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• Evgeniia Chikunova Hits World-Leading 1:05.11 In 100 Breast On Day 4 Of Russian Championships

  17-04-2024 19:16 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 RecapThe fourth day of the 2024 Russian Swimming Championships is officially in the books. Finals of the women’s 100 breaststroke, men’s 50 backstroke, women’s 50 butterfly, men’s 200 breaststroke, men’s 50 freestyle, women’s 400 freestyle, and women’s 200 IM were contested in Ka
  
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• Daily Swim Coach Workout #954

  30-04-2024 15:40 via swimswam.com
  
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam
  SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily swimming workouts have been written using Commit Swimming. The workouts themselves are not indicative of SwimSwam’s or Commit’s views on training. They strictly reflect the opinions of the author swim coach.Workout ContextPurpose:  Capacity (Base) Building
  Target age group:  9-12 years old
  Target level:  Age G
  
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• How Do You See Yourself As An Educator?

  30-04-2024 12:34 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: John Holden
  When children attend lessons, the teacher can never be sure that swimming will be a meaningful and rich experience for each child. Therefore, is it the teacher’s role to teach skills or to educate them about what they are doing is important so that the experience becomes so rich it will have a lasting quality for a lifetime? The immediate response could be both. We educate them about what they are doing by teaching swimming skil
  
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• New in Commit: Bank Payments

  30-04-2024 12:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam
  Courtesy of Commit Swimming, a SwimSwam partner
  Commit Swimming has Team Management Software
  New Feature: Bank Payments
  What is bank payments in Commit?
  Commit’s new bank payment feature allows swim clubs to accept payments from their members through bank transfers. Previously, swim team members could only pay for their team fees with a card (credit or debit). This feature is live in the US, Canada, and Australia..
  Why did we build this feature?
  Many of our custo
  
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• UK water sports form alliance calling on government to tackle pollution

  30-04-2024 11:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Clean Water Alliance lays out three-part strategy for action‘Further and faster action on pollution’ needed, says groupSeven-water based sports, including British Rowing, British Triathlon and Swim England, have formed an alliance to demand the government go “further and faster” in tackling water pollution.It comes less than a month after the Boat Race was marred by Oxford men’s crew getting sick with E Coli because of high levels of sewage in the Thames, and amid m
  
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• UK water sports alliance calls on government to end ‘death-knell’ pollution

  30-04-2024 11:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Clean Water Alliance lays out three-part strategy for action‘Further and faster action on pollution’ needed, says groupSeven water-based sports, including British Rowing, British Triathlon and Swim England, have formed an alliance to demand the government go “further and faster” in tackling water pollution.It comes less than a month after the Boat Race was marred by Oxford men’s crew getting sick with E Coli amid high levels of sewage in the Thames, and with concern
  
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• European Juniors Finalist Inbar Danziger of Israel Commits to Michigan

  30-04-2024 04:17 via swimswam.com
  
  By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
  Fitter and Faster Swim Camps is the proud sponsor of SwimSwam’s College Recruiting Channel and all commitment news. For many, swimming in college is a lifelong dream that is pursued with dedication and determination. Fitter and Faster is proud to honor these athletes and those who supported them on their journey.
  Israeli backstroke specialist Inbar Danziger is headed to the University of Michigan this fall as part of an eight-man recruiting class — half o
  
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• World Champion, NCAA Runner-Up Hubert Kos Announces Transfer To Texas

  30-04-2024 04:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  World Champion Hubert Kos has announced he will transfer from Arizona State to Texas in the wake of head coach Bob Bowman moving from the Sun Devils to the Longhorns.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Hubert Kós (@hubi.kos)Kos just finished up his sophomore season with Arizona State and scored 48 individual points at the 2024 NCAA Championships. Kos was 2nd in the 200 back, 3rd in the 200 IM, and 4th in the 100 back. Kos also helped the team to an NCAA
  
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• 14 Schools That Scored at Last Year’s State Meets Face Realignment in Texas HS Swimming

