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Day in the Life Video: Alex Meyer, US Open Water Swimming National Champion & Olympian

This “Day in the Life” video post includes an in-depth Q&A with the open water Olympian.

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2014 ACC Women’s Championship Photo Vault, Day 1

Swimming Photographer Tim Binning is on deck at the 2014 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships!

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Olympian Chloe Sutton Responds to Viral SwimSpray Post on SwimSwam

With over 5000 emails and 309 comments, SwimSpray’s latest post has been SwimSwam’s number 1 story for the last few days.

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Water Never looked so Haunting and Beautiful: Dark Side of the Lens

“If I only scrape a living, at least it’s a living worth scraping.”

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FINA World Water Polo Conference to be held in Cancun Mexico Feb 28-29

The FINA aquatic community will gather on February 27-28, 2014 in Cancun (MEX) to attend the FINA World Water Polo Conference, a unique opportunity to hear from established team sports, newly popular sports, and representatives from the Water Polo family about the innovative ideas they have used to ensure continued success.

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Indiana Head Coach Ray Looze: 2014 Big Ten Championships Video Preview

Indiana University head swimming coach Ray Looze previews the Hoosiers’ trip to the 2014 Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, Minn.

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The Swimming Way of Life, Video Feature

Sometimes we (SwimSwam) get emails that just make us smile. The one below from Taylor Counter is my favorite so far this month. Swim coaches are sacred my in my opinion, so meaningful in our lives, and Taylor clearly feels the same way.

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Middle School All-Star Swim Meet in Seoul Korea Creates Competitive Drama

The Middle School swimmers of YISS and their hard work came to a testing point as Yongsan International School of Seoul hosted the first ever Middle school All-Star Championship where the elite boys and girls, from all over Korea and from the KAIAC International school league, converged in a highly tense and much anticipated show down.

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Decorate your swim goggles and Be A Stud!

Sports Studs™ allow children to decorate their swimming goggles and bring a sense of style and personal flair to their training.

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Women’s ACC Swimming & Diving Conference Championship Video, A Look Back at 2013

Competition starts Wednesday, February 19th and goes through Saturday, February 22nd; prelims 11AM/Finals 7PM

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Geneseo Blue Wave Swimming and Diving Video Inspires

Swimming video is courtesy of SUNY Geneseo Blue Wave Swimming and Diving.

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AAC Conference Championship Pump Up Video

This swimming video was produced by UCONN Swimming and Diving’s Jeff Magin and Sawyer Franz. The AAC conference meet starts this week, and they created this phenomenal pump up video.

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Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: 3 Things Every Swimmer Has to Have

Tyler McGill, 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, shares three things every swimmer needs to have to be successful.

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Missy Franklin and Mallory Weggemann Discuss The Current World Premiere

The documentary film features Mallory Weggemann, Missy Franklin, Anthony Robles, Grant Korgan, Leo Morales, Jesse Murphree and David Hosick. (Video is courtesy Jeremy Snyder, The Factory Agency.)

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China wins six out of the eight titles in Madrid

China blitzed to win six out of the eight titles at stake in Madrid (ESP), the first meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2014 held from February 14-16.

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