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Netherlands to be New 2016 World Jr Open Water Championships Venue

Netherlands will now be the host country of the 2016 World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships.

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Chris Swanson of Penn: I think people like the underdog (Video)

Penn’s Chris Swanson came out of nowhere to blast a 24.3 split and take the touchout win by just a tenth.

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Real-Time Updates of the Early 1650 Heats at the 2016 M. NCAA Champs

Utah’s Bence Kiraly, who was 4th at last year’s NCAA Championship meet, will swim in the early heats on Saturday at the NCAA Championships.

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Stanford Women Win 2016 Collegiate Synchro Title

While the Texas Longhorns and Georgia Bulldogs were off winning the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Atlanta, Georgia, the…

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Harvey Breaks Four Meet Records at the CARIFTA Championships

Emma Harvey of Bermuda dominated the 13-14 year old age group at the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) Championships…

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Indian Swimmer Kumbal Basak Given 2-Year Doping Suspension

Indian swimmer Kunal Basak has been given a two year doping suspension, back-dated to August 20th, 2015, after testing positive for…

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for Men’s NCAAs, snapped some quality shots from this morning’s prelims session. The photo vault contains the usual suspects, plus, some fresh Division I mid-major faces.

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Images from 2016 FFN Golden Tour Camille Muffat Circuit (Video)

As part of the run-up to the 2016 French Elite Long Course National Championships in Montpellier, the French Fédération (FFN)…

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2016 Men’s NCAA Scoring Projections: Longhorns Likely Secure Title

Senior John Murray was one of six Longhorns to compete an individual A-final tonight in their efforts to secure a second straight NCAA team title

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Ryan Murphy Scores Slot On SportsCenter’s Top Ten

Cal dominator Ryan Murphy can check ‘appearing on SportsCenter Top 10 Plays’ off his swimming bucket list.

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2016 M. NCAA Championships: Texas Leads Day 4 Ups/Downs, Close Battles for Top 5 Spots

The Texas men are in position to defend their NCAA title, but the battle for the rest of the top 5 spots could get interesting. Cal and Florida are separated by 16 points right now, with the Golden Bears sitting in 2nd.

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Bama on relay victory: Hopefully this will become usual (Video)

Though Texas had gone undefeated in relays up to this point, it was Alabama that threw down for the 200 medley title

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Will Licon (above) and Cal’s Josh Prenot have each won one of their two head-to-head matchups this week in Atlanta. On Saturday, they’ll have one last battle in the 200 breast, where Licon is the defending champion.

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Schwingenschlogl: I was out fast, but had to take my chances (Video)

Missouri’s Fabian Schwingenschlogl successfully competed a dominant postseason in the 100 breast, going from SEC champ to NCAA top seed to NCAA prelims top qualifier to NCAA champ.

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Giordano Win in 3m Diving Marks Pittsburgh’s First NCAA Title

Pittsburgh junior Dominic Giordano became the only Panther swimmer or diver ever to earn an NCAA crown in last night’s 3-meter platform

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