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Illinois Hosts In-State Rivals, Travels to Michigan State

Illinois will see in-state competition Thursday as the team hosts Illinois State and Southern Illinois, before travelling to East Lansing on Saturday.

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Oakland, Milwaukee Split Horizon League Weekly Honors

Oakland’s Mack Flowers and Susan LaGrand picked up Horizon League swimming honors while Milwaukee’s McKenzie Sanchez and Jared Kleczka earned diving honors.

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Florida State, Louisville Split ACC Weekly Honors

Louisville’s Grace Oglesby and Florida State’s Ayla Bonniwell, Vladimir Stefanik and Joshua Davidson picked up ACC Swimmer and Diver of the Week nods.

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Florida’s Smith, Farrow, Friese Sweeps SEC Men’s Weekly Awards

Kieran Smith, Alex Farrow and Eric Friese swept the SEC men’s weekly awards for their performance during a 178.5-116.5 win over Minnesota.

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Cincinnati, SMU Split AAC Weekly Honors

Cincinnati’s Dominic Polling, Dylan Porter and Claire Schuermann and SMU’s Erin Trahan earned weekly honors from the American Athletic Conference.

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Denver’s Cronin, Sanes, Walker, South Dakota’s O’Dea Earn Summit League Nods

Denver’s Kylie Cronin and Adriel Sanes swept the Summit League swimming awards, while South Dakota’s Seth O’Dea and Denver’s Sammy Walker earned diving nods.

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Bryant’s Wong, Ritzer, Doruska Sweep NEC Weekly Awards

Bryant University’s Heather Wong, Gabrielle Ritzer and Erin Doruska swept the Northeast Conference swimmer, diver and rookie of the week awards.

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Davidson, St. Bonaventure, UMass Pick Up Atlantic 10 Nods

Davidson’s Daniel Valmassei and St. Bonaventure’s Katrina Wardner and Elias Petri and UMass’ Bella Snyder were honored by the Atlantic 10 Conference.

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Anderson University Tabs Andra Pavich as Assistant Diving Coach

Anderson University selected Andra Pavich as the first assistant diving coach. Anderson will begin its first-ever season with diving in 2019-20.

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Swimming for Strength Athletes Part 5 – Proper Kicking

Former NCAA Championship Swimmer and Professional CrossFit™ Athlete Colleen Fotsch talks about proper kicking in episode 5 of swimming for strength athletes.

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Notre Dame Transfer Eksteen Sets 500 Free Mark, Among 2 Rhodes School Records

Transfer Sinead Eksteen broke the 1000 free record, while freshman Mia Harris broke the 200 fly mark as Division III Rhodes defeated Birmingham Southern.

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West Chester Removes Interim Tag, Names Steve Mazurek Head Coach

West Chester University officials removed the interim tag from Steve Mazurek’s title and made him the new head coach of Swimming & Diving/Aquatics Director.

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Saint Francis (PA) Women, NJIT Men Lead Highlander Invitational

The NJIT men posted a clean sweep of its dual meet matchups at the Highlander Invitational, while Saint Francis (PA) did so on the women’s side.

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Seniors Lead UC Santa Barbara Men Past Utah

The UC Santa Barbara men’s swim team won its first meet of the year by a score of 150.5-111.5 against Pac-12 opponent Utah on Friday afternoon at Campus Pool.

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Wabash’s Wesley Slaughter Named NCAC Athlete of the Week

Wabash College junior Wesley Slaughter has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference Men’s Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week.

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