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Podcast: Olympic Champ Crissy Perham Swims To Raise Living Donor-Ship Awareness

Crissy Perham captured headlines when she answered the call to be a living donor for fellow Olympian Missy Franklin’s father.

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How Does The Girls Class of 2025 Stack Up Against The Star-Studded 2015 Class?

The girls’ high school class of 2025 appears to be the best in recent memory, and perhaps rivals the class of 2015 that was spearheaded by Katie Ledecky.

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How To Get The 2023 College Preview with the Leon Marchand Cover

SwimSwam Magazine’s 2023 College Preview details everything a swimmer, swim coach, or swim fan needs to know for the upcoming competitive season.

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NCSA Summer Champs, Day 1: 14-Year-Old Brayden Capen Hits Olympic Trials Cut in 200 Back

Lakeside 15-year-old Charlotte Crush catapulted from No. 60 to 16th in the U.S. girls’ 15-16 NAG rankings with her huge new lifetime best in the 200 back.

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Anteprime Mondiali 2023: Caccia Al WR Nei 100 Dorso Femminili

Prepariamoci a vivere sette giorni di nuoto di altissimo livello ai Campionati del Mondo di nuoto 2023 conoscendo i protagonisti

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2023 World Champs Previews: McKeown, Smith Set For Showdown In Women’s 100 Back

After winning Olympic, Commonwealth and SC world gold, Kaylee McKeown will seek her first long course world title in the women’s 100 back in Fukuoka.

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14YO Rylee Erisman Hits 50 FR Olympic Trials Cut At Florida Age Group Champs (North)

Rylee Erisman, representing Laker Swimming, is now the 4th-fastest 13-14 girl in the 50m freestyle with a time of 25.40.

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Regan Smith 2:03.80 Nei 200 Dorso, Nuovo U.S. Open Record

Regan Smith ha battuto il suo stesso record degli US Open scendendo per la prima dal 2019 sotto i 2:04 nei 200 metri dorso

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Regan Smith Breaks US Open Record With 2:03.80 200 Backstroke

Regan Smith swam her third-fastest 200 back ever and got under 2:04 for the first time since 2019 Worlds where she set the World Record.

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Claire Weinstein Runs Down Katie Ledecky To Drop Massive 1:55.26 200 Free Swim

Weinstein dropped over a second to run down Ledecky, becoming the first American woman since Allison Schmitt to beat Katie Ledecky in the 200 free.

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2023 U.S. Trials Previews: Next Wave To Challenge Ledecky’s Reign In 200 Free

Katie Ledecky hasn’t lost the 200 free at a National Championship or selection meet since 2013, and she’ll need to be at her best to hold off the next crop.

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Kate Douglass and Leon Marchand Snubbed By 2023 “Best College Athlete” ESPY Nominations

Despite posting historic NCAA seasons, Douglass and Marchand were not nominated for the 2023 “Best College Athlete” ESPY award given to a male and a female.

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Kaylee McKeown Blasts 2:03.70 200 Back For 4th Fastest Performance Of All-Time

World Record holder Kaylee McKeown fired off one of the fastest 200m backstroke times of her career en route to winning gold at the Aussie World Trials.

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The Story Behind the Name: The Mel Zajac Jr. International Meet

The 2023 edition of the Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet is in its 58th year and has been named after the Canadian swimmer for more than 20 years.

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arena Swim of the Week: Leah Shackley Continues Rise With 59.55 100 Back

Shackley now ranks fifth all-time in the girls’ 15-16 age group in the 100 back, having dropped nine-tenths of a second since December.

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