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Big Ten Recognizes Winter Academic All-Big Ten Honorees

More than 1,100 students earn academic honors.

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Event-by-Event Breakdowns & Predictions for the 2021 Women’s NCAA Championships

The biggest storyline here is Kate Douglass and Maggie MacNeil getting in the ring and going 3 rounds in the form of 50 free, 100 fly, and 100 free

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NCAA Women’s Teams Ranked By Average Change From Seeded NCAA Points

We’re looking back at historical data to see which teams, on average, gain the most points from seed at the NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: Can Frosh Alex Walsh Threaten the 2IM American Record?

At ACCs, UVA’s Alex Walsh won the 200 IM title with a monster 1:51.53. Could Walsh win the NCAA title and threaten the American record as a freshman?

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American Record Holder, WUG Champion, Ian Finnerty Retires

Ian Finnerty won the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2019 World University Games and is the fastest man ever in the 100 yard breaststroke.

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: Step 2 On White’s Path To Double Gold – The 100 Backstroke

As top seed in the 100 and 200 backstrokes at NCAAs, Alabama’s Rhyan White has a shot to do collect both golds in the event next week.

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Indiana Scores Verbal from IHSAA State Breaststroke Champion MacKenna Lieske

Carmel, Indiana’s MacKenna Lieske, a Summer Juniors qualifier in the 100 breast and 200 IM, has announced her intention to swim for the in-state Hoosiers.

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: Can Top Seed Madden Deny Forde A Repeat Victory In The 500?

Having gone 1-2 in the event two years ago, Brooke Forde and Paige Madden will be back next week to battle it out in their last-ever NCAA 500 freestyles.

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Men’s Big 12 Picks Revisited: West Virginia Snags Second With Strong Showing

Just as we saw on the women’s side, West Virginia outswam expectations, beating TCU by 132 to remain the conference runners-up.

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Men’s Big Ten Picks Revisited: Michigan Overcomes Two-Week Pause

This was a brutal conference to call, and we narrowly picked IU over fears about Michigan’s two-week training pause during taper. Michigan proved us wrong.

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2021 W. NCAA Previews: Douglass v. MacNeil Part 3 – The 100 Freestyle

It will be their 3rd showdown of the meet and one final chance for either Douglass or MacNeil to get the upper hand at the 2021 NCAAs.

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Women’s Big Ten Picks Revisited: Nebraska Exceeds Expectations

Nebraska and Iowa were the big outliers, jumping up a full tier from where we expected them to be. Nebraska jumped three, nearly four spots from our picks.

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MSU Alumni Ask Appropriations Committee To Seek Transparency In Program Cuts

Two alumni members asked the Committee to call on the university to account for why it’s “making such a poor financial decision against its own interest.”

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: Douglass V. MacNeil Part 2 – The 100 Butterfly

After the pandemic cancelled the 2020 NCAAs, Michigan JR Maggie MacNeil and Virginia SO Kate Douglass will finally take their aims at the 100 fly NCAA title.

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2021 W. NCAA Previews: Douglass v. MacNeil Part 1 – The 50 Freestyle

The 50 free will be a bloodbath this year with Kate Douglass and Maggie MacNeil leading the charge, seeded only 0.02 seconds apart.

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