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285,202 Attendees Across 17 Sessions of U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials

Lucas Oil Stadium averaged 55.9% capacity across 17 sessions and set a record for attendance at a single session of a swim meet.

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Australia Training in Canet (Without Cam McEvoy) Before Olympic Pre-Staging Camp in Chartres

Aussie head coach Rohan Taylor made an exception for Cam McEvoy to join his team in Canet on Sunday to accommodate his unique approach to sprint training.

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Gretchen Walsh Becomes First Swimmer to Win ACC Athlete of the Year

After an electric junior season that included 7 NCAA event titles, Virginia’s 4th-straight team title, and a World Record, Gretchen Walsh has been named the ACC’s Female Athlete of the Year.

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Tajus Juska Rips 22.34 50 Freestyle to Become Fastest 15-Year-Old Ever

At just 15 years old, Lithuanian sprinter Tajus Juska is only a hundredth of a second away from the U.S. boys 15-16 NAG record set by Michael Andrew in 2016.

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The Pac-12 Conference Look-Back: Women’s Record Books (Part 1)

Since 1980, Stanford women have won an astonishing 14 Olympic gold medals in swimming, twice-as-many as any other Pac-12 school in that time.

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Vilna 2024: Estella Tonrath es campeona de Europa

La balear confirmó su condición como una de las más firmes promesas tras coronarse este viernes en los 200 espalda en Vilna 2024.

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París 2024: delegación de Argentina en la natación de los Juegos Olímpicos (actualizada)

Agostina Hein fue invitada por su marca de calidad, y muy cerca de la Marca A. La joven de 16 años, este año fue finalista en el Mundial Doha 2024.

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Review: Katie Ledecky’s “Just Add Water” Further Proves What We Already Know

Ledecky’s autobiography reaffirmed a lot of what we already knew about her, but what mattered the most was her insight on those things.

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2024 European Junior Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Romania’s Robert-Andrei Badea is aiming for an IM sweep in the 400 IM today after lowering his own national record in yesterday’s 200 IM (2:00.05).

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2024 Olympics Previews: Is There Another Surprise Loading In The Men’s 400 Freestyle?

After scaring the 400 freestyle world record this spring, Lukas Märtens will now face off against the last three world champions for Olympic gold.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 49.6% See Women’s 200 IM World Record As Most At Risk From 2010s

Reigning two-time world champion Kate Douglass headlines a loaded field in the women’s 200 IM that’s putting the world record on high alert in Paris.

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Northwestern Adds World Juniors Finalist Luiza Lima For 2024-25

Lima’s converted LCM 800 free time (9:45.06) would currently sit as the 3rd fastest 1000 free in program history for Northwestern University.

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William Carey University Adds Alabama Regional Champ Josiah Blankenship for Inaugural Season

Blankenship will arrive at William Carey University in its inaugural year with a swim program with the fastest times in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free.

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Harvard Gains Speedo Sectional Finalist Aliana Marakovic (2025)

Marakovic’s best 200 breast time of 2:13.69 would have ranked 1st in the 2022-2023 season at Harvard and 2nd in the 2023-2024 season.

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LSU Swim & Dive Announces 2024-25 Schedule

LSU faces its first competition in early October, welcoming the University of Texas to the LSU Natatorium on October 11.

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