Articles by Yanyan Li

Kaii Winkler Swims 1:33.28 200-Yard Free To Become #2 All-Time In U.S. 15-16 Age Group

The only swimmer in Winkler’s age group that remains faster than him is Maximus Williamson, who holds the 15-16 NAG at 1:33.07.

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Gretchen Walsh Goes 48.26, Breaks 100 Back NCAA Record By Nearly Half A Second (VIDEO)

Walsh lowered Katharine Berkoff’s old NCAA record time of 48.74 by a whopping 0.48 seconds to win her first NCAA title in the 100 back.

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Kate Douglass Beats Maggie MacNeil By 0.05 To Break 100 Fly NCAA Record In 48.46 (VIDEO)

Douglass and MacNeil were well under the previous NCAA record time of 48.84 to give us one of the best races in NCAA Championship history.

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2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Day 1 Scoring Analysis

The Georgia women had a big night on day one of the NCAA Championships, improving 12 points from their projected score.

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Overreacting To Day 1 Of The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships

As shown by their drops in the 200 medley and 800 free relays, the Dave Durden effect is showing for the Cal women at this NCAA Championships.

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2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Day 1 Relay Split Analysis

Take a look at who had the fastest splits of the field in the women’s 200 medley and 800 free relays raced on night one of the 2023 NCAA Championships.

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Kate Douglass Posts 20.34 50 Free Relay Split, #2 All-Time

Douglass’s split only sits behind Anna Hopkin’s 20.27 split from 2020, and is a 0.16 seconds improvement from her previous fastest split.

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LSU Women Scratch Both Medley Relays And 800 Free Relay At NCAA Championships

LSU scratching their medley relays means that we won’t get the opportunity to see Maggie MacNeil swim backstroke at her final NCAA Championship meet.

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From NAIA Golfer To Pac-12 Swimming Medalist: The Story Of Lucas Henveaux

Henveaux, the NCAA’s big second-semester breakout star, had been ready to give up swimming for an entirely different sport when he was a teenager.

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2023 W. NCAA Previews: Walsh And Douglass Set To Have A 200 IM Battle For The Ages

Walsh and Douglass are the two fastest women’s 200 IMers in NCAA history, and they will be racing each other at NCAAs for the first time ever.

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Jillian Crooks Swims 48.47 100 Free And 1:54.34 200 Back On Day 4 Of Cary Sectionals

16-year-old TAC Titans swimmer and Tennessee commit Jillian Crooks keeps on going best times at the Cary Sectionals meet.

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Katie Ledecky Swims 15:01.41 1650-Yard Free To Break U.S. Open And American Record

Ledecky took down her previous record time of 15:03.31 that was set back in November 2017, when she was still swimming collegiately for Stanford.

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The Virginia vs. Texas Battle At Women’s NCAAs Is Closer Than You Think

Even though Virginia might appear as overwhelming favorite on the surface, Texas is going to make this NCAAs battle closer than it seems.

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Jillian Crooks Clocks 1:45.13 200 Free PB And 53.36 100 Fly On Day 2 Of Cary Sectionals

Crooks’ 200 free time of 1:45.13 would have been just 0.19 seconds away from scoring in the ‘B’ final at the 2022 NCAA Championships.

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2023 W. NCAA Previews: It’s Kate Douglass Vs. The Clock In The 200 Breast

Kate Douglass has already broken the US Open and American record in the 200 breast three times this season, and she’s poised to do so one last time at NCAAs.

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