Articles by Yanyan Li

Bell, McCarty Each Grab Their Fifth Individual Win To Close Austin Sectionals

Stanford Commit Lucy Bell and NC Commit Quintin McCarty both finished the Austin Speedo Sectionals with five individual wins apiece.

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Lucy Bell Goes 51.83 In The 100 Fly On Day 3 of Austin Sectionals

After setting a best time in the 400 IM yesterday, Stanford commit Lucy Bell broke 52 for the first time to set a personal best in the 100 fly.

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Brendan Burns Pulls Off Huge Upset, First Hoosier Since 1973 To Win 200 Fly

Despite the fact that only 2 out of 713 people picked him to win the event in Pick’ems, Burns won the 200 fly with a new best time of time of 1:38.71.

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Seeliger Becomes #2 Of All Time In 100 Free With 40.75 Prelims Swim

Seeliger is now the second-fastest of all time in both the 50 and 100 free, behind the legendary Caeleb Dressel in both envets.

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Lucy Bell Swims 4:07.32 400 IM To Highlight Day 2 Of Austin Sectionals

Bell, a Stanford commit for the Class of 2026, swam a time that would have ranked her #2 on the Trees this season behind now-retired swimmer Brooke Forde.

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Quintin McCarty Swims 42.61 100 Free PB To Open Austin Sectionals

McCarty, who is ranked #14 in SwimSwam’s top recruits of the Class of 2022, will be swimming for NC State starting in the 2021-22 school year.

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WATCH: Leon Marchand Breaks 200 IM NCAA Record, Other Day 2 Race Videos

Champions were crowned in the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 200 free relay on day two of the 2022 Men’s D1 Swimming And Diving Championships.

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Bjorn Seeliger Swims 18.27 50 Free Leading Off Relay, Now #2 Performer All-Time

Seeliger’s 18.27 leading off of Cal’s 200 free relay makes him the #2 performer of all-time in the 50 free and is the #8 performance.

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Luke Hobson Re-Breaks His 500 Free 17-18 NAG In A Time Of 4:08.42

Hobson, who finished third in the 500 free at NCAAs, broke the 17-18 National Age Group record for the third time overall.

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Olympians And A Few College Stars Highlight Final Pro Series Before Trials

Caeleb Dressel is set to race the 50/100/200 free, 100 fly, and the 200 IM at the TYR Pro Swim Series in San Antonio next week.

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WATCH: Florida, Texas Break NCAA Relay Records On Night One

On night one of men’s NCAAs, both the NCAA records in the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay were broken by Florida and Texas respectivley.

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Texas’s Caspar Corbeau Splits 22.55 50 Breast On Medley Relay, 2nd Fastest Ever

Corbeau swam the second-fastest 50 breast split, a 22.55, en route to Texas’s second-place finish in the 200 medley relay.

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Texas Men Break 800 Free Relay NCAA Record In A Time Of 6:03.89

In the second NCAA record set tonight, the Texas men took down their old mark of 6:05.08 by 1.19 seconds in the 800 free relay.

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Florida Margin Of Victory: +0.23 Florida Margin On Exchanges Over Texas: +0.45

Florida beat Texas on relay exchanges by almost double the margin that they did overall en route to their NCAA record-breaking 200 medley relay.

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2022 M. NCAA Picks: UVA Riding On American Record Hype In 200 Free Relay

The Virginia men won an ACC title and broke the American record in the 200 free relay last month. Will they win this event at NCAAs?

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