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SwimSwam Pulse: 55% Pick Stanford at #1 For Women’s NCAA Ranks

The three-time defending NCAA champions earned a majority of the votes at 55.1% – but the rest of the field pulled solid numbers.

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Opinion: Two Schools of Thought On NCAA Amateurism & One Is Bad For Swimming

California’s new law allowing NCAA student-athletes to earn money puts me in a tough position. On the one side is fairness, and on the other is swimming.

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Ask Swim Mom: Should I Help My Child Set Goals?

My child doesn’t seem that interested in setting goals for swimming. Is it being too overbearing to sit down with her and help her form her goals?

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Hardest (SCY) Event Bracket: Get In Your Votes For Round 2

Round 1 saw a lot of blowouts between our “seeded” and “unseeded” events. Round 2 should set up some more intriguing showdowns in our hardest event bracket.

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Swimming for Strength Athletes Part 2 – Getting Started

Former NCAA Championship Swimmer and Professional CrossFit™ Athlete Colleen Fotsch talks about how she incorporates swimming into her training.

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Katie Meili and Eagle Academy Team up in the Name of Drowning Prevention

Katie Meili joins forces with Eagle Academy in pursuit of preventing drownings in a low-income community in Washington D.C.

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My Swimmer-Does-CrossFit Experiment Comes Full Circle

Just over a year ago I entered the CrossFit world to spice things up and I learned several important things along the last 12 months.

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Bracket Challenge: Which NCAA Event Is Hardest?

We’re pitting NCAA events in a tournament bracket to answer swimming’s ultimate question: what truly is the hardest event?

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Elizabeth Beisel on Survivor, Episode 1: An Early Big Gamble

Three-time Olympian Elizabeth Beisel took a central role in last night’s premiere episode of Survivor: Island of the Idols. We recap her major gamble.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 65% Pick NC State Men To Place Higher Than NC State Women

Almost two thirds of voters still expected the NC State men to outplace the NC State women this season at NCAAs. Both teams were 4th in our College previews.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Grgic Nominated For Euro Award, Carlisle’s Swim City

Check out the latest edition of Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring Franko Grgic, Zac Reid, Johnny Carlisle, Fayetteville, North Carolina & Flowers Sea Swim.

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5 Things to Know Before Kids Go to College

Here are five things I learned at college orientation with my daughter that I found worthwhile that may be helpful whether or not your kids swim in college.

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Faster Swimming for Strength Athletes – Part 1

Former NCAA Championship Swimmer, and Professional CrossFit™ Athlete Colleen Fotsch dives into the importance of swimming for strength athletes.

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Monday in the Life of a Swim Coach and New Parent

5:15 a.m. My alarm goes off. I grab the baby monitor, clumsily make my way to the bathroom and brush my teeth before sneaking past my sons room.

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Beisel on Survivor: ‘I will definitely not announce that I’m an Olympian’

Elizabeth Beisel is part of Survivor’s 39th season premiering tomorrow, and she says pre-game that she won’t be announcing her Olympian status.

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