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2011 WUG Day 3 Start Lists: Men's 100, Women's 200 Amongst Highlight Races

Day 3 psych start lists have been posted on the official Shenzhen 2011 World University Games website. Click here for…

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2011 WUG's Day 2: China's Yi Tang Sets Meet Record in 100 Free, Americans Get on Board with Three Gold Medals

Day 2 at the 2011 World University Games is complete, and we saw the Americans strike gold for the first,…

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In Briefs: Former Towson Star Meredith Budner Emerges As Member of Israeli National Team

Towson’s Meredith Budner was the top mid-major performer at NCAA’s last year, when she took 2nd in both the 500…

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2011 WUG's Day 2 Preview: Tim Phillips' 50 fly; Women's 400 Free Showdown Key Races

Day two start lists are posted on the World University Games result page, and things line up for the Americans…

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New Zealand Wins Two Gold, US Four Silvers on Day 1 From World University Games

Day 1 of the swimming portion of the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China with a total of 6…

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World University Games Day 1 Start Lists Released; Guehrer, Cseh, Irie to Headline

Just hours before the pool swimming begins in Shenzhen, China, the First day’s Start Lists have fianlly been released. Full…

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Swimming Kicks Off At World University Games With Italian Sweep of 10k Medals

The Italians, which typically have great performances at the World University Games (known around the world as the “Universiade”), kicked…

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Championship, Age Group, and National Records Go Down; Bentz Puts Heat on Young Phelps' Times on Final Day at US Junior Nationals

Full meet results available here. The future of America’s Swim Team saved the best for last on the final day…

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Caeleb Dressel Breaks 13-14 National Age Group Record in Mens' 50 Free

It took until the 2nd-to-last individual race at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals in Palo Alto, California to score a…

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Federica Chooses Federico to Be her Main Man on Deck

Italian double-World-Champion Federica Pellegrini has named her new coach to be Federico Bonifacenti, with whom she had formerly worked while…

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Lia Neal Sets 200 Free Meet Record in 1:58.2 on Day 4 at US Juniors

Women’s 200 free Asphalt Green’s Lia Neal is already the fastest 15-16 sprint freestyler in history not named Missy Franklin….

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Psych Sheets for FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Released

FINA has released psych sheets for the 2011 World Junior Championships (thanks to the UBC Dolphins) that will begin next week…

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Kathleen Ledecky Scares Meet Record in 400 Free on Day 3 at US Junior Nationals

Day 3 from Palo Alto was the best day of action thus far in the meet, albeit a brief one….

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In Briefs: Top-10 Recruit Hali Flickinger Earns World Juniors Bid, Narrows College Selection

While USA Swimming hasn’t yet announced their full FINA Youth World Championships roster, local news reports are starting to leak out some…

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China's Jing Liu Receives Warning for Positive Prednisone Test

FINA has announced that China’s Jing Liu has received a warning, issued by the Chinese Swimming Association, for a positive…

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