New Zealand and Oceania

Inaugural Asia-Pacific University Swimming C’ships Slated For 2018

Another youth-oriented swimming tournament has entered the international calendar for the year 2018, as the first-ever Asia Pacific University Swimming Championships has been confirmed.

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Denver Lands Verbal from New Zealand Backstroker Finn Kennard-Campbell

Finn Kennard-Campbell, who won three medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas this summer, has verbally committed to swim for the University of Denver in 2018-19.

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Asian Games No Longer Considering Addition of Australia

Australia/Oceania will not be partaking in the 2022 Asian Games, as once proposed.

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Former Swimming Australia Director Hired As Sport New Zealand Chief

In the same week that Swimming New Zealand Head Coach Jerry Olszewski announced his resignation, a new High Performance Sport NZ Chief Executive has been hired.

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Jerry Olszewski Out After Just One Year as Swimming NZ Head Coach

After a year serving as head coach of Swimming New Zealand, Jerry Olszewski has announced his resignation from that post. Olszewski…

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2017 World Junior Championships: America Takes Lead Of Medal Table

American leads the World Junior Championships medal table through day 2.

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Matt Hutchins: “Watching Worlds was pretty motivating” (Video)

Matt Hutchins of Wisconsin Aquatics was all alone from start to finish in tonight’s 400

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Former World Record Holder Lauren Boyle Announces Retirement

29-year-old Kiwi Olympian Lauren Boyle has announced her retirement from competitive swimming.

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USA Moves Ahead of CHN in All-Sports Medal Table on Day 7

Mallory Comerford was a part of the mixed 4×100 freestyle relay squad that added another gold to the American total on night 7 of the 2017 FINA World Championships.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 7 Prelims Live Recap

Team USA’s Matt Grevers returns to the pool this morning for the men’s 50 back prelims and will look to set himself up for a shot at another individual medal.

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Gunes Scratches 50 Breast Prelims on Day 7 of 2017 FINA Worlds

Gunes, the 2015 Junior Worlds champion in the event, has scratched out of this morning’s 50 breast prelims.

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Among Day 6 Quotes: “I Wasn’t Expecting That,” Says Russia’s Chupkov

Anton Chupkov, Townley Haas, Kristof Milak, Simone Manuel and more share their post-race comments from night 6 in Budapest.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

The USA’s Chase Kalisz has a chance to win the first individual gold of this meet for the American men in tonight’s 200 IM final.

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Oceanic Round-up Day 5: Defending World Champ Larkin Out Of 200 Back

Having finished 6th in the 100m back, defending double world champion Mitch Larkin fell back to 15th overall after the men’s 200m back semifinals.

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2017 FINA World Championships: Day 4 Finals Preview

Katie Ledecky is the top seed headed into tonight’s 200 freestyle battle in Budapest.

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