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Missy Franklin

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A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.

2013 NCAA Preview: Loaded #2 Cal Women Return Three NCAA Champions, Add Top Class

After years of carrying on a friendly rivalry in the long course pool, Elizabeth Pelton and Missy Franklin will team up in an effort to bring the NCAA title back to Berkeley.

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Basketballer Candace Parker; Missy Franklin Win Sportswomen Of the Year Awards

Missy Franklin hugs Megan Romano after the latter ran down the Australians to win the 400 free relay at the World Championships: the first of Franklin’s 6 golds at the meet.

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Missy Franklin Pranked Teri McKeever in Commitment Call

Verbal commitments are the rage this fall on SwimSwam, driving a large audience fueled by college swimming passion. Missy Franklin,…

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Celina Li To Appear In Sports Illustrated’s Faces In The Crowd

Celina Li will be featured in this week’s Sports Illustrated Faces In The Crowd for her Queen of the Pool title at the Cal – Cal Poly meet.

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“The SwimSwam Ballot” for the 2013 Golden Goggles Awards

Katie Ledecky is going to be the star of the show at the 2013 Golden Goggles Awards.

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2013 Golden Goggles Awards Nominees Revealed

Double World Record breaker Katie Ledecky is among three nominees for Female Athlete of the Year.

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Cal Women Announce Captains for 2013-2014 Season, With Perhaps a Subtle Message Attached

Catherine Breed (above) and Melanie Klaren have been charged as captains of the 2013-2014 Cal women’s team.

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Missy Franklin Wins 1000 Free, 100 Fly as Cal Opens Pac 12 Schedule

Missy Franklin kicked her college dual meet career off with two wins in off events against Oregon State.

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Hardcore Swim of the Week: Celina Li, Queen of the Pool

Cal freshman Celina Li took the Queen of the Pool title last weekend over world-class names like Missy Franklin, Rachel Bootsma, and Liz Pelton.

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Missy Franklin Makes Sports Illustrated Top 100 List of Twitter Accounts to Follow

The Sports Illustrated staff added Missy Franklin to their top 100 Twitter users list and believes her Twitter account is “essential to your daily routine for finding news, information and entertainment from the sports world.”

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Pac 12 Networks Releases Full Swimming & Diving TV Schedule

Ting Quah and the UCLA Bruins will take part in 4 televised dual meets in the 2013-2014 season.

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Video Highlights of 2013 King/Queen of the Pool Between Cal and Cal Poly

Celina Li and Ryan Murphy were Kings and Queens of the pool. Watch this video to see how they got there.

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Celina Li Tops Missy Franklin for Tight Queen of the Pool Title

Celina Li took her first big title as a Cal Golden Bear: Queen of the Pool.

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Nerding Out: All-Time Leaders in World Championship Medal Counts

If Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte were their own country at World Championships, they’d sit in 6th place in the total gold medal count for all sports, both men and women.

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USA Swimming Releases 2012-13 Scholastic All-American Team

There are a total of 1356 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American’s named this year.

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