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Georgia Secures Verbal From Local State Champion Breaststroker Jackson Bates

Bates’ breaststroke times from Sectionals put him within 1.5 and 3 seconds of the Olympic Trials cuts in the 100 and 200 meter races, respectively.

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Two-Time State Champion Diver Josiah Fick Stays In State With Minnesota Commit

Fick won the AA High School 1M diving title both as a junior and as a senior after finishing 25th as a freshman and 9th as a sophomore.

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WHAT Celebrates Four Class of 2020 NLI Signings

West Hartford Aquatic Team’s Will Layden (Providence), Aislinn Mitchell (Delaware), Kate Bell (Sacred Heart), and Ethan Brown (Villanova).

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Sandpipers Distance Swimmer Gavin Gould Commits to the Air Force for 2020

Gould will join the Falcons fresh off a WAC team championship, including individual championships in the 400 yard IM and 1,650-yard freestyle.

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Good Questions – What We Still Want To Know About Coronavirus Cancellations

The 2020 Olympic Games are now the 2021 Olympic Games, but many questions remain about how the calendar of the next two years will be structured.

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Texas Seniors Maxime Rooney, Jack Collins Pen Letter to NCAA About Eligibility

In a letter titled “A Voice for Senior Athletes,” the duo asked NCAA president Mark Emmert to consider giving an additional year of eligibility to seniors.

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Redshirt Rewind: The 2020 NCAA Gap Years & Where They Go From Here

In Olympic anticipation, the 2020 NCAA season was loaded with top talent taking gap years. But Olympic postponement will throw a wrench into those plans.

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Dave Salo Named Pac-12 Women’s Coach of the Year in His Final Season

USC head coach Dave Salo is leaving the program with a major award as the 2020 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year.

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USC Senior Catherine Sanchez Reflects On Sudden End To Collegiate Career

For Sanchez, the biggest heartbreak was not being able to see her teammates compete one final time at the NCAA Championships.

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California Butterflyer Ethan Russell Smith Announces Commitment to Denison

Ethan Russell Smith, a potential NCAA A-finalist in both the 100 fly and 200 fly for the Big Red, has announced his commitment to Denison’s class of 2024.

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Upper Arlington Freestyler Erin Reardon Commits To Kenyon For 2020

Reardon has a career-best time in the 200-yard freestyle that would have been invited to the 2019 DIII National Championship meet.

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Bonnie Zhang Earns CAA Institutional Scholar-Athlete Award

Zhang, native of Canberra, Australia, will be graduating with a degree in accounting in May 2020 and currently holds an accumulative GPA of 3.727.

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Texas UIL 5A Runner-up Alex Lynch Makes Commitment to Denver

Breaststroker and IMer Alex Lynch has made a commitment to swim at the University of Denver next year.

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Canadian World Juniors Medalist Avery Wiseman Verbally Commits to Alabama

Junior Worlds bronze medalist, Canadian Avery Wiseman, has verbally committed to the University of Alabama for 2020-21.

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An Unexpected Ending: A3 Performance Message to Athletes at the Season’s End

A3 Performance CEO Dan Meinholz addresses swimmers with a heartfelt message to approach the COVID-19 season-ending shutdown as an opportunity for growth…

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