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Olympic Year Action Opens with Arena Pro Swim Series at Austin

Franklin, Ledecky, Lochte and Phelps expected to compete next week

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Predicting the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team By Age, Experience

Since 2000, the U.S. Olympic team averages 1 male member under 18 and 1 over 30. Michael Phelps was the former in 2000, and could be one of several men in the latter category in 2016.

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Bob Bowman Accepts Position On WSCA Board of Directors

Bob Bowman, the head men’s coach for the 2016 US Olympic team and Arizona State University, accepted a board of directors position with the World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA) effective immediately.

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Olympic Trials Competition Pool Will Go To City Of West Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota will become the future, permanent home of the competition pool from 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha.

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USA Swimming Releases Selection Criteria for 2016 Junior Pan Pacs

USA Swimming has published the criteria that will be used to select the team that will represent the United States at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships at Kihei Aquatic Center in Maui from August 24-27, 2016.

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SwimSwam’s Top 50 Articles of 2015

Ryan Lochte dolphin-kicked his way to 3 of SwimSwam’s 12 most popular news articles in 2015.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials 6 Months Out: Men’s Formchart

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will do battle for the last time on American soil at the Olympic Trials.

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SDSU Women, UIW Men Have Strong Showings At UC San Diego

Riley Spitser collected a pair of wins on Sunday in the 500 and 1000 free.

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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials 6 Months Out: Women’s Formchart

Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin will likely be the female stars of the Trials. They will also clash in the 200 free.

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Listing of 2015 Fall American High School State Champions

Here is a list of all the 2015 Fall High School State Champions.

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It’s the Olympic Year; Before Rio, There’s Trials

Canadian teenager and national record holder Emily Overholt (above) is at the forefront of a talented young Canadian team, and this year she’ll try to make her first Olympic team.

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Michael Andrew To Appear on ESPN’s Outside The Lines

The dynamic duo that is swimmer Michael Andrew and his father/coach Peter Andrew are set to appear on ESPN2’s Outside the Lines on Sunday.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 80% Favor Hoffer’s 100 Free As Top NAG Record Swim

Our latest poll asked SwimSwam readers to pick out their favorite of the slew of National Age Group (NAG) records that fell on the weekend of Winter Junior Nationals and the NCAP Invite.

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Kevin Cordes Discusses His Approach to Long Course Training and Racing (Video)

American Kevin Cordes had a breakout season in 2015 winning a silver in the 200 breaststroke and a bronze in…

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Amy Van Dyken Plans To Attend Olympic Trials This Summer

Six-time Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken says she will attend U.S. Olympic Trials this summer, two years after a spine-shattering accident left her paralyzed from the waist down.

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