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SwimSwam Pulse: 87% Agree With Long Course World Cup Format in 2015

Maybe the only person not to benefit from the World Cup’s switch to a long course format is Katinka Hosszu, who has found it harder to rack up the $10,000 world record bonuses this season.

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Liz Zeiger Commits to FGCU: Best IM Recruit in Program History

Liz Zeiger has verbally committed to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, giving the program it’s biggest IM threat in history.

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Lehane and McHugh Discuss Tenn-Mizzou Dual Meet (Video Interviews)

Tennessee’s Sean Lehane and Sam Mchugh combined to win five individual events between the two of them last night in their victory over Missouri.

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Murphy and Thomas Post Nation Leading Fly as Cal Rolls Over Utah

Cal’s Josh Prenot took the 200 fly in 1:45.27 to help Cal defeat PAC-12 foe Utah.

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WKU Transfers Schwingenschlogl and Laemmler Find Success At Mizzou (Video)

Video by Coleman Hodges.  Fabian Schwingenschlogl and Nadine Laemmler have both transitioned well from Western Kentucky, earning wins at last night’s…

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Emory Eagles Snag Versatile Endurance Athlete Maria Turcanu

Emory’s women are touted for their sprint prowess, but even a powerful sprint team needs talented endurance based athletes. Maria Turcanu…

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Kenyon Ladies Pick up Commit from Backstroker Paige Haden

The Kenyon College Ladies swim team recently gained a new commit from Paige Haden, a backstroke specialist from Evanston, Illinois

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Tokyo 2020 Logo Design Contest Re-Opened After Plagiarism Debacle

In light of the fact that the original Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic logo was officially withdrawn due to plagiarism…

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St. Francis Places Second at Northeast Catholic Invite

The Saint Francis swimming team finished second out of six teams this weekend at the Northeast Catholic Invite, hosted by Boston College.

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FINA Youtube Live Streaming: Hong Kong

The last leg of the FINA/HOSA 10km Swimming World Cup 2015 – in Hong Kong (HKG) – on October 17 will be streamed live and free of charge worldwide on FINAYoutube channel.

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Aussies Throssell, Cook, Fyfe Up For Western Australian Athlete Award

Three swimmers are in the running for the Western Australian Institute of Sport’s Athlete/Junior Athlete of the Year Award.

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Dutch Open Water Specialist Leonie Van Noort Boosts Grand Valley State

The Grand Valley State University Lakers are benefitting from a top notch transfer from the Netherlands. After going to school…

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Olympic Trials Distance Swimmer Anina Lund Commits to Cal

The Danish-American National Fills A Big Gap for the Bears

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Fighting Diabetes, One Lap at a Time: Carly Lenett and Kristy Kowal

Kristy Kowal teamed up with Carly Lenett to give diabetes a run for its money. For the fourth year in a row, the pair swam side-by-side for 75 minutes together, non-stop, raising funds (over $25,000) and awareness for the American Diabetes Association.

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Cal Lands 2nd Generation Mykkanen: 2014 YOG Teamer Courtney 

Courtney Mykkanen, daughter of former Cal All-American John Mykkanen, has made a verbal commitment to the Golden Bears for 2015-16.

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