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FINA Women’s Intercontinental Tournament Begins Friday

The USA Water Polo Women’s National Team begins play at the FINA Intercontinental Tournament at UC-Davis. The six nation, six…

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Erin McIntyre Named To Rutgers 2017 Hall Of Fame Class

The Rutgers University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that the 2004-05 men’s track & field team, Quincy Douby (men’s basketball),…

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Purdue’s Jackie Smailis Named As A Student-Athlete Intern

The Purdue Athletics Department has selected eight student-athletes to serve as interns in various areas this summer.  The fourth-year internship…

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UMSL Announces Tony Hernandez As Head Coach

Tony Hernandez has been named Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, as…

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NC State Celebrates Successful Season At Annual Banquet

The NC State swimming and diving team hosted its annual team banquet Saturday night where it celebrated its historic 2016-17…

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Freestyle Flip Turn: Mastering The Approach

The important law of inertia comes into play at several key times during the flip turn and the approach to the wall is one of them. If a body in motion truly wants to stay in motion then the worst thing we can do is slow down while approaching the wall. Yet nearly every swimmer does.

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Texas A&M Men And Women Celebrate 2016-17 Seasons

The Texas A&M men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams celebrated the accomplishments of the 2016-17 season at the annual…

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Create a thing of Beauty With Your Backstroke Start

A great backstroke start is a thing of beauty. I liken it to a dolphin leaping out of the water or David Boudia scoring a perfect 10 off of the 10-meter tower. You see no splash and hear no splash.

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Oakland Adds Seven To Round Out 2017-18 Recruiting Class

Oakland swimming and diving head coach Pete Hovland announced Friday the addition of seven student-athletes during the spring signing period. The men’s…

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FINA To Live Stream High Diving World Cup 2017

The 4th FINA High Diving World Cup, In Abu Dhabi from April 28-29, 2017 will be live streamed, free of…

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How to Hyper-Streamline in Swimming instead of a Simple Streamline (VIDEO)

“The best streamline swimming position has become a center for controversy in swimming…”

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Win A Dream Trip For 2 To Swimming Worlds In Budapest

Arena, in partnership together with SwimOutlet.com, the web’s most popular swim shop, began taking entries for its “Dream Trip for 2 Sweepstakes” on Thursday, three months before the 2017 Swimming Worlds in Budapest, Hungary.

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Alabama’s Anton McKee Named SEC’s Top Scholar-Athlete

A year after being named the CoSIDA At-Large Team’s Academic All-American of the Year, University of Alabama senior Anton McKee…

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Cal State East Bay Swimming Adds Six For 2017-18

Cal State East Bay head women’s swimming coach Shane Pelton has announced the signing of six standout student-athletes for the…

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Texas A&M’s Gibson Named School’s First-Ever SEC Scholar-Athlete

Texas A&M senior swimmer Sarah Gibson became the school’s first recipient of the Southeastern Conference’s prestigious H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete…

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