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Manaudou, Meilutyte, Sjostrom Scheduled to Compete at 2015 Sette Colli Trophy

France’s Florent Manaudou, USA’s Cammile Adams and Emma Reaney, and Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte are among the international competitors scheduled for action in Rome at the 2015 Sette Colli Trophy.

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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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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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Relay initiative takes Pro Swim Series gold

Canada’s female junior relay initiative paid dividends with a gold medal at the Charlotte Pro Swim Series on Friday, while breaststroker Richard Funk went to the wall with a familiar foe for silver in the men’s 100 metres.

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Video: Michigan’s Richard Funk Sets Sights On Pan Am Gold

Richard Funk qualified once more to represent Canada internationally, grabbing a spot on the 2015 Pan Am Games roster with a win in the 100m breaststroke.

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Four More Swimmers Meet Canadian World Championship Selection Criteria At Trials

Tonight, four more swimmers met the priority one selection criteria punching in their tickets to the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Two swimmers made it in the 100 freestyle, and two made it in the 400m IM.

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2015 Canadian Trials: Day Two Finals Recap

Michelle Williams, Chantal VanLandeghem and Sandrine Mainville all finished under the top 16 standard in the women’s 100 freestyle…

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Swimming Canada Releases Psych Sheets For Trials; Almost 200 Foreign Entries Made Of Mostly American College Swimmers

Swimming Canada released the psych sheet for the 2015 Canadian Swimming Trials which will be the selection meet for the Canadian World Championship team, Pan Am team, and World University Games team.

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2015 M. NCAA Picks: Alabama, USC and Michigan Among Top Contenders in 400 Medley Relay

Alabama is a bit of a surprise as the #1 incoming seed, but put together four really solid legs on this relay. They’ll have to fight off defending champs Cal and a host of other schools to stay on top, though.

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2015 M. NCAA Picks: Kevin Cordes Seeded Fifth In The 200 Breaststroke; Has A Target On His Back

Going into the meet, the Arizona senior is ranked fifth in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:52.65 which he swam at the Texas Hall of Fame meet. This season, he may be the favorite based solely on past results, but there are a lot more swimmers that he’ll have to contend with if he wants to defend his title.

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2015 M. NCAA Picks: 100 Breaststroke Field Getting Faster: Kevin Cordes With Trouble On His Hands

Cordes hasn’t been close to his American and NCAA record time of 50.04 this season, sporting a time of 52.04 heading into the meet. All season, Cordes has been around a 52-flat. He won his third straight 100 breaststroke PAC 12 title earlier this month en route to a 52.18.

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2015 Men’s Big Ten Championships: Bosch’s third title leads Wolverine men to 5th-straight conference championship

Dylan Bosch won his third individual event of the meet with a pool-record 200 fly performance to help Michigan win its 5th-straight Big Ten title.

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2015 Men’s B1G Championships: Day 3 Prelims Heat Sheet Preview

Iowa’s Grant Betulius is today’s top seed going into the men’s 100 backstroke on Day 3 of the 2015 Men’s B1G Championships, but Penn State’s Shane Ryan and Nate Savoy will be in hot pursuit.

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2015 Big Ten Men’s Fan Guide: Michigan Primed for Another B1G Title

Dylan Bosch, the NCAA record holder and defending champion in the 200 fly, will lead Michigan on another attempt at a B1G title

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Michigan men top MSU to cap 4th consecutive unbeaten regular season

Dylan Bosch broke an 18-year-old pool record set by Olympic great Tom Malchow.

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