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Northwestern Men Receive First Verbals From Loveland’s Jack Thorne and Sarasota Y’s Carter Page

The Wildcats got some good news in the form of verbals from Loveland Swim Club’s Jack Thorne and Sarasota YMCA’s Carter Page on…

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10 World and 11 American Records fall at the LaCamas Classic/NW Zones Masters Meet

Masters Swimming News courtesy of Justin Slade. The Lacamas Headhunters hosted the LaCamas Classic/NW Zones masters Meet this weekend. The…

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Steele Wisdom: Givers and Takers on Swim Teams

Courtesy of 4-time NCAA DII Coach of the Year Bob Steele One of the talks I give when working with…

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Michael Phelps Year in Review: Is the Comeback a Success Thus Far

Since the greatest man to ever grace the water has been back in the pool, there have been ups and downs for the swimming and Olympic legend Michael Phelps.

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Hong Kong World Cup Day Two Prelims

Katinka Hosszu had the most impressive time of the prelims posting a 55.56 in the women’s 100 backstroke…

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Sprint Freestyler Grace Long Verbally Commits to Louisville Cardinals

The Louisville Cardinals have picked up another very good sprint freestyler in their class of 2015, adding to what has…

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West Virginia Native Jake Preaskorn Verbally Commits to Home-State Mountaineers

Notre Dame High School senior Jake Preaskorn has verbally committed to the West Virginia Mountaineers.

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Olympic Trials Qualifier Maddy Banic of Virginia Verbally Commits to University of Tennessee

The Lady Vols picked up a huge get when Virginia’s Maddy Banic gave them a verbal commitment.

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Virginia gets verbal from Ohio State Swim Club’s butterflyer/backstroker Rachel Politi

The University of Virginia has picked up a verbal commitment from Ohio State Swim Club’s Rachel Politi, adding a third member to their incoming freshman class.

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DIII Senior Spotlight: Pimer and King

This Monday’s Senior Spotlight showcases two athletes on very different ends of the spectrum: Keene State’s Diana Pimer has been swimming since she was four. Frostburg’s Sara King learned to swim while in college.

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Virginia Tech Gets Verbal Commitment from Butterflier Leah Rogers

Leah Rogers’ parents won’t have to go too far to watch her college meets; the Woodson High senior has elected to stay in-state and swim with Virginia Tech beginning in 2015-16.

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10 Telltale Signs You Have a Swimmer’s Body

Has a stranger ever said, “Let me guess, you’re a swimmer?” There are so many telltale giveaways we spend most of our time in a swimming pool.

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Cincinnati’s Cara Norris Following in Sister Alex’s Footsteps with Verbal to Ohio State

Cara Norris has chosen to make Columbus home for her college career, following in her older sister Alex’s footsteps.

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Top-10 Recruit Quinn Carrozza Changes Verbal From Arizona to Texas

Junior National Team swimmer Quinn Carrozza has changed her verbal commitment from the Arizona Wildcats to the Texas Longhorns, she confirmed to SwimSwam on Monday morning, which results in a big shift in the recruiting landscape in the class of 2015.

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20 Yard Hotel-Pool Trainee Emma Schanz Verbally Commits to UCLA

Emma Schanz has a very unique training story that goes along with a very unique set of primary events.

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