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Trenton Julian Striving to Find Consistency with Tempo in 200 Fly

Julian told SwimSwam after his race that he has actually been focusing on maintaining or even slowing his tempo down in practice

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What Does Ryan Murphy Get Out of Racing the 100 Freestyle in Season?

While waiting for his signature 100 and 200 backstrokes, Olympic champion Ryan Murphy raced the 100 free on Day 1 of the Mission Viejo pro swim.

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Ryan Held on Whittling Down His In-Season 100 Free

Held was 48.7, a season-best and promising sign just 6 weeks out from the world champ trials at the end of June in Indianapolis. 

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Bella Sims on Best Time in 400 Free: “I was not expecting that at all”

Sims credits Sandpipers head coach Ron Aitken for having a detailed training plan that only requires Sims to show up and do the work

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Justin Ress Shares Thoughts on ‘Ress Rule’: “I’m gonna take advantage”

Ress spoke to the media about, among other things, the new backstroke finish rule, affectionately referred to as the “Ress Rule”

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Nic Fink on “Trying to push past that 59 barrier… and even that 58 barrier”

World champ Nic Fink took a decisive win on the second night in Mission Viejo, powering himself to a sub-minute swim in the 100 breast.

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Kelly Pash Wanted to “see how painful it can be” on Last 50 of 200 Fly

After swimming in the 100 free final to start the session, Texas’ Kelly Pash was back in the 200 fly, taking the win 2:08.20 over her teammate Dakota Luther

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Atlanta Classic, Mare Nostrum, Sydney Open, & Mission Viejo PSS | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

This week on the SwimSwam Breakdown, we discuss the Atlanta Classic, the first half of the Mare Nostrum Tour, and the Sydney Open

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Claire Curzan Breaks Down Olympic Redshirt, Team USA Relay Camp, & First NCAAs

Curzan recently announced that she’ll take an Olympic redshirt next year and attended the Team USA relay camp in Austin.

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Caeleb Dressel Raced in his First Meet This Season… What Does it Mean? | DEEP DIVE

Using history as a guide, it looks like Dressel could be on pace to have a great showing at World Champ Trials (if he does in fact compete in Indy).

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Brent Arckey on Importance of Amplifying All Summer McIntosh’s Events

Arckey emphasized that as an IMer, it’s important for the developing athlete to amplify all of her events, not just the ones she holds world records in.

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Kate Douglass Talks First Meet as a Pro, Team USA Relay Camp

Kate Douglass took wins in the 200 Breast, 50 free, 200 IM, 100 Breast, and 100 Fly this weekend at the 2023 Atlanta Classic.

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Beata + Bacon Cook at Tuesday AM Wisconsin Practice | PRACTICE + PANCAKES

SwimSwam took a trip to Madison, Wisconsin, where head coach Yuri Sugiyama was getting his badgers ready for the long course season.

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