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Iowa’s Kristy Brager Joining Michigan Coaching Staff

Kristy Brager will jump across Big Ten coaching staffs, moving from the Iowa Hawkeyes to the Michigan Wolverines.

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8 Times The Fastest U.S. Swim Ever Isn’t The American Record

When is the fastest swim ever done by an American not considered the American record? There are currently 8 such swims on the books, courtesy of a unique rules anomaly.

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3 FINA Doping Control Board Members Resign to Protest Russian Decision

Three of the eight members of FINA’s Doping Control Review Board (DCRB), including Chairman Dr. Andrew Pipe, have resigned, reportedly in…

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USA Swimming Names 61 To National Team Coaches List

Though the official National Team rosters haven’t dropped yet, USA Swimming has announced its National Team Coaches for the 2016-2017 season.

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Calvyn Justus Gets His #OlympicInk, Plus Lion Clubs! (Video)

Swimming South Africa’s Calvyn Justus is our sport’s resident Youtube vlogger, with over 45,000 subscribers and nearly 3 million views, and we…

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’16-’17 Georgia Lineup Includes Florida, Texas, UNC, Tennessee Duals

The defending NCAA champion Georgia women and last season’s 5th-place finishing Georgia men have released their schedule for the 2016-2017 season.

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Katie Meili fastest into 50m breaststroke final, World Cup Moscow

2016 FINA World Cup Moscow Saturday, September 3 – Sunday, September 4, 2016 Olimpiyskiy Swimming Pool, Moscow, Russia Short course –…

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How to Get Swim News on your Website From SwimSwam.com

SwimSwam offers a new tool to embed the latest swimming news directly on your website.

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Arkady Vyatchanin Not Allowed To Compete In World Cups

Arkady Vyatchanin was denied his request to compete for Serbia, yet still trains and plans on competing stateside.

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Sprinter Ray Van Deusen Makes Verbal Commitment to NC State

NC State picked up another sprint freestyler when Scottsdale Aquatic Club’s Ray Van Deusen made his verbal commitment to the Wolfpack this week.

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What Joseph Schooling Did on His Summer Vacation

If for a class at the University of Texas this Fall, Joseph Schooling had been assigned to write an essay, “What I Did on My Summer Vacation?,” the letter might read something like this.

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Bahamas National Teamer Jared Fitzgerald Commits to Indiana for 2017

IU coach Ray Looze continues to attract a large number of sprinters to Bloomington; his latest verbal commitment comes from Bahamas National Teamer, Jared Fitzgerald.

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Cameron Van der Burgh Captures 50th FINA World Cup Victory

Breaststroke specialist Cameron Van der Burgh joined an elite club of FINA World Cup event winners this week after he won…

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2016 FINA World Cup: Ottesen Makes Moves With 2 Golds on Moscow Day 1

Danish sprinter Jeanette Ottesen matched her day 1 success from the previous meet in Berlin, pulling in double gold today. Ottesen upstaged the field with a 55.80 in the 100 fly before cracking 24 seconds to win the 50 free in 23.96.

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Clay Youngquist to Coach at the University of the Pacific

The University of the Pacific Tigers have officially announced that they will be adding Clay Youngquist to their swimming program. Youngquist…

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