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Fitter & Faster Fuel: Episode 7

Learn how to cook a meal that will result in fast swims and great practices with Olympic gold medalist Cierra Runge!

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Ranking the 2020 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8

Out goes backstroke sensation Beata Nelson and in comes elite prospect Phoebe Bacon for one team in our ranked NCAA swimming & diving recruiting classes.

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Filippo Magnini Not Ruling Out A Return To Competition

Despite being 38, the two-time 100 freestyle World Champion hasn’t closed the door on a return to competition.

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Dynamo Swim Club To Resume Training For Senior Group Only On Thursday

One of the country’s biggest clubs will resume practice exclusively with its Senior Group on Thursday as part of Phase 1 of its reentry plan.

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Northern Lights Leads The Charge As First Alaskan Swim Club Back In The Pool

After the state gave the green light on Friday, the club waited a few extra days for the city of Anchorage to give clearance before returning to practice.

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Detroit Student Drowns In School Class; Teacher Charged

A learning disabled student at Mumford High School drowned in a swimming class and the instructor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

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Missouri School Guidelines Suggest ‘Revising’ Sports, Alternating Class Days

The Missouri School Boards’ Association has published guidelines for reopening schools, including limiting or canceling school sports.

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How to Get The Olympic Perspective Issue With The Caeleb Dressel Gold Cover

The next issue of SwimSwamMAG addresses the COVID-19 impact on the Olympics, and we project how elites will perform in 2021 with an extra year of training.

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Remembering Janet Evans’ 400 Freestyle World Record 32-Years Later

22 years ago, Janet Evans swam a 4:03.85 in the 400 freestyle, negative splitting the race on her way to a new world record that wouldn’t fall until 2006.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 84% Prefer NCAA Title To U.S. Open Record

A huge majority of voters would rather win an NCAA event title than set a U.S. Open record, according to our latest poll.

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Kacper Stokowski, Giovanni Izzo Both On Track To Swim For NC State Next Fall

Olympic gap year swimmers Kacper Stokowski and Giovanni Izzo are both on track to compete for the NC State Wolfpack next fall, the program says.

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Canadian Swimmers Join In and Nominate The Dutch For ‘Don’t Rush’ Challenge

The Canadians have become the most recent national team to complete the ‘Don’t Rush’ video challenge and have nominated the Netherlands to do the same.

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MacNeil & Dorenkott Earn Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Awards

Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil was named Big Ten swimmer of the year and Ohio State’s Bill Dorenkott the Big Ten Coach of the Year for the 2019-2020 season.

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Many of Austria’s Top Swimmers Returned to Training Several Weeks Ago

Austria has recently allowed top swimmers back to training in pools in the midst of the near-worldwide shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Canadian Coaching Carousel: Another Prominent Ontario Club Gets a New Coach

The Hamilton Aquatic Club has hired Darren Ward as its new head coach. They’re one of 4 major clubs in Ontario to have been on the market in the last month.

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