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Jacob Pebley to swim for New York Breakers in ISL

Pebley is one of the 15 male athletes on the New York Breakers roster. National, world and Pan Pac champion Michael Andrew serves as Vice Captain and Co-Owner of the New York Breakers, and his mother, Tina Andrew, is the General Manager.

At the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Pebley claimed the bronze medal in the 200 meter backstroke race. Pebley has been an eight-time member of the national team from 2012 until the present. He is also a three-time national champion in the men’s 200 meter breaststroke. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he came in fifth place in the final.

Olympian Jacob Pebley

Olympian Jacob Pebley
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This past winter, as Digital Journal reported, Pebley triumphed in the Winter National Swimming Championships in North Carolina, where he earned No. 1 place in the men’s 200 meter breaststroke.

In other Jacob Pebley news, he announced the 2019 dates for his Back 2 Back Swim Camp, where he will be joined by Olympic gold medalist Olivia Smoliga.

Markos Papadatos
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Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator who has authored over 24,700 original articles over the past 20 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 19-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.

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