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MP Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 3/14/2018

Check out our Weekly Wonders for the weekend of March 9-11, 2018.

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2018 W. NCAA Previews: a Battle of American Record Breakers in 400 IM

The 400 IM American Record changed hands last season between Stanford teammates Katie Ledecky and Ella Eastin. Now that Ledecky has dropped the 200 free for the 400 IM at NCAAs, who will capture the title (and possibly the American Record) at the big showdown?

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How Swim Skills Can Be Beneficial Beyond Competitive Swimming

There comes a time in every swimmers’ life when they decide to hang up the suit and goggles.

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SwimSwam Readers Predict D1 Women’s Nationals

With the NCAA championships starting up today it’s time to review what people’s expectations are for the meet. SwimSwam’s pick’em…

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Fitter and Faster 15 Questions: Austin Surhoff

Fitter and Faster 15 Questions profiles the 50+ elite swimmers and clinicians that host, instruct and manage the world’s largest swim clinic tour.

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2018 Winter Nationals Will Be in Greensboro (in Long Course)

Winter Nationals and Winter Juniors — East will take place in Greensboro, N.C., while Winter Juniors — West will be in Austin, Texas.

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All the Links You Need for the Women’s 2018 D1 NCAA Championships

You can find all the links you need to follow along right here on SwimSwam, as well as event-by-event previews and predictions.

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USAS Age Group Committee Favors Banning Tech Suits for 12 & Unders

While USA Swimming has not formally released the contents of the Stu-Isaac-led review of technical racing suits for USA Swimming’s…

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Video: 5 Tips To Have Your Best Swimming Workout

We can all admit that swimming is a grueling sport to train for.

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FINA Vice President Dale Neuburger Plans to Retire in 2021

Notes from the February USA Swimming Board of Directors meeting confirm that Neuburger is planning to retire in 2021.

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Abby Arens, Eli Fouts Impress In 100 Breast At Day 2 NCSA Prelims

16-year-old Abby Arens moved up to 12th all-time in the 15-16 age group with her 1:00-flat 100 breast at NCSA Junior prelims.

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USA Swimming Plans to Begin Selling Alcohol at Swim Meets

A USA Swimming task force has recommended guidelines for selling alcohol (and alcohol sponsorships) at certain meets.

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2018 M. NCAA Previews: Final Schooling-Dressel Showdown in 100 Fly

Schooling, the Olympic 100 fly champion, is the top seed heading into the meet with a 44.78 from midseason. Dressel clearly hasn’t shown all of his cards yet since he swapped this event for the 100 breast at SECs, but if his performances in his other events and his fly speed in the 200 IM are any indication, we could be in for something special.

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East Carolina Swimmers Out, Grand Canyon Swimmers In for Men’s NCAAs

An error in the entries for the Men’s NCAA Championship earned Grand Canyon extra entries to the meet.

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WATCH: Caeleb Dressel’s Record Swims At SECs (in HD)

Watch four of Caeleb Dressel’s swim at the 2018 SEC Championships.

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