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• Phelps Se Bhi Fast – 17-Year-Old Hwang Sun Woo Ne Banaya Record

  22-11-2020 23:18 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sanuj Srivastava on SwimSwam
  2020 KOREAN NATIONAL TEAM TRIALS
  17-year-old Hwang Sun Woo ne 2020 Korean National Team Trials mei sabhi ko impress kiya hua hai, jisme unhone men’s 100m free mei record banaya.
  Lifetime best 48.25 ki timing ke saath Hwang ne Olympic medalist aur nation ke most successful swimmer, Park Tae Hwan ke 2014 mei banaye gaye record ko break kar diya.
  However, ab aap apni seat belts baandh lijiye kyu ki ab aap janenge ki is teen ne ab 200m free national record ko no
  
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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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• Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 16 Schools For 2020-2024

  18-04-2024 17:22 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  Every summer, we rank down the top recruiting classes snagged by each team. But what do those rankings look like four years later, when each swimmer has had an opportunity to complete a full NCAA career of competing and scoring?
  We’ve already looked back at our top 20 individual athletes in the high school graduating class of 2020, re-ranked when they were high school seniors in the summer of 2020. Now it’s time to look back at our team-by-team recruit
  
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• Kaylee McKeown won’t go for Olympic 400m individual medley gold despite new record

  18-04-2024 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  McKeown breaks Stephanie Rice mark for second day runningShayna Jack and Meg Harris dead heat in 50m freestyle Backstroke star Kaylee McKeown has declared her foray into the women’s 400m individual medley as “one and done” despite breaking a Stephanie Rice record for the second consecutive night.McKeown bettered Rice’s Australian record in the women’s 200m individual medley on Wednesday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Joshua Yong Hacks 3 Seconds Off 200 Breast PB To Become #5 Aussie Performer All-Time

  18-04-2024 16:18 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
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  Day 1 Prelims Live Recap | Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Day 2 Prelims Recap|Day 2 Finals Recap
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• NCAA Approves New Unlimited Transfer Rule Allowing Immediate Eligibility

  18-04-2024 15:58 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  A new transfer rule in the NCAA will allow undergraduate student-athletes to compete immediately for their new school if they meet specific academic requirements, regardless of how many times they’ve changed schools previously.
  The NCAA Division I Council unanimously approved the legislation on Wednesday, though the decision won’t be final until the end of meetings on Thursday and the rule still needs to be ratified by the D1 Board of Directors on Mond
  
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• World Championships Medalist Elizabeth Dekkers Logs 2:05.20 200 Fly All Comers Record

  18-04-2024 15:39 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 Recap
  Live Results (also available via M
  
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• Do You Love Swimming? See 762 Swim Jobs You Might Love

  18-04-2024 14:55 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  Looking for a job in swimming! Go here to see 762 Swim Jobs.
  MULTIPLE COACH POSITIONS AT PSL IN PACIFICA, CA
  PSL is seeking qualified, enthusiastic people to work with one or more of our many practice groups
  GRADUATE ASSISTANT MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE
  The University of La Verne is excited to announce an open position Graduate Assistant Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving.  The position offers a masters level
  
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• Mollie O’Callaghan Rips 58.09 100 Back Lifetime Best At Aussie Open Championships

  18-04-2024 13:07 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
  Live Results (also available via Meet Mobile: “
  
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• McKeown Busts Out 4:28.22 400 IM Aussie Record To Overtake Rice’s Beijing Mark

  18-04-2024 11:05 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
  Live Results (also available via Meet Mobile: “
  
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• 2024 Australian Open Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

  18-04-2024 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 Finals Recap
  Live Results (also available via Meet Mobile: “2024 Australian Open Championships”)
  Australian Channel
  
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• Australian swimmers face up to brutal reality in toughest ever Olympic qualifying bid | Nicole Jeffery

