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2016 Swammy Awards: Heart Of A Champion – David Plummer

For sheer perseverance and commitment to a goal, Plummer is the recipient for the Heart of a Champion Swammy Award.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Female Swimmer of the Year Katie Ledecky

Though Katie Ledecky has been an Olympic gold medalist since she won the 800 free at age 15 in 2012, the teenage distance phenom truly left made her mark on the Olympic stage in 2016.

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Phelps Appears Twice on NBC Today’s #2016BestNine Instagram Collage

Michael Phelps claims two of the top nine most-liked Instagram photos published on the Today Show’s #2016BestNine Instagram collage.

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2016 Swammy Awards Video: Female Breakout Swimmer of the Year

Canadian Olympian Penny Oleksiak burst on to the scene in 2016, rising through the ranks to land on top of the podium at the Rio Olympic Games.

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2016 Swammy Awards: U.S. Male Swimmer of the Year

This summer’s Olympic Games, which served as a swan song for his swimming career, saw Phelps win another 6 Olympic medals.

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2016 Swammy Awards: U.S. Female Swimmer of the Year

To see all of our 2016 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here 2016 U.S. FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: KATIE LEDECKY…

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2016 Swammy Awards: NCAA Women’s Coach of the Year

To see all of our 2016 Swammy Awards presented by TYR, click here 2016 NCAA WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR: JACK BAUERLE, University…

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Simone Biles Wins AP Female Athlete of the Year Over Ledecky

A battle of young Olympic stars came down to just 11 votes, with gymnast Simone Biles eking out the Associated Press’s Athlete of the Year award over Katie Ledecky.

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National Teamer Taylor Pike Wins 5 At 2016 AESC Elite Meet

The Razorback Aquatic Club Aquahawgs’ Taylor Pike had an impressive showing at this season’s AESC Elite Meet, winning a total of 5 individual events.

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CONFIRMED: Abbey Weitzeil Splits 20.92 Anchoring Free Relay

Cal freshman Abbey Weitzeil blasted an in-season sub-21 relay split yesterday, apparently the second fastest split of all-time.

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Connor Jaeger Having Trouble Adjusting to the Dry Life (VIDEO)

2016 Olympic silver medalist in the 1500 free Connor Jaeger has turned his ‘effectively retired’ into ‘officially retired’ from elite…

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Chicago Wolfpack 10&Under Girls Shatter State Record

The 10&Under girls of the Chicago Wolfpack smashed the state’s 400 yard freestyle relay record, taking 15 seconds off the old mark.

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Rio Olympians Cozad, Johnson, Hixon Shine At U.S Winter Dive Nats

2016 U.S. Olympians Amy Cozad, Steele Johnson and Michael Hixon each won titles at USA Diving’s Winter Nationals last week.

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2016 Swammy Awards: Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year

Japan’s Masato Sakai blazed through the final 50 of the 200 fly to take a narrow 2nd to Michael Phelps at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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Michael Phelps Featured On 12th Sports Illustrated Cover

More than 12 years after first making it onto the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, Michael Phelps has made it a clean dozen, posing with all 23 Olympic gold medals for the cover of this week’s SI.

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