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16-Year Duke Coach Dawn Kane Moving to Administrative Role in Duke Athletics

Kane came to Durham with head coach Dan Colella back in 2005, and has remained on staff since then.

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ISL Draft To Begin June 29: Full Order Revealed, Including Rookie-Only Round

Outside of the rookie-only round, the Aqua Centurions & DC Trident will get 5 picks each before the Cali Condors & Energy Standard get their first pick.

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Early Olympic Relay Look: Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay

Australia, the U.S., and Great Britain have each won a Worlds gold in this event since its addition, and will battle for the first-ever Olympic gold.

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Lydia Jacoby Honored on Floor of U.S. Senate as “Alaskan of the Week.”

Lydia Jacoby will be the first Alaskan to represent the United States in swimming at the Olympic Games later this summer in Tokyo.

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FINA Implements New Harassment and Abuse Protection Ruleset

FINA’s “Rules on the Protection from Harassment and Abuse” are now in full effect after being approved by the FINA Bureau on June 5.

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Alfonso Mestre, Jarod Arroyo Down National Records Early On At CCCAN Champs

Jarod Arroyo (pictured) lowered his Puerto Rican National Record in the men’s 200 IM in a time of 2:00.61 at the CCCAN Championships in San Juan.

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MIT Adds Versatile Kate Augustyn to the Class of 2025

Augustyn’s best times would have scored in the A finals of the 200/500 free, 100/200 back and 200/400 IM at the 2020 NEWMAC Championships.

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Early Olympic Relay Look: Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay

The U.S. has never lost this race at the Olympics, with 14 golds and just one missed due to boycott. But Great Britain’s breaststroke advantage still looms.

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VIDEO: Ryan Lochte Re-Affirms Commitment To Continue Swimming

12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte reaffirmed his plans to continue competing in swimming even after missing the 2021 U.S. Olympic team.

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DC Trident Announce Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones as Assistant Coach

DC Trident General Manager Kaitlin Sandeno (left) has hired Cullen Jones (right) as a new assistant coach for the 2021 season.

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FINA Releases List of 50 Confirmed Open Water Swimmers for Tokyo Olympics

The top 10 men’s and women’s finishers from the 2019 World Championships earned spots, while the other 15 were selected from last weekend’s race in Portugal.

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Early Olympic Relay Look: Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay

The field has tightened up considerably, but the U.S. still has something no one else does: a 1:04-breaststroker in a field of 1:05s and 1:06s.

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Previewing Australia vs. USA’s Biggest 2021 Olympic Matchups

James Magnussen gives us insight into what he saw from the Aussie team at Trials we all we his biggest USA vs. AUS matchups heading into the 2021 Olympics.

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Avramova Breaks 100 Back National Record, 17th Turkish Record to Fall in 2021

Ekaterina Avramova came within .19 of her own National Record in the 100 back final. She then time-trialed the event and broke her record from 2016 by .04.

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Getting to Know The New FINA Executive Director Brent Nowicki

Brent Nowicki, the new FINA Executive Director is young, only 42 years old, and SwimSwam caught up with him at U.S. Olympic Trials.

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