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OW Nats Coming soon: USA Swimming Open Water National Team Q &A with Andrew Gemmell

With the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships on the horizon – June 13th – 15th in Lake Castaic, CA…

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Peddie School Announces Two Groups of Swimmers As Part of 2014 Hall of Fame Class

Peddie alum BJ Bedford is already in the school’s athletics Hall of Fame as an individual, and she’ll now go in as part of the 1989 girls Easterns championship team.

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Rams announce 2014-15 swimming & diving schedule

CSU will host five teams, including regional rivals Wyoming and Northern Colorado

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Olympians Tewksbury and McCabe kick off program to teach 70,000 kids to swim

RBC Insurance partners with Swimming Canada to ensure more than 700,000 Canadian children can swim 25 metres to safety.

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Russian National Championships Preview; Links, Schedule and Story Lines

The 2014 Russian National Championships will be held in Moscow from May 13th-17th…

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Giovanna Diamante wins twice in Junior division at Brazil Winter Champs day 2

Giovanna Diamante picked up a pair of wins in the Junior-2 field, breaking a pair of meet records.

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Crean Lutheran Girls Wins Third Straight California Academy League Championship

Lindsey Engel picks up two individual wins to help her team win their third consecutive California Academy League Championship.

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Six Bidders for 2018 and 2020 Short Course World Championship to Meet with FINA Next Week

Update: a previous version of the article didn’t include the two ‘host countries’ who have not named cities. According to…

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Florida All-American Dan Wallace Suspended Indefinitely for “Violation of Team Rules”

Florida All-American Dan Wallace has been suspended indefinitely for a “violation of team rules.”

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SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 5/7/2014

Who made the Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming for the weekend of May 2-4? We have some great new names for you this week. Congratulations to all the fast age group swimmers.

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USA Swimming Zone Select Camp rosters released

USA Swimming has announced rosters for its 2014 Zone Select Camps, bringing together rising age group athletes from within each zone to work with the some of the area’s standout coaches.

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Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: Underwater Freestyle Drill

This Swimming Tip video is courtesy of the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by SwimOutlet.com, a SwimSwam partner. Olympians…

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Hawaii unveils 8-person squad for Oceania Championships

Hawaii has finalized its squad for the 2014 Oceania Swimming Championships, sending 4 men and 4 women to Auckland, New Zealand at the end of May.

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Learning to Survive – and Thrive – While Swimming Injured

Champions don’t back down from a challenge, and injuries are one of the most prevalent challenges in sports and swimming. Sometimes the best way to overcome an injury is to take a step back and make a plan.

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