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SwimMAC’s Victoria Dichak (2020) Makes Verbal Commitment to Towson

Victoria Dichak from SwimMAC Carolina and Charlotte Catholic High School has committed to the Towson Tigers for 2020-21.

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Training Blocks: A Week With Ray Looze & the Indiana Pro Group

Training Blocks: workouts from top college & pro training groups over the course of a week, to see how the top minds in our sport build a training block.

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Curzan, Forst, Connery, Zettel Highlight NC High School State Psych Sheets

Junior stars are spread across North Carolina’s three classes of high school swimming, including standout Claire Curzan, on a NAG record hunt this week.

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Ticket Sales Down, Athlete & Coach Attendance Up at PSS – Knoxville

While overall ticket sales were down in Knoxville as compared to 2019, sales of all-session passes and the premium seats with a VIP experience were up.

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Swedish Firm Creating New Automatic Flipturn Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers

A new Swedish program aims to replace the Tapper device starting this year, aiming to create more independence and lowering costs for para-athletes.

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Boston Closes Regular Season with Best Times at Boston Winter Open

Boston University hosted the 2020 Boston Winter Open Friday through Saturday, where several Terriers set new personal-best times over the weekend.

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Baylor, Harpeth Hall To Renew Battle, Walsh Chases National Records At TN State

Gretchen Walsh has switched to the 50 and 100 frees to chase national high school records. Baylor looks to repeat 2019’s massive upset of Harpeth Hall.

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Nulo Pet Food CEO Michael Landa Brings Swimming Focus to Business

Michael’s Nulo Pet Food is a force for good in the industry, one of the fastest-growing premium pet food brands in the U.S., and he has deep swimming-roots.

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Pumputis Sweeps Breaststrokes; Georgia Tech Defeats SCAD, Georgia Southern

On the men’s side, ACC Champion Caio Pumputis and Darren Lim led the charge. Pumputis swept the breaststroke events, one of his specialties.

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Paralympian Amy Marren Retires at 21, Cites Classification ‘Inconsistency’

Marren, the 2016 SM9 200 IM bronze medalist, listed classification issues as one reason for announcing her retirement last weekend.

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Sprint Freestyler, North Carolina Runner-Up, Elizabeth Sowards Commits to UNC

Elizabeth Sowards was the 2019 North Carolina 4A State Championship runner-up in both the 50 and 100 yard freestyles for Hough High School.

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Tickets For Canadian Olympic Trials Now On Sale

Tickets for the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Trials are now on sale, which will be held from March 30 to April 5 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

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Swim coach software that is simple and powerful

If you are a swim coach and haven’t heard of Commit Swimming, read on to learn what it is and…

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Xu Jiayu Donates FINA Champions Series Prize Money To Coronavirus Relief

Chinese world champ Xu Jiayu has donated about $10,000 of prize money he won on the FINA Champions Series to hospitals fighting the coronavirus outbreak.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Millfield Swimmer Honors Aussie Roots

Catch up on the swimming-related news round-up from around the world in this week’s edition of our series Beyond the Lane Lines.

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