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NCAA Champion Carsten Vissering on Training For, Making US Bobsled National Team

Vissering explains why he chose bobsled, how he was selected for the national team, and what that will look like for him moving forward.

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Dobler And Mikuta Post Times That Would Have Scored At 2022 NCAAs In USC Invite

Kaitlyn Dobler and Reid Mikuta went times of 57.83 and 51.41 in the 100 breast respectively, which both would have scored at NCAAs last season.

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USA Swimming Names 1,281 Swimmers To 2021-22 Scholastic All-American Team

World Championship medalist Katie Grimes was one of three swimmers to earn a perfect score in USA Swimming’s 2021-22 Scholastic All-American team.

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Olympian and NCAA Champion Diver Tyler Downs Not Listed On Purdue Roster

Downs scored half of Purdue’s 86 points from men’s NCAAs last year, and the Boilermakers will likely move out of the top 25 following his departure.

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Berkoff, Stokowski, And Co. Nab Day 2 Individual Wins As NC State Sweeps Tennessee

Berkoff swam a 52.45 100 back on Saturday, which sits behind Maggie MacNeil’s 51.10 as the second-fastest time this season in official competition.

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Sprinters Shine On First Day Of Tennessee vs. NC State Dual Meet

Quintin McCarty, one of the fastest freshman sprinters in the NCAA, went 19.44 in the 50 free unsuited and was just 0.09 seconds off of his personal best.

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Milwaukee Swim Coach Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Secretly Recording Teen

Milwaukee swim coach Tyler Lustig has pleaded guilty to secretly recording video of a 13-year-old girl changing last December.

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Katie Ledecky Among U.S. Olympians Confirmed For FINA World Cup In Indianapolis

Ledecky will be one of 20 U.S. Olympians competing at the Indianapolis stop of the series in what will be her World Cup debut and first SCM meet since 2019.

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WATCH: Bell, Humphries & Warner Inducted Into ASCA Hall of Fame

Franke Bell, Harvey Humphries, and Chuck Warner were inducted to the American Swimming Coaches Hall of Fame (ASCA) last month.

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Diggory Dillingham, The Fastest 50 Freestyler In The Class of 2023, Commits to USC

Dillingham will be a major boost to the USC men, who have lost several of their top swimmers to the transfer portal this past year.

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Natalie Coughlin Elected to Second Term on USA Swimming’s Board of Directors

Three-time Olympian Natalie Coughlin is one of five 10-Year Athletes on the board of 15 members, having served in that role since 2018. 

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Duke Freshman Kaelyn Gridley Pops 26.61 50 BR Split, 1:34.27 150 BR At Intrasquad

Gridley’s 50 breast was faster than Duke’s breast split at 2022 ACCs, and her 150 breast time was faster than what Alex Walsh went at the UVA intrasquad.

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USA Swimming Pledges $100,000 In Hurricane Ian Relief

Member clubs are eligible for up to $5,000 in relief provided they’ve suffered material losses from Hurricane Ian.

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Jake Foster Likely Not Taking Fifth Year, Will Retire If He Gets Into Med School

Foster tells SwimSwam “with some degree of certainty” that he won’t be taking a fifth, and that he would retire from swimming if he enrolled in med school.

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Texas Men, USC Women Claim Team Victories To Close Out 2022 SMU Classic

USC’s Isabelle Odgers (pictured) was the top points scorer on the women’s side of the meet, racking up a total of 52 individual points.

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