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Nitro Confident in Partnership with FINIS (Video Feature)

 FINIS, Inc. recently announces it’s new team sponsorship on Nitro Swimming, so SwimSwam took a visit down to Nitro to hear the teams initial thoughts. 

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South African Chad Le Clos Eyes Commonwealth Games History

South African Olympian Chad Le Clos is on the hunt for his 3rd consecutive 200m butterfly title at this year’s Commonwealth…

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Adidas Unveils Its Fastest Adizero Yet

adidas swim today announces its most advanced development of the adizero line, with the launch of adizero XVIII.

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11 Ways Masters And Age Group Meets Are Different

I was at our team’s Masters meet this weekend and I noticed how the energy was different than at an age group meet. In addition to fewer swimmers and spectators, everyone looked relaxed.

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Kirsty Coventry Appointed IOC Athletes’ Commission Chairperson

Zimbabwean Olympic legend Kirsty Coventry is adding another feather in her post-retirement accomplishment hat, as the 34-year-old has been appointed Chairperson of the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission.

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Counsilman-Hunsaker Partners With National Swimming Pool Foundation

Counsilman-Hunsaker and the National Swimming Pool FoundationⓇ (NSPFⓇ) announce a partnership to provide the aquatic industry with a digital web-based application designed to enhance the safety and sustainability of aquatic facilities: Facility Manager.

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Abbie Dolan Posts 4:50 500 as Notre Dame Sweeps Ball State and UWGB

Notre Dame hosted Ball State and Green Bay for all 3 teams’ last regular season meet. The Fighting Irish came out on top of Ball State and Green Bay in both the men’s and women’s meets.

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2018 W B1G Champs Fan Guide: Wolverines With Eyes on Third Straight Title

G Ryan will lead Michigan as they search for their third-straight B1G title later this month.

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Columbia Breaks 3 Pool Records While Hosting Dartmouth

Columbia hosted Dartmouth both teams’ final dual of the season, less than 2 weeks before the start of the women’s Ivy League Championship on Febraury 14-17th.

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Des Moines YMCA Hires Bill Wadley as Director of Youth Swim Program

Former Ohio State coach Bill Wadley didn’t stay retired for long. Wadley announced his retirement from his duties as the head…

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North Coast Aquatics OTC Trip (Video)

North Coast Aquatics, based out of San Diego, took forty of their top high school swimmers to Colorado Springs Jan 25-28th for a quick training camp.

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Jace Brown Gives ASU Men Their 3rd Verbal Commitment for 2019-20

Jace Brown from John Horn High School and Rockwall Aquatic Center of Excellence has verbally committed to the Arizona State Sun Devils for 2019-20.

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Michigan’s Siobhan Haughey Out With Injury, Uncertain For Big Tens

Seven-time Big Ten champ Siobhan Haughey is dealing with an undisclosed injury with no word on whether she’ll be available for the team’s conference meet.

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Practice + Pancakes: SMU Women on Starting the Comedown of Taper

As both a coach and swimming fan I think it’s always interesting to see how the practices change between fall training, winter training, and taper

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2018 Int’l Meeting Uster: Photo Vault Round-up

26TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING USTER February 3rd & 4th Indoor Pool Buchholz, Uster, Switzerland LCM Meet Site Entry List SwimSwam Meet…

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