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How To Become Volunteer At The 2019 World University Games In Naples

2019 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES – NAPLES – ITALY Thursday, July 4th – Wednesday, July 10th “Felice Scandone” Pool, Naples, Italy….

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2019 Brazil Trophy Night 6: Scheffer Smashes Own S. American 400 FR Record

Minas’ Scheffer shaved over a second off his own record, but Pinheiros battled from behind to take the overall team title.

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#7 UC Irvine, Pomona Pitzer Win League Crowns, Brown Upsets #22 Marist

Of the 13 Week 13 contests involving a ranked team, just one resulted in an upset as Brown bested #22 Marist 6-4 in a non-conference battle. Meanwhile, #7 UC Irvine and Pomona-Pitzer claimed conference crowns with victories.

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Brad Smith Named Youngstown State Head Men’s and Women’s Coach

After head coach Ryan Purdy left Youngstown State with the addition of a men’s swimming program, former Binghamton coach Brad Smith has accepted the coed coaching position.

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Fairweather topples 43-year-old record to close out New Zealand Age Champs

Erika Fairweather, Michael Pickett and Taiko Torepe-Ormsby (pictured) all set new NZ Age records on the closing night of New Zealand Age Group Championships.

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2019 French Nationals: Clément Mignon Misses 50 Free QT for Worlds by .01

Of all the near-misses this week, Clément Mignon’s was the most egregious.

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Bruno Fratus Fires Off World-Leading 50 Free at Brazil Trophy

Fratus went 21.68 in prelims, then the No. 5 time in the world, then blasted a 21.47 in finals.

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British World Championships Objective Qualifiers After Day 6

Let’s take a look at which British swimmers have nailed qualifying times to make the Worlds roster at this point.

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2019 British Championships Day 6 Finals Recap

Duncan Scott has had a heck of a meet here in Glasgow, collecting gold across the 100m free and 200m IM, both in Scottish National Records and the former in a British National Record. He’ll battle James Guy in tonight’s 200m free main event.

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Quotes To Conclude 2019 British Championships

Alys Thomas took home 2 wins over the course of the week in Glasgow. Here what she has to say, along with several other big winners of the week.

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Metella sensationnel sur 100 papillon – nouveau Record de France

Lors de la dernière session des Championnats de France Elite à Rennes, le nageur du Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille Mehdy Metella a foudroyé la piscine en finale du 100 mètres papillon avec un temps de 50.85 : nouveau Record de France.

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Mehdy Metella Crushes French Record in 100 Fly with World-leading 50.85

Marseille’s Mehdy Metella lowered his own French National Record by .19 and became the only sub-51 flyer in the world so far this season with 50.85.

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Greenbank’s 1:55.89 Makes Him 3rd Fastest Brit Ever; Quickest Since 2013

While competing on the final day of the 2019 British Championships, Luke Greenbank brought the house down with a dominating performance in the men’s 200m backstroke.

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Scott McLay Ties 50 Fly Scottish Record From 2006

19-year-old University of Stirling swimmer Scott McLay has been busting out some big swims at these British Swimming Championships.

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Matt Richards Lowers Newly-Minted 200 Free British Age Record

16-year-old Matt Richards dropped his newly-minted 200m freestyle British Age Record for 16-year-olds from this morning another few tenths, ending his stellar British Championships with a bang.

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