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William & Mary Women’s Swimming Adds 10 Newcomers To Roster

The class features five swimmers from Virginia with other student-athletes representing New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. 

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Leslie Whittemore Steps Down As Head Coach of Redlands Swimming & Diving

Whittemore was first named head coach of the program in 1996, and led the men’s program to seven SCIAC titles and the women’s team to three.

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Cassie Churnside Named Head Water Polo Coach At Michigan

Churnside comes to Ann Arbor after eight seasons as the assistant coach at Harvard University.

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Clark Adds Two More Golds, Brousseau Tops 200 Free On Day 4 of Canada Summer Games

Clark, who recently set a new Canadian National Age Group Record and broke the 1:00-barrier, won the women’s 100 fly in a time of 1:01.37.

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Pair of Vanderbilt Swimmers Receive Postgrad Scholarships

Hanako Batt and Abby Burke have received prestigious scholarship awards that will enable them to build on the degrees they earned from Vanderbilt in May.

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Watch Bentley University Swimmer Emily Sweet On CBS Sports’ “Defying the Odds”

Sweet, one of three finalists for the 2022 Honda Inspiration Award, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in January 2021 and was back competing in October.

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Gobeil Sets 50 Back National Record On Day 3 of 2022 Canada Summer Games

Alisson Gobeil broke the Canadian record twice in the women’s S5 50 backstroke, finishing with a time of 56.90 in the final.

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Kongrong Li Named New Diving Coach At James Madison

Li joins the Dukes after a season at Illinois, and prior to that he was the head diving coach with Miami (OH) for 13 years.

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Junior Guards Competition Highlights Day 1 of 2022 USLA National Lifeguard Champs

The Jersey Mike’s United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) National Lifeguard Championships kicked off in Hermosa Beach, Calif. Wednesday.

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Maxine Clark Claims Two Gold Medals On Day 2 of Ontario Summer Games

Swimming for Team Alberta, Clark won the girls’ 100 freestyle (56.76) and contributed on the victorious mixed 400 medley relay on Monday in St. Catharines.

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Herrmann Making The Most Of Her Return To The Pool: U.S. Masters Nationals Wrap Up

The Clovis Swim Club Masters member set a FINA Masters world record at Summer Nationals.

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Peaty, Guy & Thomas Out, Hibbott & Clark In For Brits At European Championships

Adam Peaty, James Guy and Alys Thomas have opted out, while Imogen Clark and Holly Hibbott join the British team in Rome after racing the Commonwealth Games.

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Swim Ireland Announces Final European Championship Roster; Ellen Walshe Withdraws

Ellen Walshe is one of a few different Irish swimmers who have either opted not to race or withdrawn on medical grounds from the European Championships.

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Former Flame Danny Sivak Returns To UIC As Assistant Coach

Sivak was a nine-time individual finalist at the Horizon League Championships, including two second-place finishes, during his time with UIC.

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Catawba College Adds Oryan Malul As Graduate Assistant Coach

Malul graduated from Catawba in 2021, and will pursue her BSN from the nursing program with plans to graduate in 2023. 

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