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2022 Short Course Worlds Picks and Previews: Women’s Backstroke

After earning silver in the 50/100/200 backstroke at 2021 SC Worlds, Kylie Masse is back chasing gold in each distance in Melbourne.

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On-Fire Irishman Daniel Wiffen Clocks 400 IM National Record

Irish freestyle ace broke new ground with a national record in the 400m IM as Daniel Wiffen snagged bronze tonight in Scotland.

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Laura Val Gets 6 More Masters World Records; Olympian Gabrielle Rose Too!

Laura Val has broken almost 450 Masters World Records in her hall-of-fame career. She added six more to that total last weekend in Long Beach.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 42.6% Say Men’s 200 IM (SCY) Has Taken Biggest Leap In Last Decade

After 1:40 was broken for the first time in the 200 IM in 2015, the 2022 NCAA Championships saw a swimmer produce that time out of the ‘B’ final.

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2022 Winter Juniors – East: Daniel Diehl Scratches 200 Free ‘A’ Final On Day 3

Diehl will shift his focus to the ‘A’ final of the 100 back, where he qualified fourth overall in a new best time of 46.40.

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2022 Winter Juniors – West: Three Swimmers Scratch Bonus Finals On Friday Night

Coronado’s Samuel Quarles has dropped the ‘C’ final of the boys’ 100 fly on Day 3 in Austin, keying in on the ‘B’ final in the 200 free.

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Sean Green Becomes the Youngest Swimmer in Decades to Swim a Sub-15 Minute Mile

While USA Swimming doesn’t keep all-time single-age records, Sean Green is the youngest swimmer to break 15 minutes in the mile since at least 1987.

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Alex Shackell Continues Surge, Hits 50.97 100 Fly To Move To #2 In 15-16 Age Group

Shackell’s time makes her just the second swimmer in the girls’ 15-16 age group under 51 seconds.

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2022 Winter Juniors – West: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Today is the third day of racing at the 2022 Winter Junior Championships. Today’s events include the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 back, and 100 breast.

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2022 Winter Junior Championships – East: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Day three of the 2022 East Winter Junior Championships will feature the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back this morning.

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arena Swim of the Week: Aleksas Savickas Hits Big PB To Win 200 Breast At U.S. Open

Savickas used a scintillating opening 100 meters to take out Chase Kalisz and win the 200 breast at the U.S. Open in a massive best time of 2:09.68.

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NCAA Champion Kaitlyn Dobler Announces She’ll Stay at USC for her 5th Season

USC junior Kaitlyn Dobler, the defending NCAA Champion in the 100 breast, says she’ll be at USC for two more seasons after this one.

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Maximus Williamson on 1:42.0 200 IM: “I feel like it could use a lot of improvement”

Williamson dissected the race after, saying he felt like the details were sloppy but admitting he was happy with the time. 

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Mikayla Tan Breaks Girls’ 11-12 National Age Group Record In 100 Breast – 1:02.61

Tan now owns the National Age Group Record for 11-12 girls in both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, having set the 200 mark in May.

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2022 Short Course Worlds Picks and Previews: Women’s Butterfly

The defending Olympic gold medalist Maggie MacNeil is the favorite in the women’s sprint butterflies, but it won’t be easy with deep fields in both.

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