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Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell Awarded 2016 ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Year

Louisville senior and America’s butterfly queen Kelsi Worrell has been announced by the Atlanta Coast Conference to receive the 2016 ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Year award.

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NC State’s Simonas Bilis Awarded 2016 ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Year

Wolfpack senior Simonas Bilis has been selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Men’s Swimmer of the Year, one of ten such distinctions announced today by the 2015-16 ACC Swimming & Diving Annual awards.

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2016 Eastern Zone Spring Sectionals Psych Sheet Preview

Starting today there are three different Speedo Sectional competitions taking place for the Eastern Zone of USA Swimming. Below is…

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Sophie Pascoe Lowers S10 100M Fly World Record At New Zealand Open

Paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe rewrote her own S10 100m fly World Record on the fourth day of competition at the 2016 New Zealand Open Championships.

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Highlight Reel of University of Redlands Swim & Dive Season (Video)

One would think with all these creative videos being produced by swim teams across the country that GoPro would make a killing in advertising and sponsorship. All jokes aside, the newest video to reach SwimSwam is from Division III’s University of the Redlands, a private liberal arts institution just a few miles southeast of San Bernardino, California.

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All The Records Broken At Men’s NCAA Championships

With all the insanely fast swimming that occurred this weekend at Men’s NCAAs, SwimSwam carried out it’s own version of an Easter egg hunt yesterday. Below is a list of all the NCAA, American, U.S. Open, Championship, McAuley Aquatic Center, and school records broken in Atlanta, GA.

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for Men’s NCAAs, snapped some quality shots from this morning’s prelims session. The photo vault contains the usual suspects, plus, some fresh Division I mid-major faces.

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championship: Day 3 Finals Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for Men’s NCAAs, snagged all the precious moments from tonight’s historic finals. In the photo vault, you’ll see American and NCAA record-holder celebrations and memorable initial NCAA titles for several schools.

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Mizzou Senior Clark Thomas Tops 3M Diving Prelims

Mizzou diver Clark Thomas owns the top spot going into tonight’s 3-meter championship final after turning in a score of 447.05.

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Lynch, Carroll, and Coombs Win Swim-Offs After Day 3 Prelims

While the rest of the swimmers were warming down in the adjacent pool, six men had to don their school colors once more for the opportunity for a finals swim.

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for Men’s NCAAs, snapped some shots from this morning’s prelims. Scroll through the photo vault and see the many faces of Men’s NCAAs.

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Finals Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for Men’s NCAAs, got all the action of tonight’s unbelievable racing on camera. See the photo vault for a first-person perspective of what it’s like to be on deck at Georgia Tech.

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Tennessee’s Resident New Zealander, Liam Stone, Takes 1M Top Seed

2016 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 23 – Saturday, March 26 McAuley Aquatic Center – Atlanta, GA Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM…

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for Men’s NCAAs, got us one heck of haul for this morning’s photo vault. Check out the images for some insight into team warm-ups, mid-stroke shots, and team cheering.

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Gkolomeev Wins 3-Way Tie For 8th Place In Tonight’s 50 Free

Auburn’s Peter Holoda, Alabama’s Kristian Gkolomeev, and Texas’ Brett Ringgold collectively posted a 19.18 in this morning’s 50 free and will conduct a three-way swim-off for entry in tonight’s championship final.

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