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Toronto 2015 Pan American Games: Day Two Finals Live Recap

Day two finals of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games have the potential for plenty of excitement and a whole lot of upsets.

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Toronto 2015 Pan American Games: Day Two Prelims Live Recap

In the women’s 200m freestyle American Allison Schmitt looks like a definite lock for gold. She’s been under the Pan Am Games record multiple times this year and has the experience to be much faster than any one else in the field.

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Photo Vault: Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Day Two Prelims

All photos are courtesy of Chris Tanouye. To see more of his work visit www.Christanouye.com

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2015 Toronto Pan Am Games: Day Two Prelims Preview

Canada’s Kierra Smith (above) was the 2015 NCAA Champ in the 200 breast. She’s the top seed in the event at Pan Ams, and will swim in heat 2, lane 4 tomorrow morning.

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Weekend Roundup: Gophers wrap WUGs, kick off Pan Ams

Three Gophers are in Toronto, Canada for the 2015 Pan American Games, where Kierra Smith and Samantha Harding are representing Canada and Kiera Janzen will compete for Team USA.

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Team Canada And Team USA Both In A Position To Top The Pan Am Medals Table

Countries like Brazil and the United States are powerhouses when it comes to swimming, but at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, Team Canada looks as though they have plenty of potential to top the medal table.

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Weekend Roundup: Gophers‬ at World University Games, Swedish Nationals & more

While Fourth of July weekend in Minnesota is often spent with fireworks on one of the state’s 10,000 lakes, three internationally-based Gophers spent the weekend competing in South Korea and Sweden.

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INSTANT ANALYSIS: NCAA adopts FINA rules on underwater breaststroke pullouts

College breaststrokers like returning NCAA champ Will Licon will get to swim under updated pullout rules beginning next season.

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McCabe, Smith medal in breaststroke at Sette Colli and Mare Nostrum

Canada’s Martha McCabe and Kierra Smith earned silver and bronze medals in women’s 200-metre breaststroke whilst respectively competing in Rome and Monte Carlo on Sunday.

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Ryan Cochrane captures silver at Mare Nostrum Series

Canada’s Ryan Cochrane swam to his third freestyle medal in as many starts in the Mare Nostrum Series, with a silver in men’s 400 metres on Saturday.

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Ryan Cochrane and Kierra Smith win Mare Nostrum medals

Veteran Ryan Cochrane won silver and emerging breaststroker Kierra Smith had a breakthrough bronze on a solid day for Canada on the Mare Nostrum Series.

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Minnesota Gophers bring back Tyler Gerst from CSUB to fill coaching vacancy

The Minnesota Golden Gophers have a new face on their coaching staff, but a familiar one: former volunteer assistant coach Tyler Gerst has been named Minnesota’s new assistant swimming coach.

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Diverse group of Canadians will compete in Mare Nostrum tour

With the Pan Am Games drawing near, some of Canada’s brightest young swimmers will get to assess their progress over the next two weekends while competing in the Mare Nostrum Series.

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Happy ‘Gopher Women’s Swimming & Diving Big Ten Champions Day,’ swimming fans!

Today’s the first day of June, but SwimSwam readers might not know that it’s also a swimming-related holiday.

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Wood Takes Two on the Second Night of the Mel Zajac Jr International

Russell Wood won both the men’s 50 backstroke and 200 IM on the second night of competition at the Mel Zajac Jr International…

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