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Stanford’s Felicia Lee Named 2014 Honda Sports Award Winner for Swimming & Diving

Stanford’s Felicia Lee has won the Honda Sports Award for swimming for the 2013-2014 season.

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Day Two Prelims Canada Trials

2014 CANADIAN TRIALS April 2-5 in Victoria, British Columbia Live results Live stream of the meet available here Pan Pacs…

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How To Foam Roller Yourself Into Being a Better Swimmer

The foam roller is now as common on pool desk as swimsuits and goggles. But do they provide significant benefits? And how should you use them correctly to benefit swimming?

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Steve Eckelkamp Out As Head Coach of Florida Atlantic

Steve Eckelkamp is no longer the head coach of the Florida Atlantic men’s and women’s swimming & diving programs, with the two…

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Yannick Agnel Signs Sponsorship Deal With Arena Through 2016 Olympics

Yannick Agnel (center) has a new sponsor that will carry him until at least the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

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NCSA Junior Nationals – A View From the Cheap Seats

Kylie Stewart’s winning time in the 200 backstroke at NCSA’s would have also won NCAA’s the same weekend.

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2014 YMCA Short Course Nationals: Day 3 Prelims Full Recap

While Day 3 was the first prelims session with no new national records, there was still plenty of fast swimming to go around.

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Elliott McGill Leaving Eastern Illinois for Job at Nitro in Austin

Eastern Illinois is looking for a new head coach after Elliott McGill resigned to take a club job instead.

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Sprenger & Seebohm Break Aussie All-Comers Records; Magnussen Sub-48 on Day 3 of Aus. Trials

Christian Sprenger (above) was one of two Australian All-Comers Record breakers on Thursday at the Australian National Championships.

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Video: Zachary Mollory wins 200 Free at 2014 YMCA Nationals, 1:35.96

Sitting second coming out of prelims, Ocean County’s Zachary Molloy exploded for a big finals swim, going 1:35.66 to break the national record. The old mark was 1:35.96 set by Nicholas Caldwell back in 2011.

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SwimSwam Interview With Dan Stephenson, Author & Masters Swimmer

SwimSwam’s Dean Ottati caught up with author and Masters’ swimmer Dan Stephenson to talk about his book: The Under Water Window

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Video: Maxwell Dolan 2014 YMCA Nationals 400 IM Winner, 3:46.81

It was a Wilton 1-2 in the boys 400 IM, with a pair of teammates and future Big Ten foes sweeping the top two spots. Top seed Maxwell Dolan went 3:46.81 to just eke out a win over his teammate Ian Rainey by .01.

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Video: Harnish wins 400 IM at 2014 YMCA Nationals, 4:11.93

14-year-old Courtney Harnish continues to improve, dropping 3.3 seconds from her already-lifetime-best prelims swim to win the 400 IM. The York YMCA product went 4:11.93, thanks to some big front-half swimming.

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Exercise To Improve Your Rotation

The rotation in freestyle and backstroke is a crucial phase in swimming, and many swimmers naturally struggle with it, especially at young age.

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Cyclist Sarah Hammer & Paralympian Evan Strong earn U.S. Olympic Committee’s March honors

Top performances throughout March earned Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.) and Paralympic snowboarder Evan Strong (Maui, Hawaii) Athlete of the Month…

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