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USA Swimming Releases Updated Worlds Roster With Stroke 50 Entrants

Justin Ress will join Hunter Armstrong in the men’s 50 backstroke in Budapest – they’ll be the only swimmers who have ever been sub-24 in the field.

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Two Olympic Swimmers Build On Their Passion For Aquatics

Mikael Orn, NCAA Champion and Olympic medalist.

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Florida Gators Sweep US Trials Men’s Freestyle Events for the 2nd Straight Year

Caeleb Dressel won the 50 and 100 freestyles at Trials, helping the Florida Gators sweep the men’s freestyle events for the second year in a row.

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Bruce Marchionda Added to U.S. Coaching Staff for 2022 World Championships

Bruce Marchionda, the coach of Claire Curzan (above), has joined as the 6th assistant in pool swimming for the U.S. at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.

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Which Aquatic Athletes Will Be in the 2022 USOPC Hall of Fame Class?

Michael Phelps with his 28 Olympic medals is a sure-fire first ballot Hall-of-Famer. But which of the other 6 aquatic nominees might join him?

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2022 FINA World Cup Series Will Make a Return to U.S., Canada

The FINA Swimming World Cup Series will return to the United States for the first time since the 2005-2006 season as one of two North American stops.

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SwimSwam Breakdown: The US World Trials Narratives You Didn’t Know You Needed

we discuss the ride of Hunter Armstrong, USA’s positioning in the LCM 200/400s, and what US Nationals in Irvine might look like this summer.

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Utah Promotes Jonas Persson to Head Coach of the Men’s and Women’s S&D Programs

Persson has spent the past 3 seasons as the associate head coach in Salt Lake City, making him a natural selection for the head coaching position.

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USA Wins 4 Medals on Opening Day of 2022 Deaflympics Swimming

The first day of the swimming portion, which runs from May 2 to 9, featured finals of the men’s 400 free, women’s 100 back, men’s 50 fly, and women’s 200 IM.

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The NCAA Transfer Portal Deadline & What It Means For Student-Athletes

With the May 1 deadline passing, student-athletes entering the NCAA transfer portal won’t be eligible to compete next season barring a waiver exemption.

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All-American Diver Paola Pineda Will Return to Texas for Her 5th Year

Paola Pineda, who scored in all three diving events at the 2022 NCAA Championships, had entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.

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Juniors Finalist Luigi Franco Commits to UCSD for 2022

Franco will be able to make an immediate impact in the mid-distance and backstroke events for the Tritons when he arrives in San Diego.

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Amherst College Adds Emory Tudor for the Fall of 2022

Tudor will bring immediate scoring potential to the Mammoths when make the journey to Massachusetts from California this fall.

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Bowdoin College Gets Huge 2022 Addition with Commitment from Brynn Wright

Wright will be a massive addition to the Bowdoin roster, with times already capable of scoring at the NCAA Championships as a freshman.

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LSU Swimming and Diving Garners 27 Names to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

27 members of the LSU swimming and diving team have been named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll for their outstanding achievements in the classroom.

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