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• Tutti Tornano Dove Sono Stati Bene. Come Affrontare Il Ritorno In Acqua

  05-06-2020 15:26 via swimswam.com
  
  By Giusy Cisale on SwimSwam
  “tutti tornano dove sono stati bene” 
  Da quanto tempo non vedevate quella striscia che finisce con una T?
  Quanto è stato emozionante il primo tuffo?
  Non so voi, ma io ho pianto. Di gioia, di liberazione (e poi di dolore).
  Mentre ho le gambe doloranti ed il fiato corto vi dico una cosa che forse già saprete: prima o poi torneremo a “far pace” con l’acqua.
  Il cammino è lungo. Qualcuno ci metterà poco, qualcu
  
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• Washington State Joining The Mountain West Conference For Women’s Swimming

  16-04-2024 20:21 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  With much of the Pac-12 moving elsewhere, the Washington State women’s swimming team has found a home in the Mountain West Conference for the next two years, beginning in the upcoming 2024-2025 season.
  Back in December, Washington State and Oregon State, the final two members of the Pac-12, joined the West Coast Conference (WCC) for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 seasons as affiliate members in all sports except football, swimming, and baseball. It had already been
  
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• Andrei Minakov Throws Down 50.86 In 100 Butterfly On Day 3 of Russian Championships

  16-04-2024 19:31 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 RecapThe 2024 Russian Swimming Championships continued in Kazan on Tuesday, and the third day of racing was action-packed. Finals of the men’s 100 butterfly, women’s 100 freestyle, women’s 200 backstroke, and men’s 800 freestyle were on the schedule of events along with semifinals of the women’s 50 butt
  
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• Andrei Minakov Throwns Down 50.86 In 100 Butterfly On Day 3 of Russian Championships

  16-04-2024 19:31 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 RecapThe 2024 Russian Swimming Championships continued in Kazan on Tuesday, and the third day of racing was action-packed. Finals of the men’s 100 butterfly, women’s 100 freestyle, women’s 200 backstroke, and men’s 800 freestyle were on the schedule of events along with semifinals of the women’s 50 butt
  
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• Notre Dame Surpasses Last Year’s Historic Finish With Program High 10th Place Finish At NCAAs

  16-04-2024 18:57 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  The Notre Dame men finished a program-high 10th place at the 2024 NCAA Championships last month in Indianapolis under second-year head coach Chris Lindauer who arrived during the 2022 offseason from Louisville.Lindauer has coached the team to historic finishes in the last two seasons as in 2023 the team finished 18th, what had stood as the previous program high. Last year, the program scored 62 points for 18th while this season the team scored 132 points en route to a
  
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• ‘We work just as hard’: Team GB swimmers want Olympic prize money

  16-04-2024 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Tom Dean joins calls for swimming to follow lead of athleticsRichards says reward would ‘make a lot of athletes a lot happier’Britain’s double Tokyo 2020 champion Tom Dean has joined a chorus of calls for prize money to be paid at the Olympic Games after track and field athletes were offered $50,000 if they win gold in Paris.Dean, who became the first British swimmer to win two golds at the same Games in 113 years in Tokyo, said that people were shocked that he earned nothing f
  
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• Maggie MacNeil on Goal Setting and Reframing the Sport after Olympic Gold

  16-04-2024 18:08 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  “You definitely won’t see the last of me after Paris, that’s for sure.”
  In an interview with Canadian national broadcaster CBC, star swimmer Maggie MacNeil talked about her goals and her timeline for leaving the sport.
  MacNeil, 24, is part of a wave of young swimmers (along with names like Kate Douglass and Jake Foster) who have discussed leaving the sport in their primes to pursue other interests. In February of this year, she said that the Pa
  
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• Top 5 Men’s Races To Watch At 2024 Australian Open Championships

  16-04-2024 17:47 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
  Meet Central
  Final Start List
  Live Results
  LivestreamThe 2024 Australian Swimming Championships are nearly upon us with most of the nation’s biggest stars heading to the Gold Coast for high-octane action.
  Although the 4
  
