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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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Shebat Explains Why 200m IM is His Favorite Long Course Event (Video)

Shebat posted very quick splits of 22.48 and 25.78 on the fly and back splits, for a 48.26 1st 100 split. Shebat’s 200 IM marks the fastest time in the NCAA this year.

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Grace Ariola on Fall Training “It’s Grind Time” (Video)

Grace Ariola led a 1-2-3 Texas finish in the 50 free. Ariola swam a 22.52 for the 10th fastest time in the NCAA this season, touching out Julia Cook (22.67) and Anelise Diener (22.85).

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Kansas Beat Former Big 12 Foes Nebraska by 6 Points

Kansas Vs. Nebraska (women only) November 3rd, 2018 Lincoln, Nebraska Meet Results Meet Scores: Kansas W 152, Nebraska W 146…

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Shebat Swims Nation-Leading 200 IM As Texas Men Roll Over TAMU

Kibler won the 200 free after coming back on reigning NCAA champion Townley Haas.

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WATCH: Race Videos From Texas/TAMU Dual Meet

There were 18 performances from the meet that rank in the top 10 nationally this season

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Texas Women Swim 3:17.4 400 Free Relay En Route To Victory Over TAMU

Joanna Evans took the 1000 free in a 9:47.68, marking the fastest time in the NCAA this season. Teammate Evie Pfeifer came in 2nd with a 9:49.02, clocking the 3rd fastest time nationally this season.

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SMU Women Cruise Past TCU, Iowa State

The SMU women’s swimming and diving team defeated TCU, 196-103, and Iowa State, 184-114, on Friday evening.

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