  30-04-2024 02:58 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Texas High School RealignmentsClass 6A realignments
  Class 5A realignments
  Class 4A realignments
  Old Classification ranking
  New Classification rankingThe University Interscholastic League (UIL), which governs most public high school sports in the state of Texas, has announced realignment for the 2024-2025 academic year, and 13 (+1) schools that scored at 2024 State Championship meets will be on the move.
  In Texas, high schools are generally organized into classificatio
  
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• Tokyo Paralympic Gold Medalist Mikaela Jenkins Retires From Para Swimming at Age 21

  29-04-2024 23:05 via swimswam.com
  
  By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
  Two-time U.S. Paralympic swimming champion Mikaela Jenkins is stepping away from the international racing scene at 21 years old, making her announcement just a few months before the Paris 2024 Paralympics are set to kick off in August.
  Jenkins said she’ll finish out her competitive swimming career as a senior at Division III Grove City College (Penn.) next season, but she made the decision to skip the Paris 2024 Paralympics because she cannot dedicate herself c
  
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• Daily Swim Coach Workout #961

  29-04-2024 22:38 via swimswam.com
  
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam
  SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily swimming workouts have been written using Commit Swimming. The workouts themselves are not indicative of SwimSwam’s or Commit’s views on training. They strictly reflect the opinions of the author swim coach.Workout ContextPurpose:  In-Season Recovery
  Target age group:  15-18 years old, 13-14 years old
  Target level:
  
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• Kentucky Welcomes Athletes from Lindenwood, Towson, Arkansas Through Transfer Portal

  29-04-2024 21:38 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  The University of Kentucky has been one of the biggest destinations of athletes in the transfer portal as Ally Frame from Towson, Piotr Kowalczyk from Lindenwood, and Madison Hartley from Arkansas.
  Frame spent her freshman and sophomore season with Towson and won three individual Colonial Athletic Association titles the last two years. As a freshman, Frame won the 100 back in a 53.19 and was 3rd in the 200 back in a 1:57.62. This past season, she defended her 100 back
  
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• NCAA Relay All-American Ella Ristic Transferring to USC For Fifth Year

  29-04-2024 21:17 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  2024 NCAA All-American in both the 400 and 800 free relays Ella Ristic has announced her transfer from Indiana to USC to use her COVID-19 fifth year of eligibility.View this post on InstagramA post shared by ELLA RISTIC (@ellaristic)As a freshman, Ristic earned an individual NCAA invite as she went on to finish 22nd in the 500 free (4:44.91) and 30th in the 200 free (1:46.72). She returned to NCAAs as a sophomore with an individual invite once again. She finished 41st
  
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• Indiana Returns Tomer Frankel, Jassen Yep, and Gavin Wight For 5th Years

  29-04-2024 20:50 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Indiana returns three fifth-year men for the 2024-2025 season as Tomer Frankel, Jassen Yep, and Gavin Wight will all use their COVID-19 fifth year.
  Frankel was the fourth-highest scorer at the 2024 NCAA Championships as he finished 2nd in the 100 butterfly and was 4th in the 200 butterfly scoring a total of 32 individual points. Frankel also swam on all five relays for the Hoosiers.
  In 2023, Frankel also an ‘A’ finalist in both events as he was 3rd in the
  
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• Hannah Burandt Resigns from Cleveland State Head Coach Position After 5 Seasons

  29-04-2024 20:41 via swimswam.com
  
  By Spencer Penland on SwimSwam
  Cleveland State swimming and diving head coach Hannah Burandt has resigned from her position after 5 seasons. Her resignation comes after winning Horizon League Men’s Co-Coach of the Year honors at the Horizon League Championships in February. The Vikings men’s team came in 3rd at the HL Championships, while the women’s team took 5th.
  During her tenure at Cleveland State, the Vikings earned well over a dozen Horizon League event titles, including
  
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• Flynn Southam On Chinese Doping Scandal: “I Guess It Is Fuel To The Fire”

