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Backstroker Lauren O’Connor (2024) Verbally Commits to Cincinnati

Back/fly specialist Lauren O’Connor from Academy Bullets has committed to swim at Cincinnati beginning in the 2024-25 school year.

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Freestyler Ian Pickles (2023) Makes Verbal Pledge to Texas Longhorns

Ian Pickles, a rapidly-improving sprint freestyler from Swim Neptune in Scottsdale, Arizona, will swim at Texas next fall.

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2022-2023 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: New Years Edition

Kate Douglass won a pair of World Championships in Dec in SC meters. That has the Virginia Cavaliers lined up for a 3rd-straight NCAA title.

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NCAA Transformation Committee Recommends Sport Committees, Bigger Championships

The committee’s report will be discussed with the Board of Directors next week at the annual NCAA Convention in San Antonio.

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North Carolina State Medalist Alex Subotich Commits to Cincinnati for 2023

A state championships qualifier in three different states across his high school career, Subotich will join the Bearcats as a member of their class of 2027.

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Kansas Adds UIL 6A Championships Finalist Abby Naden to Freshman Class of 2023

A Texas high school swimming and diving 6A finalist last spring, Naden will join the Jayhawk’s sprint freestyle group in the fall of 2023.

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Distance Freestyler Trevor Hudson Commits to West Virginia

Hudson’s 1650 times could be beneficial as West Virginia looks to compete with the larger Big 12 schools in a changing conference.

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All 4 College Football Playoff Teams Have Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Programs

A reader noticed something about Saturday night’s semifinal games: for the 2nd season, teams in the playoff sponsor swimming & diving programs.

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Arizona State Men* Lead 2022-2023 Mid-Season Mythical NCAA Swimming Championship

Based on fall semester times, the Arizona State Sun Devils would score the most points in a swimming-only mid-season mythical invitational.

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Carson Foster’s Instagram Followers Want Him To Pick 200 Fly Over 200 Back At NCAAs

1,902 people have voted on Foster’s instagram poll, with 997 people saying he should swim the 200 fly and 905 people saying he should swim the 200 back.

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7 Men Have Been Sub-19 in the 50 Free Mid-Season, a New Record (By a Lot)

Jordan Crooks (above) is one of 6 men who have been sub-19 seconds in the 50 free already in the fall semester of NCAA swimming.

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ASU Men, Virginia Women Move To #1 In CSCAA December Polls

Leon Marchand led a strong performance for Arizona State at the Wolfpack Invite, propelling the Sun Devils into the top spot in the CSCAA’s latest rankings.

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Longhorn Women on Top of Mid-Season Mythical NCAA Swimming Championship

The Texas women were the runners-up at last year’s NCAA Championships. With new stars like Dakota Luther and Lydia Jacoby on board, they could challenge for the title this year.

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Dakota Luther: “Mostly I’ve just been working on not being last at the 100”

Luther takes us through how the move from Georgia to Texas has been, what she was focusing on in her race, and her goals moving forward to 2024.

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The Week That Was In College Swimming (Week 9)

Welcome to The Week That Was In College Swimming, where every week we’ll take a look at some of the highlights from around the NCAA in all three divisions.

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