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USA Swimming Announces 2020-2021 National Team With New Qualifying Criteria

Michael Andrew leads all swimmers with five national team events, including one in each stroke. He joins the 115-person National Team roster.

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Beata, Brown, Burchill, and Stewart Announce Signing with Cali Condors

4 of the best ‘new pros’ from the 2020 NCAA senior class have announced their decision to sign with the Cali Condors of the ISL.

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Former Swimmer Files Civil Lawsuit Against Scott MacFarland, USA Swimming

Sarah Ehekircher has filed a suit against her former coach Scott MacFarland and others over alleged sexual abuses in the 1980s.

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Former HS Coach Says He Was Fired After Comparing Black Lives Matter to the KKK

A former high school swim coach in Wisconsin says he was fired for his beliefs after he posted to Facebook comparing Black Lives Matter to the Ku Klux Klan.

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Notre Dame Moves Classes Online For Two Weeks As COVID Positives Rise To 15%

Notre Dame is shifting all of its courses to online remote instruction for two weeks after positive COVID tests rose during the first week of classes.

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Caeleb Dressel Stroke Dissect: 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay, 2016 Rio Olympics

Caeleb Dressel returns to his stroke dissect series, this time analyzing his 100 LCM freestyle lead-off leg from the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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Missouri Offers Alternate Seasons For Fall Sports, Like Boys Swim, Amid COVID

Missouri will allow schools to move their fall sport to an alternative spring season because of the coronavirus pandemic – that includes boys swimming.

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D-II Bluefield State Adds 12 New Sports For 2021, Including Swimming & Football

Bluefield State College in West Virginia has added a dozen new sports teams for the 2021-2022 school year, including women’s and men’s swimming & diving.

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Former Club Board President Banned, Charged With Sexual Exploitation of Minor

Former Raleigh Swimming Association Board President Neil Horman has been charged with felony sexual exploitation of a minor and banned from the sport.

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Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars: Men’s 800 Free

Roughly one year from now in Omaha, the first two U.S. men’s 800 free Olympians will be determined. Read on to learn more about this US Roadmaps group.

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Dartmouth Swimmers Cite Diversity, Communication In Fight To Reinstate Teams

Dartmouth’s swimmers and divers sent a survey to fellow students as part of their ongoing push to get their program reinstated by the school.

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NCAA Division II Recruiting Quiet Period To End August 31

The quiet period, which disallows coaches from watching student-athletes compete, will end Aug.31, with normal recruiting calendars resuming Sept.1 for DII.

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14-Year Old Lucca Battaglini Swims 49s in 100 Back and 100 Fly in Same Session

Battaglia’s result on Saturday in the 100 fly moves him into 7th place all-time in the 100 yard fly among American 13-14 boys.

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Zach Harting Swims His First Post-Quarantine Meet in Alabama

Zach Harting’s swims this weekend in Huntsville, Alabama, were his first yards swims since his last NCAA Championships meet in 2019.

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Quiz: Can You Name Every School To Win An NCAA Relay Title?

Just 25 schools have ever won an NCAA women’s or men’s relay title at the Division I level – and only 13 have won a relay in the past decade.

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