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• Carson Foster Sees Adjustments from Doha Pay Off in San Antonio

  16-04-2024 17:23 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2024 TYR PRO SWIM SERIES – SAN ANTONIOApril 10-13, 2024
  Northside Swim Center, San Antonio, TX
  LCM (50m)
  Start TimesWednesday Distance: 5pm (Central Time)
  All Prelims: 9am (Central Time)
  Thurs-Sat Finals: 6pm (Central Time)
  Meet Central
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Livestream (also available on the USA Swimming Network app)
  Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
  Day 3 Prelims Live Recap | Day 3 Finals L
  
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• Peaty, Scott & Colbert Head Up 33-Strong British Roster For Paris 2024

  16-04-2024 16:03 via swimswam.com
  
  By Retta Race on SwimSwam
  Aquatics GB has revealed its 33-strong pool and marathon swimming team set to represent the nation this summer in Paris, France.
  8 Olympic champions are among the elite roster, including Adam Peaty, Anna Hopkin, Tom Dean, Matt Richards, Kathleen Dawson and Duncan Scott.
  There are 10 debutants set to compete at the Olympic level for the first time, including world champion Freya Colbert and newly-minted British 100m backstroke record holder Oliver Mor
  
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• Waxing or Shaving. Which is Better for Swimmers?

  16-04-2024 16:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam
  Courtesy of James Fike, Founder and CEO of Fike Swim.
  Swimmers shave before big meets not just to remove hair but also to remove the top layer of skin. This makes us “feel” the water better and it’s an amazing feeling, almost superhuman. But what if an even better feeling exists? Earlier this year my wife finally convinced me to try waxing. She would always tell me it’s better than shaving, but I think that’s because she was t
  
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• Caitlin Clark Will Play Games Just 13 Minutes Away From Olympic Trials. What Could That Mean?

  16-04-2024 15:30 via swimswam.com
  
  By Yanyan Li on SwimSwam
  Note: Opinions in this article don’t reflect the views of SwimSwam as a whole.
  From expensive ticket prices to lofty viewership goals, there’s been a lot of conversation surrounding the marketability of the upcoming 2024 U.S. Olympic swimming trials, which will be an unprecedented one. After the trials were held at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska in 2008, 2012 and 2016, trials will be returning to Indianapolis, Indiana for the first time since 2000.
  
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• Montevallo’s Inaugural Head Coach Aaron Mahaney Resigns

  16-04-2024 15:19 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: Montevallo Athletics
  MONTEVALLO, Ala. – University of Montevallo Men’s and Women’s Swimming Head Coach Aaron Mahaney has resigned.
  Mahaney was named the program’s inaugural head coach in July of 2018 and has led the Falcons through their first five seasons.
  “We are grateful to Coach Mahaney for laying the foundation for this program,” said Vice President for Athletics and Special Programs Mark Richard.  &ld
  
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• Lake Superior State Names Erik Richardson Team’s First Swim & Dive Head Coach

  16-04-2024 14:23 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam on SwimSwam
  Courtesy: LSSU Athletics
  SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Erik Richardson has been named as the first head coach for the Lake Superior State University (LSSU) men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs, as announced by LSSU Director of Athletics Tory Lindley on Monday.
  “Erik is an outstanding addition to our athletics department,” said LSSU Director of Athletics Tory Lindley. “His head coaching experience, energy, and vision for build
  
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• UK culture secretary urges ban on transgender athletes competing in female-only events

  16-04-2024 12:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Lucy Fraser calls on sporting officials to draw up ‘unambiguous’ guidelines on gender identityThe culture secretary has called for transgender athletes to be banned from competing in female-only events as she urged sporting officials to draw up fresh guidelines to clarify the rules governing gender identity.Lucy Frazer wrote in the Mail that sports governing bodies needed to set out an “unambiguous position” on the issue, amid rows over trans athletes participating in fem
  
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• British Swim School Expands With New Location In Kentucky

