{"id":19344,"date":"2008-10-30T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2008\/10\/five-star-alex-lendrum-commits\/"},"modified":"2014-07-27T22:17:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T05:17:47","slug":"five-star-alex-lendrum-commits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/five-star-alex-lendrum-commits\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-Star Alex Lendrum Commits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX, Arizona, October 30.  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