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SB6 100 Breast and S9 100 Free World Records Fall in Singapore

China’s Daomin Liu and New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe set world marks on day 1 of the Singapore WPS World Series stop.

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The Skinny on the Ketogenic Diet with the Viking

Michael Andrew recently revealed his adoption of the ketogenic diet, so SwimSwam wants to bring the swim community up to speed on exactly what “keto” is and why this might generate a lot of discussion.

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LEN Touts Higher Payouts, Higher Surpluses in St. Petersburg Congress

The LEN Bureau gathered in St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday, where leaders presented a glowing status of the organization’s finances.

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Top 4 Seeds, All From MPSF, Move on to NCAA Women’s Water Polo Semifinals

The top four seeds, all from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, advanced to Saturday’s NCAA Tournament semifinals with wins on Friday in Palo Alto, Calif. #1 USC will now meet #4 Cal and #2 Stanford will face #3 UCLA with a spot in the championships match on the line.

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2019 CIF Boys Prelims: Ben Dillard Goes 53.16 to Break 100 Breast Record

Ben Dillard of Oak Ridge High School broke the California State Meet Record in the 100 breast with 53.16.

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2019 CIF Girls Prelims: Hartman, Tuggle, Schaffer Lead Indiv. Qualifiers

Brooke Schaffer is top qualifier in the 50 free and 100 free for Saturday’s final at 2019 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships.

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Patience Pays as Morton Ranch Valedictorian Frederica Kizek Commits to SMU

Kizek, the valedictorian of a large suburban Houston high school, has committed to SMU after monster time drops in the spring semester of her senior year.

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Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 5/8/2019

Check out our Weekly Wonders from April 25-May 5, 2019.

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Serbian Record-Holder Aleksa Bobar to Join Northwestern in January

Bobar holds the Serbian record in the 4×100 medley relay as their anchor.

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5 Storylines for the Budapest Stop of the 2019 FINA Champions Series

Kliment Kolesnikov will have to deal with countrymate Evgeny Rylov, China’s Xu Jiayu, and American veteran Matt Grevers in the backstrokes this weekend in Hungary.

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Sjostrom, Le Clos ready to race in Budapest after training camp in Turkey

The second stop of the FINA Champions Swim Series begins tomorrow in Budapest, The swimming stars commented their expectations coming into the meeting and rememebered the 2017 World Championships, held in the same venue.

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Navigating the MAAPP: Potential Solutions For Common Complaints

This spring, USA Swimming announced its Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy (MAAPP), which governs interactions between adults and minors to…

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Breaststroker/IMer Dannie Dilsaver to Leave Cal After 2 Seasons

Dannie Dilsaver of Lincoln, Nebraska has requested to be placed in the NCAA transfers database after swimming two years at Cal.

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Daley, Lee Earn 10M Synchro Bronze in Kazan

Tom Daley and Matty Lee returned to the podium at the penultimate leg of the FINA Diving World Series in Kazan as they claimed the Men’s 10m Synchro bronze.

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