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Pitt Opens Season With Diving Against Duquesne, Relays Against Carnegie Mellon

Pitt will kick things off with a diving meet against Duquesne on Friday, followed by the annual relays-only meet versus Carnegie Mellon Saturday morning.

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College Swimming Previews: #10 Tennessee Brings in 10 Freshmen and 3 Transfers

After coming in 10th last year, Tennessee has managed to keep a handful of swimmers as 5th years, pick up 3 key transfers, and bring in a giant freshmen class

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Butterfly and IMer Emily Campbell Stays In-State with Verbal to East Carolina

Futures 200 butterfly finalist Emily Campbell has announced her commitment to East Carolina University beginning in fall 2022.

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Kentucky Secures 3rd Verbal for 2023 from Cassie Howell

Summer Juniors qualifier Cassie Howell is the third public verbal commitment to the University of Kentucky class of 2027.

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NLRB: “Certain” College Athletes Are Employees, Have Right To Unionize

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board says that college athletes are statutory employees and therefore are entitled to employee rights.

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College Swimming Previews: One Casas-Sized Hole To Fill For #10 Texas A&M Men

Senior Koko Bratanov will be heavily relied upon this season by the Aggies after the abrupt departure of Shaine Casas one month ago.

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Colorado State Set To Start Season At Intermountain Shootout

The nine-team women’s field (there are also five men’s teams in attendance) is being hosted by Colorado Mesa University.

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Cal Poly Swimming Adds Former Mustang Alan Peterson As Assistant Coach

Peterson, who swam at Cal Poly from 2012 until 2016, was a volunteer assistant with the Mustangs from 2017-19.

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Carolyn Meier Named Assistant Swim & Dive Coach At TCU

Meier comes to TCU from Ithaca, N.Y. where she served as an assistant coach at Cornell for three years.

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Bryant Men’s Swim & Dive Earns Top Ranking In NEC Preseason Poll

The Bulldogs, who won the inaugural NEC title last spring, were followed in the 2021-22 poll by LIU, last year’s runner-up.

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FGCU’s Wiktoria Czarnecka Named CCSA Swimmer of the Week

In Saturday’s season opener at the UNF Invitational, Czarnecka won two individual races while adding three more wins as part of relay teams.

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Maggie MacNeil Will Race World Cup – Berlin, Return to Michigan for SMU Classic

Olympic gold medalist Maggie MacNeil is making a quick trip to Berlin for the FINA World Cup, but will return to the US in time for Michigan’s season-opener.

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CSU Sacramento to Host Olympic Swimming Forum on Transition to “Civilian Life”

7-time Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz (above) is one of five panelists alongside other big names Summer Sanders, Mike Burton, Jeff Float and Debbie Meyer.

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SwimSwam Breakdown: Casas Goes Pro, ISL Play-In and Noe Ponti Heads Home

This week on SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss Shaine Casas going Pro, Noe Ponti leaving NC State to head home to Switzerland, and the Chinese National Games

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2021-2022 College Previews: #11 Virginia Tech Men Feeling the Sergio Effect

The Virginia Tech men return all of their NCAA qualifiers after finishing a program-best 11th place at the 2021 NCAA Championships.

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