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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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NCAA Discussing Creating New Autonomy Subdivision Comprised of Power 4 Teams

The division would essentially be the top tier of Division I schools that have control to govern their own rules, specifically relating to revenue sharing.

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arena Swim of the Week: Noah Verreth Fires Off 53.62 Belgian Record In 100 Back

Verreth broke his national record three times in just eight days, bringing the mark down from 54.19 to 53.62 to rank 9th in the world this season.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Arizona State Men Hold Off Florida In 200 Medley Relay At NCAAs

The Sun Devils were well under the current American Record, but were ineligible to break it with Ilya Kharun still in the process of changing citizenship.

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2026 Men’s NCAA Championships: Florida Puts Two Into 1-Meter Diving ‘A’ Final

Florida will score a minimum of 23 diving points tonight, and projects to sit just 2.5 back of Texas at the end of the finals session.

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

The Texas women placed 3rd at last week’s NCAA Championships despite SwimSwam predicting them to slide to 4th in the final edition of the power rankings.

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Transgender Women Banned From Female Olympic Events With New IOC Policy

Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games is now limited to biological females on the basis of a one‑time SRY gene screening.

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Nikita Sheremet Anchors Louisville’s 200 Medley Relay In 18.06 For Fastest True Freshman Leg Ever

The split marks the second-fastest we’ve ever seen from a freshman, only trailing Josh Liendo’s 18.02 from 2023, though Liendo was 20 at the time.

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SwimSwam Pulse: With or Without Urlando, 100 Fly Is Most Anticipated Event of Men’s NCAAs

Ilya Kharun and Josh Liendo will go head-to-head in the most anticipated event of the meet, the 100 fly, this week at Men’s NCAAs.

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Mixed Relay Lead-Offs Now Eligible For World Records

Jack Alexy (left) produced one of the fastest swims ever in the men’s 100 free leading the Americans to gold last summer in the mixed 400 free relay.

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