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How To Get The 2023 College Preview with the Leon Marchand Cover

SwimSwam Magazine’s 2023 College Preview details everything a swimmer, swim coach, or swim fan needs to know for the upcoming competitive season.

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English Teammates Luke Critchlow, Tom McCabe Commit to Canisius for Fall of 2023

Critchlow and McCabe will bolster the Griffins distance freestyle and butterfly groups when they join the program this fall.

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Emily Thompson, #11 In SwimSwam’s Class Of 2024, Verbally Commits To Stanford

Thompson, a member of the 2022-23 U.S. Junior National Team, holds a 400 IM best time that would be faster enough to ‘B’ final at the 2023 NCAA Championships.

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Hope College Gains Commitment From Futures Qualifier Emmy Sower (2024)

Butterfly specialist Emmy Sower has announced her decision to stay in-state with Hope College, located in Holland, Michigan.

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Summer JRs Qualifier Ripley Merritt Opts To Stay In-State With Purdue (2024)

Merritt’s current personal best time of 54.21 would have qualified her for the C-final at this past year’s Big Ten Championships.

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Butterflier Ella Hansen Announces Verbal Commitment To Mizzou (2024)

Ella Hansen of Shawnee, Kansas, has announced her verbal commitment to Mizzou, where she will join the sprint butterfly group.

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Bex Freebairn Hired as Associate Head Coach for Missouri Swimming & Diving

Akron assistant coach Bex Freebairn has been tabbed as the new associate head coach for the Missouri Swimming & Diving program.

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World Championships Medalist Hwang Sunwoo Involved In Hit-And-Run Incident

20-year-old Korean national record holder Hwang Sunwoo was involved in a hit-and-run incident in his native country over the weekend.

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JP Vanderloo Sends 2023 Commitment to WashU (MO)

An accomplished swimmer and student, Vanderloo will join the WashU Bears this fall as a member of their graduating class of 2027

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Program Spending Way Up, But Fundraising Way Down for USA Swimming Foundation

In 2022, the USA Swimming Foundation took its overhead ratio under the crucial 25% threshold, which CharityWatch says makes it a “highly efficient” org.

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Sam Short on Distance Training, Going Out Fast in Races, and Becoming a World Champion

Sam Short won a medal of every color at the 2023 World Champs in Fukuoka, earning gold in the 400 free, silver in the 800 free, and bronze in the 1500 free

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In The Era Of NIL, Barriers and Loopholes Create Confusion For International Athletes

Nearly two years after the introduction of NIL, there’s still confusion about how international athletes can benefit.

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Fan, Oravsky Qualify For 2024 World Championships At Canadian Open Water Festival

Barrie Trojans’ Laila Oravsky, 16, dominated the women’s 10 km event to book her ticket to the 2024 World Championships in Doha.

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Deaf WR Holder Matthew Klotz Reportedly Eyeing Hungarian Olympic Team In 2024

There are a number of hurdles the U.S. Deaflympic champion would need to jump over in order to represent Hungary in Paris.

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Princeton Assistant Robin Boughey Joins Kentucky Staff As Associate Coach

Boughey and Lundgaard will now be at the their third stop together, first connecting at Tennessee, then coaching together at Princeton.

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