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Katie Ledecky Swims Lifetime Best in 200 Free at PVS Senior Championships

NCAP 17-year old Katie Ledecky is going best-time after best-time this season, and she hasn’t even hit her big taper meets yet this year.

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2014 LA Invite Day 2 Prelims: Franklin, Coughlin, Adrian, Shields, Tosky and More

Ella Eastin and Haley Anderson both qualified for the championship final of the women’s 400 IM at LA Invite.

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Reece Whitley Surpasses Michael Andrew’s National Age Group Record by Slimmest of Margins

Reece Whitley has broken Michael Andrew’s 13-14 National Age Group Record in the 100 breaststroke.

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Irvine Novaquatics Downs 13-14 National Age Group Relay Record

The team of Owen Kao, Justin Nguyen, Andrew Koustik, and Hunter Hitchens broke the National Age Group record in the 13-14 boys 200 meter freestyle tonight at the LA Invite.

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Carmel Girls Drop 15-18 200 Free Relay National Age Group Record by Two Seconds

Missouri commit Rachel Hayden helped take the Carmel Swim Club girls to a new National Age Group Record in the girls’ 200 meter free relay.

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Christopher Huott Added to USA Swimming’s Banned for Life List

USA Swimming has added a second coach to its public list of individuals permanently suspended or ineligible this week. Christopher Huott…

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USA Swimming Adds Joey Diaz to List of Permanently Banned Individuals

USA Swimming has added Joey Diaz to their list of individuals permanently suspended or ineligible, with an official suspension date of June…

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2014 LA Invite Day 1: Wilimovsky Wows in 1500 Prelims; Aussie and Canadian Relays Break All Records

2014 LA Invite Thursday, July 17th-Sunday, July 20th Thursday 4PM, Friday-Sunday Prelims 8:30AM/Finals 5PM (Pacific Time) Uytengsyu Aquatics Facility, University…

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Get Your Tickets For Nationals Before It’s Too Late

The 2014 USA Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships in Irvine, California will run from Wednesday, August 6th through Sunday, August…

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Reece Whitley Takes 13-14 Breaststroking to Ridiculous New Heights; Shatters Own NAG Record

14-year old swimmer Reece Whitley, whose home club is the Penn Charter Aquatic Club and spent much of the summer training at…

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Updated FINA Junior World Records After 2014 European Junior Championships

Katie Ledecky has rewritten many Junior World Records since the benchmarks were set earlier this year.

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Men’s 200 Meter Butterfly – US Nationals Preview – New-look field with big shoes to fill

Tom Luchsinger, now with the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, is the defending national champion and holds the nation’s second-fastest time this year.

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Photo Vault: The Whole World is #ChaseStrong

The response for 13 year-old swimmer Chase Smith has been overwhelming. Thousands have shown their support for Chase and the…

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West Coast Answers: Psych Sheets Out for 2014 LA Invitational, Missy and Adrian to Attend

The stars will be out in Los Angeles, with Missy Franklin, Nathan Adrian, and Natalie Coughlin among the headliners for the 2014 LA Invitational

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Emily McClellan still growing into long course training

Breakout UW-Milwaukee star and recent college grad Emily McClellan checks in with SwimSwam from her summer training home in Minnesota to talk about the big learning curve she’s tackled during her rapid rise to swimming stardom.

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