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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Peaty’s rise continues with barrier-smashing 57.9

In a race where only two men broke 59 last year, Peaty is now the overwhelming World Championships favorite, leading the world ranks by well over one full second.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Koseki strikes first in worldwide 200 breast battle

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Kyle Chalmers opens long course season with a bang

Swimming at Australia’s long course national championships, Chalmers, just 16 years old, blasted two of the finest junior times we’ve ever seen in the 100 free.

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5 things backstrokers must do

World Championships siliver medalist David Plummer offers his advice to backstrokers. How many of you actually do “point five” on a regular basis?

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Nolan hits a new career-defining number in final collegiate 200 IM

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Missy Franklin silences doubts with five digits: 1:39.10

After dealing with adversity for a good calendar year, Missy Franklin broke through at the 2015 NCAAs, answering questions about her improvement curve and training home with a resounding “1:39.10.”

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Josa’s 100-point weekend carries the Queens national title run

Between relay and individual events, Matt Josa put up 100 of Queens’ 433.5 total points to help the Royals earn their first-ever Division II NCAA title.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Michael Phelps and the most talked-about time trial in years

Swimming a handful of races that weren’t even official, Michael Phelps still managed to steal swimming’s spotlight as the comeback continues.

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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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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Yale pulls off one of swimming’s elusive feats – the 1650 tie

Yale’s Cailley Silbert (pictured) and Eva Fabian battled for nearly 16 and a half minutes, ultimately tying for the Ivy League title in the 1650 freestyle.

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Erika Braun’s 8 Steps to the Olympic Trials as an Over 40 Year-Old

Erika Braun swam at the 2012 Olympic Trials as one of very small group of over 40s. Now the masters swimming world champion and record holder is putting her life on hold in pursuit of qualification for the 2016 US Olympic Trials, where she will be 44.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Caroline Hauder goes back-to-back-to-back at NC high school state

Sophomore Caroline Hauder played the closer for Marvin Ridge, pitching a shutout ninth inning with three straight event wins to close the meet.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Westminster relay comes up clutch in Georgia HS title run

Georgia’s class 1-5A high school state meet was a thriller, all hinging on a gutsy 200 free relay win for Westminster.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Kaylyn Schoof knocks down ancient record in Schroeder A+

At the Schroeder YMCA A+ Meet in Brown Deer, Wisconsin this weekend, Schroeder YMCA 12-year-old Kaylyn Schoof broke a meet record nearly three times as old as she is.

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Blueseventy Boosts Sponsored Swimmer Roster with Stephanie Peacock, Arlene Semeco and Sean Mahoney

Stephanie Peacock, Arlene Semeco and Sean Mahoney are new members of team blueseventy and will race in nero swimwear this season as they prepare for major competitions, including World and national championships.

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