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Bill Rose, Tyler Fenwick To Be Named Open Water Coaches for Pan Pacs

Tyler Fenwick and Bill Rose have been named head coaches for Team USA at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.

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Hali Flickinger Downs Decades-Old US Open 200 Fly Record – 2:05.87

Flickinger is now the No. 3 American performer of all-time and No. 2 in the world this year.

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2018 British Summer C’ships: Young Guns Strike Again

Two additional breaststroke age group records were broken as the British Summer Championships continue in Sheffield this week. Archie Goodburn, left, was one of the gold medalists this evening in Sheffield.

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Gretchen Walsh Goes 54.38, Fastest 15-Year-Old 100 FR In U.S. History

15-year-old Gretchen Walsh continues to impress, putting up the fastest time ever by an American 15-year-old in the 100 free.

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Destin Lasco’s 49.66 Moves To #2 All-Time For U.S. 15-16s in 100 Free

16-year-old Destin Lasco moved to #2 all-time with a huge swim in prelims of the 100 free at Nationals this morning.

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Urlando #2 All-Time in 15-16s, Levant #3 All-Time in 17-18s For 200 FL

A pair of teenagers put up historic age group swims in prelims of the men’s 200 fly at Nationals this morning: 16-year-old Gianluca Urlando moved to #2 all-time in the 15-16 age group while 18-year-old Jack Levant jumped to #3 all-time in the 17-18 bracket.

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Recovering from Mono, Ella Eastin Swims First Race of Nationals

Despite missing two weeks of training early in July, leading to uncertainty about her ability to swim this week, Eastin swam the 200 fly.

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Follow Along with Your U.S. Nationals Pick’Em Entries

Entries for the pick’em contest have closed. We will update the standings at the end of each day’s racing. In the meantime, if you can’t remember who you picked and want to cheer on your entries, here is the spreadsheet with everyone’s picks.

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Netherlands to Face Greece in European Women’s Water Polo Final

The Netherlands will play in the women’s final for the third time in a row, winning a nail biter against title-holder Hungary in the semi-finals at the European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona.

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Coleman Stewart Swims 49.1 in 100 Free Time Trial at Nationals

Stewart didn’t swim the 100 free in prelims on Wednesday morning because he didn’t have a qualifying time. Then he unleashed a time trials swim that puts him in the conversation for relays in 2020.

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U.S. Nationals Day 1 Prelims: Much Faster than Recent Nationals

2018 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, July 25 – Sunday, July 29, 2018 William Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA Prelims 9 AM /…

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Backstrokers Smith and Seidt Break Through in Women’s 200 Fly

Regan Smith of Riptide and Asia Seidt of Kentucky Aquatics put up monster swims in the morning heats of the women’s 200 fly, earning berths in tonight’s A final

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UNC Hires Mike Blum as New Swimming Assistant Coach

The University of North Carolina has announced the addition of Mike Blum to its 2018 men’s and women’s swimming staff as…

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Swim-Off Required For 8th In 200 Fly: Nordmann vs Pike with Jr Pan Pacs, WUGs Implications

A pair of juniors are set to swim-off for 8th place in the women’s 200 fly, a dramatic start to this week’s hugely-important U.S. National Championships.

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Former Big Ten Record-Holder Paul Powers Retires

Former Big Ten record-holder and Olympic Trials semifinalist Paul Powers has officially retired from swimming.

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