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Thiago Pereira To Return To The United States In Order To Train With Dave Salo And Jon Urbanchek

Thiago Pereira will be returning to the United States to train with Dave Salo and Jon Urbanchek at the Trojan Swim Club in preparation for the 2015 Pan Am Games, 2015 Kazan World Championships, and 2016 Olympic Games which will be held in his home country of Brazil according to Brazilian swim blog: Blog Do Coach.

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Legendary USC, U.S. Olympic swim coach Peter Daland passes away at age 93

Peter Daland, the longtime coach of the USC Trojans and two-time Olympic coach for USA Swimming, has passed away at the age of 93 due to Alzheimer’s disease, according to the University.

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College Swimming Previews: Roster departures leave challenge for #5 USC women

Dave Salo’s USC Trojans look to build on their 5th-place finish a year ago, losing breast/free star Kasey Carlson but adding transfer butterflyer Lucy Worrall.

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USC Cornering the Market on Breaststrokers: Gets Commitment from Local Talent Kirsten Vose

The latest breaststroker to commit to the Trojans is Southern Californian Kirsten Vose.

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College Swimming Previews: #8 USC’s Cristian Quintero Aimed Toward triple NCAA titles

The biggest story of the 2013-2014 season for USC is also the biggest story of the 2014-2015 season for USC: the emergence of junior Cristian Quintero as a true college swimming superstar.

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Graduated Gopher sprints star Derek Toomey to join Salo and the Trojans

Derek Toomey, the first Big Ten man under 19 seconds in the 50 free, will join the Trojan Swim Club out of Southern California to continue his professional career.

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Breaststroker Billy Monjay Verbally Commits to USC

Breaststroker Billy Monjay from the SOCAL Aquatics Association has verbally committed to the USC Trojans, choosing to stay close to home…

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Emily McClellan still growing into long course training

Breakout UW-Milwaukee star and recent college grad Emily McClellan checks in with SwimSwam from her summer training home in Minnesota to talk about the big learning curve she’s tackled during her rapid rise to swimming stardom.

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Jr. National Champion Riley Scott Verbally Commits to USC

Dave Salo has made his target clear in the recruiting class of 2015. After a late-breaking signing group that will…

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World Record Holder Ariana Kukors Comes Out of Retirement to Train With Trojan Swim Club

Ariana Kukors has announced that she is joining the wave of American un-retirements and will join the elite training group…

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Yulia Efimova Suspended For 16 Months, Stripped of Medals and World Record

World Champion Yulia Efimova has been stripped of four European titles and two World Records by FINA after a positive doping test.

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USC Coach Dave Salo talks USRPT, coaching philosophy on Ritter Sports Podcast

USC Head Coach Dave Salo shares some insights into his coaching philosophy and training methodology, including his thoughts on USRPT.

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Dave Salo Talks About Fine-Tuning the Details at SMU Classic

Dave Salo talks to SwimSwam’s Catherine Lee at the SMU Classic.

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USC Women Top Utah in First Competition of New Year

Jasmine Tosky won a pair of events in the Trojans’ dominant win over Utah.

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BREAKING: Ous Mellouli to Train with NBAC and Bob Bowman After Winter Training Trip

Among other great male freestyler in the NBAC group are Olympic champions Michael Phelps and Yannick Agnel.

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