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2014 Santa Clara Grand Prix Preview: Links, storylines and more

The Santa Clara Grand Prix is the next stop on the Michael Phelps comeback tour, and will also be the 2014 Grand Prix series debut for Missy Franklin.

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Cincinnati Names Mandy Commons-DiSalle New Head Coach

Mandy Commons-DiSalle has served as the assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati for the past four years. Today, athletics…

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Fitter and Faster Swim Tour Bethesda & Greenville Photo Vault

Olympians Nick Thoman, Kim Vandenberg & Kate Ziegler headline the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour Bethesda, Maryland & Greenville, South Carolina clinics.

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PA State Champion Price Higlights 6 Signees for Penn State Women

Penn State recruited their home-state well this year, which hopefully will build some recruiting momentum for the next few seasons.

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Jennings And Larson to Participate in World’s Largest Swimming Lesson

USA Swimming National Team members Christine Jennings (Longmont, Colo.) and Breeja Larson (Mesa, Ariz.) will help kids understand the fundamentals…

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University of Louisville Professor Johnmann To Swim The English Channel

The first man to swim the English Channel, unassisted and observed, was Matthew Webb, who completed the swim from to Dover Calais on August 25, 1875 in a time of 21 hours, 45 minutes.

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Amy Van Dyken Being Moved to Denver’s Craig Hospital

Amy Van Dyken-Rouen will be flown back to Denver today to continue rehabilitation.

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Peaty puts himself right in the middle of the breaststroking battlefield

19-year-old Adam Peaty has put himself right in between Christian Sprenger and Cameron van der Burgh in what once looked like a two-man race for world’s top sprint breaststroker.

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Holland High School tabs alum Sam Soukup to lead swimming programs

Holland High School, a Michigan powerhouse and three-time defending Division 2 state champions on the girls side, has turned to former Holland standout Sam Soukup to lead its boys and girls programs.

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Swim Job: Florida Gulf Coast University Seeks Assistant Women’s Swimming & Diving Coach

Established in 1997, FGCU continues to expand academic offerings, which currently include 51 undergraduate, 28 master’s, one specialist and two doctoral programs.

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WATER POLO: USA Men Defeated by Hungary, 9-16 at FINA World League Super Final

Josh Samuels: “We started a little slow. But attacked harder towards the end. I still need to get a little bit more used to European players, which playing in Montenegro has helped with. As a team we just need to always start strong.”

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Kinetic Energy in Swimming – Part 1.2: Wasted Movement Continued

In part 2 of this two part introduction to how Sturdy and Westfall try to translate physics into speed, Rebecca Westfall and Gary Sturdy look more at how swimmers like Missy Franklin take advantage of their kinetic energy.

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Sarah Denninghoff, Now Married, to Return for Final Year of Eligibility at Texas

Sarah Denninghoff is healthy and ready to roll in 2014-2015 for the Texas Longhorns.

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Japan Open start lists announced, meet begins Thursday

The Japan Open will kick off this Thursday in Tatsumi, Japan, and the home country has shown up in full-force, according to the start lists, which include Olympic bronze medalist Kosuke Hagino.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Amanda Beard to Appear on “Celebrity Wife Swap”

Four-time Olympian Amanda Beard will appear on the ABC reality show on Tuesday, June 24th.

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