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Big Ten 200 Fly A-Finalist Kai Bathurst Announces Transfer from Indiana to Cal

At the 2020 Big Ten Championships, Bathurst made the 200 fly A-final and placed eighth overall, while adding B-final appearances in the 200 and 500 free.

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NCAA Bars Championships From States With Prominent Confederate Flag Presence

The NCAA expanded its previous policy on the matter, which had barred the awarding of sites determined in advance of a championship in such states.

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UConn to Eliminate Men’s Swim & Dive, 3 Other Sports Following 2020-21 Year

UConn has proposed cutting its men’s swim & dive program, along with men’s tennis and men’s cross country, as well as women’s rowing.

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Colorado Time Systems Collaborates with SwimTopia to Streamline Meets

Colorado Time Systems, a PlayCore Company, and SwimTopia have entered a partnership designed to assist teams with running meets efficiently and economically.

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Looking Back at Day 4 of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials

Let’s go back and remember what was going on during the 4th day of the Olympic Trials back in 2012 and 2016.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Alexis Wenger on the Lost NCAA Title, Black Lives Matter

Wenger walked us through how the team has moved forward and set their sights on the upcoming season for another shot at the title. 

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Northwestern Retains & Promotes Andrew Hodgson, Jake Tapp In New Coaching Staff

Northwestern will keep Andrew Hodgson and Jake Tapp on their coaching staff – both have been promoted to associate/assistant head coaching roles.

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The Trials That Would Have Been: Ledecky’s 200/1500 Double On Day 4

Today would have marked Katie Ledecky’s 200 free/1500 free double at U.S. Olympic Trials. And Luca Urlando had a shot at history as an 18-and-under.

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Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars: Women’s 200 Fly

Mary T. Meagher’s 80s NAGs and Mary Descenza’s 2009 American record remain unbroken today. Who’s been close to breaking the marks? Could they ever go down?

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2020 Georgia 6-7A Runner-Up Reagan Sweeney Verbals to LSU for Fall 2021

This past winter, at the 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Champs – East, Sweeney scored in the 200 fly B-final with a lifetime best 2:01.02. 

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European Championship Medalist Maria Ugolkova Leads Swiss Return to Racing

While not an official meet, Ugoklova suited up and swam 2 time trial races earlier this month in Uster. The country has slowly returned to the water over the last 6 weeks.

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SPIRE ACADEMY: Where Performance Development Meets Top-Flight Academics

SPIRE balances athletics with academics and activities that nurture personal growth and professional development to help students reach their peak potential.

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2019 CIF Southern Section D2 Runner-Up Marly Lough Verbals to Penn State

Most recently, Lough competed at the Pro Swim Series stop in Des Moines, where she made the 200 back C-final (2:19.90) to finish 19th overall. 

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Cook, Vanderpool-Wallace Share Protest Perspectives On UVA’S Trash Talk Tuesday

Virginia alum Cynthia Cook and three-time Bahamian Olympian Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace discussed racism issues on UVA’s Trash Talk Tuesday on June 9.

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La Selección Argentina ya se entrena en una nueva “normalidad”

Con el regreso al agua de Delfina Pignatiello y la reciente vuelta de Federico Grabich este lunes, ya son 13 los nadadores argentinos en actividad.

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