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How Meghan Small is coming up big for the York YMCA

In a couple-week period chock full of outstanding short course yard swimming, perhaps no one had a more impressive run than 16-year-old York YMCA standout Meghan Small.

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Team USA announces 2015 Parapan Ams squad

U.S. Paralympics has announced its full swim team for this summer’s Parapan American Games, to be held in Toronto, Canada.

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Harnish, Konopka, Small break more national records as Middle Tyger & Sarasota win YNats team titles

The individual stars of the meet all week, Courtney Harnish, Katrina Konopka and Meghan Small closed out Short Course YMCA Nationals with an individual national record apiece.

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Arizona Bill 2299 Proposes Expansion of the Term “Persons of Trust” to Include Coaches

An interesting piece of news coming out of the state of Arizona points to expanding the definition of “persons of…

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Middle Tyger’s Katrina Konopka breaks two YMCA national records on night 4 of YNats

The Short Course YMCA National Championship meet continues to be a showdown between the girls of Middle Tyger YMCA and the girls of York Y. On Thursday night, Middle Tyger had the upper hand, breaking two national records.

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Lazor Added to Pan Am Roster

Annie Lazor of Auburn was added to the Pan American Games roster this summer. The event will be held in Toronto in July.

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Meghan Small breaks two YMCA national records on day 3 of Short Course YNats

The girls of York YMCA were the stars of day 3 at the Short Course YMCA National Championships in Greensboro. York swept the girls individual events, setting new national records in all three.

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Michael Phelps #9 on ESPN’s List of Top Athletes From Last 20 Years

Michael Phelps, as he graced the cover of ESPN Magazine in 2008; Phelps is recognized by ESPN as one of the top athletes from 1995-2015.

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FINA Approves Major Changes; Breaststroke Officially Moves to Synchronized Swimming

In the vote, FINA approved a new format for the FINA World Cup Series to help eliminate unnecessary costs for the hosts of the event.

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31-Year Old Robert Griffith Banned by USA Swimming After Molestation Charges

Robert Griffith, a former swim coach in Florida, has been added to USA Swimming’s public list of “Individuals Permanently Suspended…

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Meghan Small Clocks 3rd-Fastest 15-16 200y Backstroke of All Time on Night 2 of YMCA Nationals

Meghan Small crushed a 1:51.74 to take the women’s 200y backstroke at tonight’s YMCA Nationals at Greensboro Aquatic Center.

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Vote: Which Record Breaking Performance From The NCAA Championships Was The Most Impressive?

Team SwimSwam has been debating about who had the most impressive swim, but we have not been able to come to a consensus.

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Quick Swims Abound on Day 2 of 2015 YMCA Short Course Nationals

The 2015 YMCA National Short Course Championships continued today from the Greensboro Aquatic Center. The men and women competed in…

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Harnish Repeats as 1000 Free Champ to Open 2015 YMCA Short Course Nationals

15-year old Courtney Harnish won the girls’ 1000 yard free for the second-straight year.

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Post NCAAs: A look back at our final Power Rankings for men and women

We were as shocked as Kelsi Worrell when her Louisville Cardinals jumped all the way up to 6th place at the women’s meet after earning the 10-spot in our final Power Rankings.

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