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Shoults and Garcia Shine in Southern California’s Foothill Swim Games

Grant Shoults broke several meet records at the 44th Annual Foothill Swim Games at Foothill High School in Santa Ana.

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Three Estonian Records Go Down at Baltic States Championships

Full results The Baltic States Swimming Championships went down this weekend, with some of Latvia’s, Lithuania’s, and Estonia’s best competing…

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Luthersdottir, Gustafsdottir Earn FINA ‘A’ Cuts At Icelandic Champs

Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir was one of two Icelandic swimmers to earn FINA ‘A’ cuts at their national championships, doing so in the 200 breaststroke.

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Germany’s Swimmers Prepare for Olympic Trials (Part 1)

Most of the world’s swimming powers have just wrapped up their primary Olympic qualification meets in April, but in Germany, the…

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McKendree Swimming Announces 3 More Signees for Inaugural Season

McKendree University head swimming and diving coach Jimmy Tierney has announced three additional signees for the 2016-17 inaugural season for the men’s swimming and diving programs.

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WATCH Martina Carraro Take .45 From Italian Record in 100 Breast

2016 ITALIAN ASSOLUTI NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND OLYMPIC TRIALS Dates: Tuesday, April 19 – Saturday, April 23, 2016 Times: prelims 9:00…

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NFHS Clarifies “Lochte Rule” With Compromise for High School Meets

The NFHS has defined a rule for turns on IM and medley relay races that will maintain the spirit of the “unique stroke” rules without forcing swimmers to alter their flipturn technique on freestyle legs of those races. This change could set the tone for rules changes by other organizations in the future.

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The Top 9 Swimming Pool Games: #3 Sharks and Minnows

Disclaimer: SwimSwam does not endorse all of these swimming pool games. Some are dangerous. Some, which are not so dangerous, will, however, enrage lifeguards and probably get you booted from your community pool.

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Lehnertz, Morales Set Puerto Rican Records At Mayaguez International

Tereysa Lehnertz (pictured) and Yeziel Morales each set new Puerto Rican National records Saturday as their home nation hosted the Mayaguez International Swimming Open.

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Carter Crosby Named Chatham University Head Coach

The Chatham University Women’s/Men’s Swimming and Diving teams will begin a new chapter, as Carter Crosby officially takes over the program.

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Freestyle Video: How to Pull Underwater

Watch 4 time Olympian Roland Schoeman, World Champion Junya Koga and Elite Marathon swimmer, Lexie Kelly led by Coach Gary Hall take it back to the basics allowing the swimmer to feel ‘drag forces’ that may often go unoticed.

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Virginia Tech Lands Verbal Commitment from NCAP’s Allison Goldblatt

The Viriginia Tech H2okies have received a verbal commitment from one of Virginia’s top in-state swimmers in the class of 2017, Woodson High School junior Allison Goldblatt.

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5 Things You Will Take Away From Swimming

Olivier Poirier-Leroy is a former national level swimmer based out of Victoria, BC. In feeding his passion for swimming, he…

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Race Videos, Interviews From Day 1 Of British Para International Meet

World records fell in the men’s and women’s 100 breaststrokes on the first day of Great Britain’s Para-Swimming International meet, including double-world record days from Aaron Moores and Michelle Alonso Morales.

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100 Breaststroke World Records Fall On Day 1 of British Para International

World records fell in the men’s and women’s 100 breaststrokes on the first day of Great Britain’s Para-Swimming International meet, including double-world record days from Aaron Moores and Michelle Alonso Morales.

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