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How To Maintain Your Poise & Composure During A Swim Race

When open water gets rough . . . and it is not the water! “Ain’t that a kick in the head?”

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Photo Vault: 2018 Northern Virginia Northern 6A Championship

Photos of the winners from the 2018 Northern Virginia Northern 6A Championship Meet.

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6 NewGen Swimmers Head To South Africa For Open Water Race Train Tour

Six young athletes are in South Africa for a two-week Race Train Race Tour as part of Swimming Canada’s strategy to develop a culture of distance swimming in Canada.

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How To Train Your Autonomic Nervous System For Peak Performance

Our brain is a complex organ that manages to control each and every muscle of the body. Every movement, perception and reception of enormous amount of data is all done by the brain.

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Team England Selects Diving Squad For 2018 Commonwealth Games

With only two months to go until the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games begin on 4 April, Team England has selected 13 divers who will compete for ‘Team and Country’ in Australia.

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How Competitive Are You?

As the Championship season approaches and with everyone looking forward to being at their competitive best, there are two fundamental questions you may want to consider in preparation.

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TYR Sport Signs IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Holly Lawrence

TYR Sport is proud to announce the addition of 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Holly Lawrence to its growing roster of world-class athletes.

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USOC Selects Investigator To Examine Larry Nassar’s Abuse Of Athletes

A special committee of directors for the United States Olympic Committee has hired outside counsel Ropes & Gray LLP to conduct an independent investigation into the decades-long abuse by Larry Nassar to determine when individuals affiliated with USA Gymnastics or the USOC first became aware of any evidence of Nassar’s abuse of athletes, what that evidence was and what they did with it.

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Cal Poly Men/Women Swim Past UC Santa Cruz

The Cal Poly men’s and women’s swimming and diving program won all 32 events to sweep UC Santa Cruz Saturday afternoon on senior day.

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Fairfield Sweeps Manhattan In Final Home Meet Of Season

Fairfield Swimming and Diving dominated Manhattan in the pool today in their final home meet of the season at the RecPlex Pool. 

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Tewksbury To Mentor Top Young Males At Trinidad Camp

A group of 16 male swimmers and four coaches are on their way to the Trinidad National Aquatic Centre for an important development opportunity geared towards building Swimming Canada’s next great men’s team.

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Georgia To Cap Off Regular Season Against Emory

The Georgia swimming and diving teams on Saturday will conclude the dual-meet portion of the schedule the way they began it.

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FINA UltraMarathon 2018 Kick-Off In Argentina

The FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series 2018, formerly called the FINA Open Water Grand Prix, kicks-off this weekend in Coronda Santa Fe, Argentina.

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Duke, UNC To Host Janis Hape Dowd Nike Invitational

After rounding out the dual meet portion of the season with a pair of victories, the Blue Devil men and women will feature a number of swimmers in action at this weekend’s Janis Hape Dowd Carolina College Nike Invitational.

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Virginia Tech Set For Technotational This Weekend

The Virginia Tech men’s and women’s swimming and diving team is set to host the Technotational this weekend as South Carolina, William & Mary, Towson, James Madison (women) and North Florida (women) join the Hokies at the Christiansburg Aqu! atic Center, Feb. 2-4.

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