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Mitchell Whyte Goes From E. Michigan Commit to UofL NCAA Qualifier (Video)

After being committed to Eastern Michigan before they cut their program, Mitchell Whyte found himself at Louisville, and is now a surefire NCAA qualifier

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USA Water Polo Names World University Games Coaching Staffs

2004 Olympian and veteran National Team pipeline coach Brett Ormsby joins University of the Pacific Head Coach James Graham as the Head Coaches for the USA Men and Women respectively leading Team USA into the 30th Summer World University Games in July.

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Creighton Prep Wins 13th Straight Nebraska State Title

The boys of Creighton Prep won their 13th consecutive Nebraska high school state swimming & diving title, while Lincoln Southwest’s girls made it four straight titles of their own.

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Sacred Heart Crushes Kentucky HS State Behind 4 Crush Wins

State records fell to Gabi Albiero, Will Cole, Hunter Tapp and Lexington Catholic’s 200 free relay in a tough Kentucky high school state meet.

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Florida State’s Kanoa Kaleoaloha Talks 50 Free Redemption (Video)

In Greensboro, Kaleoaloha won both the 100 fly (44.93) and 100 free (42.34), and swam a time in the ‘C’ final of the 50 free (19.25) that would have been good enough for 2nd overall in the ‘A’ final.

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2019 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: ASU Holds 27-Point Lead After Diving

Arizona State leads after diving, but Stanford has plenty to cheer about, scoring the second-most points despite using two fewer athletes than the Sun Devils

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Former Wisconsin Club, College Coach Added To SafeSport Ban Database

Brianne Taylor, a former coach for club and college swimming in Wisconsin, has been added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s banned list.

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Bonne nouvelle : Tokyo 2020 sera sans fumée

Les organisateurs des Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo en 2020 ont annoncé la semaine dernière qu’il sera interdit de fumer ou…

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2-Time ACC Champ Brendan Casey Talks D-Training with Tyler Fenwick (Video)

Open water swimming Brendan Casey came away from ACC’s with 2 gold medals in the 400 IM and 1,650

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Shouts from the Stands: I’ll Know When They’re 30

My job as a youth coach is to build outstanding character atop the platform of competitive sports. I will know how well they have absorbed the lessons learned in competitive sports when they reach 30 years of age, and I’ll know how well I’ve done as their coach, too.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: WAC Championship Beard

We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets!

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Karpenko Downs 2 Records, Goes 1:48.0 IM; Breck/Blake Win MN’s Class A

Minnehaha Academy junior Andrew Karpenko broke a pair of Minnesota class A records individually, while Breck/Blake broke the class A medley relay record en route to a state team title.

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Zheng’s 53.8 BR, Larson’s 19.9/43.4 FR Highlight Minnesota AA State

Sophomore Hayden Zheng went 53.86 to break the state 100 breast record, while senior Peter Larson broke sprint records with a 19.97 50 free and a 43.46 100 free at Minnesota’s Class AA high school state meet. Larson’s Edina Hornets won the state title despite DQing their medley relay in prelims.

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Practice + Pancakes: Power + Partner Pulls with Nashville Aquatic Club

Even though the Southeast Pancakes tour is over… we’re in denial. So we’re keeping the party going! We also paid a visit to the Nashville Aquatic Club

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Beyond the Pancakes: The Lesson I Learned as the Sports Science Guy for USA Swimming

In this episode, Skinner explains how to use a neuroscience approach to teach someone a new technique

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