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Winter Juniors Finalist Luke Fortner Gives Verbal Pledge to Purdue

Luke Fortner, a Summer Juniors qualifier in the 200 breast, has verbally committed to Purdue University for the class of 2025.

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BSN Sports Swim Team of the Week: SET Swimming

Saddleback El Toro (SET) Swimming of Lake Forest, California, is a year-round USA club swimming team of roughly 225 members.

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Pepperdine Hires Ellie Monobe as New Head Swimming Coach

Ellie Monobe spent the last 4 seasons as an assistant with UCSB, including last season as the program’s associate head coach.

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Josh Zuchowski Swims 200 Back PR on Flood Aquatics Day 5

Josh Zuchowski dropped 2-seconds off of his best 200 back as Flood Aquatics continued its impressive intrasquad through Day 5 of the meet.

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MAC Becomes First FBS Conference to Cancel Fall Sports

The MAC has become the first conference at the top level of college football to cancel the fall 2020 NCAA sports season.

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Wisconsin HS Division I Champion Sydney Stoll Verbals to Illinois

At the 2019 Wisconsin Division I high school state championships, Stoll won the state title in the 500 free and finished third in the 200 free

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Siobhan Haughey Swims Under Asian Record in 200 Free in Hong Kong Time Trial

Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey has swum under the national and Asian Records in the 200 meter freestyle, though neither swim is likely to count.

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Lauryn Reno Transfers to Pacific; Will Take Reins from Brother Brandon

Lauryn Reno from Roseville, California will join the Pacific Tigers in the fall, just as her Brother, all-conference breaststroker Brandon, graduates.

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Princeton’s Coronavirus Response Leads Addison Smith to Transfer to UNC

Amid uncertainty about what Princeton’s academic and athletic year will look like, Addison Smith has decided to transfer to UNC.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Ross Dant Takes Us Through Epic NC State Distance Sets

Now that Dant has made his way to NC State, he’s experienced some killer distance workouts that he was kind enough to share with us today.

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Epic Swims: Schooling Wins Gold in 100 Fly, Three-Way Tie for Silver in Rio

Joseph Schooling became Singapore’s first Olympic medalist in swimming when he won the 100 fly at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

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Scotland’s Pools See September 14th As Earliest Open Date

The majority of aquatic athletes with the nation of Scotland are set to remain out of the water through at least mid-September.

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Welsh Pools Set To Open On August 10th With ‘Premises Police’

With pools opening Monday in Wales, the nation’s government has empowered local authorities to enforce coronavirus-related protocols.

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Sarah Platt Will Bolster Army-West Point’s Already-Deep Breaststroke Group

Sarah Platt’s best time of 1:04.00 in the 100 yard breaststroke would have placed her in the A final at last year’s Patriot League Championship meet.

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Riley Pujadas Verbal Commitment Will Bolster Columbia’s Backstroke Group (2021)

Columbia graduated their top 2 swimmers in the 100 yard backstroke at the end of last season, but through 2 recruiting classes have rebuilt that group.

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