Missy Franklin

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Enhanced Games: Live Recap

Controversial and highly anticipated, the Enhanced Games have officially arrived, featuring sprint swimming events with huge cash prizes on the line.

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arena Swim of the Week: Lauren Lonsdale Climbs To #4 All-Time In 13-14 Age Group With 2:14 200 IM

Previously ranked ninth, Lonsdale’s 2:14.27 rockets her up to fourth all-time in the girls’ 13-14 age group, pulling her within two seconds of the NAG record.

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Il Dorso Femminile Non È Più Una Sfida A Due: Isabelle Stadden Si Inserisce Tra Smith E McKeown

Dal duello al triangolo: la statunitense Isabelle Stadden firma il salto di qualità a Fort Lauderdale e riscrive le gerarchie globali.

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Isabelle Stadden Blasts 2:04.37 200 Back To Become #4 Performer All-Time

Stadden has now dropped almost three seconds in the event so far this year. Her time tonight would have won 2025 US Nationals.

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14-Yr-Old Penelope Lopez-Casula swims 48.4/1:46.0 Freestyles at SwimStrong Dryland National Champs

14-year-old Penelope Lopez-Casula rocketed up the 13–14 NAG rankings to #4 all-time in the 100 free and 11th in the 200 free with massive lifetime bests.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Clark’s 1:39 200 Free Voted Most Impressive Freshman Swim of Women’s NCAAs

Clark and Anna Moesch became the first two women ever with multiple sub-1:40 swims in the NCAA final, with Clark also clocking 1:39.70 on the 800 free relay.

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Curzan, Bell, Huske, and Verzyl Nominated for Collegiate Women’s Sports Award for Swim & Dive

Stanford’s Torri Huske was already named the CSCAA National Swimmer of the Year for D1. She has now picked up a nomination for the Collegiate Women’s Sport Award as well.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Todd DeSorbo

DeSorbo led the UVA women’s team to their sixth straight NCAA title and followed up by guiding the men to their best finish since 2021.

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Liberty Clark Breaks Simone Manuel’s 17-18 NAG Record With 21.25 50 Freestyle

Clark swam a 21.27 leading off Indiana’s record to get under Manuel’s old record of a 21.32 from 2015 NCAAs.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Anna Moesch Claims 200 Free NCAA Title With #2 Swim In History

Moesch’s time of 1:39.23 ranks her #2 all-time behind Missy Franklin, who established the current NCAA, American and U.S. Open Record of 1:39.10 in 2015.

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Anna Moesch Posts #2 Performance All-Time With 1:39.23 200 Free, 2 Women Under 1:40 1st Time Ever

Moesch and Liberty Clark both were under 1:40, marking the first time in which two women were sub-1:40 in the same heat.

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2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Day 2 Prelims: expect to see fast swims in the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free and 100 breast as it’s the first time in recent years that only…

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2026 W. NCAA Previews: Anna Moesch Leads Women’s 200 Free as “Swimflation” Reaches New Heights

The women’s 200 freestyle exploded this season, and Virginia’s Anna Moesch leads a field that could see multiple sub-1:40s in the final.

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How Much Do B-Finals Matter at NCAAs? 

Texas signed off with a National title in Joe Schooling’s final season in Austin – without ‘B’ finals that would not have been the case

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World Aquatics Drops Mixed 400 Free Relay from World Championships Schedule

The event was added to the World Championship schedule in 2015 and survived a decade. It will now be dropped, aligning the World Championship schedule with the Olympic program.

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