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Reilly Tiltmann Hits Lifetime Best 52.2 100 Back at Wisconsin Club Meet

Tiltmann also won the 100 fly and went for a 100 free split in the 200 free, touching at 50.03 just off of her lifetime best.

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Fall Sport Athletes’ 5th Year of Eligibility Won’t Hit Scholarship Limits

The NCAA has eased some concerns about their athlete protection plan, but in the process may have created a new set of concerns.

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NCAA Qualifier Nico Hernandez-Tome Transfers to Florida, Will Sit Out a Year

A 2020 CSCAA All-American, Nico Hernandez-Tome will sit out a year after transferring from SEC school Alabama to SEC school Florida.

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Iowa To Cut Women’s & Men’s Swimming & Diving After 2020-2021 Season

A report from Fansided’s DearOldGold.com says that Iowa will cut men’s and women’s swimming & diving and two more sports after the 2020-2021 season.

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Washington State Swimming Adds Former ECU Coach Kate Moore to Coaching Staff

During Moore’s decade as an ECU coach, the Pirates won 4 American Athletic Conference team titles.

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Roughly a Quarter of Pools in England Still Shut Despite Go-Ahead To Reopen

The #saveleisure campaign is pleading with the UK Government to assist facilities who have been unable to reopen their doors (pictured: Joe&Max Litchfield)

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PIAA Votes to Allow High School Fall Sports to Begin Practice August 24th

PIAA fall sports include water polo, girls volleyball, girls tennis, field hockey, golf, football, soccer, and cross country.

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State-By-State High School Sports Index For Coronavirus Adjustments

We’re tracking updates on high school sports seasons in all 50 states, with a special focus on how the coronavirus pandemic will affect swimming seasons.

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Liberty Is Removing, Replacing Entire Diving Tower after Platform Collapse

The main tower of the Liberty University diving platform (above) is being removed and will be replaced next spring after a platform collapsed.

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Program Cut Ends 103-Year Iowa Legacy That Includes Birth of Butterfly Stroke

Bowen Strassforth – Olympic silver medalist, NCAA All-American and part of an NCAA runner-up team in 1949 – is part of a long-running Iowa swimming legacy.

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High-Level International Meets For September 2020

Take a look at the upcoming swim meets happening around the world in the month of September, knowing things can change in an instant.

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Iowa Projects Lost Revenue of $100M, Rules Out Fundraising To Save Cut Teams

Iowa says postponing fall sports lost about $100 million in revenue and ruled out the possibility of fundraising to save the cut swimming & diving programs.

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George Washington Reels in Verbal Commitment from Ireland’s Julia Knox

Knox competed for Ireland at the 2018 European Junior Championships in the 200 IM and 800 free relay.

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NC State Moves Classes Online, Chancellor References Off-Campus Parties

NC State will move to fully online courses starting next week, saying parties at off-campus apartments and Greek Village houses have led to COVID-19 clusters.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Mark Gangloff on UNC Athletic Pause, 2000’s Auburn Culture

Gangloff started by talking about his days at Auburn, under David Marsh and Dave Durden, and how that influenced his coaching style moving forward

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