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CPAC Freestyler Bridget Semenuk Commits to Texas

Bridget Semenuk from Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club has signed an NLI to swim for Texas in the class of 2023.

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Signing Day 2018: The Big SwimSwam List of Class of 2019 Commitments

Scroll down to see our list of swimmers and divers from the class of 2019 who have committed to college programs.

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Brown Sweeps Butterflies in Vols’ Meet with Auburn; Texas Men Top Tennessee

The Tennessee men split their meet with Texas and Auburn on Saturday, dropping a close meet to the defending national champion Longhorns and coming out with a win over the SEC rival Tigers. On the women’s side, Tennessee beat Auburn as well.

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Pfeifer, Evans Win Double in Texas’ Victory Over Cal

Distance standouts Joanna Evans and Evie Pfeifer each won a double for the Horns. 

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What Does It Take To Qualify For The NCAA Championships?

The first set of invite meets are set to go off this weekend, and swimmers will be looking to lock up a qualifying time for the NCAA Championships.

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Signing Day 2018: What’s Changed?

For seniors in the class of 2019, the NLI’s Early and Regular Signing Periods have been joined into one and now extend from November 14, 2018 until August 1, 2019 in most Division I and II sports.

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2018-2019 Men’s NCAA Power Rankings: November Edition

The battle for #1 is heating up, with at least three teams in contention, and our staff is split across the top of the NCAA.

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Practice + Pancakes: Texas Women Throwdown Before Duals with Stanford, Cal

On your average Wednesday, you can find the Texas women doing pace work. Luckily for us, it was a typical Wednesday in Austin.

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Butte County “Camp Fire” Causes Cancellation of Texas-Stanford Dual Meet

Update: the meet has been cancelled due to air quality issues caused by local fires.

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2018-2019 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: November Edition

As in previous years, SwimSwam’s Power Rankings are somewhere between the CSCAA-style dual meet rankings and a pure prediction of NCAA finish order….

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Olympic Gold Medalist Jack Conger Joins UVA Post-Grad Training Group

Conger grew up about 2-and-a-half hours from Charlottesville. He’s been named a member of the 2018 and 2019 US World Championship teams.

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Drew Kibler Loves Training Next to Clark Smith (Video)

Kibler won the 200 free after coming back on reigning NCAA champion Townley Haas. Kibler touched in 1:37.31 to Haas’ 1:37.44. Kibler came back from being down 47.42 to 46.97 at the 100 mark

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Freshman Standout Julia Cook Having Seamless Transition into College (Video)

After winning the 100 free and leading off the Nation-Leading 400 Free relay on Friday night, Julia Cook explained how transitioning from club training in College Station to college training in Austin has been a positive experience overall

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Watch Texas Women Swim 3:17.4 in Nation-Leading 400 Free Relay (Race Video)

The relay noteably did not include Ariola, who has a personal best 48.3 in the 100 free. Despite that, the Longhorn women posted a nation-leading 3:17.41.

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The Weekend’s Best D1 Dual Meets: Columbia and Rhode Island Comebacks

Swimming is most exciting during a close race with something on the line. It’s is a sport about racing. Beating…

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