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The 2021 Women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championship Pick ‘Em Contest is HERE!

Who will win the NCAA Championship trophy? Pick right and you could be the recipient of a prize pack and the right to call yourself a swim nerd.

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Brendan Burns Returns To 100 Fly/100 Back/200 Fly Lineup For NCAAs

The extended Big Ten meet allowed Indiana’s Brendan Burns to swim and win both the 200 fly and 200 back. But at NCAAs, he’ll return to his traditional events.

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2021 Zone C: Ohio State Men Qualify 3 Divers For NCAAs On Day 1

Indiana’s Andrew Capobianco blew out the field, but Ohio State managed to qualify three divers for NCAAs on day 1 of the Zone C Diving Championships.

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Indiana’s Brendan Burns Name 2021 Big Ten Swimmer Of The Championships

Indiana University sophomore Brendan Burns was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championship, adding to his Freshman of the Year honor from last season.

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Michigan Men Defend Big Ten Team Title, Earns 42nd Title in Program History

The Michigan men successfully defended their Big Ten team title, earning their 42nd title in program history, the most in Big Ten history.

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Brendan Burns Takes Advantage of Big Ten Meet Schedule, Four 41s to Close Meet

Instead of the fly/back double in 100s, he was able to do the 200 of each stroke on separate days, and he broke 1:40 in both for the first time.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Zane Backes (above) is racing in tonight’s 200 breast A-final for IU, as the Hoosiers are gunning for a B1G title in an extremely close race with Michigan.

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IU V. Michigan Battle for 2021 Big Ten Title Will Come Down to Final Relay

After scoring prelims and 1650 FR seeds, Michigan will have just ONE point over Indiana on paper, leaving it to the 400 FR relay to decide the 2021 champion.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

No team has pulled away after Michigan and Indiana caught up to Ohio State’s diving lead. With just four events left, every point matters more than ever. 

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Winding Up for the Final Day of the Big Ten Championships (HEAT SHEETS)

Swimming has given us another down-to-the-wire conference championship meet on the final day of the Big Ten Men’s Swimming Championships. Above: Brendan Burns

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Brendan Burns, B1G Breaststroke and Six 18-Splits at Big Tens Night Four

A big story of the night came in the 200 fly, where the race wasn’t competitive, but the time out of winner Brendan Burns was.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Tonight, Max McHugh could become the second man under 50 seconds in the 100 breast, while Michigan and Indiana are locked in a cutthroat team race.

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2021 Big Ten Men Day 4 Ups/Downs: Indiana to Jump Michigan By 8.5 Pts

Indiana is now projected to jump Michigan by 8.5 pts with their 1-2 prelims seeds in the 100 BK and 1-2-3 seeds in the 200 FL, led by Brendan Burns (1:40.36).

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Going Down Swinging: Iowa Men Will Write Their Last Chapter at NCAA Championships

Iowa sophomore Will Myhre swam a 51.81 in the 100 breaststroke on Friday morning, meaning that Iowa will swim at the NCAA Championships in their final season.

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2021 Big Ten Men’s Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

This morning will run prelims of the 100 back, 100 breast and 200 fly, with a deep breaststroke field is finally able to get some individual swimming in.

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