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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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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Jassen Yep Pulls Out Stunning 200 Breast NCAA Title

Indiana’s Jassen Yep roared to a stunning NCAA title victory in the 200 breaststroke last week in 1:48.30, upsetting Matt Fallon and Carles Coll Marti.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Readers Correctly Predicted 1:37 200 Fly, 1:35 200 Back Barriers Would Fall

More than 41% of voters picked 1:37 in the 200 fly to be the next men’s barrier to fall, and Luca Urlando got under it with his blistering 1:36.43 at NCAAs.

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arena Swim of the Week: Carson Hick Drops 13 Seconds In 1650 Free At NCAA Championships

Hick dropped more than 13 seconds off his lifetime best to ultimately place 6th in the mile in 14:30.35, leading Kentucky to their best finish in 15 years.

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Luca Urlando Scratches 400 Free, Trenton Julian Out of Fly Events On Day 3 of Sacramento PSS

Urlando is still scheduled to race in the men’s 50 and 200 fly on Friday in Sacramento, coming off a PB in the 100 fly on Thursday night.

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2025 Pro Swim Series – Sacramento: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Michael Andrew is set to take on the 100 breast/100 fly double on Day 2 of the Pro Swim Series stop in Sacramento.

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