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SwimMAC Carolina Adds Former Miami Head Coach Christie Shefchunas to Team Elite Staff

SwimMAC Carolina’s Team Elite professional training group has added another coach to its roster: former University of Miami head coach Christie…

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Boston University Signs Rising Fly/IMer Alex Ewart of Eagle Swim Team

Alex Ewart, shown here with Eagle Swim Team head coach Scott Ward, has signed an NLI to swim for BU.

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National Teamer Kendyl Stewart To Be Featured In ESPN The Magazine’s Dec 8th Big Money Issue

National team member and USC team captain, Kendyl Stewart, will be featured in ESPN The Magazine’s December 8th Big Money…

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Around the federations: Denmark, Germany, Great Britain gear up for Doha Worlds

Hear from some National Team Directors about their federation’s goals and preparation for the Short Course World Championships.

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Texas A&M Swimming and Diving Sign 8 to 2015-2016 Roster

Signing national letters-of-intent with Texas A&M, which has earned nine straight top 10 NCAA finishes, were: Alexandra Buscher (Houston, Texas),…

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Coughlin, Leverenz, Grevers, And Godsoe Selected As SC World Championship Team Captains

This afternoon USA Swimming announced that the World Championship Team in Doha selected their team captains for the meet. Natalie…

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Testing the Pebble Watch on Swim.com

One of the newest innovations in swim training are swim watches. A few years ago you could only use a Garmin to monitor your open water swimming, but now there are several swim watches that will record data while you swim in a pool.

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NCAA Division I Meets To Watch For 12/3-12/7

Head coach Eddie Reese and the Texas Longhorns host the Texas Invite Thursday through Saturday, one of the biggest NCAA meets of the weekend. The Longhorns have not had an official competition since the quad meet, and will look to be very fast this weekend.

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Miami Swimming and Diving Will Host 21st Annual Miami Invitational

Miami University’s men’s swimming and diving is back in the water to host the 21st Annual Miami Invitational which includes Denison, Cincinnati, Emory, Wright State and Urbana

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Watch 2024 Washington DC Olympic Bid Promotional Video

Washington DC is one of four cities vying to be the American bidder for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, along with Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Boston.

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Jeremy Bagshaw joins Winter Nationals, Vyatchanin out for NYAC

Canadian distance man Jeremy Bagshaw has thrown his name into the hat for the U.S. Winter National title. The reigning NCAA 1650 free runner-up is the biggest addition to the updated psych sheets released this morning.

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Shallow Water Blackout: The Quiet Killer – The Facts

In most swimming pool or non-diving situations when the victim’s medical history is irrelevant, blackouts occur due to prior hyperventilation, followed immediately by rapid, repetitive breath-holding.

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Blog do Coach: FINA Approves 10PM Finals Schedule for Rio 2016 Olympics

Above: Unrelated picture of Missy Franklin from this summer’s Pan Pac Championships.

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Cleveland State Swimming and Diving Ink 11 to their 2015-2016 Roster

Coach Graham: “We are thrilled with our Fall commitments. There was a focus on adding depth to the women’s team and I am confident we accomplished that goal. I look forward to working with this talented group of student-athletes”

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NCAA Will Post Designated Officials at Winter Nationals, Winter Junior Nationals

NCAA breaststrokers and IM’ers, like Michigan’s Marni Oldershaw above, will be bound to NCAA rules even at the upcoming USA Swimming governed Winter Nationals if they want times to count for NCAA qualification.

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