Missy Franklin

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A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.

“The SwimSwam Ballot” for the 2013 Golden Goggles Awards

Katie Ledecky is going to be the star of the show at the 2013 Golden Goggles Awards.

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2013 Golden Goggles Awards Nominees Revealed

Double World Record breaker Katie Ledecky is among three nominees for Female Athlete of the Year.

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Cal Women Announce Captains for 2013-2014 Season, With Perhaps a Subtle Message Attached

Catherine Breed (above) and Melanie Klaren have been charged as captains of the 2013-2014 Cal women’s team.

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Missy Franklin Wins 1000 Free, 100 Fly as Cal Opens Pac 12 Schedule

Missy Franklin kicked her college dual meet career off with two wins in off events against Oregon State.

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Hardcore Swim of the Week: Celina Li, Queen of the Pool

Cal freshman Celina Li took the Queen of the Pool title last weekend over world-class names like Missy Franklin, Rachel Bootsma, and Liz Pelton.

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Missy Franklin Makes Sports Illustrated Top 100 List of Twitter Accounts to Follow

The Sports Illustrated staff added Missy Franklin to their top 100 Twitter users list and believes her Twitter account is “essential to your daily routine for finding news, information and entertainment from the sports world.”

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Pac 12 Networks Releases Full Swimming & Diving TV Schedule

Ting Quah and the UCLA Bruins will take part in 4 televised dual meets in the 2013-2014 season.

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Video Highlights of 2013 King/Queen of the Pool Between Cal and Cal Poly

Celina Li and Ryan Murphy were Kings and Queens of the pool. Watch this video to see how they got there.

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Celina Li Tops Missy Franklin for Tight Queen of the Pool Title

Celina Li took her first big title as a Cal Golden Bear: Queen of the Pool.

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Nerding Out: All-Time Leaders in World Championship Medal Counts

If Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte were their own country at World Championships, they’d sit in 6th place in the total gold medal count for all sports, both men and women.

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USA Swimming Releases 2012-13 Scholastic All-American Team

There are a total of 1356 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American’s named this year.

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Todd Schmitz Inducted Into Century High School Hall of Fame

Todd Schmitz, the head coach of the Colorado Stars, has been inducted into the Century High School Hall of Fame in his native Bismarck, North Dakota.

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USA Swimming Surpasses 400,000 Members in Record Year

Somewhere Michael Phelps is cheering! The Olympic icon’s goal has always been to grow the sport. Today USA Swimming reports that it has eclipsed more than 400,000 members and saw its largest year-round athlete membership growth in the organization’s history. (Image courtesy of USpresswire)

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Franklin, Lochte Named USOC Athletes of the Month for August

Missy Franklin’s 6 World Championship gold medals in Barcelona were the most ever won by a woman. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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USA Swimming Announces 2013-2014 National Team

35-time World Champion, and 5-time Olympic Champion, Ryan Lochte headlines 111 swimmers on the 2013-2014 USA Swimming National Team. (Photo: Victor Puig/victorpuig.com)

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