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• Claire Weinstein Headlines U.S. Roster For 2024 Open Water World Junior Championships

  22-05-2024 22:59 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  2024 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming Junior ChampionshipsSeptember 6-8, 2024
  Alghero, Italy
  Open Water
  Meet CentralUSA Swimming announced a roster of 12 swimmers to wear the Stars and Stripes at the 2024 Open Water World Junior Championships on Wednesday, with the event scheduled for September in Italy.
  Highlighting the roster is Claire Weinstein, the 2022 World Junior champion in the girls’ 5km who is set to race the 7.5km at this year’s editi
  
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• Scottish Olympic Champion David Wilkie Dies at 70

  22-05-2024 22:34 via swimswam.com
  
  By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
  David Wilkie MBE, a Scottish swimmer and British Olympic champion, died Wednesday morning at the age of 70 after battling cancer.
  One of Britain’s most successful international swimmers, in 1976 Wilkie became the first British man to win Olympic gold in the pool in 68 years.
  Wilkie won gold in the 200 breaststroke at the Montreal Olympic Games, breaking the world record at the time by over three seconds. He also took home a silver medal in the 100 breaststrok
  
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• Drowning Rate Among Kids Sees Resurgence Following Years of Decline

  22-05-2024 22:18 via swimswam.com
  
  By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
  The drowning rate of young children has increased significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  The number of deaths among kids aged one to four had been declining for decades, but with the pandemic shutting down pools and halting swim lessons, rates have begun to rise again.
  Drowning rates among children between the ages of one and four were around 28% higher in 2021 and
  
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• World Aquatics Confirms That Relay-Only Swimmers Don’t Get Bonus Events at the Olympics

  22-05-2024 21:55 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  World Aquatics has provided SwimSwam with clarity regarding the eligibility of swimmers selected as relay-only athletes to race in additional events at the Olympic Games.
  In short: relay-only swimmers are invited as just that, swimmers for relays.
  The questions became pertinent over the last two weeks with two big pieces of news. One is a World Aquatics letter to member federations foretelling limited spots for Olympic Consideration Time (colloquially “B”
  
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• Conor Ferguson Stakes Claim On 100 Back On Day 1 Of Irish Olympic Trials

  22-05-2024 21:40 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 IRISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPIC TRIALSWednesday, May 22nd – Sunday, May 26th
  Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre, Dublin, Ireland
  LCM (50m)
  Olympic Qualification Policy
  SwimSwam Preview
  Results (when available)The 2024 Irish Open Championships started today from Dublin with the nation’s best swimmers vying for slots on the Olympic roster for this summer’s Games in Paris, France.
  A handful of athletes have already qualified, courtesy of pe
  
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• The 2024 Olympic Preview Magazine With The Walsh Sisters Cover Is Ready To Ship

  22-05-2024 21:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwam
  GET THE 2024 OLYMPIC PREVIEW ISSUE HERE
  At 196 pages SwimSwam’s Olympic Preview magazine is big and heavy, the biggest magazine in the world covering competitive swimming. And this GOLD COVER issue is the one you will want to keep for years. Get ready for Olympic Trials and Olympic Games action, because this issue covers both in detail.  We breakdown the races event by event, provide detailed schedules, global television start times by major city,
  
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• Swimming Victoria & Korean Swimming Federation Join Information-Sharing Partnership

  22-05-2024 20:54 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  Swimming Victoria and the Korean Swimming Federation (KSF) have recently partnered together in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
  According to Swimming Victoria, the agreement signed by the organization’s President Michelle Harris and KSF Secretary General Kim Seunghoon ‘recognizes the already strong connection between the two bodies and formalizes their commitment to support joint activities in the areas of coaching, swimmer development, and compet
  
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• Danielle Hill Fires Off Irish 59.11 100 Back Record, Qualifies For Paris 2024

