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Big Ten Diver of the Year Ross Todd Will Use 5th Year for Michigan Wolverines

2020 Big Ten Diver of the Year Ross Todd of Michigan has opted to use his 5th year of eligibility for the 2021-2022 season.

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Stanford’s Minakov At Peace With Fourth Place Olympic Finish In 100 Fly

19-year-old Andrei Minakov said of Tokyo, “I did everything I could, and because of this feeling it doesn’t hurt as bad to take fourth place.”

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Great Britain’s Alice Dearing Already Eyeing Paris 2024

24-year-old Alice Dearing of Great Britain is taking her 19th place finish in the women’s open water race in Tokyo as a learning experience for Paris 2024.

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Alex Shackell Jumps To 15th In Girls’ 13-14 Age Group With 1:00.34 100 Fly

Carmel Swim Club’s Shackell dropped nearly three tenths off her personal best time to qualify third into the final at the Summer Championships in Greensboro.

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2021 Speedo Summer Championships — Greensboro: Day 3 Live Prelims Recap

It will be a lighter AM prelims session at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, with only the women’s and men’s 400 IM and 100 fly heats on the schedule.

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Michigan Swimming & Diving Finalizes 2021-2022 Coaching Staff

The Michigan Wolverines will welcome 3 new faces to their coaching staff next season, while diving graduate assistant Michael Hixon returns for a 2nd season.

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14-Year-Old Quan Hongchan Flawlessly Wins Olympic Gold In Women’s 10m Platform

Quan received a perfect score on two of her dives, smashing the Olympic Record with a score of 466.20 as China went 1-2.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Donna De Varona to Appear on “Real Time with Bill Maher”

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Donna De Varona is set to appear in a video interview on HBO’s show “Real Time With Bill Maher” on Friday, August 6.

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Summer McIntosh Entered Olympics Without Expectations, Surprised by Performance

14-year-old Summer McIntosh sat down with SwimSwam’s Coleman Hodges to reflect upon her first Olympic Games, where she set multiple Canadian records.

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University of Toledo Women Add Wally Senter As Assistant Coach

Senter comes to Toledo from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark., where he was an assistant coach for four seasons.

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Tokyo 2020 Women’s Water Polo Semifinals: USA and Spain Advance to Gold Match

The USA and Spain each win their matches, and will meet in the Gold medal match.

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Kylie Masse, Maggie MacNeil Discuss Finding Fun in Swimming During Olympics

Masse and MacNeil speak about trying to find a place of fun before their finals races, not focusing on the pressure as much as swimming their own race

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Elevation Athletics Breaks Women’s 4×100 Free 17-18 National Age Group Record

Indigo Armon, Morgan Lukinac, Karolina Bank, and Mary Codevilla (above) of Elevation Athletics swam a 3:47.82 in Irvine to break the 4×100 free 17-18 NAG.

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Teagan O’Dell Blasts 2:09.57 200 Meter Back, #2 All-Time in 13-14 Age Group

Irvine Novaquatics’ Teagan O’Dell swam a time that would rank her 12th among the all-time fastest 15-16 year-olds in the event. She is still 14 years old.

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