  29-04-2024 20:20 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Australian freestyler Flynn Southam is the latest elite swimmer to comment on the Chinese doping scandal that sent shockwaves around the sport earlier this month.
  Southam, 18, said the case will add motivation to the Australian contingent at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but they also won’t get caught up in putting too much focus on something that’s entirely out of their control.
  “Yeah, there were a few things going around, mainly just athletes t
  
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• Pac-12 Announces 2024 Winter Academic Honor Roll Recipients

  29-04-2024 19:36 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Pac-12
  A total of 840 student-athletes are being recognized for their work in the classroom and have been named to the Pac-12 Conference’s 2024 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
  Any student-athlete on their respective team roster with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.3-or-above, and who has served at least one year in residence at the institution, is eligible for the distinction.
  The 2024 Winter Academic Honor Roll includes 430 student-athletes who particip
  
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• 11-Time Paralympic Champion Sophie Pascoe Withdraws From Paris 2024 After Birth of First Child

  29-04-2024 19:02 via swimswam.com
  
  By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
  New Zealand’s most decorated Paralympian, Sophie Pascoe, has pulled out of the Paris 2024 Paralympics following the birth of her first child earlier this month.
  Pascoe is an 11-time Paralympic gold medalist and the defending champion in the 100 freestyle S9 and 200 IM SM9 from Tokyo in 2021. The four-time Paralympian made her debut as a 15-year-old at the Beijing 2008 edition, bringing home gold medals in the 200 IM SM10, 100 backstroke S10, and 100 breaststrok
  
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• Daily Swim Coach Workout #934

  29-04-2024 19:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Dan Dingman on SwimSwam
  SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily swimming workouts have been written using Commit Swimming. The workouts themselves are not indicative of SwimSwam’s or Commit’s views on training. They strictly reflect the opinions of the author swim coach.
  Workout ContextPurpose:  Technique Work
  Target age group:  9-12 years old
  Target level:  Age Group (Int
  
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• Jaclyn Barclay Headlines Australian Roster For 2024 Junior Pan Pacs In Canberra

  29-04-2024 18:35 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  World Junior champion Jaclyn Barclay highlights a 40-swimmer roster for the Australian contingent at the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, which will be held in the Aussie capital of Canberra from August 21-24.
  The competition marks the first time it will be hosted by Australia, as its previously only ever taken place in Hawaii, Guam or Fiji.
  Barclay is one of six swimmers on the roster who won a medal at the 2023 World Junior Swimming Championships in Netany
  
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• Gretchen Walsh Wins 2024 Honda Sport Award as Best Collegiate Swimmer

  29-04-2024 18:32 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  A press release from the University of Virignia contributed to this report.
  University of Virginia junior Gretchen Walsh has been named the Honda Sport Award winner for swimming & diving by The Collegiate Women Sports Awards. This makes the third-straight year in which a Virginia swimmer has won the award after Kate Douglass won each of the last two.
  The Honda Sport Award has been presented annually by the CWSA for the past 48 years to the top women athl
  
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• Paris 2024 Olympic Flame Sets Sail for France From Greece

  29-04-2024 18:18 via swimswam.com
  
  By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
  With less than three months remaining until the Summer Games, the Paris 2024 Olympic flame set sail from Athens on Saturday en route to the southern French city of Marseille.
  The flame was lit in ancient Olympia two weeks ago, with Paris Olympic organizers receiving the flame on Friday following an 11-day Greek relay leg. French Paralympic swimming champion Beatrice Hess participated in the handover ceremony at Athens’ Panathenaic Stadium, which hosted the firs
  
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• Wells College in NY Closing, Costing the State Another NCAA Swimming Program

  29-04-2024 17:20 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Wells College in the Finger Lakes region of New York has announced that it will close its doors for good this summer, eliminating its NCAA Division III men’s and women’s swimming programs.
  The school says that it does not have the financial resources to continue operating, a problem that it says “exacerbated by a global pandemic, a shrinking pool of undergraduate students nationwide, inflationary pressures, and an overall negative sentiment towards h
  
