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NAG Relay Record-Holder Landon Gentry Verbals to Virginia Tech (2022)

As a sophomore at Patriot High School last season, he won the Virginia 6A 100 butterfly title with a time of 48.75.

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3x NC HS Champion Madeline Smith (2022) Announces Verbal Commitment to UVA

UVA women pick up their 7th verbal commitment to the class of 2026 from Greenville, North Carolina’s Madeline Smith.

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Clyde Lewis, Mitch Larkin & More ‘Blitz’ Solid Times At Home In Australia

World Championships finalist Clyde Lewis was in the water contesting the Aussie Virtual Relay Blitz series of relay races.

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SSPC: Mariah Denigan Led a Whole OW Field Off Course… and Still Won Bronze

Denigan talked about her success in the pool and open water, from medaling at the world jr champs to the Pan American Games

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Madi Wilson Posts 1:52.44 800 Free Relay Split At Aussie Blitz

Check out some of the impressive short course times thrown down by Australian women at their unique relay blitz this month at home.

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Would-Be NY Breaker 16-Year-Old O’Callaghan Posts 52.99 SCM 100 Free

While competing as a member of the Brisbane Bisons, 16-year-old Mollie O’Callaghan put up a world-class 100m freestyle time leading off her squad.

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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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