  16-04-2024 11:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By SwimSwam Partner Content on SwimSwam
  Courtesy of British Swim School, a SwimSwam partner.
  LEXINGTON, KY – (April 16, 2024) – British Swim School, the nation’s leading “learn to swim” franchise, proudly announces the opening of its first location in Kentucky, British Swim School of North Lexington.
  Owner Chris Brown worked in manufacturing for 20 years, but he was eager to find something that had additional meaning surrounding it. “This was especially true a
  
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• San Diego Adds Nevada HS State Champion Olivia Anfinson For 2024-25

  16-04-2024 02:53 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sidney Zacharias 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.
  Olivia Anfinson has announced her commitment to swim and study at the University of San Diego. Anfinson hails from Las Vegas, Nevada, where she att
  
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• Class of 2025 Makes a Splash at Western Zone Senior Championship

  16-04-2024 02:47 via swimswam.com
  
  By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
  2024 Short Course Senior Zone ChampionshipsApril 3-6, 2024
  St. George, UT
  25 yards (SCY)
  Meet Central
  Results
  Individual Scores
  Team ScoresThe high school class of 2025 proved that they are one to watch in the pool as members of the class had a hand in taking down five meet records at the Western Zone Senior Championship in Utah. Known for bringing together “the best in the west”, the meet served as the backdrop for a number of top performances by leadi
  
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• Dylan Walsh Announces Commitment To Stay In-State With Southern Illinois (2024)

  16-04-2024 01:53 via swimswam.com
  
  By Sidney Zacharias 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.
  Dylan Walsh of Lake Bluff, Illinois has announced his commitment to continue his education and swimming career at Southern Illinois University. Wal
  
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• East Carolina Assistant Riley Hilbrandt Named Head Swimming And Diving Coach Of Illinois State

  16-04-2024 01:32 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Riley Hilbrandt has been named head swimming and diving coach for Division I Illinois State University after most recently spending time at East Carolina.
  “We are thrilled to welcome Riley to Illinois State and look forward to her leadership of the Redbird swimming and diving program,” Illinois State Interim Athletic Director Dr. Jeri Beggs said. “Riley brings passion and enthusiasm with her from East Carolina and a wealth of experience at various le
  
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• Northwestern’s Kevin Houseman Enters Portal As Graduate Transfer, Seeking Medical Redshirt

  15-04-2024 23:52 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  2022-2023 US National Teamer Kevin Houseman has entered the transfer portal and is currently seeking a medical redshirt waiver.
  Houseman arrived at Northwestern in the 2019-2020 season and spent his undergraduate career with the Wildcats. He returned this past season for what would have been his COVID-19 fifth year but told SwimSwam that “the plan was medical redshirt” because he “had an incident in December after [the] US Open.” Houseman decli
  
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• 2024 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

  15-04-2024 22:28 via swimswam.com
  
  By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
  We’ve already done a deep dive into our recruiting archives, looking at how the top 20 recruits from the high school class of 2020 did after four NCAA seasons. Now it’s time to look back at a more recent recruit ranking: the current year’s freshmen:
  Relevant links:Way-Too-Early Sophomore Ranks, Class of 2023 Boys
  Junior Ranks, Class of 2023 Boys
  Senior Re-Ranks, Class of 2023 BoysNaturally, this analysis has a far smaller sample size than th
  
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• Andrei Minakov Swims His Fastest 100 Fly (51.04) Since Tokyo On Day 2 Of Russian Championships

  15-04-2024 22:17 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 RecapThe second finals session of the 2024 Russian Championships included the men’s 100 backstroke, women’s 50 backstroke, men’s 400 freestyle, women’s 50 breaststroke, women’s 200 butterfly, men’s 100 breaststroke, men’s 200 IM, and women’s 800 freestyle. Semifinals of the men’s 100 butterf
  
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• 18YO WJR Holder Miron Lifintsev Has Dropped Nearly 4 Seconds in the 100m Back in Under 2 Years

