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Kredich and Bultman Named Head USA Coaches for 2019 Pan American Games

USA Swimming announced today that Matt Kredich and Steve Bultman will lead the men’s and women’s teams, respectively, at this summer’s Pan American Games.

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With Likely Olympic Implications, CAS Issues Ruling Against Caster Semenya

Semenya will have to suppress her testosterone levels to compete, or compete against men.

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Comerford, Vazaios Tabbed as ACC Scholar Athletes of the Year

NCAA champions Mallory Comerford of Louisville and Andreas Vazaios of NC State highlight the 2019 All-ACC Academic Swimming and Diving Teams as the Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

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Maxime Rooney Announces Transfer to Texas for Senior Season

Rooney announced just over a week ago he would leave the University of Florida before his senior season.

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Triathlon Training: How to Improve Your Swimming with Gerry Rodrigues

For over 30 years Gerry Rodrigues has been helping athletes improve their swimming leading to breakthroughs in their triathlon performances

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Who Wore it Better: Hugo Gonzalez Transfer or Maxime Rooney Transfer?

Hugo Gonzalez (above) is a little harder to project, given that he didn’t swim the 2018-2019 NCAA season.

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At 95-Years Old, Kalis Rasmussen Breaks Five Masters World Records

At the 2019 Swim Ontario Masters Provincial Championships, Kalis Rasmussen established few new 90-95 Masters world records in short course meters.

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Bonnie The Seal Unveiled As 2019 SC European C’ships Mascot

Helping to kick-off the countdown to the 20th edition of the Short Course European Championships will be the just-unveiled official mascot, Bonnie the Seal.

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Roland Schoeman Started Swimming to Impress a Girl in High School (Video)

Now, at age 38 (he turns 39 on July 3rd of this year), he’s the oldest swimmer in the USA Swimming database (which is not exhaustive of every swim ever) to have broken the 23-second barrier.

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Get The 2019 Summer Preview Issue With The Michael Andrew Cover

The 2019 Summer Preview magazine is a must-have for all of your swim-fan needs. We break down FINA World Championships, Pan Ams, World University Games, European Juniors and World Junior Championships.

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Arizona Parts Ways with Coaches Cory Chitwood and Beth Botsford

Both Chitwood (center) and Botsford (right) joined Augie Busch’s staff when he was appointed head coach in August 2017.

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Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits in the Girls High School Class of 2020

See who’s moving up and who has yet to commit among the current high school junior class, which is loaded in the non-free strokes in particular.

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Practice + Pancakes: Jack Conger Topples Todd DeSorbo Power Set

I think most swim fans have wanted to see what the Conger/DeSorbo duo looks like from a training perspective. And it did not disappoint.

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Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee Releases Sports-Themed Math Textbook

Tokyo 2020 recently introduced a new sports-themed math textbook to Japanese elementary students, hoping to help students to enjoy math through interaction with Japanese athletes and sports organizations.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Francesca Criscione Verbally Commits to NAU

Corvallis Aquatic Team’s Francesca Criscione has announced her verbal commitment to Northern Arizona for 2020-21.

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