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2018 TYR Pro Swim Series – Mesa: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Chase Kalisz will go after his own Pro Swim Series Record in the 400 IM, while teammates Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley will battle it out in the 200 back.

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Conor Dwyer Scratches 200 Free Final at Mesa PSS

This was Dwyer’s first competitive swim in a while.

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2018 TYR Pro Swim Series – Mesa: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

One of the things to look out for this morning is Olympic champion Allison Schmitt’s return to competition. She’ll be swimming in heat 9 of the 200 free.

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2018 Mesa Pro Swim Series: SwimSquads Don’t Include Late Scratch Cox

Madisyn Cox appears to be a late scratch in Mesa, leaving Team Coughlin without an IMer in the ongoing SwimSquad battles.

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Five Storylines to Follow at the 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series – Mesa

The 2012 Olympic Champion in the 200 free, Allison Schmitt, is expected to get back to racing this weekend in Mesa.

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U.S. Center For SafeSport: Understanding The New Structure Of SafeSport

Established in March of 2017, the U.S. Center for SafeSport is the new national authority for investigating and prosecuting abuses within Olympic and Paralympic sport. But how exactly does this new system work?

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Johnsen Added To USA Swimming Banned List After Pleading Guilty

Matt Johnsen, a former high school swim coach in Ohio, has been added to USA Swimming’s permanent banned list after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual battery.

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YNats Swimmers Honor Shooting Victim Dworett With Devotional, Banner

Swimmers at the YMCA National Championships put their competitive rivalries aside last week to create a memorial devotional and banner for Nick Dworet, the high school senior and swimmer slain in a school shooting in February.

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Speculation: Front-runners for Auburn Head Coaching Position

With Brett Hawke resigning after a decade as head coach, the Auburn Tigers have one of the most intriguing job openings in recent memory – and the buzz is that the frontrunners could be current head coaches at other programs.

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Sarasota, Cheshire Win 2018 YMCA Short Course National Championships

Out of the 3 team titles awarded at the 2018 YMCA Short Course National Championships that finished on Saturday in…

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Pepperdine University Names Joe Spahn Head Coach

After serving as the men’s and women’s assistant coach at both Notre Dame and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Joe Spahn will take over the Pepperdine program.

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EMU Accounting Professor: Athletics Cuts Will Cost School $61K

EMU Accounting Professor Howard Bunsis is planning to release an independent analysis of the athletics budget in the coming weeks.

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2018 Mesa Pro Swim Series: SwimSquad & Relay Projections

Matt Grevers is back in action in Mesa. Can he keep Team Krayzelburg atop the SwimSquad points standings? And can Team Lezak cobble together a backstroker out of spare breaststrokers in time?

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WATCH: YMCA Nationals Day 5 Race Videos

Watch Ross Dant go 14:50.97 in the mile, along with several other races, from night five of the 2018 YMCA Nationals.

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McHugh, Dant, Burns Set YMCA National Records on Day 5 of Y Nats

Dant was a tier above the rest in the mile, clocking a 14:50.97 to slice over six seconds off of his own national record from last year. He now ranks 24th in 17-18 history in this event.

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