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Video Interview: The Past and the Future of the David Heron-Tyler Fenwick Collaboration

Tyler Fenwick and David Heron sat down with SwimSwam’s Anne Lepesant to talk about the past and the future of their collaboration in distance swimming.

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Video Interview: Yale’s Eva Fabian on Open Water, Ivy League Swimming

Yale junior Eva Fabian sat down with SwimSwam to talk about open water swimming, and competing in the Ivy League.

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Video Interview: Jordan Wilimovsky Sums Up Open Water Nationals

Jordan Wilimovsky talks open water strategy with SwimSwam’s Anne Lepesant.

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WATER POLO: USA Women Win Gold! — Team USA Tops Spain 10-8 For FINA World League Super Final Crown

The USA Women’s Senior National Team won gold at the 2014 FINA World League Super Final following a 10-8 victory over Italy.

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Haley Anderson becomes U.S. 5K Open Water National Champ in Castaic Lake

The reigning 5K World Champ Haley Anderson successfully held up her crown at the U.S. Open Water National Championships, taking home the gold in the women’s 5K race Sunday morning.

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Alex Meyer wins photo finish 5K national title over Jordan Wilimovsky

Former open water world champ Alex Meyer picked up a U.S. National open water title in dramatic fashion, just nipping Northwestern’s Jordan Wilimovsky in a photo finish.

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Sette Colli finals cancelled due to storm, Hosszu tops Pellegrini in exhibition 200 back

The final day of Italy’s Sette Colli meet was abbreviated by a giant rainstorm that swept through the city, cancelling finals with just two events swum.

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Henique Breaks Military World Record in 50 Fly, Enters World’s Top 10

As has been the story all week, several more CISM (Military athletics) World Records went down on the final day…

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Ottesen Records World’s Top Time In The 50 Butterfly

Jeanette Ottesen took the women’s 50 butterfly in Barcelona in a time of 25.27…

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Ottesen Takes Top Seed in 50 Fly, Will Try to Hold Off Halsall in Final

The last preliminary session of the 2014 Mare Nostrum series, which closes Sunday in Barcelona, Still saw most competitors going…

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Alex Meyer Talks New Team, Making the Pan Pacs, Growth of Open Water Swimming

Saturday was the off day at the USA Swimming Open Water Nationals and we caught up with Olympian Alex Meyer…

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Photo Vault from Shore: Men’s 10K at 2014 Open Water Nationals

Coverage of the 2014 Open Water National Championship at Castaic Lake.

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Interviews with the USA Swimming 10K Champs Becca Mann and Andrew Gemmell

If you love open water like we love open water, then you had to appreciate the great racing brought by…

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Two Secrets of College Recruiting: Shoe Size and Kicking Ability

College swim coaches are all strapped for time. Only a handful of programs have big staffs with recruiting coordinators. The rest of the coaches have to do everything themselves, maybe with help from a grad assistant.

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Zetao Breaks Military World Record, Almost Gets National Record in 100 Free

China’s Ning Zetao broke a Meet Record and almost broke a Chinese National Record in the men’s 100 free to start day 2 of the 2014 World Military Swimming Championships.

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