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Junior National Champ Isaac Fleig Moving To Fishers Area Swimming; Joining ASU Next Fall

Fleig will train under Joe Keller in Fishers, Indiana. Fishers is also home to fellow distance freestyler Luke Whitlock.

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Kelly Palace Wraps Record Streak With Six Masters National Records In Six Weeks

Palace set a pair of National Records in the women’s 60-64 age group in November, finishing off an incredible six-week run.

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Thomas Heilman & Maximus Williamson Reflect on Winter Jr Champs, Virginia Commitment

We discussed all of their swims from the Jr Championships as well as how they both ended up choosing Virginia for their continued swimming and education.

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The Distance Revolution, AUS & China’s Big Swims, and Practice Times | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

We discuss the distance revolution, Australia and China’s speed in the long course pool, and how we should be timing practice swims.

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U.S. Open Highlights Package Draws 690,000 Average Audience on Saturday Afternoon

NBC aired a highlight package of the 2023 US Open Swimming Championships on December 9th and it drew almost 700,000 viewers.

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24,000 Olympic Trials Tickets Left Per Day as USA Swimming Offers Discounts

Only single day tickets are currently on sale for the 2024 US Olympic Swimming Trials, with not much progress on sales since August.

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Olympic Redshirt Midseason Update, How Are They Doing?

Torri Huske is taking an Olympic Redshirt for the 2023-2024 NCAA season while still training at Stanford. See how others are swimming here.

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How Does USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey’s 2022 Salary Stack Up Against Years Past?

USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey made less money in 2022 than he did the year prior, but his six-figure bonus raised eyebrows given last year’s losses.

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The Top U.S. Storylines Headed Into The Paris Olympic Year — Women’s Edition

In this article, we take a look at some of the top storylines headed into the Paris Olympic year for the American women.

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Luka Mijatovic Breaks Own 13-14 1650 Freestyle NAG Record By 15 Seconds With 14:45.79

Mijatovic now is the fastest 13-14 1650 freestyler all-time by over 20 seconds, breaking his own NAG record tonight in California.

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Katie Grimes Headlines Five-Member U.S. Open Water Roster For 2024 World Championships

Grimes is the lone U.S. swimmer who will race both pool and open water events in Doha, as she was named to the pool swimming roster last month.

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Ranking The Top 10 Swims From The 2023 Winter Junior Championships

Several National Age Group (NAG) records highlighted the 2023 Winter Junior Championships, including the 49.53 100 backstroke by 15-year-old Charlotte Crush.

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USA Swimming Lost $17M in Net Assets, Ran $10M Operational Deficit in 2022

USA Swimming’s net assets plummeted in 2022 from $39,250,078 to $21,583,773 — a loss of $17,666,305, or 45% — according to a tax return released last week.

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The Top U.S. Storylines Headed Into The Paris Olympic Year — Men’s Edition

In this article, we break down some of the top American storylines in men’s swimming headed into the 2024 Olympic year, with emphasis on Olympic trials.

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Campbell McKean from Bend Swim Club Hits Olympic Trials Cut at Winter Juniors Time Trials

Campbell McKean hit his first Olympic Trials qualifying standard on Sunday in a long course time trial after Winter Juniors – West.

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