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Lydia Jacoby on 50 Breast: “I don’t entirely know how to swim a 50”

Even though she “doesn’t entirely know how to swim a 50” yet and is working on confidence in the 200, the NCAA champ seems to be making great strides

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Lydia Jacoby on Transition to LCM: “I’ve never trained meters before”

Jacoby discusses riding the momentum from NCAAs and switching her focus to long course, noting that she’s never trained LCM before in her career.

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TCU Adds In-State Commitment from Lexi Drap for Fall of 2023

Drap will help bolster the Horned Frog’s depth in the middle-distance freestyle events when she joins the team this fall.

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NCAA Begins Exploring Permanent Transition to Meters Racing in Swimming

Leon Marchand is the rare swimmer who has been able to succeed in both the 50-meter and 25-yard pool, winning World Championships in the 200 IM & 400 IM last summer, and NCAA titles in the same events last week.

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Texas’ Luke Hobson, Emma Sticklen Named Big 12 Swimmers of the Year (Full Awards)

Emma Sticklen earned Big 12 Women’s Swimmer of the Year honors, having become the first Longhorn to win the women’s 200 fly national title since 1982.

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How Many NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Teams Have Won Every Event in Their History?

There are 21 events on the current NCAA Division I Championship schedule. User swimy22 asked: has any program won all 21 of those events at some…

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11 More Event Titles Moves Virginia Women Into 8th Place All-Time, Passing SMU & Auburn

The Virginia Cavaliers won a third consecutive NCAA title last week, which for the second-straight season included 11 event wins.

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Cal’s 8th NCAA D1 Swimming & Diving Title Ties Auburn and Stanford for 5th-Most

The Cal men won their 8th NCAA team title on Saturday, doing so with only a single event champion: Destin Lasco in the 200 back.

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2023 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 & Final Pick’Em Scoring

Only five people, less than 1% of entrants in the 2023 Men’s NCAA Championships Pick’Em Contest, correctly predicted that Aiden Hayes would win the 200 fly.

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2023 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Pick’Em Contest Scoring

With only 1.37% of entries choosing him, Brendan Burns’s victory in the 100 back was the biggest surprise of the night to SwimSwam Pick’Em Contest voters.

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2023 Men’s Division I NCAA Champs: Nights 1 & 2 Photo Vault

The Men’s NCAA Championships have been nothing short of historic thus far. It was hard to narrow them down, but here’s a selection of my favorite photos.

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Breaststroker Liam Bell Pops 18.56 50 Freestyle (Day 2 Swims You May Have Missed)

Over the course of day 2 at 2023 Men’s NCAAs, Cal’s Liam Bell dropped .45 seconds in his 50 freestyle which is one of the swims you may have missed.

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How to Watch the 2023 NCAA DI Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

All session of the meet will be livestreamed on ESPN+ (with paid subscription) with separate times for the diving events and the 1650 heats.

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2023 M. NCAA Championships: Can Cal Win a Team Title AND the 400 Free Relay Together?

The Texas men have own the last two NCAA titles in the 400 free relay in years when Cal won the team title. Cal won in 2021 when Texas won the team title. Can the Bears unite the two?

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2023 M. NCAA Previews: A Wide Open Field Led By a Surprise Freshman In the Men’s Mile

Kentucky’s Levi Sandidge is the top seed in the men’s mile at the NCAA Championships by more than 3 seconds, but can he escape the freshman curse in this event?

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