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Russian Anti Doping Federation Hands Out Sentences to Five Dopers, Including National Champion

Russia has decided punishments for 5 previously-announced positive tests from Russian Championship meets.

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Nick Silverthorn Verbally Commits to Cal

Nick Silverthorn of the Pleasanton Seahawks has verbally committed to Cal.

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UVA Keeps Gvozdas In-State

NOVA of Virginia star Jessie Gvozdas has given her verbal commitment to Virginia.

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Division I Swimming Graduation Success Rates Trending Downward

Despite the slight downward trend, there were still 90 NCAA Division I programs with 100% graduation rates (by the NCAA’s definition).

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Australian Olympic Committee Bans Alcohol in Effort to ‘Boost Performance’

The Australian Olympic Committee has cracked-down on drinking in the Olympic village for their athletes during the Rio 2016 Games.

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Ryan Sebastian of Scarlet Aquatics Commits to Become Michigan Man

Ryan Sebastian (left), seen with Olympic medalist with Cullen Jones

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ASU Sun Devils Add Distance Prowess with Commitment from Brady Welch

Brady Welch has given a verbal commitment to join Arizona State University’s Men’s Swimming and Diving team beginning with the 2014-15 school year.

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Super Series; Increased Excitement With Attendance of Brazil and Japan

There was a great deal of excitement around the first BHP Billiton Super Series last January, that was when an…

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Danes and Germans Post Major Competition Qualifying Standards

Both the Danes and the Germans have posted qualifying standards for major short course meets coming up in the next…

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Another big one for Trent Grimsey

Trent Grimsey is without a doubt one of the greatest open water swimmers on the planet.  He’s the swam the…

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Georgetown Gets Verbal From Baylor School’s Hinson

Chandler Hinson, who attends The Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN, has verbally committed to swim at Georgetown University starting in…

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Cal Men Pick Up Verbal From Second Breaststroker, Sac-Joaquin Section Record Holder

Cal has picked up another good breaststroke recruit in the class of 2014.

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Ultra-Short Race-Pace Training Two-Day Seminar For Coaches, Swimmers and Swim Parents

Coaches, swimmers and parents have heard about Ultra-Short Race-Pace Training (USRPT), the revolutionary training methodology used by 14 year old swimming phenom, Michael Andrew. Now you have the opportunity to learn this method directly from the man who developed it.

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Mallory Weggemann – The Journey of New Mobility Part 2

This video was provided to SwimSwam courtesy of  The Factory Agency. The message below is courtesy of Mallory Weggemann: The past…

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Duke Recruiting Class Grows By Three: Paez, Artmann, and Pena

The Duke women’s recruiting class now looks a lot like a top-10 class, at least, in the 2014 rankings.

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