Articles by Sam Blacker

What Will It Take To Score at Women’s NCAA’s – A Review

How well did our model do at predicting scoring times last week? Pretty well, although there were a couple of events that didn’t quite go as expected

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Mackenzie Miller Becomes BYU’s First Swimming 1st Team All-American Since 1991

Mackenzie Miller qualified 5th into the 100 breaststroke final on Day 3 of NCAAs, giving BYU their first swimming ‘A’ finalist for 34 years

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What Will It Take To Score At Women’s NCAAs?

How quick will the fight for finals spots be at Federal Way this week? We’ve built a model to try to answer that very question

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Which Women’s Event Was Most Difficult To Qualify In For NCAAs?

The 500 free has been phenomenally fast so far this year, but how does it stack up against the other events for NCAA Qualification?

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Swims You Might Have Missed: 2025 Big Ten Championships

The conference champions may not have been too shocking but some of these swims certainly were, and it’s no surprise that breaststroke features prominently.

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Arizona State Shatter Big-12 Record in 400 Free relay, #4 Swim All Time

The Sun Devils put an exclamation point on their first Big-12 championship, rebounding from their disqualification in the 200 free relay on Day 4

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Yale, Harvard, Princeton All Break Farris-Era Ivy League Meet Record In 400 Free Relay

In the fastest-ever 400 free relay heat at Ivies by a distance, Yale came away victorious while Princeton’s third place finish secured the conference crown

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Indiana Smash Big 10 Record in 400 Free Relay

Indiana skipped the 2:46s entirely, breaking their own Big 10 record by swimming the 21st fastest 400 free relay of all time in 2:45.62

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Pietro Ubertalli Ties Dean Farris’ 200 Backstroke Ivy League Record

Pietro Ubertalli is the first man to match one of Dean Farris’ Ivy League records, as he went 1:38.99 to complete a backstroke sweep and make his first NCAAs

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Owen McDonald Breaks Tyler Clary’s Big 10 Record In Men’s 200 Back

Owen Macdonald made it a perfect 3-from-3 in his first conference meet with Indiana, with a new Big 10 record in the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:37.15

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Swims You Might Have Missed: 2025 SEC Championship Edition

SECs was fantastically quick last week, and it’s impossible to have eyes on everyone – here’s some swims that may have slipped through the cracks

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NAIA Announces Selections for 2025 National Championships

The NAIA has released the list of qualified athletes for the 2025 national championship, to be held from March 5-8, 2025, in Elkhart, Indiana

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Swims You Might Have Missed: 2025 ACC Championship Edition

There were some swims at ACCs that flew under the radar a little that could have big repercussions at NCAAs in a month’s time

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Denver Women Take 12th Consecutive Crown As Pioneers Sweep Summit League Championships

Denver swept the Summit League Championships once again, with a 12th consecutive crown for the women and the 11th in 12 years for the men.

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How Much Faster are Conference Championship Meets Getting? Part X: Ivy League

The Ivy League has been adding depth behind its stars, and the tight battle for first this year should make that more important than ever

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