Connor Jaeger

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“Working with great distance coaches like Mike Bottom and Josh White has made a tremendous difference in my swimming."

Men’s 800m Freestyle World Championship Preview: Can The Distance Stars Get Back Under 7:40 This Year?

Sun Yang will look to improve China’s streak in this event to four this summer, after he has won the last two and Zhang Lin won in 2009.

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Men’s 400m Freestyle World Championship Preview: Sun Yang Has A Target On His Back

In the past, Sun has proven his talent and closing ability can be lethal. Recently, however, he hasn’t been swimming at the same level since serving his doping suspension.

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Tom Shields One of Five USA Swimming National Teamers to Assist in World’s Largest Swim Lesson on Thursday

Nic Fink, Connor Jaeger, Melanie Margalis, Emma Reaney, and Tom Shields will all be participating in the event.

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Connor Jaeger makes one last Fitter and Faster Tour stop before World Championships

Connor Jaeger has rapidly become America’s most loved male distance swimmer. At the Charlotte ProSwim, Jaeger capped off the meet by posting the third fastest time in the world in the 1,500 meter free this year.

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Hosszu’s $6000 haul leads Charlotte Pro Swim Series money-earners

Katinka Hosszu raked in $6,000 on six wins at the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Charlotte over the weekend, the highest single-meet money total so far this season.

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Team Arena Combines for 13 Medals at Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte

Tom Shields topped Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps to win the 100-meter butterfly.Shields posted a time of 52.12 seconds to earn the victory in the 16th-fastest time in the world this year.

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2015 Arena Pro Swim Charlotte: Watch Katinka Hosszu Break 200 IM US Open Record; All Day 4 Race Videos

Katinka Hosszu won the 200 IM, breaking Julia Smit’s US Open record from 2009 with a time of 2:08.66.

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Connor Jaeger: Racing is the best training (Video Interview)

Connor Jaeger once again showed off his distance dominance as he took the 1500 in Charlotte

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2015 Arena Pro Swim Charlotte: Day 3 Finals Race Videos

Watch all of the A finals from day 3 of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Connor Jaeger: Going stroke for stroke with Dwyer is exciting (Video Interview)

Connor Jaeger and Conor Dwyer went head-to-head, creating the best in-season race I’ve seen in a long time from US distance swimmers

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More cool photos from Charlotte Pro Swim Series

Day 3 is a wrap and the fun and fast swimming continue.  There’s a definite buzz in the air as…

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Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte: Day 1 Race Videos (Men’s 800, Women’s 1500)

Denmark’s Lotte Friis won the women’s 1500 free on Thursday to kick off the Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte.

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2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the first day of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Will The American Men Still Top The Medal Standings At Worlds Without Michael Phelps?

The United States topped the men’s medals table at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona despite the glaring absence of Michael Phelps, and it seems as though this time around the task might prove to be more of a challenge.

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2015 M. NCAA Picks: Northwestern’s Wilimovsky in a League of His Own in the Mile

The NU junior (above) is red hot coming off of his nation leading performance in the mile at the 2015 Big Ten Championships.

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