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Speedo USA Unveils The Covert, A New Fitness & Open Water Goggle

SPEEDO USA, a division of PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH), today released its new Covert goggle, the first customizable unibody goggle for fitness use, with six lens tints to suit all lighting conditions in the pool or open water.

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Penn Hires Laura McGlaughlin As Assistant Coach

The University of Pennsylvania’s head coach of men’s and women’s swimming, Mike Schnur, has announced the hiring of Laura McGlaughlin as an assistant coach.

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USA Swimming Foundation Funds Lessons For 1 Million Children In 2017

After surpassing the 5 million-mark in 2017, the USA Swimming Foundation is pleased to announce it achieved its goal of providing swim lessons to 1 million children in 2017, bringing its total to more than 6 million children served over the past 10 years.

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Bryant’s Jillian Rice Named NEC Women’s Scholar Athlete

Bryant University women’s swimmer Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.) was named Northeast Conference Women’s Swimming Winter Scholar-Athlete earlier today, the conference announced on social media. She is sharing the honor with Central Connecticut’s Maddy Garber.

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USA Swimming Aligns With Swaponz To Create Smartphone Cases

USA Swimming is teaming up with Swaponz to create customizable smartphone cases designed for users to swap phone covers without removing the case.

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Bryant Swimming Wins NEC Team Sportsmanship Award

The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving and men’s basketball teams were honored with Northeast Conference Team Sportsmanship Awards for the 2017-18 season, as announced Wednesday by the NEC office.

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Arkansas Adds Three To 2018-19 Roster

Arkansas swimming and diving head coach Neil Harper announced the addition of three Razorbacks on Wednesday to the 2018-19 roster.

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Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary & Russia Through To Super Final

Europe’s best teams played last night on Tuesday April 10 their sixth and final round of the FINA Men’s Water Polo World League preliminaries, the mandatory phase to secure a berth to join teams from America, Asia and Oceania for the Super Final.

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When Your Child Doesn’t Want To Go To Practice

As swim parents, there may be an afternoon or early morning when our children don’t want to
go to practice.

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Hope’s John Patnott To Retire, Jake Tabe Named Successor

Dr. John Patnott, long-time Hope College men’s and women’s swimming & diving coach, is retiring after one more season and turning over the program he founded to a former Hope swimmer.

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The Day I Quit Swimming

As most of the girls on my team know, I have a theory that if you don’t want to quit swimming at least twice a week you’re not working hard enough.

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Masse ajoute un autre titre à son palmarès

La Canadienne Kylie Masse a ajouté le titre de championne du Commonwealth à son palmarès en plus de celui de championne du monde, avec une victoire au 100 m dos, ce samedi.

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Calgary To Add Nine New Swimmers For Next Season

Coming off a strong 2017-18 campaign, the University of Calgary Dinos swim team will bring nine new swimmers into the fold next season.

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16 BYU Swim/Dive Athletes Earn MPSF Academic All-Conference

Sixteen BYU swimmers and divers were awarded 2017-2018 Academic All-Conference from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. 

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