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  • Stopkotte Reaches Settlement With USA-Swimming

    Stopkotte Reaches Settlement With USA-Swimming

    An arbitration hearing held yesterday to decide the fate of Ken Stopkotte was cancelled as the result of a settlement he reached with both USA-Swimming and Indiana Swimming. The accusation of Stopkotte falsifying times has been one of the hottest stories in swimming over the...

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  • Rice to Undergo Shoulder Surgery Today

    Rice to Undergo Shoulder Surgery Today

    Stephanie Rice, who announced during the Pan Pacific Championships that she was calling off the rest of her season to move up a planned shoulder surgery, will go under the knife today in Australia. In a press conference announcing the decision, Rice referred to the...

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  • New Poll: How Heinous is Falsifying Swimmers’ Times?

    New Poll: How Heinous is Falsifying Swimmers’ Times?

    With the recent escalation of accusations against Ken Stopkotte, an Indiana swim coach who seems to have falsified swimmers’ times, it got me thinking: How wrong is making up times? It’s obviously not on the level of sexual abuse, but on the spectrum, how bad...

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  • Lochte vs Clary vs Phelps: Who Wins the 400 IM in 2012

    Lochte vs Clary vs Phelps: Who Wins the 400 IM in 2012

    The 2010 Pan Pacific games raised several significant questions, but also punctuated a number of pertinent performances.  One of the larger and more obvious comments that we have heard is the level of conditioning (both mental and physical) of the phenom that is Michael Phelps;...

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  • Stopkotte Resigns as Allegations of Falsifying Times Grow

    Stopkotte Resigns as Allegations of Falsifying Times Grow

    Ken Stopkotte, the head coach of the the Fishers Area Swimming Tigers and Fishers High School in Indiana, has resigned both positions. You may recall that Stopkotte was one of the two swimming officials who claimed that USA-Swimming had retalliated against them for speaking out...

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  • 2010-2011 NCAA Season Outlook: No. 11 USC Men Bring in Top Recruiting Class that Goes Beyond Superstar Morozov

    2010-2011 NCAA Season Outlook: No. 11 USC Men Bring in Top Recruiting Class that Goes Beyond Superstar Morozov

    Over the next few weeks, as the Long Course season closes out, new freshman are arriving on campus, and fans everywhere ramp up for another exciting NCAA Season, we will be running a team-by-team preview of the upcoming NCAA season. Starting with the no.12 teams...

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  • Australia Adds Seven To Finalize Commonwealth Games Roster

    Australia Adds Seven To Finalize Commonwealth Games Roster

    Swimming Australia has named 7 more swimmers to their 2010 Commonwealth Games Roster. This is in addition to the 45 swimmers who earned spots at the 2010 Australian LC National Championships in March. Melissa Gorman, Grace Loh, James Magnussen, Kenrick Monk, Mitchell Patterson, Kyle Richardson...

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  • 2010-2011 NCAA Outlook: No. 12 Minnesota Women Return All 12 NCAA Qualifiers

    2010-2011 NCAA Outlook: No. 12 Minnesota Women Return All 12 NCAA Qualifiers

    Over the next few weeks, as the Long Course season closes out, new freshman are arriving on campus, and fans everywhere ramp up for another exciting NCAA Season, we will be running a team-by-team preview of the upcoming NCAA season. Starting with the no.12 teams...

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  • UK, Canada Announce Commonwealth Games Rosters

    UK, Canada Announce Commonwealth Games Rosters

    Both England and Canada have announced their rosters for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Dehli, India. Note that each part of the United Kingdom, including Scotland and Wales, competes separately from England at the Games. England There are no big surprises here. The UK will...

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  • Tyler Clary to Skip Senior Year at Michigan, Turn Pro

    Tyler Clary to Skip Senior Year at Michigan, Turn Pro

    College swimming is starting to suffer from what I like to refer to as “NBA syndrome”. Athletes are foregoing college eligibility to instead turn their sights on professional dreams. In addition to notable female standouts Chloe Sutton and Dagny Knutson, Tyler Clary is the latest...

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