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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 4/12/2025

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2021

Luke Hobson emerged as the top point scorer (146) among domestic recruits in the high school class of 2021, while Leon Marchand led all swimmers with 177.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 56.6% Think Stanford Women Outperformed Expectations The Most Last Season

The Stanford women edged out Texas for the runner-up spot at the NCAA Championships after the Longhorns held that position for three straight years.

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University of Texas Seeks New Assistant Diving Coach, Manny Pollard Moving On

Manny Pollard, who served as the team’s assistant diving coach last season, is making a career change, opening up the vacancy.

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arena Swim of the Week: Julia Dennis Hits 24.79 50 Free For Big PB At Sacramento Pro Swim

Coming into the meet having never broken 25 seconds, Dennis got down to 24.79 at the Sacramento Pro Swim to rank in the top 10 in the world this season.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Luka Mijatovic Blasts New 15-16 NAG Record In 500 Free

Mijatovic is now the fastest swimmer in history in the boys’ 15-16 age group by over four seconds after clocking 4:10.96 in the 500 free at Far Westerns.

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Scoring The 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships Without Seniors

Removing graduating seniors from the 2025 NCAA results, the Florida Gators stand to benefit the most of the top teams, ranking #2 in points behind Texas.

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Scoring The 2025 Women’s NCAA Championships Without Seniors

If we take graduating seniors out of the 2025 NCAA field, Caroline Bricker and Lucy Bell help push Stanford closer to the five-time defending champions UVA.

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U.S. Congressman Introduces Bill That Would Dissolve NCAA, Reshape College Sports

The Restore College Sports Act would redistribute NIL revenue equally, create regional conferences in a single time zone, and introduce coach salary caps.

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What Will The Olympic Qualifying Times Be In The Stroke 50s?

American Michael Andrew is one swimmer who stands to benefit from the addition of stroke 50s to the Olympic program in 2028.

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Women’s Recruit Ranks: Individual Scoring For All Classes Through 2025 NCAAs

Gretchen Walsh and Claire Curzan lead their respective high school classes in career scoring coming out of the 2025 NCAA Championships.

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2024-25 Men’s & Women’s Swim & Dive CSC Academic All-District Teams Announced

Alex and Gretchen Walsh were among the female athletes named to the 2024-25 Academic All-District Team and nominated to the national ballot.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s 2025 NCAA Event Predictions – Men’s Edition

Stanford’s Ron Polonsky was an ‘A’ finalist in the men’s 200 IM and 100 breast after we didn’t predict him to finish in the top eight in either event.

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2025 NCAA Standings: Who Moved Up, Who Moved Down, & Which Teams Set Program Highs?

Relays helped propel the Tennessee men to a 5th-place finish at NCAAs, their highest since placing 3rd in 2001.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 4/5/2025

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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