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Minnesota’s Sam Schilling Verbally Commits to Virginia

Olympic Trials Qualifier Sam Schilling from Minnetoka, Minnesota has verbally committed to bring his freestyle prowess to UVA in 2017.

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Allison Goldblatt Chooses UCLA After Decommitment

For more commitment articles, be sure to check out SwimSwam’s College Recruiting channel. Allison Goldblatt has decommitted from Virginia Tech,…

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Gulf Swimming Hosts 25th Annual Awards Ceremony

Gulf Swimming hosted it’s 25th Annual Awards ceremony at the Westchase Marriott in Houston, Texas. The banquet intends to “celebrate…

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Chad Le Clos Becomes First Male Swimmer To Win 100 World Cup Golds

South Africa’s Chad Le Clos has become the first male swimmer to ever win 100 World Cup gold medals after adding 3 more golds to his total at the 2016 FINA World Cup stop in Dubai.

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Iowa Wins Women’s Swimming and Diving Accolades

Iowa’s Tereysa Lehnertz, Jacintha Thomas and Hannah Burvill claim weekly awards

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Hurricane Matthew Cancels Florida Southern/Nova Southeastern Meet

A dual meet between NCAA Division II powerhouses Florida Southern University and Nova Southeastern University, scheduled for Saturday in Lakeland,…

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The 2017 List of Banned Substances Has Been Published (and Expanded)

WADA has published the 2017 list of banned substances and methods, which has been broadened in several sections.

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Iowa and Michigan State Earn Weekly Men’s Swimming and Diving Plaudits

Iowa’s Jack Smith and Brandis Heffner, and Michigan State’s Scott Piper claim weekly awards

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NBC’s Bob Costas To Host 2016 Golden Goggle Awards

USA Swimming has announced NBC Sports’ Bob Costas as the host for the 2016 Golden Goggle Awards and Silent Auction. This is the 4th time Costas will have played host to the event in an Olympic year.

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Hosszu Strikes Gold 5 Times On Day 2 of FINA World Cup in Dubai

On day 2 of the 2016 FINA World Cup stop in Dubai, Hungarian Katinka Hosszu came away with a 7-medal haul that included 5 golds and 2 silvers.

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Michigan, Louisville, “Tripleheader” Dual Meet Details

As previously announced, Michigan and Louisville will be participating in a “tripleheader” of a swim meet this weekend.

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Approaching 30 Years, Seoul 1988 Olympic Park A Shining Example

As we approach the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea, the Olympic Park in Seoul, is a must see.

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Michael Phelps Nominated For 5 Golden Goggle Awards

Michael Phelps leads all athletes with 5 Golden Goggles nominations, per the official ballot released by USA Swimming today.

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Park Tae-hwan To Continue Swimming Career Post-Rio

Korean Olympic champ Park Tae-hwan announced that he will continue his competitive swimming career beyond the Rio Olympics in an Instagram post this week.

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Kansas’ Jordan Portela Gives Verbal to University of Minnesota

Jordan Portela, Kansas’ #1 male recruit for the class of 2017, has given his verbal commitment to the University of Minnesota.

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