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Zoe Bartel Goes In-Depth on Mid-Season Retirement, Relationship with Swimming

Bartel goes into detail about her relationship with swimming, starting when she was young and actually tried to quit swimming when she was 16.

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Meet Marshals Won’t Be Required To Be Non-Athlete Members of USA Swimming

Meet marshals will no longer be one of the categories required to become non-athlete members of USA Swimming, with new rules becoming effective Jan. 1.

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See 3221 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family!

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Emre Sakci Down’s Turkish 100 Freestyle Record With 46.68 At National Champs

In addition to his 50 breaststroke world record at Turkish Championships, Sakci broke his own national record in the 100 freestyle with a 46.68.

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Olympic News Roundup: Tokyo Olympics Costs Lower Than Anticipated

Catch up on the biggest Olympic and Paralympic storylines outside of the swimming world, featuring stories about Tokyo, the NHL, and Salt Lake City.

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Lydia Jacoby Gets Olympic Tattoo from Same Artist as Another Famed Olympian

17-year old Lydia Jacoby got her Olympic rings tattoo on Sunday; 9 years ago, Chris Collinsworth gave a tattoo to another American 17-year old swimmer that you’ve probably heard of.

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2021 Swammy Awards: US Male Swimmer of the Year – Caeleb Dressel

For the third straight year and fourth time in Swammy history, Caeleb Dressel has been named the US Male Swimmer of the Year by a deceivingly large margin.

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Meg Howell Sends Verbal Commitment to Purdue Class of 2027

High school Junior Meg Howell of Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club and Maclay School will join the Purdue Boilermakers in the fall of 2023.

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Olympian Chiara Pellacani Joins LSU for Spring 2022

Italy’s Olympic Diver Chiara Pellacani will join Louisiana State University in Spring 2022, and brings international competition experience to the Tigers.

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Poland’s David Szczygiel Commits to Davenport

David Szczygiel has committed to Division II Davenport University with the potential to make an impact at both the conference and national levels.

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Emre Sakci Breaks SCM 50 Breast World Record, First Person Under 25 Seconds

Emre Sakci set a new SCM 50 breaststroke world record at the Turkish National Championships on Monday with a time of 24.95.

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SwimSwam’s 10 Most-Liked Instagram Posts of 2021

For the second year in a row, Caeleb Dressel was featured in half of SwimSwam’s top 10 most-liked Instagram posts for the year.

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2021 Swammy Awards: US Female Swimmer of the Year, Katie Ledecky

After a two-year hiatus from winning this award, Katie Ledecky is once again the winner of the Swammy for US Female Swimmer of the Year. 

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Distance Freestyler Elliot Fox Commits to Rollins

Elliot Fox will stay in-state in Florida with her commitment to Division II Rollins College beginning in fall 2022.

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Blacks Can’t Swim REWIND Set For Release In Summer 2022

The film will be the third in the series following “A Film Called Blacks Can’t Swim” and Blacks Can’t Swim The Sequel,” from producer Ed Accura.

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