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"I just like to swim…fast. I don't think about the distance."

6 Reasons Why You Want The Caeleb Dressel Cover Of SwimSwam Magazine’s Summer Preview

Our theme for the 2018 Summer Preview is summer heat – “The Sprint Issue” – and we profile the best sprinters in history, including our cover star Caeleb Dressel.

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USOC Announced Best of May Finalists for Team USA Awards

The United States Olympic Committee today announced finalists for the Team USA Awards presented by Dow, Best of May, which recognize the outstanding achievements of Team USA athletes from last month.

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Practice + Pancakes: Stanford Women’s 400 IM Group (Video)

The 4 girls leading lanes (for most of the set) placed 1,2,4, and 14 at this year’s NCAAs. The 3 that were in the A final all dipped under 4:00.

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Bay Area Olympians Highlight 2018 TYR Pro Swim Series at Santa Clara

Standout Bay Area-based Olympic gold medalists Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, Nathan Adrian and Ryan Murphy are expected to lead a fast field for next week’s TYR Pro Swim Series at Santa Clara, June 7-10 at the George F. Haines International Swim Center.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 87.7% Preferred Following Indy Over Atlanta

In retrospect, fans enjoyed the Indianapolis Pro Swim Series more than the Atlanta Classic happening the same weekend, with the balance tipping even further to Indy than it was in our pre-meet poll.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Greg Meehan, Stanford

Greg Meehan’s past, present and future Stanford women won half the events at the Indy Pro Swim Series, including a sweep of all the freestyle events.

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Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month: Katie Ledecky, Stanford

Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month is a recurring SwimSwam feature shedding light on a U.S.-based swimmer who has proven themselves…

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Swim High or Swim Low, Which is the Best Way to Go?

Stay low. Go fast. Kill first. Die Last. One shot, One kill. No luck, all skill. – U.S. Navy Seals…

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Practice + Pancakes: Ledecky, Manuel, Neal, Sweetser AM Workout (Video)

Remember that world record that Katie Ledecky set last week in Indy? Well a week before that, SwimSwam was in Palo Alto for practice with Stanford

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Ledecky Ends Longest Career WR Drought

When Ledecky broke the world record in the 1500 free last week, she ended what was the longest world record drought of her career by almost 300 days.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Surprise World Record!

We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets!

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SwimSwam Pulse: 68% More Excited For Indy Than Atlanta

More than two-thirds of respondents said they were more excited for the Indianapolis Pro Swim Series than the Atlanta Classic in last weekend’s dueling national-level meets.

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Katie Ledecky Agli Sponsor: Ed Ora Pagate

di ANDREW MERING Il contenuto editoriale è l’opinione del suo autore e non riflette necessariamente le opinioni di SwimSwam. Puoi leggere…

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37 Division I Swimmers Named Academic All-District Selections

he College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large teams last week and 20 Division I men’s swimmers and 17 women’s swimmers were among those honored.

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Katie Ledecky stellt neuen Weltrekord über 1500 m Freistil auf (VIDEO)

  Es war das erste Rennen von Katie Ledecky als Profi-Schwimmerin. Beim Pro Swim in Indianapolis stellte sie direkt einen…

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