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• 2023 Pro Swim Series: Winners Summary

  26-05-2023 23:51 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  2023 PRO SWIM SERIESJanuary 11-14 – Knoxville, Tennessee (University of Tennessee)Results
  March 1-4 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center)Results
  April 12-15 – Westmont, Illinois (FMC Aquatic Center)Results
  May 17-20 – Mission Viejo, California (Marguerite Aquatic Center)ResultsThe 2023 Pro Swim Series came to a close last weekend in Mission Viejo, with the four-stop tour having kicked off in January and it now wraps&nbs
  
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• Wild Speculation: Who Will Take Over For Vic Riggs At West Virginia?

  19-04-2024 22:23 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  West Virginia’s Vic Riggs resigned from his head coaching position after being with the program for the last 17 years.
  According the public records, Riggs made $134,611.71 in 2023 and has hovered in the $130-140K range since 2018. The West Virginia men and women compete in the Big 12 Conference, which will be without Texas for the first time this upcoming season as Texas is moving to the SEC.
  Let’s wildly speculate about who might take over this job.
  The t
  
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• Josha Salchow Swims 47.85 100 Freestyle, Breaks German Record At The 2024 Berlin Open

  19-04-2024 21:11 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  2024 BERLIN SWIM OPENFriday, April 19th – Sunday, April 21st
  Berlin, Germany
  LCM (50m)
  Olympic Qualifying Event
  Live Results
  LivestreamDay one of the 2024 Berlin Open started off fairly quiet, as many of the big name swimmers are focused on next week’s National Championships at this same venue. Both meets serve as Olympic qualifying opportunities though, and Josha Salchow took full advantage.
  The 24-year-old popped a winning time of 47.85 in the men&r
  
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• David Popovici Clocks Career-Fastest 3:47.54 400 Free At Romanian Nats

  19-04-2024 20:15 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 ROMANIAN NATIONALSWednesday, April 17th – Sunday, April 21st
  Otopeni, Romania
  LCM (50m)
  Start List
  Recap #1
  ResultsDay 3 of the 2024 Romanian Nationals unfolded in Otopeni with 19-year-old David Popovici taking on his 3rd freestyle event of the competition.
  After already topping the 50m free (22.27) and 200m free (1:45.10) podiums, Popovici tried the 400m free on for size and found the same gold medal-worthy success.
  The teen stopped the clock in a resul
  
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• Pan Zhanle Produces 3:45.82 400 Free Personal Best On Day 1 Of Chinese Trials

  19-04-2024 19:54 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSFriday, April 19th – Sunday, April 27th
  Shenzhen, China
  LCM (50m)
  SwimSwam Preview
  ResultsThe 2024 Chinese National Swimming Championships kicked off today from Shenzhen with the competition spanning a massive 10 days on the journey to Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualification.
  Already on day one, we saw four swimmers add their names to the potential Chinese roster, 2 for the men and 2 for the women.
  The men’s 400m fr
  
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• Pan Zhanle Produces 3:45.58 400 Free Personal Best On Day 1 Of Chinese Trials

  19-04-2024 19:54 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSFriday, April 19th – Sunday, April 27th
  Shenzhen, China
  LCM (50m)
  SwimSwam Preview
  ResultsThe 2024 Chinese National Swimming Championships kicked off today from Shenzhen with the competition spanning a massive 10 days on the journey to Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualification.
  Already on day one, we saw four swimmers add their names to the potential Chinese roster, 2 for the men and 2 for the women.
  The men’s 400m fr
  
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• Chikunova’s 2:19.74 200 Breast & Lifintsev’s 52.52 100 Back Close Out Russian Championships

  19-04-2024 18:27 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  2024 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSApril 14-19, 2024
  Kazan, Russia
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Live Results
  Livestream
  Day 1 Recap
  Day 2 Recap
  Day 3 Recap
  Day 4 Recap
  Day 5 RecapThe 2024 Russian Swimming Championships have officially come to a close. The final night of swimming in Kazan was filled with nine individual finals: the women’s 200 breaststroke, men’s 100 freestyle, women’s 100 butterfly, men’s 50 breaststroke, men’s 200 backst
  
