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Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions psych sheets released with Hardy, Plummer among headliners

Olympic gold medalist Jessica Hardy (pictured) and World Champs silver medalist David Plummer are among the headliners of the meet, which runs Thursday through Sunday.

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Missy Franklin Wins Three On Final Night Of Mel Zajac International

Missy Franklin kicked off the final night of competition at the Mel Zajac International with a win in the 100m…

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Missy Franklin And Noemie Thomas Go In As Top Seeeds After Prelims Of Mel Zajac International

Missy Franklin has been nothing but spectacular this weekend at the Mel Zajac International and she continued to impress by…

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Brittany MacLean Tops Missy Franklin On Night Three Of Mel Zajac International

Noemie Thomas kicked off night three of the Mel Zajac International with a vengeance, winning the 100m fly over rivals…

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Missy Franklin Wins Two On Night Two Of Mel Zajac International

Day two finals at the Mel Zajac International started off with a big win for Missy Franklin. Franklin swam a…

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Day Two Prelims Of Mel Zajac International: Missy Franklin Takes Top Seed In 200 Back

Missy Franklin stole the show in the 200m backstroke throwing down a 2:11.75 to take the top seed over teammate Elizabeth Pelton. Pelton touched in at 2:13.11 to take the second seed. The two Cal teammates really separated themselves from the rest of the field; third seed Melanie Klaren who’s also a Cal swimmer was over two seconds behind Pelton in 2:15.22

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Cal Girls Dominate On Day One of Mel Zajac International

The 50m backstroke was dominated by Cal’s golden girls as Rachel Bootsma, Missy Franklin, and Elizabeth Pelton took the top three spots.

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Savard Breaks Canadian Record In The 100 Butterfly In A Time Of 57.27

Katerine Savard broke her own Canadian record winning the women’s 100 butterfly in a time of 57.27, the second fastest time done in the world this year…

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Savard And Caldwell Take Top Seeds On Day Three Of Canadian Trials

The women’s 200m backstroke final should be a quick one as there’s a lot of depth in that field. Taking the top spot was Hilary Caldwell who swam a 2:10.82.

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18 Canadians Achieve Qualifying Standards Through First Two Days Of Trials

The follow is a list of swimmers that have acheived the qualifying standards to be considered for the Pan Pacific Championships and Commonwealth Games teams…

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Sandrine Mainville Breaks Two CIS Records On Day Two Of CIS Champs

University of Montreal’s Sandrine Mainville won the 50 free as one of two CIS Records on Friday.

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UBC Women Set Canada West Records For Most Points With 1071

UBC’s Coleman Allen set his third Canada West record tonight en route to breaking completing a gold medal sweep of the fly events…

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Coleman Allen Breaks Second Record, Aims For Third Tonight

Tonight Allen will be looking for a sweep of the butterfly events by swimming the 200m fly…

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McCabe Takes Home Second Gold During Day 2 Finals of The Canada Cup

Martha McCabe showed just how powerful she is by posting a outrageously fast in-season time in the 200m breaststroke…

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Five Swimmers Included in CIBC ‘Team Next’ Funding Group to Receive $15,000

Worlds medalist Hillary Caldwell (Right) is among six swimmers who have been included in a new funding group for next season.

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