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==Early swimming==
WhileNate livingDusing was born one of four children to Jim and Judy Dusing in Villa Hills, Kentucky, Dursingon November 25, 1978.<ref>"Player of the Week, Nate Dusing", ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'', 1 March 1996, pg. 11</ref> While living in Villa Hills, Dusing began swimming for the nearby Cincinnati Marlins around the age of eight and continued with the team through High School. At 12, he won the American Swimming Coaches Association Achievement Award for the fastest mile recorded for a 12 -year old. AsThe aaward resultrecognized ofDusing theas awarda potential future Olympian, Dusingand he was invited to swim for a week in August, 1992, at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado, Springs.<ref name=Dusing>"Nate Dusing", ''The Cincinnati Post'', Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 June 1992, pg. 61</ref> Dusing won six swimming state championships for [[Covington Catholic High School]] competing for Coach Steve Durkee.,<ref>"Queenan, Bob, 5 Youths, to Live Out Their Dreams, Demling, Jody, CovCath Swimmer Sets National Mark", ''The Courier Journal'', Louisville, Kentucky, 23 February 1997, pg. 19</ref> before graduating in 1997. A talented and focused student, Dusing graduated High School with a 3.5 grade point average.<ref name=Dusing/><ref name=CovCath>{{cite news|title=CovCath's Meyer breaks 28-year-old record|first=Marc|last=Hardin|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=February 15, 2015|access-date=February 3, 2019|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/high-school/kentucky-high-school/2015/02/15/covcaths-meyer-breaks-year-old-record/23474339/|quote=Now that Meyer has erased Ryan's record, the oldest boys' regional standards belong to two-time Olympic medalist Nate Dusing, who swam for CovCath. Dusing still holds two regional marks, the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke, both set in 1997.}}</ref><ref name=CC>{{cite magazine|title=Alumni Spotlight|magazine=The Covington Catholic Journal|publisher=Covington Catholic High School|___location=Park Hills, Kentucky|date=Spring 2008|page=11|url=https://www.covcath.org/uploaded/08_Alumni/spring_journal.pdf#page=11|format=PDF}}</ref> As a high school Junior, Dusing held the regional records of 1:41.89 in the 200 freestyle and of 4:36.37 in the 500 freestyle.<ref>"Demling, Jody, St. X, Sacred Heart Expected to Repeat", ''The Courier-Journal'', Louisville, Kentucky, 15 February 1996, pg. 45</ref><ref name=CC/> Dusing also swam for the
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