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• World Aquatics Hands Chilean Official Marcos Jara Receives 20-Year Ban

  19-04-2024 18:08 via swimswam.com
  
  By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
  The Aquatics Integrity Unit of World Aquatics has issued a 20-year ban to Marcos Jara, the former president of the Chilean Federation of Aquatics Sport.
  World Aquatics delivered the sanction after Jara was found to have violated the FINA Code of Conduct on two counts and the FINA Code of Ethics on one count.
  Jara submitted tampered invoices and false information to World Aquatics on two occasions in 2020 and 2021 in a ploy to gain additional funds through the Olymp
  
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• SwimSwam Pulse: 62% Don’t Think NCAA Redshirts Help Long Course Performance

  19-04-2024 18:06 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast your vote in our newest poll on the SwimSwam homepage, about halfway down the page on the right side.
  Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers if they think taking a year off from college swimming is beneficial to success in long course:
  Question: Do you subscribe to the idea that taking an NCAA redshirt season leads to greater s
  
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• arena Swim of the Week: Ella Ramsay Drops Big For 4:36.94 400 IM At Aussie Open

  19-04-2024 16:49 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Swim of the Week is brought to you by arena, a SwimSwam partner.
  Disclaimer: Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of the week, but rather one Featured Swim to be explored in deeper detail. The Swim of the Week is an opportunity to take a closer look at the context of one of the many fast swims this week, perhaps a swim that slipped through the cracks as others grabbed the headlines, or a race we didn’t get to ex
  
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• 2024 NCAA Qualifier Tristen Ulett Returning To Louisville For COVID-19 Fifth Year

  19-04-2024 16:05 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  2024 NCAA qualifier Tristen Ulett will return to Louisville to use her COVID-19 fifth year during the 2024-2025 season.View this post on InstagramA post shared by tristen ulett (@tristen.ulett)At the end of her senior season, Ulett closed her Instagram caption saying, “i love this team and i am so proud to be associated with this group and i am even more blessed that i get the opportunity to do what i love one final time!!”
  Ulett competed as an undergradua
  
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• World Aquatics’ Universality Quota: Globalization At The Expense of Athletic Performance?

  19-04-2024 15:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Malavika Vishwanath
  Note: This is an article originally published on July 17th, 2021 on the universality selection process. There have been some recent updates to the Olympic Qualification criteria for the Paris 2024 Olympics, as well as the terminology reflected in the original article.The recent changes are briefly outlined below, followed by the original article.
  1) Swimming federations were informed by World Aquatics earlier this month
  
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• How Would Top Age Group Swimmers Stack Up At NCAAs?

  19-04-2024 14:20 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Henry Lyon
  The Men’s 2024 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships just concluded, and I was wondering: How would incredibly talented age group swimmers like World Championship finalist Thomas Heilman or six-time World Championship qualifier Kayla Han do if they had swum at their respective NCAAs? To answer this question, I went through some of the top recruits in the classes of 2025 and 2026 and compared them with the most recent NCAA Division
  
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• Kaylee McKeown Lowers Own 50 Back All Comers Record To 27.07

  19-04-2024 12:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday, April 17th – Saturday, April 20th
  Prelims at 10am local (8pm previous night ET), Finals at 6pm local (4am ET)
  Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Queensland, Australia
  LCM (50m)
  Non-Olympic Qualifying Event
  Women’s Races to Watch/Men’s Races to Watch
  Meet Central
  Final Start List
  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Day 2 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
  Day 3 Prelims Recap | Day 3 Fina
  
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• 3 Reasons to Focus on Swimming “Downhill” in the Pool

  19-04-2024 12:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Olivier Poirier-Leroy on SwimSwam
  Mental cues are a great way to improve technique in the water. Here are three reasons to use “swim downhill” in the pool today.
  Swimmers spend a ton of time working on their technique, looking for little ways to increase efficiency and maximize speed.
  Whether it’s counting your strokes, tightening up your streamline, or throwing on a swim parachute to develop swim-specific strength, technique is top of mind for most swimmers when they hit th
  
