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  • TodayInSwimmingHistoryNovember102011

    Today in Swimming History: November 10th

    On November 10th, 2009, at the height of the polyurethane-suit era, Brazilian star Kaio Almeida becamse the first man to ever break 1:50.00 in the short course meters 200 fly. At the 2009 version of the Stockholm World Cup, he swam a 1:49.11 to break the...

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  • TSCPowerRankingsWeek1Women

    TSC NCAA Power Rankings, Women’s Round 1

    This is the first edition of our The Swimmers Circle power rankings. These rankings are not a “poll,” in the sense that there were not ballots and no official polling done. While polls are a great way to get the collective national opinions of coaches...

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  • WUG2011Shenzen

    Swimming Kicks Off At World University Games With Italian Sweep of 10k Medals

    The Italians, which typically have great performances at the World University Games (known around the world as the “Universiade”), kicked things off from Shenzen, China with double gold in the meet’s lone open water race: the 10k. These were not only the first swimming medals...

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  • WUG2011Shenzen

    USA Swimming Announces Non-Olympic Entries for WUG’s

    Though USA-Swimming is pretty-well settled on their roster for the 2011 World University Games, which are to be held in Shenzen, China beginning in August, they had yet to announce the entries for the non-Olympic events until this week. These swimmers were pulled from the...

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  • SpanishDanishCanadianNationals

    Races to Know About from Spanish, Danish, Canadianish World Championship Qualifiers

    There was a lot of huge meets going on this past weekend, specifically several National Championships/World Championship Trials, and for those of you who don’t have time to read 3,000 words about each meet, we thought we’d give you a high-points recap of the most...

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  • MarkTaylorHouston

    University of Houston Coach Mark Taylor Passes Away at Age 50

    In a terribly sad story during what is normally the most exciting part of the college swimming season, University of Houston coach Mark Taylor passed away late last night (Friday) in Austin while at the women’s NCAA Championships. Taylor was at the championships watching divers...

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  • 2011Pac10MensChampionshipRecap

    2011 Pac 10 Men’s Championship Recap

    This was an awesome conference championship meet, where every single swim made a difference. It was a true case of Cal winning the most battles, but Stanford winning the war. This marked a monumental 30th-straight Pac-10 title for the Cardinal. With the class that Cal...

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  • 2011Pac10MensChampionshipDay3

    2011 Pac 10 Men’s Championship: Butterfly Battle at Belmont Goes to Stanford’s Staab

    Pac-10 Championships Live Results 400 yard IM This is probably the one race that the Pac-10 doesn’t have a legitimate National Championship contender in. In fact, the conference will have to fight for even an A-final spot. But Matt Thompsen could be the swimmer that...

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  • 2011Pac10MensChampionshipDay1

    2011 Pac-10 Men’s Championship: CAL MEDLEY WAS WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!

    200 medley relay THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE! The Cal men’s 200 medley relay was as good as advertised: dynamite. Cal stormed out to a lead early in this meet and took the men’s 200 medley in a Championship Record of 1:23.92. The...

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  • 2011Pac10MensChampionshipPreview

    2011 Pac 10 Men’s Championship Preview

    Pac-10 Championships have been a given for the Stanford Cardinal men for quite some time. To be precise, for the last 29-straight years, no team other than Stanford has been able to call themselves the Pac-10 Men’s Champions. But that streak could, quite possibly, be...

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