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Swim Ireland On Upward Trajectory Under Jon Rudd

Swim Ireland’s future has taken on a brighter shine as of late, with 3 of the nation’s elite swimmers making history over the summer.

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College Swimming Previews: Hoffer Arrives For #2 Cal Men

Incoming freshman Ryan Hoffer is a huge addition for the Bears and will play a big role on the relays in addition to being a key player individually. He’s already fast enough to have scored big in both sprints at 2017 NCAAs.

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Video: The Most Common Mistake Swimming Freestyle

We work with plenty of swimmers of all different levels on a weekly basis, and one of the biggest problems we see across the board is a lack of engaging in legs when swimming freestyle.

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Do We Really Need A Sports Drink To Be Like Mike?

The branding of sports drinks as a necessary part of our swim training and performance has been very successful in part to mass advertising and catchy little tunes “Like Mike”. But the question remains:  Do we really need a Sports Drink to be like Mike? Let’s take a closer look.

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Canadian WJR Record-holder Ruslan Gaziev Gives Verbal to Ohio State

Canadian World Junior Record-holder Ruslan Gaziev has made a verbal commitment to The Ohio State University for 2018-19.

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Barbados Spared By Hurricanes – Barbados Open Water Festival A Go

Barbados has been fortunate for many years and has not experienced a major hurricane since 1955.  One reason is geographic location. Barbados is located further south than many of the islands that have been repeatedly affected and is said to lie outside of the “hurricane belt”.

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Hungarian Butterflyer Boglárka Bonecz Verbally Commits to Florida State

Euro Juniors medalist Boglárka Bonecz from Hungary has announced her verbal commitment to Florida State University for next fall.

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New Mexico Record-holder Joshua Harlan Gives Verbal to West Virginia

Joshua Harlan from Cibola High School and Vipers of Albuquerque Swim Team has verbally committed to the West Virginia University class of 2022.

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Bulldogs Secure 1st Men’s Verbal from GHSA 6-7A Champ Bradley Dunham

Bradley Dunham of Dacula High School and SwimAtlanta has verbally committed to swim at the University of Georgia in 2018-19.

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Bonnies Pick Up a Pair of Verbals from George Kalletta and Jake Ruffolo

St. Bonaventure University men’s swimming and diving team recently received verbal commitment from George Kalletta from and Jake Ruffolo.

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Mason’s Lauren Thomas Makes Verbal Commitment to Vanderbilt

Lauren Thomas of Mason High School and Mason Manta Rays has verbally committed to Vanderbilt for 2018-19.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 84% Predict More Success For Desorbo Than Busch

Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers to predict which new NCAA head coach would have the most successful season

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Brothers’ Suspension Reduced to 2 Years For Refused Doping Test

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced William Brothers’ suspension from four years to two for a refusing to take a doping control test on medical grounds in 2015.

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Georgia Freshmen Debut in Relay Victories Over Emory

Wedneday brought a first look at some of the key freshmen players for the Bulldogs this season.

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NCSA Runner-up Michael MacGillivray Gives Verbal to Hometown Wolverines

Michael MacGillivray of Skyline High School and Club Wolverine has verbally committed to swim for the University of Michigan in 2018-19.

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