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  • FrenchSwimmingFederation

    Agnel, Muffat Post Past In-Season Marks at Montpellier National Meet

    Posted on February 3, 2012 | 6 Comments
    The Montpellier Open in Montpellier, France was a fairly low-key, low-level meet. That is, except for the 200 freestyles, where the powerful teams from Nice and Marseilles broke out some impressive mid-season swims. With the Olympic Trials coming up in March, most of these swimmers...

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    In Briefs: Tornado Warning Delays Final A&M-Texas Dual as Conference Foes

    Posted on February 3, 2012 | 3 Comments
    In what was to be the celebration of the last in-conference battle in an old (if lopsided) rivalry, the Texas-Texas A&M men’s dual meet in College Station has been delayed by a tornado warning in the area. The swimmers were cleared from the deck just...

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    British National Teamer Ajulu-Bushell Quits Swimming, Takes Swipe at British Organization

    Posted on February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment
    If there were two holes to be found in the British National women’s team, as an overall complete program, it seems as though those two holes might be sprint freestylers and sprint breaststrokers. The future of those holes have looked bright from time-to-time, but took a hit when...

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    Georgia Tech Add Verbal from Swedish Jr National Champ Mats Westergren

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | 3 Comments
    Unlike many sports, in swimming a vast majority of the domestic athletes sign in the “early signing period” in the fall. They like to be settled in and know where they’re going as early as possible, given the heated competition for limited scholarships, especially in...

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    ‘Splash of Truth’ is Back

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | 2 Comments
    The person (or group of people) that goes by the moniker ‘Splash of Truth’ are back on the web. After about a five-week absence from any web presence (both on their Twitter account and their website at usswimnscandal.com website), they are back in action. There’s still...

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    Rice to Return at NSW Championships February 10th-12th

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | 5 Comments
    A huge majority of Australia’s elite swimming is concentrated in New South Wales (think Sydney), and with the NSW Swimming State Championship meet coming up, be ready for an explosion of entered talent that will blow away the other, smaller championships that we’ve seen the past...

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  • UNC-Ashville Hires First Head Coach for New Women’s Program

    UNC-Ashville Hires First Head Coach for New Women’s Program

    Posted on February 2, 2012 | No Comments
    Florida Gulf Coast coach Neal Studd has in four short years created one of the dominant mid-major programs in the country at Florida Gulf Coast, and has laid out an example for exactly how to build a program from scratch. It only makes sense that...

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    Swimming Canada Posts Vacancy for National Team Director Position

    Posted on February 1, 2012 | No Comments
    Swimming Canada has officially posted the job listing for their newly-created National Team Director position. Click here to see more information about the position. This new spot comes as the brainchild of Pierre LaFontaine, who until now has served as both the head of the...

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  • MexicoDirkLange

    Former German Coach Dirk Lange Hired to Head Mexican National Team

    Posted on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Former German National Team coach Dirk Lange, who was bought out of his contract in December, didn’t take long to hook onto a new gig. He has been hired as the new National Team coach for Mexico, according to a press release on the Mexican Swimming...

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    Georgia Commit Annie Zhu Joins Allison Schmitt at NBAC

    Posted on January 31, 2012 | 6 Comments
    Annie Zhu and Allison Schmitt are becoming teammates. This is not news, as Zhu verbally committed to Georgia back in October, and signed her letter-of-intent in November. But as it turns out, the pair will not have to wait until the fall (when Zhu begins competing for...

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