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Trials Mixed Zone: Kate Douglass on 200 IM “My body was starting to give out”

Douglass, who came back in 31.04, clocked 2:09.32 in the 200 IM final, making her the ninth-fastest American in history and the fifth-fastest in the world

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Tom Shields Openly Discusses Ups & Downs of The Olympic Quad, Suicide Attempt

Shields had many ups and downs since 2016, including the 2020 ISL season as well as a suicide attempt in late 2018, all of which Tom talks about in detail.

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Trials Mixed Zone: Ledecky “I don’t know how many times I’ve been between 8:13 and 8:16”

Ledecky easily won the 800 free in a time of 8:14.62, a time that falls just shy of the top-25 swims in history, most of which are held by Ledecky

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Taking a Deep Dive Into the 2021 ISL Draft

We sat down with SwimSwam Editor-in-Cheif Braden Keith and SwimSwam senior writer Jared Anderson to take a deep dive into the 2021 ISL draft.

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Head Coach Dave Durden Assesses Trials, 2021 Olympic Team Moving Forward

I enjoyed getting his perspective on how he moves through a process like Olympic Trials, going home for 1 week, then leaving again for the Olympic Games.

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Trials Mixed Zone: Michael Andrew “I really do well closing the meet with a 50”

Andrew, who won the 100 breast and 200 IM earlier in the meet, closed hard to separate himself from the rest of the field and touch second in 21.48

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Junior of the Meet Matt Fallon Goes Into Detail on Breakout 2021 Olympic Trials

Fallon had my personal favorite swim of the meet in the 200 breast semis, where he touched 8th at the 100 wall and then came home in 1:05.2 to touch 1st

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Trials Mixed Zone: Phoebe Bacon “The whole age thing… I think it should be thrown out”

Bacon ended up being the only other swimmer in the field to finish sub-33, snagging 2nd in 2:06.46 and qualify for the Olympic team in the 200 back

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Todd DeSorbo Reflects on Trials That Saw 4 UVA Swimmers Make 2021 Olympic Team

No matter how you look at it, UVA swimmers were on a roll at the 2021 Olympic Trials as 4 athletes that train in Charlottesville made the US Olympic team

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Trials Mixed Zone: Rhyan White “Keep the highs low and the lows high”

In undoubtedly the biggest upset of the meet, Rhyan White is the 2021 Olympic Trials winner in the women’s 200 backstroke

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Kaitlin Sandeno Gives Behind-the-Veil Look at 2021 Olympic Trials, DC Trident

Anyone who has ever encountered Kaitlin knows that she is an energizing personality who is easy to be around and can get a party started

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Previewing Australia vs. USA’s Biggest 2021 Olympic Matchups

James Magnussen gives us insight into what he saw from the Aussie team at Trials we all we his biggest USA vs. AUS matchups heading into the 2021 Olympics.

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