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Pro Swim Series: Curzan 53.6 Nei 100 Stile-Risultati Completi Day4

Si sono chiuse le Pro Swim Series 2022 con la 17enne Claire Curzan che nuota il 4° tempo alla time nei 100 metri stile libero

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Claire Curzan Posts 53.68 100 Free, #4 All-Time For 17-18 Age Group

Curzan, who broke the 17-18 50 free National Age Group record yesterday, swam a 53.68 100 free today that has her ranked #4 all-time in the 17-18 age group

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Erin Gemmell Throws Down 1:57.41 LCM 200 Free, #5 All-Time 15-16 Girls

Even having just recently turned 17, Gemmell’s swim tonight makes her the #5 performer all-time in the 17-18 girls age group.

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Kate Douglass Is First To Win Individual NCAA Titles In Three Different Strokes

Douglass is the first swimmer, man or woman, to win individual events across three different strokes, not factoring n individual medley races.

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Protestors Against Lia Thomas Stand Outside & Attend Women’s NCAA Championship

Protestors who identified themselves as “Save Women’s Sports” gathered outside of the facility as Lia Thomas competed in her first event of the meet.

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The Most & Least Likely Records to Fall at the 2022 Women’s NCAA Championships

The NCAA Championships are exhilarating for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the records that get broken.

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2022 W. NCAA Previews: Izzy Ivey Has the Most Momentum in the 200 Free

Cal’s Izzy Ivey swam a huge personal best of 1:42.29 at Pac-12s a few weeks ago.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 46% Predict 3-4 U.S. Open Records Will Fall At NCAA Meets

Maggie MacNeil was the only swimmer, man or woman, to set an all-time record at last season’s NCAA Championship meets.

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Lucy Bell Breaks Missy Franklins Colorado High School 200 IM Record

Bell, who will join the Stanford women next season, broke the 5A state record that Franklin set the year after the London Olympics.

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Two Colleges Share All But 3 American Records in Women’s Yards Swimming

Current, former, and future swimmers at Cal and Stanford, located just 30 miles apart in the Bay Area of NorCalifornia, combine to hold 16 of 19 records.

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Dressel, Ledecky, McKeon, Titmus, Daley Nominated for Laureus Awards

Katie Ledecky is one of five aquatics athletes nominated for the Laureus World Sport Awards, a global award across all sports.

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Curzan Approaches Regan Smith’s 17-18 100 Back NAG With #2 Swim All-Time

Claire Curzan posted a 50.27 in the 100 backstroke at the 2022 TAC Polar Plunge, just over half a second off Smith’s 49.66 NAG.

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Lydia Jacoby Gets Olympic Tattoo from Same Artist as Another Famed Olympian

17-year old Lydia Jacoby got her Olympic rings tattoo on Sunday; 9 years ago, Chris Collinsworth gave a tattoo to another American 17-year old swimmer that you’ve probably heard of.

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How to Get The Olympic Year In Review SwimSwam Magazine

The 2021 Olympic Year In Review is coming in at nearly one pound. 7-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel is our cover…

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Maggie MacNeil Becomes Second* Swimmer to Hold These Four Titles Simultaneously

We looked and looked, but couldn’t find another female swimmer who has simultaneously been NCAA Champ, Olympic Champ, and both SC & LC World Champ at the same time.

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