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Rebecca Soni and Kim Vandenberg launch campaign to build a family a home

Olympians Kim Vandenberg and Rebecca Soni have launched a campaign to support their efforts to build a home for a family in need in Mexico via Hope Sports.

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Kade Knoch blogs from the National Diversity Select Camp: Blog #4 – Being your own hero

King Marlin Swim Club member Kade Knoch practices at the Olympic Training Center during USA Swimming’s 2015 National Diversity Select Camp.

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Lessons From Legends – Olympic Champion Mike Barrowman

“One of the great competitors in the last 25 years of swimming is Mike Barrowman, a 200 breaststroker.”

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How to Balance Swimming and School

Being a swimmer, you most likely have learned how to manage your time wisely. However, that does mean that it is completely easy to balance school and swimming.

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Conquering Anxiety In Swimming

“I promise you, the fear you feel won’t get you anywhere. I know it’s real. I know it’s eating you up inside and dominating your thoughts. I know conquering it is much easier said than done…”

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5 Things This Club Swimming Mom Will Miss

Why don’t you put the kids on the swim team? It was 13 years ago when a parent from my summer pool club said these words to me. Those 10 words altered the course of my family’s lives for the next 13 years – in a very good way.

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8 Swim Moms Tips to Survive & Soar

Swim Mom Donna Hale: “We always hear about what it’s like to be the mom of a Michael Phelps or a Missy Franklin. Truth is most of us mommies travel through this process with ordinary kids with extraordinary passion.”

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SwimLabs Encinitas #TeamJeff Fundraiser with Aaron Peirsol

This weekend SwimLabs, Encinitas, hosted a fundraiser for Rosebowl Aquatics head coach Jeff Julian with 5 time Olympic Gold Medalist…

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CSCAA Convention Travel Blog Day 3 and 4

“After all of the previous day’s excitement I wasn’t sure the schedule could keep pace. I was incorrect.”

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Kade Knoch blogs from the National Diversity Select Camp: Blog #3 – Breaststroke, backstroke and food

King Marlin Swim Club member Kade Knoch practices at the Olympic Training Center during USA Swimming’s 2015 National Diversity Select Camp.

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Let’s Clear the Air: Stop Peeing in the Pool at Major Meets

Air quality in most indoor facilities already isn’t great, but are swimmers making it worse?

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10 Steps to Make a Massive Swim Cap

If, for any reason, you have not made a massive swim cap, it is time to get started. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)

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VIDEO DOCUMENTARY: Swimming – An Underrated Sport

Niagara senior Brad Ash found a way to incorporate his swimming into a class project, creating a short documentary about the sport, called Swimming: An Underrated Sport.

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The 4 Most Common Extracurricular Activities of the Competitive Swimmer

#2 Napping. Olympic Champion Nathan Adrian must know what we’re talking about. Sprinters are fast, but big, strong sprinters love to nap.

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