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Samantha Shelton Sends Game-Changing Verbal to Harvard for 2018

Her 1:44.95 200 free best time would’ve won the 2017 Ivy League title by half a second, and it would’ve also earned her a spot in the B final of the 200 free at NCAAs.

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Ervin Opens Maccabiah Games With 100 Free Gold

Anthony Ervin won the men’s 100 free on day 1 of the Maccabiah Games in a time of 49.76.

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Follow The 2017 Australian World Championship Team On Social Media

Follow the 2017 Australian World Championship team on Twitter and Instagram.

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Kristyne Cole Promoted To Associate Head Coach Of Saline Swim Team

Saline Swim Team (SST-MI) has announced the promotion of Coach Kristyne Cole to Associate Head Coach and Director of Membership….

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St. Bonaventure Brings In Stephanie Fleming As Head Diving Coach

St. Bonaventure University has announced the addition of Stephanie Fleming as new head men’s and women’s diving coach. Fleming returns…

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Dutch European Jr Champion Steenbergen Opts Out Of World Championships

European Junior Champion and 2016 Olympian Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands will no longer be competing in Budapest.

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2017 Worlds Previews: King vs. Efimova Rematch in W. 100 Breast

Swimming fans are getting ready to see the big rematch between rivals Lilly King and Yuliya Efimova in the 100 breast at the 2017 FINA World Championships.

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Augie Busch Named Head Coach At Arizona

The University of Arizona will be hiring Virginia’s Augie Busch as its new head coach for men’s and women’s swimming and diving, sources tell SwimSwam.

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Video: Joseph Schooling Swam 50.7 100 Meter Butterfly In Practice

Joe talks about where he’s at in the taper-process and what he’s thinking going into World Championships ranked #2 behind Dressel–not #1 in his beloved event.

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Smutny Doubles Down on Final Night of Orlando Sectionals

16-year-old Mary Smutny put up a pair of highlight performances, winning back-to-back events during the final session.

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Dylan Carter Helps Trinidad & Tobago Earn Historic CCCAN Overall Title

The 2017 Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation (CCCAN) Championships concluded in historic fashion in July 2nd, as the nation of Trinidad & Tobago claimed the overall Championships title.

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IOC Refuses to Assist Rio With Additional $35-40 Million Olympic Debt

Last summer’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were expensive. Like, 13.1-billion-dollars-expensive. The IOC, however, claims to have contributed $1.53 billion to the Rio Games already, and has “closed all its obligations with the organizing committee.”

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Team Efimova Taps Roland Schoeman For Pre-Worlds Technical Coaching

Yuliya Efimova, who has been red-hot in the pool leading up to Budapest, has recently sought Roland Schoeman’s technical advice on ‘catapult starts.’

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2017 Worlds Preview: 200IM Gold to Hosszu… Then Who?

You can find links to all of our event-by-event previews and a compilation of our predicted medal-winners here. WOMEN’S 200…

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Aussie Swimmers Assn Questions Possible Targeting In Whereabouts Cases

Thomas Fraser-Holmes is appealing his 12-month ban for having missed 3 drug tests over a 12-month period.

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