 free ought to be a thrilling race, as the top five British performers all-time in the event will all be competing. 

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2023 British Championships Day 3 Prelims: Matt Richards Blasts World-Leading 47.72 100FR

Each of the top five British performers all-time in the men’s 100 free competed in the event this morning, and all five advanced to the ‘A’ final tonight.

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2023 British Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Freya Colbert comes into tonight as the top seed in the women’s 800 free, which is a timed finals event.

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Kara Hanlon Cracks Scottish Record with 30.50 50 Breast at British Swimming Champs

The previous record stood at 30.64 and was held by Corrie Scott from the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 

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Michigan Recruit Ethan Schwab Hits 200 Breast PB of 1:56.92 at Y Nationals Day 2 Prelims

The first prelims session of the 2023 YMCA Nationals took place this morning, featuring heats of the 200 back, 100 fly, and 200 breast. 

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Schroeder Y’s Isaac Fleig Hits PB of 9:02.78 in the 1000 FR to Open 2023 YMCA Nationals

The first day of the 2023 YMCA Nationals at the Greensboro Aquatic Center featured the 1000 free and the 200 free relay.

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