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NCAA To Furlough Nearly 600 National Office Employees For Up To 8 Weeks

All NCAA national office staff will go into a mandatory furlough, which can range up to 8 weeks, in light of the association’s revenue loss from the pandemic.

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College Football Begins Tonight As FBS Still Split on Postponement

With potential ripple effects to swimming, college football’s FBS will hold its first games tonight, while remaining split over a postponement of the season.

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Bill Yorzyk, the First Olympic Gold Medalist in Butterfly, Dies at 87

Bill Yorzyk won the Olympic gold medal in the 200 fly in Melbourne in 1956, which was the first Olympic gold medal ever offered in the stroke.

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Andreas Vazaios Selected As Chi Alpha Sigma Scholar Athlete of the Year

The award recognizes student-athletes who demonstrated academic and athletic achievement, along with service and leadership on campus and in the community.

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Kaloyan Levterov Looks To Continue Momentum At Black Sea Cup

Bulgarian backstroker Kaloyan Levterov is heading to the Black Sea Cup where the 17-year-old may do even more damage to the 200m back.

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Legends’ Home Pool, The Aquarena Says They Will Not Reopen In The Short Term

The Works athletic facility in St. John’s, Newfoundland has announced that they do not have any current plans to re-open their ‘Aquarena’ pool.

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Georgia Tech Snags Slovak Record-Holder Zora Ripkova for 2021

Ripkova was a member of Slovakia’s World Junior Championships roster last summer, where she finished top 20 in all three butterfly races.

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Top Talent Announced For Respective Welsh, Scottish Nat’l Squads

Duncan Scott is among the Scottish talent selected for the 2020/21 National Senior Gold Squad. Take a look at who else made the cut there and in Wales.

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UNC-Wilmington Keeps Another In State, Picks Up MOR’s Jacob Duracinsky

Duracinsky makes it new head coach Bobby Guntoro’s fourth verbal on the men’s side for UNC-Wilmington’s class of 2025.

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#iVoted Announces Anthony Ervin As First Athlete Partner

Olympic gold-medalist and swimming icon will give a speech on election night as part of the #iVoted initiative, the largest virtual music event in history.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Vanessa Pearl on Ups/Downs of Being a Lifelong Breaststroker

Through ups and downs, Pearl’s time as a gator has been impressive, with her playing a pivotal role as a key breaststroke and IM’er

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Learn From Michael Phelps Online

Beyond the Lane Lines features an Australian pool, a crossing of the English Channel, and news about Michael Phelps becoming an online instructor.

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See 2452 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our swimming family! Go here to see 2852 Swim Jobs.

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Vera Rivard Completes English Channel Crossing At 16

Rivard, a native of Springfield, Va., is among the youngest to cross the channel in decades due to the rules requiring swimmers to be at least 16 to go solo.

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Wisconsin Girls DI State Finalist Erin Szczupakiewicz Commits to Miami (Ohio)

Miami University has picked up a verbal commitment from Erin Szczupakiewicz. Her older sister, Emma, was a member of their class of 2016.

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