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What is Masters Swimming? Video Feature

Video is courtesy of swimswam contributor and US Masters Swimmer Christina Wright. (Photo Credit: Mike Lewis, olavistaphotograpy.com)

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Arcadia University Hires John Geissinger, 1st Full Time Swim Coach in Program’s History

Arcadia University announces that John Geissinger has been named head men’s and women’s swimming coach and aquatics director. Geissinger will begin his new roles at Arcadia later this month. (Image courtesy of Arcadia University )

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Olympic Swimmer Janet Evans Named USA Swimming Foundation Ambassador

“Swimming is an amazing sport that has taught me lessons both in the water and out, which is why I was thrilled to become an Ambassador for the Foundation,” said Evans. (Photo Courtesy: Melissa Lundie)

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Swimming Inventors and Entrepreneurs See Bright Future

Swimming is growing and expanding in new and exciting ways. Much of the growth has been fueled from within the community, by those who care, members of what we like to call the swimming family.

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Scott VanKuilenburg Joins University of Bridgeport Swimming Staff

University of Bridgeport head women’s and men’s swimming coach Brad Flood and the UB Department of Athletics  has announced the hiring of Scott…

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How To Cope with your kid leaving for college

Your child is a young adult, a graduate from high school and ready to start his/her next chapter hundreds of miles away from you. What do you have to show for the last two decades of parenthood? A scrapbook and an empty bedroom down the hall? Not to worry, your child’s college career also starts the next chapter in your life. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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$10,001 to the Fastest Man in Texas Shootout

Josh Davis and the Mutual of Omaha BREAKout! Swim Clinic present the Fastest Man in Texas Shootout. Featured image: Dax Hill, Jimmy Feigen & Brendan Hansen (Photo Credit: MOO BOSC)

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Two New York Swimmers To Cross Massachusetts Bay This Week

Early this morning, under sunny but windy skies, 54-year-old Paul Rekoff of New York, NY, set off from White Horse Beach in Plymouth, Mass., bound for Provincetown and a 20-mile swim to Cape Cod. He’s hoping to complete the P2P crossing today, and on Saturday, August 17, Mo Siegel, 62, of Piermont, NY, will also attempt the long distance swim. (Photo Credit: Mike Lewis, olavistaphotography.com)

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What Music Do Swimmers Listen to On Deck to Get Psyched Up Races?

What music are swimmers listening to on deck at the 2013 YMCA Long Course National Championships? (Video and featured image courtesy of Kelly McCommons)

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Why Do You Love YMCA Nationals and YMCA Swimming?

This video was captured by Kate Hugo at the 2013 YMCA Long Course National Championships and produced by Kelly McCommons. (Video and featured image courtesy of Kelly McCommons)

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2013 Junior Nationals – A Massive Swimming Photo Vault

Gunnar Bentz, rising swim star at the 2013 Junior Nationals (Images courtesy of Anne Lepesant)

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Time Lapse Video: 2013 YMCA Nationals

Time Lapse video is courtesy of Kelly McCommons (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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Left Handed Swimmers Celebrate Left Handers Day

Left handed people are a little like X-Men, with superpowers. For example left handers can adjust to seeing underwater quicker! 5-time Olympic medalist, Josh Davis (featured image), is left handed. (Photo Credit: MOO BOSC)

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Canadian Swim Stars wrap up World Cup season

Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., won three medals and set a new Canadian record of 56.35 in women’s 100-metre butterfly. (Photo Courtesy Swimming Canada/Ian MacNicol)

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