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Day 1 of Irish Short Course Championships Sees 4 Records Fall

The first day of competition at the Irish short course championships saw four short course meters records go down.

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2016 Georgia Invite: Kalisz Takes Down Loaded Field With 1:41.2 200 IM

Kalisz was just hundredths shy of his personal best time in the 200 IM tonight, taking down a stacked field with his winning time of 1:41.26.

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Kevin Cordes: I knew right away I’d stay with Sergio (Video)

The USA Olympians continue their run tonight, as American Record holder Kevin Cordes got back into racing tonight with a 51.88

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Isabel Ivey Dismantles PB, Pops #4 15-16 200 Free with 1:43.96

16-year-old Isabel Ivey of the Gator Swim Club in Florida hung tough with two Olympians, finishing 2nd in the 200 free at Winter Nationals with a huge lifetime best of 1:43.96.

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Tom Shields Throws Down 43.8 100 Fly for New American, U.S. Open Record

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Tom Shields made history tonight, crushing the 100 fly field in a new American and U.S. Open Record time of 43.84.

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2016 U.S. Winter Nationals: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Day 3 finals at the 2016 U.S. Winter Nationals will see several Olympians and NCAA champions go head-to-head in the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back.

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Russian Vitalina Simonova’s 4-Year FINA Ban Reduced to 2 Years by CAS

Russian breaststroker Vitalina Simonova has had her initial four-year doping ban from 2015 reduced to just two years. On June 29th…

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Jack Dolan’s 19.8 Marks 2nd Fastest Ever by a 15 Year Old

With his 19.86 at the 2016 U.S. Winter Nationals, Dolan surpassed Michael Andrew, who swam a 19.89 in 2014 as a 15-year-old. Dolan is now 2nd only to Junior National champion Ryan Hoffer.

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UCSD Men and Drury Women Lead D2 Swimulator Rankings

One note: In the last Swimulator related article I posted on Tuesday, a few commenters noted the relays in the…

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2016 Texas Invite Day 3 Prelims: Clark Smith’s 1:34.2 Leads 200 Free

Olympic gold medalist Clark Smith followed up his fast 500 free victory last night with the top 200 free time in this morning’s prelims at the 2016 Texas Invite.

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Texas A&M Women Close Out Fall With Dual Against Rice

The No. 7-ranked Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team will close out the fall portion of its 2016-17 schedule…

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WATCH: Tom Shields Swims Winter Nats 50 Free All Fly, Goes 20.10

Tom Shields took the “free” in freestyle very literally at U.S. Winter Nationals, swimming the entire race butterfly and putting up what is believed to be the fastest flat-start 50 yard fly in history.

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FGCU Signs Two In Early Signing Period

In the midst of another impressive fall season, the 26 FGCU swimming and diving team has added to its already highly-talented team with a pair of early signees as Izzi Clark and Rebecca Moynihan have signed their National Letters of Intent to join the Green and Blue in the fall of 2017.

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2016 Georgia Invite: Seliskar Tops Star-Studded 200 IM in Day 1 Prelims

Day 1 prelims of the 2016 Georgia Fall Invitational is in the books, and we have a huge battle set up for finals of the men’s 200 IM.

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2016 U.S. Winter Nationals: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

American Record holder Kevin Cordes will be making his meet debut in this morning’s 100 breast.

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