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Michigan Women Open 2018 Recruiting with Verbal from NAG Record-holder Alexis Wenger

Two-sport athlete Alexis Wenger from Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, has opted to swim in college and gave a verbal commitment to the Wolverines.

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95 of 96 Individual Athletes From McLaren Report Won’t Be Charged

95 of 96 individual athletes named in the McLaren Report will not be sanctioned with anti-doping rule violations after their nations’ anti-doping organizations could not find enough evidence to prove a violation.

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2017 Victorian Open SC Championships Recap

Catch up on the 2017 Vic Open Short Course Championships, which took place on September 16th and 17th.

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The 2017 Amsterdam Swim Cup Will Be Held in SCM

Jesse Puts broke Pieter Van Den Hoogenband’s Dutch Record in the long course 50 free at last year’s Amsterdam Swim Cup.

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USA Swimming Temporarily Lifts 120-Day Rule In Response To Hurricanes

With hurricanes shaking up training sites in the southern United States, USA Swimming has temporarily lifted its rule requiring swimmers to wait 120 days before switching teams for competition.

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Youth Olympic Champ Liliana Szilagyi Won’t Swim for Florida This Year

Double Youth Olympic Games champion Liliana Szilagyi will not swim for the University of Florida this season, a spokesperson has confirmed….

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4 Tips for Swim Parents on Why We Shouldn’t Coach Our Kids

If you are a coach and your son or daughter is on your team, this article is not for you. This is for us on the sidelines, the parents who give their swimmers tips, thinking we’ll help our kids improve. This is where the old adage, “coaches coach, swimmers swim and parents parent” comes into play.

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1992, 1996 Russian Olympic Coach Zelenyaev Passes Away

58-year old “honored coach of Russia” Andrei Nikolaevich Zelenyaev has died. Zelnyaev first rose to national team coach of the…

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Watch Rikako Ikee’s 24.33 50 Free World Junior Record Race Video

Watch 17-year-old Rikako Ikee produce a wicked-fast 24.33 50m freestyle to notch a new World Junior Record.

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USA Swimming to Implement Sweeping Changes to Governance Structure

USA Swimming today announced a change to its governance  structure that includes shifting the entire focus of the Board of…

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Top Spanish Swimmers Set For First Training Camp

The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN) has invited seventeen of Spain’s top swimmers to the Tenerife Top Training (T3) facilities for the first official training camp of the season.

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When It Rains It Pours; Mallory Pitstick Makes 3 for Youngstown State

Mallory Pitstick, who swims for the LaSalle-Peru/Ottawa/Streator swim co-op and Kishwaukee YMCA / DeKalb County Swim Team, has verbally committed to Youngstown State for 2018-19.

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Arkansas Beats SMU for 27th-Consecutive Non-Conference Dual Meet Win

Meet Stats September 16, 2017 Arkansas def. SMU 149-83 Arkansas exhibitioned the last 3 events of the meet. HPER Natatorium,…

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Colorado’s Elizabeth Wompey Adds 2nd Verbal to Youngstown State’s Class of 2022

Jeffco Hurricanes’ Elizabeth Wompey announced her intention to swim for Youngstown State University in the fall.

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Conor Dwyer Leads 7th Inning Stretch at Chicago Cubs Game

At Friday night’s Cubs game, Illinois native Conor Dwyer led the Wrigley Field crowd in a raucous rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”

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