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• 2024 Australian Open Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

  19-04-2024 09:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday, April 17th – Saturday, April 20th
  Prelims at 10am local (8pm previous night ET), Finals at 6pm local (4am ET)
  Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Queensland, Australia
  LCM (50m)
  Non-Olympic Qualifying Event
  Women’s Races to Watch/Men’s Races to Watch
  Meet Central
  Final Start List
  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Day 2 Prelims Recap|Day 2 Finals Live Recap
  Live Results (also available
  
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• UTRGV To Remain Affliated Member Of Western Athletic Conference For Women’s Swim And Dive

  19-04-2024 01:45 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  UTRGV moved from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) to the Southland Conference at the end of March but will remain an affiliate member for both men’s soccer and women’s swimming and diving.
  The program is set to swim its first season this fall led by head coach Betsey Graham. The hiring of Graham was originally announced on March 19th, less than a week before the move to the Southland Conference was announced on March 25th. At the time, it left the add
  
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• 2024 Australian Open Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

  19-04-2024 01:19 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  2024 AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPSWednesday, April 17th – Saturday, April 20th
  Prelims at 10am local (8pm previous night ET), Finals at 6pm local (4am ET)
  Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Queensland, Australia
  LCM (50m)
  Non-Olympic Qualifying Event
  Women’s Races to Watch/Men’s Races to Watch
  Meet Central
  Final Start List
  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
  Live Results (also a
  
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• Vic Riggs Resigns As WVU Head Coach After 17 Seasons

  18-04-2024 22:36 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Vic Riggs has resigned as the head coach of the West Virginia Swimming & Diving programs after 17 years.
  Riggs took over as WVU head coach in 2007 and has led the program to plenty of success during his tenure, including coaching 37 swimmers to the NCAA Championships and 15 to All-American status.
  “I want to thank Ed Pastilong and Terri Howes for hiring me 17 years ago and giving me the opportunity to be the head coach of WVU Swimming and Diving,”
  
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• Lawyer for Lars Jorgensen Blames Rape Allegations on ‘NCAA Woke Philosophy’

  18-04-2024 21:58 via swimswam.com
  
  By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
  A lawyer for former Kentucky head coach Lars Jorgensen called last week’s rape allegations “defamatory,” blaming the disturbing accusations on his support of Riley Gaines.
  Gaines has been protesting transgender inclusion in sports since tying Lia Thomas for 5th place in the 200-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA Championships.
  “This has nothing to do with anything he has done in his private life,” Jorgensen’s attorney, Greg Anderson,
  
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• University of Evansville Head Coach Stuart Wilson Steps Down

  18-04-2024 21:43 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Evansville Athletics
  EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Evansville Director of Athletics Dr. Kenneth “Ziggy” Siegfried has announced that Stuart Wilson has stepped down as head coach of the UE swimming and diving program to pursue other professional opportunities. A search for the new UE swimming and diving coach will begin immediately.
  “Coach Wilson has done a tremendous job with our swimming and diving program over the last five years,&rdqu
  
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• Australia Names 16 Swimmer Roster for 2024 Oceania Swimming Championships

  18-04-2024 21:33 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Swimming Australia has named a team of 16 swimmers to compete at next week’s Oceania Swimming Championships at the Gold Coast Aquatics Centre from April 21-24.
  The team will feature mostly age groupers who excelled at the recent Australian Age Group Championships held at the same pool with a smattering of veterans mixed in.
  Among the roster is 15-year-old Olympia Pope, whose selection is “just reward for her consistency,” Swimming Australia says
  
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• 2024 Chinese Nationals (Olympic Trials) Begin on Friday, April 19th

