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Michael Joyce Added to Auburn Coaching Staff as Assistant

After just adding Duncan Sherrard as an assistant, Auburn has named Michael Joyce as the newest addition to the coaching staff under new head coach Gary Taylor.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 63% Like Lopez-VT Hire More Than Taylor-Auburn

Almost two-thirds of respondents said they favored Virginia Tech’s hiring of Sergio Lopez as its new head coach over the hiring of Gary Taylor to take over at Lopez’s former team, Auburn.

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Olympian Taylor McKeown Fined For Whale Incident

In October of last year, Australian Olympian Taylor McKeown found herself in the middle of an environmental scandal of sorts, with the breaststroking specialist accused of riding a jet ski too close to a pod of whales.

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Four-Time Olympic Medalist DiRado Joins USA Swimming Foundation Board

The USA Swimming Foundation announced today that four-time Olympic medalist, Madeline Jane “Maya” DiRado – Andrews (San Francisco, Calif.) has joined its Board of Directors.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Spitz Upping Recruit Standing With 1:45

It was just 11 days ago that we released our annual NCAA recruiting class rankings for the current crop of juniors. We ranked Newport Harbor’s Ayla Spitz 20th. 11 days later, she made that rank irrelevant.

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Arizona Gives Assessment of First Year Under New Staff (Video Report)

Busch spoke about how the biggest goal he had coming into UofA was to build a sustainable and winning culture, not necessarily to place X spot at the PAC-12 conference of NCAA championships.

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Per Essere Un Buon Allenatore Abbi Cura Di Te

Come si può capire se un allenatore è bravo e un altro non lo è? Dai risultati dei suoi atleti?…

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Ireland’s Youth Return from ISF World School Games with 13 Medals

The 2018 ISF World Schools Games Gymnasiade in Casablanca, Morocco, was to see Ireland enter a team in the swimming championships of the multi-sport event for the first time and return with an outstanding 13 medal haul.

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5x MSHSL 5A State Champ Griffin Wolner Commits to South Dakota

Griffin Wolner of Winona Senior High School and Winona Swim Club has committed to swim for the University of South Dakota in the fall.

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Nitro Breaststroker Lauren Partridge Commits to Illinois

Lauren Partridge of Nitro Swimming and Cedar Park High School will swim for the University of Illinois in the fall.

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One More for the H2Okies: Justin Rich Announces Transfer from Ohio State

Justin Rich has announced he will return home to his native Virginia, transferring to Virginia Tech in the fall.

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2018 CIF Central Coast Section Psych Sheets Are Out

CIF Central Coast Section has released the psych sheet for the 2018 Section Championships at Santa Clara International Swim Center on May 11-12, 2018.

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Katie Ledecky to Make Pro Debut at Indy PSS

Katie Ledecky is expected to make her professional debut at the Indy PSS later this month.

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Auburn Hires Duncan Sherrard as First Assistant on New Swimming Staff

Auburn announced on Monday that they had hired Duncan Sherrard as the first assistant coach of Gary Taylor’s new swimming coaching staff….

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Annalee Johnson Announces Transfer to Virginia Tech from Penn State

Stafford, Virginia-native Annalee Johnson will return to her home state in the fall to swim for Virginia Tech in her final two years of eligibility.

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