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2026 Women’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Cal’s Claire Weinstein was the top scorer in a stacked freshman class that saw five domestic recruits score 33+ points.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2022

Despite only swimming in three NCAA Championship meets, Claire Curzan is the top scorer from the high school class of 2022 with 165 career NCAA points.

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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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arena Swim of the Week: Elias Persson Becomes Third Swedish Man Sub-22 In 50 Free

Persson clocked 21.98 to join Stefan Nystrand (21.45) and Bjorn Seeliger (21.67) under the 22-second barrier among Swedish swimmers.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Virginia Freshman Maximus Williamson Powers To 200 IM NCAA Title

Williamson dropped more than two seconds off his personal best time over the course of the day, moving to #6 all-time in the 200 IM in 1:38.48.

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Bella Sims Joins Strong Domestic Field At 2026 Speedo Canadian Open

Recently crowned NCAA champion Bella Sims is scheduled to kick off the 2026 long course season next week at the Speedo Canadian Open.

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NCAA Division I Cabinet Passes Legislation To Address “Ghost Transfers”

Programs will now be penalized if they sign a transfer, or add a transfer to their roster, before the student-athlete has entered the portal.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s 2026 NCAA Event Predictions – Men’s Edition

We picked Texas’ Nate Germonprez in the breaststroke events, but it was Cal’s Yamato Okadome getting it done, becoming the first to sweep them since 2021.

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Ultra Swimmer of the Month: Lucy Bell

One month after winning the first two conference titles of her career, Bell won two individual events at Women’s NCAAs, topping the 200 breast and 200 IM.

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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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How Did We Do? Reviewing SwimSwam’s Final 2026 Men’s NCAA Power Rankings

The Virginia men exceeded expectations at the NCAA Championships, cracking the top 10 with 192 points after scoring just 14 (32nd place) last season.

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What’s At Stake At U.S. Open Water Nationals This Week?

Defending champion Brinkleigh Hansen comes in as the swimmer to beat in the women’s 10km at Open Water Nationals this week.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s 2026 NCAA Event Predictions – Women’s Edition

Pitt senior Claire Jansen made the final of the 100 and 200 back at Women’s NCAAs after she was picked for neither in SwimSwam’s event previews.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 3/28/2026

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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Senator Tuberville Touts Bill That Ends Limitless Transfers, Extends Eligibility To Five Seasons

Tuberville’s bill would allow student-athlete’s one transfer without penalty, but would require them to sit out one year for each subsequent transfer.

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