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Ryan Lochte Races 200 IM/200 Back Double at BSS New Year’s Meet

The pro group with Gator Swim Club raced yesterday in a one-session meet in Jacksonville, Fla., with the Bolles School Sharks.

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New 2021 World Anti-Doping Code, Prohibited Substances List, Take Effect

Vilanterol, the substance that resulted in doping proceedings for Will Licon (above) and Amanda Kendall, is now allowed at therapeutic doses.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year – 15-16

National Age Group Record-holders Claire Curzan and Liam Custer are the 2020 Swammy Award winners for the 15-16 age group.

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2020 Swammy Awards: US Female Swimmer of the Year, Lilly King

Lilly King is the most dominant woman in the ISL for two years in a row. In 2020, King broke American and World Records in the Budapest bubble.

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50 Most-Read and Most-Commented SwimSwam Articles of 2020

2020 was a year of bad news, but there were some positive moments, many provided by the sport’s stars – including Caeleb Dressel.

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2020 Swammy Awards: NCAA Women’s Coach of the Year, Todd DeSorbo

There was no NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving National Championship meet in 2020, but if there were, Todd DeSorbo had his team lined up to win – on the back of a freshman superstar.

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USA Swimming Drops Irvine, California Site of January Pro Swim Series

Irvine, California has been dropped as a host of the January, 2021 Pro Swim Series stop, meaning the meet will now be a two-location event instead.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Top 10 Swims of the Year

Though we did not get NCAAs, U.S. Olympic Trials, or the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games we were still fortunate to see some blazing fast swims in 2020.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmer of the Year – 13-14

Erika Pelaez and Thomas Heilman led the 13-14 age group, taking home Age Group Swimmer of the Year honors for the 13-14 age category.

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SwimSwam’s 11 Most-Liked Instagram Photos of 2020

4 of SwimSwam’s 10 most-liked Instagram photos of 2020 were Caeleb Dressel. If you’re not sure who swimming’s biggest star is going into Tokyo, now you know.

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Retired Michigan HS Coach Sentenced To One Year in Jail For Sexual Conduct

David Eric Alsager, a retired high school swimming coach, pleaded no contest to criminal sexual conduct and will spend a year in jail as part of a plea deal.

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50 More Men, 23 Women Have Qualified for Olympic Trials Post-Quarantines

Samantha Pearson, the #18 ranked recruit in the high school class of 2020, has hit Olympic Trials cuts in 4 events since the quarantine has lifted.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Carol Capitani, Texas

Four Texas women, including two freshmen, have already hit automatic NCAA qualifying swims as coach Carol Capitani has gotten her rookies up to speed fast.

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2020 Swammy Awards: Caeleb Dressel Wins US Male Swimmer of the Year

For the second year in a row and third time in Swammy history, Caeleb Dressel has been named as the Male US Swimmer of the Year.

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Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month: Claire Curzan, TAC Titans

Claire Curzan was already the best butterflyer and freestyler in 15-16 age group history. But in December, she also became one of the best backstrokers.

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