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NCAP 11-12 Girls Break NAG Relay Record at Junior Olympics

The 11-12 girls from the same Nation’s Capital Swim Club (NCAP) that produced stars like Katie Ledecky have broken the…

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Fort Collins Area Swim Team Shaves .01 Off NAG Relay Record

15-year old Colleen Gillilan is the youngest member of Fort Collins’ newest record-setting relay.

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2017 W. NCAA 100 Fly Preview: No Favor Given in a Very Loaded Field

Gia Dalesandro destroyed her own personal best at Big Tens this year, earning her the 5th seed in a very tight field for the 100 fly.

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Natalie Coughlin Says No More National Team Competition

12-time Olympic medalist Natalie Coughlin says that she’s probably done competing at World Championships and Olympic Games. In an interview with…

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What to Watch at 2017 NCSA Junior National Championship (Psych Sheet)

Reece Whitley (above) and Margaret Aroesty will challenge some of the National Age Group Records at the NCSA Junior Championship meet next week.

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USOC Publishes Position Paper On Anti-Doping

The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) published an official “position paper” laying out some specific calls for anti-doping reform worldwide.

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Keeping up with Siphiwe: Truck Driver turned Masters Champion (Video)

At 45 years of age, Siphiwe Baleka was the oldest male swimmer at the Arena Pro Swim in Indianapolis by ten years.

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1980 Olympic Qualifier Brian Roney Dies Away at 56

Brian Roney has died. He would have turned 57 on Tuesday. Roney qualified to swim on the 1980 U.S. Olympic…

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Ryosuke Irie comments on training at SwimMAC with Dave Marsh (Video)

Olympic medalist Ryosuke Irie shared his thoughts with Swimswam on his new training home in Charlotte and his new head coach

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Coleman’s Carpool: Pointe Claire Swim Club rides along in Indy (Video)

Pointe Claire Swim Club of Montreal took a trip down to the states for the pro swim in Indy. Hilarity ensued.

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Johnson & Johnson Named Semifinalists For AAU Sullivan Award

Water polo’s Ashleigh Johnson and diving’s Steele Johnson have been named semifinalists for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award.

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The Bowman Effect: Arizona State’s Momentum in the Pac-12

Arizona State only earned 2 medals in 2016: A bronze from the 400 free relay and a bronze from Christian Lorenz in the 200 breast. In 2017, they quadrupled that with 8 total medals.

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Flickinger, Prenot Top Indy Points But Margalis, Seto Still Lead PSS

Hali Flickinger and Josh Prenot earned the most points of anyone competing in Indianapolis, but it wasn’t quite enough to earn the Arena Pro Swim Series points leads over Melanie Margalis and Daiya Seto, respectively.

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Michael Andrew: “I wanted to go 1:59.0 coming into the meet” (Video)

Michael Andrew, after saying he had a sluggish start to the meet, finished it off with a bang. And by bang we mean new junior world record.

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Adam Peaty enjoys first time competing on US Soil (Video)

Adam Peaty was already a half-second ahead of the field by the 50, and his quick tempo propelled him home in clean water

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