Articles by Jared Anderson

2021 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Carson Foster or Luca Urlando? It was an agonizing choice for #1 recruit. But after one year… it’s Destin Lasco leading individual scoring.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 48% Liked Timed Final Relays Better At 2021 NCAAs

In a narrow 48.9%-to-40.4% decision, SwimSwam voters said they liked the 2021 format better than the typical prelims/finals format.

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Swim of the Week: The Swim That Won Men’s NCAAs

The 400 IM was a clash of IM titans for both Texas and Cal. But it was Longhorn freshman distance man David Johnston who turned the tide.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2017

#1-ranked Ryan Hoffer was the top-scoring swimmer in the outgoing senior class – but the #2 swimmer rose from being the #18-ranked recruit.

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Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2017-2021

In 2017, Stanford hauled in five of our top 20 recruits. They backed that up over four years, leading the nation in scoring including the #1 overall scorer.

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2021 Women’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Even with four key deferrals, the high school class of 2020 lived up to the hype with five massive NCAA scorers (30+ points) and 29 total freshmen scorers.

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2021 Women’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Wisconsin’s Phoebe Bacon was a standout in her freshman year, scoring 51 pints and winning the NCAA title in the 200 back.

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Women’s Recruit Ranks: Individual Scoring For All Classes Through 2021 NCAAs

Virginia’s Class of 2019 / 2023 has been outstanding, with four top-20 recruits all scoring as sophomores and Kate Douglass winning a national title.

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Second Sun Yang Hearing With CAS Scheduled For May 24-28 Via Video Conference

Sun Yang’s return to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will take place during the week of May 24-28 with a hearing conducted over video conference.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2017

Brooke Forde was the #4 recruit as a junior, but very likely would have been the #1 in a senior re-rank. She outscored anyone in the class of 2017.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Eddie Reese, Texas Legend

Coach of the Month, Coach of the Year, Coach of the Decade. Even those don’t go far enough back for retiring Texas coaching legend Eddie Reese.

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Ultra Swim Swimmer of the Month: Maggie MacNeil, Michigan

Just a day after we christened the “week of the 49,” MacNeil upped the ante, becoming the first woman ever to go 48 in a 100-yard fly.

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After 15th NCAA Title, Texas Coach Eddie Reese Retiring Post-Tokyo

After winning his NCAA-record 15th team points title, University of Texas swim coaching legend Eddie Reese is retiring. That marks the end of a 43-year stint.

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Navy’s Micah Oh Wins NCAA’s Elite 90 Award For Men’s Swim/Dive

Navy senior Micah Oh won the NCAA’s Elite 90 Award for Men’s Swimming & Diving, Navy’s first-ever winner of the prestigious NCAA award.

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Power Ranks Revisited: 2021 Men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships

The biggest risers from our final Men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Power Ranks? The Virginia Cavaliers, who surged to 9th place.

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