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Colin Zhang Hits 56.8 100 Breast For 19th All-Time In 13-14 Age Group

Zhang, 14, dropped over four seconds to go from never having broken a minute to ranking inside the age group’s top-20 all-time.

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On-Hiatus Olympian Tamsin Cook Races At Aussie Relay Blitz

Taking a look at Australia’s recent relay blitz, a West Australian’s name jumped out from the results in the form of 2016 Olympian Tamsin Cook.

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Applying XBox Ratings To ISL Swimming Franchises

SwimSwam’s Barry Revzin uses Elo and the XBox TrueSkill rating system to come up with a mathematical ranking of the ISL’s ten teams.

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Frenchman Mehdy Metella Swims First Races Since Undergoing Shoulder Surgery

Mehdy Metella, a 2016 Olympic silver medalist, swam his first meet of 2020 last weekend to test his surgically-repaired shoulder.

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Minakov Breaks World Junior Record in 50 Fly in Russian Semi-Finals

Andrei Minakov is hot on the trail of a big-time swim in the men’s 50m fly, already putting up a lifetime best in the Russian Nats semifinal.

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Murphy Leads Season-Long ISL Money Lists; LA & Cali Combine For Top 5 Earners

Despite not winning an individual MVP award yet, LA Current backstroker Ryan Murphy leads the season-long ISL money lists through two weeks.

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Ontario Butterflier Breckin Gormley Chooses Kentucky for 2022

At the 2019 ISCA TYR Summer Senior Championships in St. Petersburg, Fla., Gormley won the 100m fly in the 16 & under division (1:02.38).

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SwimSwam Pulse: 45% Find Jackpots Bad For ISL Parity, But 30% Say Good Addition

Competitive parity was a bigger concern in the poll than a hard-to-follow system for spectators. And 31% of votes said the jackpots were a good addition.

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WR Holder Chupkov Rips 2:07.32 200 Breast At Russian Championships

With another 2:07-low under his belt Russia’s Anton Chupkov isn’t going anywhere anytime soon in the breaststroke events.

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16-Year-Old Alec Filipovic Hits PR 48.05 in 100 Fly at SCST Time Trial

He sliced two-tenths off of his old best of 48.25 from the Illinois HS State Championships in February. He also posted a 20.46 to win the 50 free.

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International Swimming League Power Rankings: Week 2 Edition

There’s not a lot of change in our weekly Power Ranks – but last year’s 10th place team is rising after a spirited battle in week 2.

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SSPC: Head Coach Jonty Skinner Breaks Down Cali Condors’ Chemistry

Skinner breaks down what really makes the condors work and why they have so much team chemistry together in and out of the pool

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ISL Stars of Week 2: Gastaldello, Sakci, Koch, Miressi & More

The top two American franchises each pulled off big Week 2 wins. We count down the individual stars of the week across the league.

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University of Houston Picks Up Freestyle Specialist Lauren Chaney for 2021

Texas 5A State finalist Lauren Chaney will continue her academic and athletic career at the University of Houston beginning in the fall of 2021.

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Renowned Dynamo Masters, Triathlon Coach Anna Maria Thrash Dies at 59

Maria Thrash, who was twice named the Georgia Coach of the Year and trained several of the world’s best Ironman triathletes, has died at age 59.

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