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• 5 Big Takeaways From The 2024 Chinese National Championships

  29-04-2024 16:42 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 CHINESE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPSFriday, April 19th – Saturday, April 27th
  Shenzhen, China
  LCM (50m)
  SwimSwam Preview
  Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap/Day 6 Recap/Day 7 Recap/Day 8 Recap/Day 9 Recap
  ResultsThe 9-day Chinese National Swimming Championships brought about significant swims on both men’s and women’s sides as the athletes vied for spots on the Paris 2024 roster.
  We’re still awaiting the official r
  
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• Palo Alto Boys & Girls Defend SCVAL De Anza Division Titles

  29-04-2024 15:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  2024 SCVAL De Anza Division Championship MeetApril 24-27, 2024
  Saratoga High School – Saratoga, California
  SCY (25 yards)
  Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 SCVAL De Anza Division Championship Meet”Palo High School successfully defended its Santa Clara Athletic League (SCVAL) De Anza Division titles on Friday in Saratoga, as the girls’ team dominated the competition and the men’s team edged out a victory over Gunn High School.
  The swimmers
  
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• Watch Two Swimmers Wind Up In The Same Lane During Polish Women’s 200 IM Final

  29-04-2024 15:13 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  2024 POLISH CHAMPIONSHIPSThursday, April 25th – Sunday, April 28th
  Lublin, Poland
  LCM (50m)
  Recap #1/Recap #2/Recap #3
  Live Results
  Livestream
  The 2024 Polish Championships concluded last night from Lublin, representing a qualification opportunity for this summer’s Olympic Games and European Championships.
  You can review the top swims from the 4-day competition via our recaps linked above.
  However, one swim that flew under the radar occurred in the women&rsq
  
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• Do You Love Swimming? See 775 Swim Jobs You Might Love

  29-04-2024 12:43 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  Looking for a job in swimming! Go here to see 775 Swim Jobs.
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  Jersey Wahoos is a community based non profit with over 50 years experience in the swimming world. We teach hundreds of children to swim annually and operate a leading competitive swim program out of our own 6 lane 25 yard facility, with a separate lessons pool and dryland facility.
  AQUATIC DIRECTOR
  Waynesboro Area YMCA is looking to fill a leadership vacancy in our organization. This posit
  
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• UCLA Wins MPSF Women’s Water Polo Championship

  29-04-2024 08:11 via swimswam.com
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: UCLA Athletics
  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — No. 1 UCLA (23-0, 6-0 MPSF) won its 12th MPSF Championship in program history, and its first since 2017, with a 13-10 win over No. 3 California (17-6) on Sunday afternoon at Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center. With the win, UCLA improved to 64-14 all-time against the Golden Bears.
  UCLA had eight different players score in the contest, which was double what the Bruins had last time out against the Golden Bear
  
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• Mia Bugarin Blasts 4:52.68 500 Free, Fastest Time Among Calif. High Schoolers This Season

  29-04-2024 05:22 via swimswam.com
  
  By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
  2024 Rio Hondo League FinalsApril 22-24, 2024
  La Canada, California
  SCY (25 yards)
  Results on MeetMobile: “2024 CA OB Rio Hondo League Champs”Team Scores
  BoysLa Canada – 482
  San Marino – 454
  Temple City – 385
  South Pasadena – 273
  Monrovia – 84GirlsSouth Pasadena – 490
  La Canada – 393
  Temple City – 352
  San Marino – 251
  Monrovia – 129La Canada sophomore Mia Bugarin continued her impressive progress
  
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• University of Pennsylvania Pool To Close in July For Renovations

  29-04-2024 04:20 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam
  Next season, the Penn swim team will be relocated to alternative practice sites as their home facility, Sheerr Pool, is set to close in July for renovations that will take the entire 2024-25 academic year to complete.
  The plan to renovate was announced in July 2023. This month, Penn provided an update on the project, including the plan to close the pool on July 1, 2024.
  The plans for the renovation are still being finalized but will include a new bulkhead, diving bo
  
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