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Ryan Murphy to Throw Out First Pitch at Oakland A’s Game

Cal senior-to-be Ryan Murphy will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Sunday at a game between the Oakland Athletics and…

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Dave Durden of Cal Named Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Coach Of The Year

Cal men’s head coach Dave Durden has been named the Pac-12 Men’s Coach of the Year for the 6th time in 7 years.

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Top 25 Quotes From the Men’s 2016 NCAA Championships (VIDEO)

The 2016 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships are a wrap from Atlanta, Georgia, and in totality, the meet will…

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Dave Durden on Prenot, Murphy dominance, Gutierrez double (Video)

Avenging a loss from last night in the 200 IM, Cal’s Josh Prenot broke through for his first career NCAA title, going 3:35.82

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Cal “Making Making Chicken Salad” on Day 2 of 2016 NCAAs (VIDEO)

2016 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 23 – Saturday, March 26 McAuley Aquatic Center – Atlanta, GA Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM…

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Durden: Long Gutierrez Left Home Due To Knee Irritation

Durden downplayed the narrative that Gutierrez was injured, instead citing “knee irritation”

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2015 Swammy Awards: International Coaches of the Year

David Marsh is the coach of the year in the US- but what about the rest of the world?

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Why In-State Recruiting Helps The Best Stay Better

It’s no surprise that the best swimming state’s public Universities sit on top of the NCAA rankings

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USA Mixed Medley Relay: A Closer Look at the Options

Tomorrow marks the first time that Team USA will swim a mixed medley relay at a major international long course meet, and the coaches will have a number of factors to consider to as they construct their lineups.

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Ryan Lochte, Katie Ledecky, And Dave Durden Talk 2015 World Championships

“I don’t focus on the medals I want to get, if I go up to the blocks, I am going up to win. Hands down, I want to win.” – Ryan Lochte

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Arena Pro Swim Santa Clara final photo vault

It’s been a great 4 days of racing in NorCal as some of the world’s best swimmers converged upon the…

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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Olympian Nathan Adrian

His middle name is Ghar-jun, he appeared on MythBusters, and he’s got a street named after him in Bremerton. Here are 8 things you didn’t know about 100m freestyle Olympic Gold Medalist Nathan Adrian.

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USOC concerned about cuts to NCAA non-revenue sports, per Yahoo

Shortly after the exciting, action-packed conclusions to the men’s and women’s NCAA swimming & diving seasons, college swimming fans got some sobering commentary from Yahoo Sports and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC).

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Durden Wisdom: It’s hard to break records at this meet

Coach Dave Durden speaks on how numerous swims over the course of merely three days can have it’s tolls on an athletes body.

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Durden Wisdom: Our fans are what make this meet

California showed up ready to throw punches

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