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Texas Longhorns – Olympic Trials Video

University of Texas Longhorns women made a video that captures their memories of the 2016 U.S Olympic Trials.

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Big 5 Conferences Propose Changes to NCAA Sport Hours Requirements

The Big 5 conferences in the NCAA’s Division I – the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC – have proposed some changes to rules regarding how much time college athletes are required to invest in their sports.

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Wrap-Up on the College Commitments of SwimSwam’s Class of 2016

July 1, 2016 begins the new recruiting season for the class of 2017. Take a look at where we are so far with class of 2016 commitments.

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Evans, Carter, Wynter Score ‘B’ Olympic Cuts at CISCs

Joanna Evans, Dylan Carter (pictured above), and Timothy Wynter all swam FINA ‘B’ Olympic qualifying times last night at the Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships.

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Texas’s Joanna Evans Clinches 800 Free Spot on Bahamian Olympic Team

The University of Texas’s Joanna Evans scored her first-ever Olympic berth yesterday with an 800 freestyle win under the FINA ‘A’ cut at the Bahamas’ National Championships

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Ranking the 2016 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4

This was an easy choice: Katie Ledecky and company are the NCAA’s #1 women’s class

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Ranking the 2016 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8

Junior World Record holder Claire Adams headlines a small but mighty class for the Texas Longhorns

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Ranking the 2016 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12

Kirsten Jacobsen is one of many reasons for Arizona fans to be excited for the next few years of Wildcat swimming

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Austin Vacek Transferring from Texas to Texas A&M

Austin Vacek, a swimmer who once drew an “He’s going to make me famous” from University of Texas head coach Eddie Reese,…

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8 Year-Old With Honorary TCU Swimming Scholarship Passes Away

8 year-old Nathan Lin who was an honorary member of the TCU swim team passed away on June 3.

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The Top 6 From Indy, Santa Clara, and Austin (Combined Results)

We’ve put together a list of the top 6 swimmers in each race across all of last weekend’s big meets to compare where the swimmers are at as they head towards Trials and this summer’s Olympic Games.

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2016 Longhorn Elite Invite: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Tonight will see several Olympians and Olympic hopefuls compete. Joseph Schooling, Jack Conger, and Chase Kalisz will battle in the 200 fly, and Will Licon will go head-to-head with Andrew Wilson in the 100 breast.

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5 Big Things from Day 3 of the 2016 Longhorn Elite Invite

David Nolan cranked out a new best time of 1:59.40 to beat out Will Licon in the men’s 200 IM final. That’s a new best time for Nolan, and his first time under 2:00.

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2016 Longhorn Elite Invite: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

On the final day of the 2016 Longhorn Elite Invite, we’ll see some of the nation’s top Olympic hopefuls compete in the 200 fly, 100 breast, 100 back, and 200 IM.

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5 Big Things from Day 2 of the 2016 Longhorn Elite Invite

Chase Kalisz churned out a 4:11.51 in the 400 IM tonight, moving himself up to 4th in this year’s World Rankings. His previous season best was a 4:14.64 from Arena Pro Swim in Austin.

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