Articles by Yanyan Li

LSU’s Jovan Lekic Saw Huge 500 Free Drop, Made ‘A’ Final Despite Illness A Week Prior

A litany of training changes helped Lekic improve considerably over the last year, even after he was sick a week before NCAAs.

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Two Transfers Propelled Texas’ Successful Day Two NCAAs Campaign

Texas is off to a hot start at the 2025 NCAA Championships, and much of that has to do with its new transfer portal additions.

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Arizona State’s Patrick Sammon Wins Elite 90 Award For Highest GPA At DI Men’s NCAA Champs

Sammon, an Arizona State senior who majors in real estate development, won the award after earning a 4.00 grade point average.

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Indiana Men Have Broken School Records In 4 Of 5 Contested Swimming Events

The Hoosier men are continuously resetting their record boards at the 2025 NCAA Championships, outperforming their seed times.

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Sub-4:10 500 Free Won’t ‘A’ Final, Sub-19 50 Free Won’t ‘B’ Final At 2025 NCAA Championships

The qualification standards in the men’s 50 free, 200 IM and 500 free have all gotten considerably higher at the 2025 NCAA Championships.

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Cal Becomes First Sub-6 Minute 800 Free Relay; Recovers From Flubbed Dive

Cal picked up its first win at the 2025 NCAA championships after engaging in a duel with the Texas Longhorns on the 800 free relay.

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Florida Men Break 200 Medley Relay NCAA Record, But Get Disqualified For Early Takeoff

The Gators initially clocked a time of 1:20.05 to get under Tennessee’s NCAA record, but due to an early takeoff on the anchor they were disqualified.

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Unparalleled Dominance: A Tribute To The Walsh-Walsh-Douglass Trio

Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass went on a run like no other from 2021 to 2025, culminating in 41 NCAA titles.

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2025 ACC Championships: Stanford Men Put Up Numbers, But Cal In Front (Day 4 Ups/Mids/Downs)

The Stanford men led in projected scoring for the Day 4 prelims session at the 2025 ACC Championships, but the Cal men still hold a comfortable lead.

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2025 ACC Championships: Stanford Women, Louisville Men Make Big Push(Day 3 Ups/Mids/Downs)

The Stanford women and Louisville men led in projected scoring for individual events after day three prelims at the 2025 ACC Championships.

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Massachusetts High School Swimmer Henry Perda Discusses Competing After A Heart Transplant

Perda received a heart transplant as a high school sophomore and had to re-learn how to swim, but he came back to set best times as a junior.

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Is Swimming A Bad Product? Reddit Users Seem To Think So (Plus, My Response)

Many voices over the last 12 months have chimed in about why swimming is hard to follow as a fan. Now, the debate has gotten the Reddit treatment.

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SwimSwam’s Wild Predictions And Alter Ego Takes For 2025

It’s that time of the year again, where the SwimSwam staff makes its wild prediction and alter ego takes for the year 2025.

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How Accurate Were SwimSwam’s 2024 Wild Predictions? (Spoiler Alert: Not Very Accurate)

Not many of SwimSwam’s wild predictions for 2024 came true. However, the one that happened came at the hands of Laurie Hernandez’s gymnastics commentary.

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Grant House Says He’s Received Death Threats Over House v. NCAA Lawsuit

House has dealt with much online virtrol over the House v. NCAA settlement, but he doesn’t believe he should be solely the person to blame.

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