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Power Conferences Establish Legal Entity To Enforce New Rules With House Settlement Pending

College Sports Commission LLC is expected to be the central body governing the new regulatory framework in the NCAA following the House settlement.

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2025 Italian Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

After setting a new Italian Record in the prelims of the women’s 50 free, Sara Curtis has eyes on an encore performance in tonight’s final in Riccione.

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Sara Curtis Blasts 24.43 50 Free To Break Italian Record For Second Time In One Day

After setting a new record of 24.52 in the prelims, the 18-year-old got down to 24.43 in the final to reset the Italian mark and move to #2 in the world.

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2025 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Texas’ Cooper Lucas led all domestic freshmen with 14 individual points in his NCAA debut, highlighted by his 6th-place finish in the 400 IM.

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IOC Approves Record Athlete Quota For 2028 Olympics, First Time With More Women Than Men

The IOC outlined the record 36-sport Olympic program and announced that the 2028 Games will feature 11,198 athletes, the most in history.

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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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