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Massachusetts’ Owen Wright, Emma Roush Earn A-10 Weekly Honors

Massachusetts’ Owen Wright and Emma Roush were named the Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Performers of the Week.

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Denison Will Race 5 Division I Opponents in 2017-2018

The Denison University Men’s and Women’s swimming and diving teams begin competition Saturday, October 14 kicking off a schedule loaded with elite competition.

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Do Coaches Look At Parents During Recruiting?

Standing at the end of my swimmer’s lane, I cheered loudly at the big meet. Next heat, I stood with a fellow swim mom and we cheered for her daughter.

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5 Things I Did Not Expect My Kids To Learn From Swimming

My kids learned things I never imagined they’d learn from being soaked in chlorine. Here are five things swimming taught my kids…

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USA Swimming Foundation Names Make A Splash Bridge Rewards Winners

In an effort to bridge the gap between swim lessons and team swimming, the USA Swimming Foundation launched the Make a Splash Bridge Rewards Contest and awarded six Make a Splash Local Partners a total of $10,000 to help transition children from learn to swim programs to competitive swim teams.

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Midland Makes History At William Jewell Double-Dual

Midland University’s swim team took the pool for the first time ever on Saturday afternoon as they took part in a triangular meet against William Jewell University and Barton County Community College.

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Vancouver 2010 Taskforce To Protect Clean Athletes At PyeongChang 2018

The re-analysis of samples from the Olympic Games Vancouver 2010 followed an intelligence-gathering and risk-assessment process that started in January 2017 in consultation with WADA and the International Federations.

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Illinois State Women Defeat Lewis, Illinois Wesleyan

The Illinois State swimming team set a pair of Lewis Pool records Saturday, as the Redbirds came out victorious in a double dual against Illinois Wesleyan and Lewis University, beating the Titans, 172-31, and the Flyers, 166-39.

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FIU Defeats Georgia Southern, North Florida On The Road

FIU ran away with the FIU Fall Classic by outlasting a charging Buffalo team for the 41-point victory in the first multi-team event of 2017 and the first such classic hosted by the Panthers.

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Seton Hall Falls To UMBC, Takes Down Rider

The Seton Hall women’s swimming & diving team was edged 156-144 by Maryland Baltimore County in the 2017-18 season opener held inside Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium on Friday evening at Regan Rec Center.

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Vermont Takes 165-97 Victory Over Binghamton

The UVM women’s swimming team earned a 165-97 victory over America East rival Binghamton on Saturday afternoon at NJIT in New Jersey to begin the regular season.

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Boston U Takes Down Lehigh 166.5-117.5

The Boston University men’s swimming and diving team got off to a strong start in its season opener as it cruised past Lehigh, 166.5-117.5, Saturday afternoon at Jacobs Pool

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Gardner-Webb Takes Down UNC Asheville 202-176

The Gardner-Webb women’s swim team squared off with the Bulldogs of UNC Asheville today collecting their first victory of the year, while the men’s team battled each other in an intersquad.

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California Rolls Through Competition At Chick-Fil-A Invite

No. 2 California finished off the two-day Chick-Fil-A Invitational with another strong set of events Saturday, as the Golden Bears claimed five of seven races and won the five-team event.

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Washington & Lee Men/Women Take Derby City Invite

The opening meet of the season for the Centre swimming and diving teams took place at the Derby City Invite.

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