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USA Swimming Forms 9-Member Task Force to Find New National Team Director

Six-time Olympic medalist Matt Grevers is part of a swim-side heavy committee to choose USA Swimming’s new National Team Director.

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Cal Women Head To Stanford For Triple Distance Meet

The meet requires each swimmer to compete in three distances of the same stroke, with individuals racing the 50, 100 and 200-yard iteration of each event.

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Hunter Armstrong Returns to Train at Ohio State Toward LA2028 Olympics

US Olympian Hunter Armstrong (right) will reunite with his former coach Bill Dorenkott (left) at Ohio State in the new quad.

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Three-Time Olympian Abbey Weitzeil Weds Short Course World Champion Michael Jensen

The pair began dating in 2018 while swimming together at Cal and got married in Napa surrounded by friends, family and former teammates.

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2025 College Swimming Previews: Can The Freshmen Fill In The Gaps For #11 Cal Women?

The Golden Bears lose a few key swimmers, including Rachel Klinker, but bring in an intriguing recruiting class that includes three notable internationals.

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9-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Unpacks Team USA’s Paris Performance

Murphy’s performance was a struggle at times, but he further penned his Olympic icon status adding three more medals to his career-haul.

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DeSorbo Breaks Down U.S. Olympic Staff Selection, Three Years in the Making

“It’s a little bit more about managing than it is coaching at this point,” Todd DeSorbo said. “At this level, a lot of these athletes coach themselves.”

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SwimSwam’s Awards For The 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials

Regan Smith was one of the top performers of the U.S. Olympic Trials, setting a new world record in the 100 back and winning two more events decisively.

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USA Swimming Reveals 2024 Olympic Games Assistant Coaches

Team USA’s coaching staff includes a mixture of former Olympic head coaches, other veterans, and first-time Olympic coaches.

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2024 U.S. Olympics Trials: Triple Double for Ryan Murphy as He Sweeps Backstrokes

Domestic backstroke competitions have been completely owned by Cal Bear Ryan Murphy as he and his training partners have been dominating the competition.

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Setting the Field: Who Will the U.S. Choose as Assistant Coaches for the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Ray Looze is an obvious choice for the Paris 2024 Olympic coaching staff for the US swim team. Who else is in the running?

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Cal Pulls in 2 More 5th Years: NCAA Qualifiers Geringer (Ohio State) and McDonald (Princeton)

Cal has added a pair of NCAA qualifiers to the roster for 2024: 5th-year transfers Maya Geringer (Ohio State) and Margaux McDonald (Princeton).

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European Juniors Finalist Lars Antoniak Commits to Cal for 2024

Estonian breaststroke specialist Lars Antoniak committed to Cal last month, rounding out the Bears’ 2024 recruiting class with another international talent.

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D-III Champion Frank Applebaum Transferring From Claremont-Mudd-Scripps to Cal for 5th Year

Two-time NCAA Division III champion Frank Applebaum is transferring from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps to Cal for his fifth year of collegiate eligibility.

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2024 Men’s NCAA Championships: Night 3 EPIC Photo Vault

Night 3 of the Men’s 2024 NCAA Swimming Championships in Indianapolis had some incredible energy, here are the top photos.

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