  18-04-2024 05:40 via theguardian.com
  
  There are six women who have won Olympic or world titles or world championship medals vying for just two coveted spots in the 100m freestyle team for ParisCoach Michael Bohl is delivering a stark message to Australia’s most decorated Olympian, Emma McKeon, as June’s Paris Olympic trials approach. Such is the unprecedented strength and depth of the women’s 100m freestyle in Australia that unless McKeon is at her absolute best, she may not qualify to defend her Olympic 100m frees
  
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• 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Finalist Jordan Tiffany Of BYU Enters Transfer Portal For 2025-2026

  18-04-2024 02:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  2024 NCAA Championship ‘B’ finalist in both the 100 fly and 200 IM Jordan Tiffany of BYU has entered the transfer portal looking into graduate options for the 2025-2026 school year.
  Tiffany began his undergraduate career at Tennessee during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 year. After his freshman year, he returned home to Utah and worked a landscaping job while doing out-of-the-water workouts.
  In November 2022, he made the proposition to longtime BYU head coach Sha
  
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• Kaylee McKeown smashes Australian record to send warning to Olympic rivals

  18-04-2024 01:29 via theguardian.com
  
  McKeown breaks mark set by Stephanie Rice in 2009Mollie O’Callaghan beats world-class field to win 100mKaylee McKeown sent a strong message to international rivals about her Paris intentions in the 200m individual medley at the Australian swimming championships.After skipping the event in Tokyo, McKeown smashed Stephanie Rice’s long-standing Australian recordon the Gold Coast. The 200m backstroke world record-holder touched the wall in 2:06.99 to best Rice’s mark of 2:07.03, se
  
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• 2024 Australian Open Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

  18-04-2024 01:27 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
  Live Results (also available via Meet Mobile: “2024 Australian Open Championships”)
  Australian Channel 9 Livestream 
  
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• Jack Alexy Posts 48.36 in 100 FR at Terrapins Senior Open, Remains #4 in US for 2024

  18-04-2024 01:12 via swimswam.com
  
  By Nick Pecoraro on SwimSwam
  2024 Terrapins LC Senior OpenApril 13-14, 2024
  Concord, CA
  LCM (50m)
  Timed Finals
  Meet Packet
  Full Meet ResultsMM: “Terrapins LC Senior Open Meet”Over the weekend at the Terrapins LC Senior Open in Concord, CA, some familiar Cal Bear faces made appearances among the highlight performers of the meet.
  Cal junior Jack Alexy, coming off aiding the Bears to a 2024 NCAA team runner-up title, was seen swimming a 100 free split for time during the men’s 400
  
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• Fordham Expected To Announce Olympic Medalist Tom Wilkens As Permanent Head Coach

  18-04-2024 01:10 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  After spending a majority of the 2023-2024 season as interim head coach, Fordham University is expected to announce the permanent hiring of Tom Wilkens as head coach for the program.
  Wilkens was hired at the beginning of October, about over a month already into the 2023-2024 season, after longtime head coach Steve Potsklan departed the team abruptly last August. The team ran captains’ practices at the beginning of the season before Wilkens stepped in as a volunt
  
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• Fordham Expected To Announce Olympic Medalist Tim Wilkens As Permanent Head Coach

  18-04-2024 01:10 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  After spending a majority of the 2023-2024 season as interim head coach, Fordham University is expected to announce the permanent hiring of Tim Wilkens as head coach for the program.
  Wilkens was hired at the beginning of October, about over a month already into the 2023-2024 season, after longtime head coach Steve Potsklan departed the team abruptly last August. The team ran captains’ practices at the beginning of the season before Wilkens stepped in as a volunt
  
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• Thomas Ceccon, Chad le Clos, Tes Schouten Highlight Initial Names For 2024 Mare Nostrum Monaco

  18-04-2024 00:25 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Initial attendee lists for the 30th anniversary of Mare Nostrum are out and include names such as South Africa’s Chad le Clos, Italy’s Thomas Ceccon, and Tes Schouten of the Netherlands.
  The meet will take place in Monaco at the Prince Albert II pool. It is the final stop of a three-stop series. The first stop is scheduled for Canet in France on May 25-26. The second stop is in Barcelona, Spain on May 29-30. The final stop in Monaco is scheduled from June
  
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