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USC Trojans Earn Verbal Pledge from Distance Specialist Keller Morgan (2023)

Keller Morgan, a “Best of the Rest” distance freestyler from the class of 2023, has verbally committed to USC.

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Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Justina Kozan is set to race the 200 back, 100 free, and 200 fly this morning, which is one of the toughest event schedules we’ve seen all week.

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Teagan O’Dell Wins Again; Katie Crom Picks Off Justina Kozan in 100 Free

15-year old Teagan O’Dell won the 200 breaststroke in another lifetime best on Sunday to close the 2021 Kevin B. Perry Invitational.

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Teagan O’Dell Swims Top 15-Year Old 100 Breast in the Country by 2+ Seconds

Teagan O’Dell, who broke Missy Franklin’s 13-14 National Age Group Record in the 200 IM earlier this year, now ranks 55th in the 15-16 age group in the 100 breast.

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USC Snags Verbal Commitment from Mission Viejo’s Macky Hodges, #16 in 2023

Olympic Trials Wave II qualifier Macky Hodges has made a verbal commitment to the nearby University of Southern California for 2023-24.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 10/1/2021

Mission Viejo’s Macky Hodges opened the 2021-22 season by hitting a best time of 54.98 in the women’s 100 backstroke.

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2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

The women’s 100 breast will give us our first sighting of USC’s Kaitlyn Dobler, who is the top seed in 1:06.29.

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14-Year-Old Teagan O’Dell Posts 4:51 in 400 Meter IM, #48 All-Time in Age Group

Irvine Novaquatics’O’Dell dropped a total of about 4.5 seconds in the 400 meter IM that the Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo for a time of 4:51.46.

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Way Too Early Recruit Ranks: Girls High School Class of 2023

It’s a very distance-based class of current high school sophomores, including breakout open water star Bella Sims at the top of the class.

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Haley Anderson Post 8:28 800 Free on Final Day of Speedo Grand Challenge

It was her first sub-8:30 of the year, and she couldn’t have asked for a better time to post the swim.

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Kevin Vargas Hits 4:16 400 IM Personal Best on Day 2 of Speedo Grand Challenge

Vargas touched first in 4:16.54, chipping just over 2 seconds off his previous best of 4:18.58.

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Santa Margarita Girls Collect 7th Straight CIF SS DI Championship Title

Santa Margarita swept all three relay events and six out of eight individual events to earn their 7th-straight CIF Southern Section DI Championship title.

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USC Commit Justina Kozan Breaks 200 IM Trinity League and SMCHS Records

The Santa Margarita men and women both picked up Trinity League titles last weekend. Two SMCHS relays and Justina Kozan both broke Trinity League records.

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Han Does it Again With #2 All-Time 11-12 200 Fly: 2:18.94 at Spring Cup, Irvine

12-year-old Kayla Han posted a 2:18.94 in the 200 meter fly, dropping about 1.5 seconds from November for the 2nd all-time fastest 200 fly in her age group.

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Mission Viejo Pro Swim Series – Session 2 Photo Vault

For the first time in what feels like ages, SwimSwam is back on deck and our photographer Jack Spitser was able to capture images in the California sun.

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