  18-04-2024 21:29 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSFriday, April 19th – Sunday, April 27th
  Shenzhen, China
  LCM (50m)
  Results via Asian MediaChina joins the Olympic Trials party with the 2024 National Swimming Championships kicking off tomorrow, April 19th from Shenzhen.
  Following the Paris 2024 Olympic schedule, prelims begin at 11:00am local with finals taking place at 8:30pm local.
  We look to the entries that feature key athletes to the tune of 100m free world record h
  
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• Ilya Borodin Climbs To #3 In World Rankings With 4:09.59 400 IM On Day 5 Of Russian Champs

  18-04-2024 21:20 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
  2024 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSApril 14-19, 2024
  Kazan, Russia
  LCM (50 meters)
  Meet Central
  Live Results
  Livestream
  Day 1 Recap
  Day 2 Recap
  Day 3 Recap
  Day 4 RecapThe penultimate day of the 2024 Russian Swimming Championships took place on Thursday, and finals of four individual events were on the schedule. Medals were awarded for the men’s 400 IM, men’s 50 butterfly, women’s 100 backstroke, and men’s 1500 freestyle with semifinals of the m
  
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• David Popovici Moves Up World Rankings With 1:45.10 200 Free At Romanian Nationals

  18-04-2024 20:52 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 ROMANIAN NATIONALSWednesday, April 17th – Sunday, April 21st
  Otopeni, Romania
  LCM (50m)
  Start List
  ResultsDay 2 of the 2024 Romanian Nationals saw former world record holder David Popovici dive in to contest the men’s 200m freestyle.
  After posting the top time of the morning in 1:47.41 as the sole swimmer of the field under 1:52, 19-year-old Popovici produced a final mark of 1:45.10 to grab the gold this evening.
  Popovici split 24.98/26.97(51.95)/2
  
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• Brendan Burns Reflects on Swimming Career, Repeating as NCAA Champion

  18-04-2024 20:51 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges, Garrett McCaffrey, and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.Brendan Burns is coming off of a career NCAA performance where he not only defend
  
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• Erik Posegay Named Associate Head Coach At Texas, Marking Bowman’s First Hire

  18-04-2024 20:43 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  The Bob Bowman era of the Texas swimming & diving program is underway, as the newly-announced men’s head coach has made his first hire, adding Erik Posegay to his staff.
  Posegay was announced as the new associate head coach of the Texas men’s team on Thursday, aligning the two coaches who previously worked together at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC) for four years.
  Most recently, Posegay served as USA Swimming’s National Junior Team D
  
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• Olympic Rewind: The Men’s 100 Fly, Seoul 1988

  18-04-2024 20:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Corey He
  We all know of the famous 100 butterfly showdown that took place at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing: the head-to-head matchup between Michael Phelps and Milorad Cavic that was decided by one one-hundredth of a second. A magical half-stroke — one that many initially thought cost Phelps a victory — capped off one of the most exhilarating come-from-behind victories that we’ve seen in recent memory, keeping Phelps’ q
  
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• Two-Time Montenegrin Paralympian Ilija Tadic Receives 2-Year Doping Ban

  18-04-2024 19:20 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Montenegrin para swimmer Ilija Tadic, who lives and trains in South Bend, Indiana, has accepted a two-year sanction from USADA for an anti-doping rules violation.
  Tadic, 25, tested positive for amphetamines during an in-competition test at the US Paralympics Swimming National Championships on December 16, 2023. He declared the use of the banned substance during testing.
  Amphetamine is a Non-Specified Substance in the class of stimulants and is prohibited in-competitio
  
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• NAIA William Carey Will Train At Hattiesburg (Main) Campus In Inaugural Season This Fall

  18-04-2024 19:15 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  After originally planning to be on the smaller Biloxi (Tradition) campus, William Carey will move the start of its program to the Hattiesburg (Main) campus.
  The move from the Biloxi to the Hattiesburg campus has numerous benefits. The Hattiesburg campus has a more enhanced infrastructure, more majors offered, and the ability to house international recruits. The two campuses are a 53-minute drive and 56.5 miles away from each other.
  The originally planned Biloxi campus
  
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