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Stanford’s Smith, Sculti Named Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week

Cardinal freshman Regan Smith was dominant in Stanford’s road dual meets at UCLA and USC, winning all five events she swam.

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Texas Women, TCU Men Claim Big 12 Weekly Swim & Dive Awards

Dusan Babic and Anna Elendt lead the way, earning Men’s and Women’s Swimmer of the Week honors, respectively.

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British Swimming Snags Alan Lynn As Head Of Performance Development

British Swimming revealed today that Scottish Swimming’s Alan Lynn is set to become its new Head of Performance Development.

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: Feb. 2-6, 2022

The Texas men will wrap up their dual meet schedule on Friday when they visit SMU.

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Major International Events Calendar (For Now) Through 2024

With the delay of the 2022 FINA World Aquatics Championships to July of 2023, we can devise a tentative calendar of events for the next 2+ years.

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Suckow Makes Ivy League History As Columbia Conquers Cornell

Columbia junior Jonathan Suckow became the first Ivy League diver in conference history to compete the 109C as the Lions topped Cornell 167-133.

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Paralympic Gold Medalist Gia Pergolini Commits to FIU

Pergolini currently holds backstroke world records, as well as a number of American records. She currently trains and goes to high school in Georgia.

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Amy Fulmer, Max McHugh Named Big Ten Swimmers of the Week

Ohio State junior Amy Fulmer won the 100 freestyle (48.46) and 200 freestyle (1:46.42) in a 152.5-147.5 victory over Michigan.

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Dressel, Ledecky, McKeon, Titmus, Daley Nominated for Laureus Awards

Katie Ledecky is one of five aquatics athletes nominated for the Laureus World Sport Awards, a global award across all sports.

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Can the U.S. compete in the Commonwealth Games?

Given the lack of international meets this summer, SwimSwam took a dive to see if the U.S. could join the Commonwealth Games.

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University of Kentucky Teases Aquatic Center Renovation

The University of Kentucky has published plans for an expansion and renovation of their aquatic center including new offices, entry ways, and team rooms.

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FINA Ethics Panel Proposes Reform Committee Remove Bureau Liaison Position

An on-deck incident at the Tokyo Olympics has led the panel to request the position be removed because it creates “confusion, conflict and discord.”

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See 19 Swim Camps You Might Love In 2024

These swim camps are headed by some of the best coaches in swimming. Stay tuned. More swim camps will be listed soon.

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Adam Peaty Vs. Adam Peaty: Analysis Of Worlds/Olympic 100m Breast

Why didn’t Adam Peaty improve the men’s 100m breast world record at the Tokyo Olympics? Stefano Nurra offers us an answer

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Swimmers With The Most World Records Set In One Calendar Year

Michael Phelps set a total of nine world records in 2008, including seven at the Beijing Olympics. But he’s not the swimmer with the most WRs set in one year.

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