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- ↑ "University of Alabama Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame". Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ↑ "Olympedia – 100 metres Freestyle, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
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- ↑ Leggat, David (24 July 2008). "Swimming: Relieved Herring following in his father's wake". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 30 March 2017.
