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Maddie Heilbrun Announces Verbal Commitment to Harvard

Two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Maddie Heilbrun, a senior at The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia, has made a verbal commitment to the application process at Harvard University.

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#6 Patrick Callan Announces Verbal Commitment to Michigan

Callan from Bishop Kelley High School and Trident Aquatics Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma has verbally committed to Michigan. Callan is the number 6 recruit on our list of the top boys in the high school class of 2018.

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Green, White Split At Eastern Michigan Intrasquad Meet

EMU kicked off its season with their annual Green vs White meet.

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Brie Harnden Gives UMass Amherst its 1st Verbal Commitment of the Season

Brie Harnden from Fitchburg, Massachusetts has announced that she verbally committed to swim at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the…

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Backstroker Zachariah Althoff Sends Verbal Commitment to Penn

Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Zachariah Althoff has announced his verbal commitment to the application process at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Backstroker Caroline Aikins To Join Older Sister Katherine at UGA

National qualifier Caroline Aikins, a product of Georgia’s SwimAtlanta, has made her verbal commitment to swim for the Lady Bulldogs.

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Northwestern Men Land New Trier’s Gridley Twins

Ryan and Patrick Gridley have both verbally committed to Northwestern University, just a town over from their high school, New Trier. The…

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Nitro Swimming Builds Success in 1 Decade (Video Report)

When I visited the club, I was surprised to learn they were founded in 2007, just turning 10 this year.

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Yorkshire, Berkshire & South Bucks Win Swim England County C’ships

Swim England’s annual County Team Championships took place in Sheffield yesterday, where 900 swimmers from over 36 English counties took to Ponds Forge, vying for their respective Division 1 and Division 2 titles

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Fresno State Women Secure 3rd Verbal from Ripon’s Elizabeth Wenner

Ripon, California’s Elizabeth Wenner has announced via social media that she has pledged her verbal commitment to swim for California State University, Fresno in the fall.

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NJ Backstroker Mackenzie O’Connor Verbally Commits to Penn State

Mackenzie O’Connor of South Jersey Aquatic Club and Bishop Eustace Preparatory School has announced her intention to swim for Penn State University next fall.

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5 Things I Did Not Expect My Kids To Learn From Swimming

My kids learned things I never imagined they’d learn from being soaked in chlorine. Here are five things swimming taught my kids…

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465 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

Want a job in swimming? We have over 1152 Swim Jobs listed.

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USA Swimming Foundation Names Make A Splash Bridge Rewards Winners

In an effort to bridge the gap between swim lessons and team swimming, the USA Swimming Foundation launched the Make a Splash Bridge Rewards Contest and awarded six Make a Splash Local Partners a total of $10,000 to help transition children from learn to swim programs to competitive swim teams.

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4 Out Of 5 Swimmers Experience Leaking Goggles

In 1911 Thomas William Burgess became the second person in history to swim across the English Channel. After 16 unsuccessful attempts, Burgess arrived at the French shore from Great Britain completing the 21 miles in 22 hours and 35 minutes.

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