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Flanders Cup scheduled for Saturday, Hosszu, Plummer, huge British squad among entrants

Katinka Hosszu is entered in 16 events in Belgium, while Great Britain has nearly all of its top swimmers entered. David Plummer and Kim Vandenberg are the U.S. representatives.

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Former Big 12 Champion Fonua Nominated for “100 Most Eligible Bachelors” By Out Magazine

Fonua (middle) above poses at the 2012 Olympics with fellow Aggies Jeneba Tarmoh (athletics) and Breeja Larson (swimming).

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Swimming Australia heats up in Perth over the coming weeks

Magnussen gave a preview of what we can expect in Perth when he took out the final of the men’s 100m freestyle in a time of 47.73 – just 0.02 of a second outside his 2013 World Championship winning time.

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2014 Austin Grand Prix: Big names dot 100 free fields after prelims

NCAP’s Katie Ledecky will face her World Championships rival Lotte Friis in the 400 free on Friday night after the two took the 1 and 3 seeds in prelims.

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Above the surface – photo vault

Closing out the end of the calendar year is a good time to look back on some of the images…

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NCAA Men’s mid-season Power Rankings: Katis Enough to Put Cal on Top

Marcin Tarcynski and the well-rounded Golden Bear men sit atop the mid-season power rankings.

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NCAA Midseason Women’s Power Rankings: Cal on Top, Dogfight For Third

The Cal women are absolutely unreal this season, led by Liz Pelton, who placed in the top 2 of three different events at NCAA’s last year. How does everyone else stack up?

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Ogren wins twice, Andrew goes 3-for-3 on NAGs on night two at Winter Juniors

Doing what he does: Michael Andrew broke 3 NAG records in the span of 4 events on night two of Junior Nationals.

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Championship Records, Nearly American Records, Fall on Day 1 of U.S. Winter Nationals

Among the night 1 swims will be Katie Ledecky chasing an American Record in the 500 free.

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Gophers Chalk Up First Two Victories of 2013-14 Season

After taking both second and third places in the 400-yard medley relay, Goucher produced the champion and the runner-up in the first three individual events on the way to a pair of victories this afternoon in the von Borries Aquatics Center: 111-79 over Arcadia and 143-57 over Gallaudet.

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St. Bonaventure Comes Up Victorious on Senior Day

Meet Results MEN The St. Bonaventure Men’s Swimming and Diving teamrecorded its first home victory of the season this afternoon….

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Great Recruit Video: Utah Swimming and Diving

“Overall, I felt like this was the school where I could spend the next four years of my life.” –Maddy Meisel

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Mustangs Pick Up 11 Top Finishes, But Houston Wins the Dual

The Mustangs started and finished the event with a pair of relay victories as senior Monika Babok and juniors Nicole Parmenter, Rachel Nicol and Nathalie Lindborg clocked in at 1:45.44 in the 200-yard medley relay, and Babok, Lindborg, senior Nina Rangelova and junior Isabella Arcila touched the wall in a time of 1:34.84 in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

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SMU Takes On In-State Foes In A Pair Of Dual Meets

Mustangs Head to Rice On Friday; Houston On Saturday.

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