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Forde, Albiero Named CoSIDA D1 Academic At-Large All-Americans of the Year

Brooke Forde (pictured) and Nick Albiero were named the 2020-21 Women’s and Men’s Division I Academic All-Americans of the Year by CoSIDA.

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FINA Releases Qualifying Standards for 2022 World Championships

FINA has announced the qualifying times for the 2022 World Championships, which are set to occur in Fukuoka, Japan from May 13-29, 2022. 

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Bartlett Extreme’s Jenna Halliday Hands Verbal Commitment to Miami (OH)

Jenna Halliday of Lakeland, Tennessee has announced her verbal commitment to swim at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio beginning in the fall of 2022. 

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Junior Nationals Qualifer Jacqueline Young Hands Commitment to Villanova

Jacqueline Young of Terrace Park, Ohio, has announced her verbal commitment to swim at Villanova as a member of the class of 2022. 

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Erica Sullivan Experiences Rising Popularity After 1500 Freestyle Silver Medal

Since winning an Olympic silver medal in the 1500 freestyle, American Erica Sullivan has experienced rising popularity outside of the swimming community.

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Swim of the Week: U.S. Medley Breaks First Men’s Relay WR Since Super-suit Ban

Since the supersuit ban in 2010, no men’s relay had broken a long course world record in swimming… until last week’s Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Breakout Names from the 2016 U.S. Open That Became Tokyo 2020 Olympians

The 2016 U.S. Open was held right before the Rio 2016 Olympics for swimmers that *just* missed the team. Some standout names from that meet are now Olympians.

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Teagan O’Dell Hits 1:01.62 Prelims 100 Back, #15 All-Time for 13-14 Girls

O’Dell has already cracked the all-time 13-14 girls top 10 in 3 other events this week.

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2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

The women’s 100 breast will give us our first sighting of USC’s Kaitlyn Dobler, who is the top seed in 1:06.29.

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2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Greensboro: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

16-year-old Jo Jo Ramey (pictured) enters the women’s 100 back on Day 4 in Greensboro riding the hot hand after winning the 200 on Wednesday.

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2021 U.S. Open Among Championship Meets Announced For Greensboro Aquatic Center

In conjunction with its 10-year anniversary, the Greensboro Aquatic Center announced nine events it will be hosting in the coming years.

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Italian Championships Continue With 1:46.9 200 Free From Stefano Ballo

Stefano Ballo put up the winning 200m free time of 1:46.91 in Rome today, following up on competing at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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100 Years Ago Today: Johnny Weissmuller Makes His Competitive Swimming Debut

On August 6, 1921, Johnny Weissmuller began what would be seven years of dominance in the pool at the AAU Championships in Duluth, Minnesota.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 8/4/2021

In Texas, 16-year-old Cooper Lucas swam to personal-bests in five different events, all ranking in the top 20 in 15-16 age group history.

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Coronavirus Pandemic Still Impacting Australian Swimming With NSW Cancellations

Areas such as Australia are still living in complete lockdown or at least some type of restrictions affecting their everyday lives due to coronavirus.

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