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Are We Alienating a Population of Could Be Swimmers?

I respect those swim kids who are putting all of those hours in, it is tough work! But are we taking a sport that used to be the most fun sport around and turning it into a job?

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UCLA Takes Down San Diego and Harvard in Los Angeles

Kenisha Liu won the 200 free and 50 free for the Bruins on Monday.

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Mid-Season Check In: How Are the NCAA Freshman Women Faring So Far?

Noelle Peplowski was just another incoming breaststroker for IU. Half a year after graduating high school, she’s a realistic candidate for making the 100 breast A final at NCAAs.

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Michael Andrew Breaks Three-Year-Old PSS Record in 50 Back

His time of 24.68 was good enough to break the Pro Swim Series record, which was a 24.74 held by Japanese backstroker Junya Koga.

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2019 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Katie Ledecky is entered in the 200 free and 400 IM this morning in Knoxville.

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Swimming Australia CEO Seeks FINA, ISL Compromise To Avoid OLY Bans

In light of the fact that the idea of Olympic bans for athletes who compete in ISL events this year is still lurking in the air, Swimming Australia Chief Executive Leigh Russell is initiating talks to try to avoid devastation in 2020.

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Natalie Hinds Hits Lifetime Best in First LCM Meet Since 2016 Trials

The Midland, Texas, native has been coaching in the Atlanta area of late, and in 2018 started training with the UGA pro group at the Athens Bulldogs Swim Club. 

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2019 Victorian Sprint C’ships To Fire Off 66 Events In Just 2 Days

The 2019 Victorian Sprint Championships meet kicks off on Saturday in Melbourne, where a fury of 66 events will be contested over just 2 days.

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Annie Lazor Swims Lifetime Breaststroke Best in Prelims in Knoxville

After a big breakthrough at the World Short Course Championships in December, Annie Lazor is full-steam ahead for 2019.

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2019 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville: Day 1 Race Videos

Watch the fastest heats of the distance freestyle races from Day One of the 2019 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville.

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USA Diving to Host FINA Diving Grand Prix for First Time in Six Years

USA Diving announced that the 2019 FINA Diving Grand Prix will return to the United States for the first time in six years April 11-14, 2019 at the newly renovated Marguerite Aquatics Center in Mission Viejo, California.

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Lewis Burras Off UVA’s Roster, Returns to Dubai For Now

British sprinter Lewis Burras is off UVA’s roster and headed back to Dubai, after less than a semester with the Cavaliers.

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Leah Smith Scratches Thursday Morning Races in Knoxville

After not racing on Wednesday evening as the top seed in the women’s 800 free, Leah Smith is also absent from Thursday morning’s heat sheets at the Pro Swim Series stop in Knoxville.

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Akaram Mahmoud Only Warmed Up 4 Minutes before his 800 (Video)

Thinking the event was slowest to fastest, Mahmoud ended up nearly missing his event and was only able to warm up for less than 5 minutes

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Swimming … What I Know Now

I never knew that when I jumped into the pool for the first time at age 5 that swimming would have such a profound and life-long impact on me.

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