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Just Like Dad: Generations on the John Carroll University swim team

Courtesy of Lindsey Fano, a SwimSwam Intern. Follow: @lindseyfano If you had asked Megan Hawk where she was going to college,…

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Delta State Swimming and Diving – Hype Video – Get Some!

Many thanks to Edgar Sokolovich for provide this College Swimming Video.

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5 Reasons We Swim

Reasons why we swim? Work ethic? Friends? Vanity? Here are my reasons. Tell me why you swim…

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The toxic truth about pools and the air quality problems they can create – Video

All information in this video was sourced from the CDC and World Health Organization websites. The chemical byproducts listed are real, and we encourage everyone who watches this video to do the research for themselves.

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5 Things to Do After a Bad Race

You touch the wall, look up at the clock, and you’re met with disappointment. That wasn’t the time you trained for. That wasn’t the time that you put all of your effort into. So now what? Here are five things to do after a bad race…

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Throwback Thursday Video: The Barefoot Boys of Tennessee, Clad In Coonskin Caps Rule SEC Swimming

Back in the 1970s, the University of Tennessee Swimming and Diving team was a force to be reckoned with in the SEC. The force behind the VOLS swimming program was Coach Ray Bussard.

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The 5 Stages of Recovery from a Swimming Injury

#2 COMMIT – “Commit not only to your rehab program, but commit to coming back to the sport. Without looking at the end goal the days of rehab to follow will be ten fold harder.”

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10 things swimmers do during practice

So what type of things do we do, and think, during practice? Here is a list of the top 10 things a swimmer does or thinks during practice.

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Gold in LA – Ous Mellouli Photo Vault

Two time Olympic champion Ous Mellouli is in LA training for the 2016 Rio Olympics.  Ous is back at Trojan…

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Swim and Fight to Music with Lara Jackson

Watch as Lara Jackson gives us an insight on how cross training has helped her stay in peak physical condition.

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Photo Vault: Tattoos of the NAIA 2015

There was a lot of body art on display at the 2015 NAIA National Swimming and Diving Championships, and most of it didn’t shower off on Monday.

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If you swam and now suffer from Halux Valgus or Hammer Toe, read this Olympic Testimonial

Courtesy of Gary Hall Sr., 10-time World Record Holder, 3-time Olympian, 1976 Olympic Games US Flagbearer and The Race Club co-founder.

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SwimOutlet.com Launches Official 2015/16 Racing Suit Technology Guide Together with Its Annual 2015 Tech Suit Reviews

Suits covered in the 2015 Tech Suit Reviews include traditional swim brands such as Arena, TYR, blueseventy and Dolfin, as well as relative newcomers to the U.S. market Hammerhead, Jaked and Rocket Science Sports.

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Olympian Kim Vandenberg appears in Emilyn Brodsky’s debut music video for “Born Again”

You can watch Kim lead a troupe of Bathing Beauties in Brodsky’s food-themed clip to keep in the vein of Emilyn Brodsky Eats Her Feelings’ album title.

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Confessions of a Swim Mom: I Missed my Swimmer’s Event

If you are a swim parent for any duration of time, you will eventually feel the guilty sting of accidentally missing your child’s event.

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