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Doha (QAT) set for a Festival of Aquatics

After three World Records were broken following outstanding performances at the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup in Doha, the Qatari capital is set for a ‘Festival of Aquatics’ from 29 November – 7 December 2014.

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USA Swimming Foundation Partners with American Red Cross to Prevent Drownings

The USA Swimming Foundation and the American Red Cross have created a formal partnership in an effort to increase drowning prevention awareness and programs nationwide and expand support for American Red Cross learn-to-swim providers. (Featured Image: USA Swimming Foundation Ambassador Nathan Adrian)

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Texas Women Load Up, Will Face Top 3 Teams from NCAA’s in 2014-2015

Texas women’s head coach Carol Capitani has put together the toughest regular-season schedule in the country for her Longhorn women.

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Carlin Wins Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Month

Welsh swimmer Jazz Carlin collected 41% of Sky Sports viewers votes to come away with the Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Month award…

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Swim Job: Amherst College seeks Assistant Coach of Men’s and Women’s Swimming

The successful candidate will assist in all phases of a highly competitive NCAA Division III swimming and diving program including on-deck coaching, recruiting, meet management, dry land training and various other administrative tasks.

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University Of Connecticut Head Coach Bob Goldberg Announces Two Major Coaching Changes For 2014-2015 Season

The University of Connecticut announced two major coaching changes for the 2014-2014 season as head coach Bob Goldberg promoted previous…

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Etiene Medeiros’ triple-record run highlights a rebound short course season for Brazil

In 2012, Brazil won just two total medals at Short Course World Championships. In 2014, Etiene Medeiros could match that total all by herself.

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SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 2013-14 Wrap Up

In anticipation of WWAGS 2.0 we thought we’d break down the distribution of Weekly Wonders honors for the 2013-14 swim season.

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Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky Earn U.S. Olympic Committee Honors

In his first international competition since the London 2012 Olympic Games, 18-time Olympic gold medalist Phelps led the U.S. men with five medals at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships.

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Stanford men to attend Art Adamson Invite, will face defending champs Cal twice this season

David Nolan and the Stanford Cardinal will swim the Art Adamson Invite hosted by Texas A&M this season, and is also set to face defending NCAA champs Cal twice in the 2014-2015 season.

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College Swimming Previews: Diver Hixon a huge boost to #10 Indiana as swimmers make transition

Steve Schmuhl is the only individual NCAA scorer returning in the pool, but Indiana has some big reinforcements coming in to back him up.

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British Sprinter Daniel Speers Verbally Commits to Notre Dame

Daniel Speers, one of the top sprinters in the U.K., has verbally committed to Notre Dame.

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A Racing Suit with a Wild Print? Arena Kicks off National Team-Inspiration Line with Limited Edition ST

National-Team Print at an Entry Level Price Aims to Inspire Age Group Swimmers

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Duke’s Peter Kropp Tabbed to USA Swimming Junior National Team

“We knew when we recruited Peter that he was going to do big things,” said Duke head coach Dan Colella. “The progression that he’s made in a relatively short period of time has been outstanding.”

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