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Swimmers: Achieve Your Peak Potential At SPIRE Institute and Academy

In addition to an elite, experienced coaching staff, SPIRE offers a wide array of support services designed to take swimmers to the next level.

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8 Things We Learned From 3 Olympic Swimmers…And One Cycling Champion

Do you need some fresh motivation? Would you like to up your game in swimming and life? You’ll want to download Champion’s Mojo’s latest four podcasts.

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Caeleb Dressel Stroke Dissect: 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay, 2016 Rio Olympics

Caeleb Dressel returns to his stroke dissect series, this time analyzing his 100 LCM freestyle lead-off leg from the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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Auburn Starts 2022 Recruiting Push with Verbal from In-State Drew Jordan

Jordan is the defending Alabama high school champion in the 200 free and 500 free, and he’s hit lifetime bests in all of his top events since December.

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Lindsey Hosch Scores Jr. Nats Cut as Two North Texas Teams Compete

Returning to the water for their first competitions since March, two North Texas club teams, EST and STAR, raced in a sprint oriented dual meet.

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Missouri Offers Alternate Seasons For Fall Sports, Like Boys Swim, Amid COVID

Missouri will allow schools to move their fall sport to an alternative spring season because of the coronavirus pandemic – that includes boys swimming.

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Nik Haynes Breaks WR for Swimming English Channel Backstroke

Nik Haynes has broken the world record for swimming the English Channel doing backstroke by swimming the 21 mile stretch in 12 hours, 52 minutes.

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Indiana Jumps on 2022 Recruiting with Verbal from Mya Dewitt

Indiana is in need of backstroke speed, and Dewitt is already fast enough to have scored in the 100 back B-final at the 2020 Big Ten Championships.

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Auburn Commit Grant Davis Posts Two Best Times at Chattahoochee Gold Intrasquad

Auburn commit Grant Davis along with several other members of the Chattahoochee Gold Swim Club swam best times during the teams intrasquad meet.

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Nebraska High School State Finalist Sean McElmeel Commits to Long Island

Free and back specialist Sean McElmeel has announced his decision to swim for Long Island University beginning in the fall of 2020.

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D-II Bluefield State Adds 12 New Sports For 2021, Including Swimming & Football

Bluefield State College in West Virginia has added a dozen new sports teams for the 2021-2022 school year, including women’s and men’s swimming & diving.

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Paltrinieri Takes Italian 10k National Title Days After 1500 Euro Record

After knocking down a European Record in Sette Colli, Gregorio Paltrinieri wrapped up an Italian national title in the men’s 10k open water.

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Maximizing Performance Through Dryland Part II: Stroke-by-Stroke Principles

The following comes to us from swimmer and coach Josh Hurley, who put together a research paper on dryland training and its specific application to swimming.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jay Friend Talks Developing National Talent in Montana

Friend walked us through his swimming background, from swimming at an NAIA school and having a great experience to falling into coaching

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ECAC Butterfly Finalist Orry Zayit Transfers from UConn to Marist College

Butterfly and backstroke specialist Orry Zayit will transfer from UConn to Marist College beginning in the 2020-2021 season.

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