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Missy Franklin Downs 100 Back 15-16 NAG Record

With Missy Franklin chasing American, textile, and World Records, it’s easy to forget that, being only 16, she still has…

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Ryan Murphy, John Conger Trade 15-16 NAG Records in 100 Backstroke

In the morning heats of the 100 backstroke, Ryan Murphy of the Bolles School in Florida broke the USA Swimming…

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Franklin Posts Career-Best, Top 5 Time on Day 2 at USA Swimming Nationals

Day two at the 2011 USA Swimming (LCM) National Championships got off to a rip-roaring start in Palo Alto, beginning with…

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Payback Time for Lochte, Grevers in 100 Back Prelims on Day 2 at USA Nationals

The men’s 100 back prelims on day 2 of the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships was a bit of a…

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Hansen's Post-Race Comments Reignite Rivalry with Kitajima

Swimming has been devoid of quality major rivalries since the 2009 World Championships. We had Mike Phelps/Mike Cavic in 2009,…

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Lochte Drops 200 Free, Focuses on 100 Back on Day 2 From USA Nationals; Other Day 2 Scratches

It’s early morning on day 2 at the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships, and while only those suffering from the…

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Hansen, Vollmer, Beisel Win on Day 1 at Nationals

Day 1 finals are in the books from Palo Alto, California, at the 2011 USA Swimming Nati0nal Championships. The biggest…

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Guess Who's Back? Hansen Swims 1:00.17 in Prelims at USA Nationals

It’s day 1 at the 2011 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships, and we already have some exciting buzz in the…

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In Briefs: Lochte, Clary, Amongst Several Scratches on Day 1 at ConocoPhillipsNationals

As one of our readers astutely pointed out in the wee hours of this morning, there have already been several…

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Storylines: USA Swimming ConocoPhillips National Championships To Begin Tuesday

Tuesday, August 2nd, will be the kickoff of the 2011 USA Swimming Summer National Championships in Stanford, California at the…

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TSC Awards, Under/Overperformers For 2011 World Aquatics Championships

With the 2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships in the books, it’s time to give out some awards. These are our awards…

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Anomolies, Superlatives, and Peculiarities from the World Championships Medal Tables and Results

Rather than bog down our final day 8 summary with all of the different intersting (or maybe less than interesting)…

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Sun Yang Breaks Grant Hackett's World Record in 1500 Freestyle

China’s Sun Yang, at only 19 years old, has chased down one of the few World Records that survived the polyurethane…

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Shanghai Day 8 Finals Session: Ryan Lochte Wins 5th Gold Medal; Sun Yang Downs World Record

On this last day of competition its all medals, with only 7 finals races to go before the conclusion of…

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Shanghai Final Day: Lochte Cruises to 400 IM Final in 4:11

Men’s 400 IM prelims Ryan Lochte, already with 4 gold medals under his belt, looks to have gotten a good…

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