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VIDEO: Scottish Swimming’s 2014 Annual Report Highlights Organization’s Growth from Top to Bottom

In the above video, Scottish Swimming talks about its initiatives in 2014, all the way from the top and their…

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Northern Kentucky Clippers Announce Norm Wright as New Head Coach

Erlanger, Kentucky, March 3, 2015  The Northern Kentucky Clippers are pleased to announce that after conducting a national search, we…

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Swim Job: Sierra Marlins Swim Team seeks Assistant Senior/Lead Varsity Swim Coach

The Sierra Marlins Swim Team is one of the top competitive USA Swimming programs in the country in the greater Sacramento area.

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3 Restorative Yoga Poses to Help the Effectiveness of Your Taper

Restorative yoga is a very powerful tool to enhance recovery…

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Meilutyte and Proud Become Spokespeople for Plymouth Learn to Swim Campaign

Ruta Meilutyte and Ben Proud have joined forces with three national team divers and the city to ensure that every child in the community learns to swim…

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Australia’s Christian Sprenger Looks Forward to Return to Pool at 2015 Australian Swimming Championships

Christian Sprenger from Australia seems to have successfully recovered from shoulder surgery and is looking forward to getting back on the competitive swimming scene with the 2015 Australian Swimming Championships.

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Sandpipers of Nevada GoPro in Texas at Big 10 Stampede Meet

The Sandpipers of Nevada were one of 9 teams the descended upon the Lakeside Aquatic Club in Texas for the…

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Raising Awareness: Struggles, Suicide and Swimming

Here at SwimSwam, we’ve taken some considerable time this year, working with Emily Brunemmann, among others, to focus on mental…

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Former National Teamer Jasmine Tosky Announces Retirement with 1 Year of Eligibility Remaining

USC junior Jasmine Tosky has announced her retirement from competitive swimming weeks before her 3rd NCAA Championship meet.

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Projecting the Field for the Women’s 2015 NCAA Championships (Cut Line Analysis)

Texas A&M’s Liili Ibanez was 6th at NCAA’s last season in the 200 free. This season, by our math, she was the second-to-last swimmer to qualify.

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From One Legend to Another: Hackett Cites Phelps as Catalyst for Return to the Pool

Grant Hackett gleaned inspiration from American swimming legend MIchael Phelps in his decision to “test the waters” in a possible comeback to competitive swimming.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Bilis & NC State announce their arrival into the NCAA’s speed tier

NC State (shown here celebrating a big relay last season) now has the depth to put four swimmers under 19 seconds on the 200 free relay, including newly-found 18-second leadoff man Simonas Bilis.

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NCAA Division III School Sweet Briar College to Close at End of 2015 Season

With the whole college shutting down at the end of the summer of 2015, Sweet Briar’s women’s swimming team will be no more.

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Travel Meets: 5 Things to Do on Arrival

From the moment you land in a new place for a meet, the rest of your day should follow the same pattern every time you travel—that is to say, what you do on arrival day must become second nature to you.

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MAC Men’s Championships 2015 Preview: Missouri State Looking for Second Straight Title

Missouri State will look to defend their MAC Championship title from a season ago at when the MAC men’s programs…

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