  22-05-2024 20:39 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 IRISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPIC TRIALSWednesday, May 22nd – Sunday, May 26th
  Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre, Dublin, Ireland
  LCM (50m)
  Olympic Qualification Policy
  SwimSwam Preview
  Results (when available)The 2024 Irish Open Championships kicked off today from Dublin with swimmers vying for slots on the nation’s roster for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, France.
  25-year-old Danielle Hill wasted no time putting her prowess on di
  
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• Overland Park-Blue Valley North Claims Kansas Girl’s 6A State Title for First Time Since 2006

  22-05-2024 19:20 via swimswam.com
  
  By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam
  KSHSAA Girls 6A State ChampionshipsMay 16-18, 2024
  Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center
  Lenexa, KS
  Short Course Yards (25 yards) format
  Meet Central
  Full Schedule
  6A Full ResultsFor the first time in 18 years, the girls from Overland Park-Blue Valley North claimed the Kansas 6A swimming and diving state title. In 2006, the girls from Overland Park-Blue Valley North were the defending champions, having also won the state title 2005. In each instance, 2005 and
  
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• Kinney Natatorium to Continue As Host of PIAA Swimming & Diving Championships Through 2028

  22-05-2024 18:07 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Bucknell Athletics
  LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has announced that Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium has been approved to remain the site of the PIAA Boys’ and Girls’ Swimming and Diving Championships through 2028.
  Located within the Kenneth Langone Athletics and Recreation Center, Kinney Natatorium opened in October of 2002 and has served as the home of Pennsylvania’s high
  
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• David Wilkie, swimming gold medallist for Great Britain in 1976, dies aged 70

  22-05-2024 17:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Wilkie won 200m breaststroke gold in Montreal in 1976He also won two Olympic silver medals and three world titlesThe British Olympic swimming champion, David Wilkie, has died at the age of 70. His family announced that the Scottish great Wilkie, who won 200m breaststroke gold for Great Britain in Montreal in 1976, died peacefully on Wednesday morning after suffering from cancer.Wilkie’s family said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that the family of David Wilkie MBE announce
  
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• Olympic champion swimmer Wilkie dies aged 70

  22-05-2024 17:18 via bbc.com
  
  British Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie dies at the age of 70.
  
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• Big 12, ACC Reportedly Approve Settlement In House v. NCAA Case

  22-05-2024 16:42 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  ACC and Big 12 leaders voted to approve proposals for a settlement in the House v. NCAA class-action lawsuit, multiple sources reported Tuesday.
  The Big 12 President and chancellors were the first to vote on the terms on Tuesday before ACC leadership followed later in the day, marking a big step toward finalizing a settlement expected to reshape the college sports business model. The remaining Power conferences and the NCAA Board of Governors are expected to vote
  
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• Tufts Alumna Katelin Isakoff Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

  22-05-2024 15:05 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Tufts Athletics
  MEDFORD (May 22, 2024) – Katelin Isakoff, a graduate of the Tufts University Class of 2022-23 and a national champion swimmer for the Jumbos, has been selected as a recipient of a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. She is one of just 21 female student-athletes nationally who competed at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels to receive the award for winter sports.
  The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee awarded Isakoff a $10,000 schola
  
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• One One-Hundredth of a Second

  22-05-2024 15:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Contributors on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Corey He
  Out-touching someone in a race is perhaps one of the best feelings you can have as a competitive swimmer. Moreover, if one one-hundredth of a second is the margin of victory that determines the winner — and, in particular, a championship final — the moment becomes so much more special. In fact, this has happened quite a few times on swimming’s largest stage.
  Obviously, we’ll never forget Michael Phelps’ magical
  
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• How Fast Will Carson Foster Swim At U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials?

  22-05-2024 13:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwam
  Carson Foster  time trialed a 4:10.79 400 IM at last weekend’s Longhorn Elite Invite to avoid a 200 free/400IM double. That allowed him to get a full-strength time in both races.
  Carson said at the meet that his Olympic Trials schedule was not set, that he was using the invite to make that determination. Foster indicated that he might be considering a focus on the 200 free at 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.
  Foster  split 1:43.94  on the 2024 D
  
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