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Former MN Youth Coach Banned, Accused of 1980s Sex Crimes

A former swim coach in Minnesota has been banned by SafeSport and charged with criminal sexual conduct for improprieties one of his former swimmers says happened in the late 1980s.

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USA Swimming Names 67 To National Junior Team For 2018-2019

USA Swimming has announced its National Junior Team for the 2018-2019 season, made up of 35 girls and 32 boys. Shaine Casas, Carson Foster, Kensey McMahon and Claire Tuggle are the only four-event National Junior Teamers.

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Greensboro Aquatic Center Adds Fourth Pool To Complex

The Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina announced in July the construction of a fourth pool to add to…

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Ledecky, Dressel, Andrew Head U.S. Team For 2019 World Championships (Full Roster)

USA Swimming has announced its roster for the 2019 World Championships, with multi-event stars Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Michael Andrew and Kathleen Baker leading the way.

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Who Gets The Second 2019 U.S. Worlds Entries In Stroke 50s?

USA Swimming announced its full roster for the 2019 World Championships this week, but four entry spots are not yet decided. Those are the second entries in the 50 breaststrokes, men’s 50 back and women’s 50 fly. Let’s dig through selection procedures to look at the frontrunners for the spots.

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Jim Bocci Out At Fleet, Louis Demetriades Named New Head Coach

Louis Demetriades was named the new head coach of the Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club (Fleet) in a message sent out…

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USA Swimming to Announce Olympic Trials Cuts in Webcast Again

USA Swimming will once again announce Olympic Trials cuts in a live webcast.

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City of Evansville Approves New Aquatic Center with Pool Named for Lilly King

The new competition pool at the proposed Deaconess Aquatic Center will be named in honor of Lilly King.

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USOC Chairman Larry Probst to Step Down at End of 2018

Independent board member Susanne Lyons will replace him after serving as USOC acting CEO earlier this year.

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Cooper Complete Releases Statement on Tainted Supplement

2017 World Champion Madisyn Cox was able to trace the origin of her positive doping test to a supplement produced by Cooper Complete Nutrition.

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Cooper Complete Pulls Madisyn Cox’s Multivitamin from Website

The Cooper Complete Elite Athlete Multivitamin is no longer available for sale on its website after it was blamed for a failed doping test.

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USA Women Advance to FINA World Cup Semis with 15-5 Win over China

The USA Women’s National Team will play for a medal at the FINA World Cup after advancing to the semifinal round with a 15-5 win over China.

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Blake Pieroni to Race All Seven 2018 FINA World Cup Stops

Blake Pieroni has received travel funding from FINA to contest all seven World Cup stops.

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College Swimming Previews: Soaring Ceiling For #8 Tennessee Women

Tennessee has one of the nation’s most loaded sprint groups (complete with dominant relays), but graduated its best backstroker and breaststroker, leaving a roster with a high ceiling but a few key question marks.

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USA Swimming To Select SC Worlds Team From 18-19 National Team

USA Swimming has released its selection criteria for the 2018 Short Course World Championships, selecting the team from the current National Team roster as established by the results of this summer’s long course championship meets.

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