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Re-Rank: Top 20 Girls NCAA Swimming Recruits, Class of 2020

This is perhaps the best recruiting class we’ve ever ranked, with instant-impact swimmers in back, breast and fly. World record-holder Regan Smith sits #1.

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Trials Qualifier Luke Massey Transferring From Tennessee to South Carolina

Massey is a breaststroke/sprint specialist, who has qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 100 breast.

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Gulf Swimming Cancels Original 2020 LC Schedule, Looking At Alternatives

The LSC has created a task force to create a new meet schedule that follows all state and CDC guidelines.

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22 More Conferences Ask For 2-Year Waiver on NCAA Minimum Sport Requirements

22 more conferences are asking the NCAA to relax rules on how many sports a Division I school must sponsor, perhaps paving the way for sports cuts.

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Horton Family Faces Constant Harassment, Intimidation Since Sun Yang Call-Out

Mack Horton’s family has been under “virtual siege” at their home in suburban Melbourne with Sun Yang supports constantly harassing them.

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Chinese Swimming Association Revokes Camp Invitees After Listing Sun Yang

A statement invalidating the list did not indicate if including Sun was a clerical oversight, a misinterpretation of his status, or a direct disregard for it.

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Swimming Canada Eyes Larger SC Worlds Team, Late August Invite Camp

Swimming Canada has announced some potential plans to restart its high-performance programs, if the COVID-19 pandemic allows, later this year.

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Dr. Wyatt Hodges: Ph.D In and Out of the Pool

Reported by Coleman Hodges, SwimSwam Head of Production and Dr. Wyatt Hodges’ brother.

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WUGs Champion Egor Kuimov Volunteering During Pandemic In Kazan

Kuimov has been delivering necessities to those stuck in strict isolation in his hometown of Kazan along with water polo player Emil Zinnurov.

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Arizona President Suggests College Football May Be Pushed To Winter/Spring

Robert Robbins said this week that he doubts the college football season will start on time, and said one option is to push all fall sports to early 2021.

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See 2345 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 2745 Swim Jobs.

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Roadmaps 2.0 – Mapping International Swim Stars: Men’s 50 Free

There have been many men who have held the title of “fastest in the pool”, but who has what it takes to hold the title at Tokyo 2021?

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Miami Secures Commitment From Kazakhstan National Teamer Korlan Amirkhanova

Amirkhanova will be right on the brink of being able to swim on the Hurricanes sprint freestyle relays at ACCs if her career-best times convert out correctly.

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Georgia State Champion Alex Clark Has Committed to Swim for Air Force in 2021

Clark will arrive at the Academy in 2021 to a team of girls that hosts several girls that have best times within a second of her best butterfly times.

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Swimming From Home: Bruno Fratus on Keeping his Mind Active, Swimming History

Though you may be more familiar with his recent work (back-to-back 50 free silvers at world champs), Fratus has been in the swimming game for a long time

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