  15-04-2024 22:09 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam18-Year-Old Miron Lifintsev just broke the World Jr Record in the 100m back, swimming a 52.34. But that’s not the crazy part.
  Lifintsev has dropped nearly 4 SECONDS in under 2 years from his 100 back time. in July of 2022, his best time was 56.12.
  Lifintsev’s Progression In The 100m Backstroke:FINAL TIME
  MONTH/YEAR
  56.12
  July 2022
  55.12
  July 2022
  54.74
  April 2023
  53.52
  April 2023
  53.27
  July 2023
  53.14
  July 2023
  52.96
  July 2023Lifintsev’s Top 5 100m
  
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• Top 5 Women’s Races To Watch At 2024 Australian Open Championships

  15-04-2024 21:59 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
  Meet Central
  Final Start List
  Live Results
  LivestreamThe 2024 Australian Swimming Championships are nearly upon us with most of the nation’s biggest stars heading to the Gold Coast for high-octane action.
  Although the 4
  
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• Katharine Berkoff Gives Thoughts on Swimming Backstroke in a Football Stadium

  15-04-2024 21:22 via swimswam.com
  
  By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam
  2024 TYR PRO SWIM SERIES – SAN ANTONIOApril 10-13, 2024
  Northside Swim Center, San Antonio, TX
  LCM (50m)
  Start TimesWednesday Distance: 5pm (Central Time)
  All Prelims: 9am (Central Time)
  Thurs-Sat Finals: 6pm (Central Time)
  Meet Central
  Psych Sheets
  Live Results
  Livestream (also available on the USA Swimming Network app)
  Day 1 Finals Live Recap
  Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
  Day 3 Prelims Live Recap | Day 3 Finals L
  
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• Two-Time ACC Diving Coach of the Year John Proctor Leaves Florida State Program

  15-04-2024 21:04 via swimswam.com
  
  By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
  Florida State head diving coach John Proctor is departing after a nine-year career leading the Seminoles crew. He will return home to Midland, Texas, where he coached the City of Midland diving team prior to joining Florida State for the 2014-2015 season. Proctor’s departure comes after his wife got a job that takes them back to Midland; since 2017, she has served as the executive director of the Tallahassee branch of the Ronald McDonald House.
  Proctor was
  
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• 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Finalist Kathryn Ackerman Announces Transfer To Purdue For COVID-19 Fifth Year

  15-04-2024 20:16 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  After entering the transfer portal last week, 2024 NCAA Championship ‘B’ finalist Kathryn Ackerman will transfer to Purdue to use her COVID-19 fifth year.View this post on InstagramA post shared by kathryn (@kathrynackerman)Ackerman spent her undergraduate career at Michigan. She earned an NCAA invite in all four years as a Wolverine.
  Ackerman made an NCAA final as she made the NCAA ‘A’ final of the 400 IM as a freshman and the NCAA ‘B&rs
  
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• Miron Lifintsev Drops 52.34 In 100 Backstroke, Breaks Kliment Kolesnikov’s World Junior Record

  15-04-2024 19:32 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 RecapThe second night of the 2024 Russian Swimming Championships got off to a fast start with a new World Junior record in the men’s 100 backstroke.
  After already making his mark on these championships with a massive best time of 52.66 on Sunday, 18-year-old Russian teenager Miron Lifintsev cranked out a new World Junior Record with his g
  
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• Jack Kelly Of Brown Speaks On Becoming The Program’s First NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Since 1944

  15-04-2024 19:00 via swimswam.com
  
  By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
  Jack Kelly of Brown University made history at the 2024 Men’s NCAA Championships becoming the program’s first ‘A’ finalist since 1944. Kelly made the ‘A’ final of the 200 breaststroke after swimming a 1:51.65 in prelims, the 8th fastest of the morning.
  This was Kelly’s second NCAA Championships as he qualified last year finishing 26th in the 200 breast, 31st in the 100 breast, and 53rd in the 200 IM.
  Kelly spoke of how last ye
  
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