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Which NCAA Power 5 Conference Teams Can Still Practice and Compete?

Only a handful of schools are yet to be prohibited from practicing as well as from competing as part of the response to COVID-19.

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2020 NIC Championships: Watson, Poletta Win Double on Thursday

Cleveland State’s Dominic Poletta dropped over half a second in the 50 fly at this meet, winning the race in 21.14. He returned to win the 50 free.

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2019-2020 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: Final Edition

NCAA’s are canceled. Bummed? Yeah, us too. But relive what could/would have been in our final edition Power Ranks, including conference champ results.

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End-of-Season Intrasquad Meets an Option in Wake of NCAA Cancelation

Schools are considering hosting their own end-of-season meets after the NCAA canceled all remaining winter and spring championships.

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3 Women’s Alternates Added To D-I NCAAs As Harvard Drops Out

Three more women’s alternates have been invited to the 2020 NCAA Swimming Championships, with Harvard scratching out due to coronavirus.

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Winter Juniors Finalist Daniel Matheson Verbals to Northwestern for 2021

At the 2019 Winter Junior Championships – West, Matheson climbed to eighth in the 500 free, ninth in the mile, and scored in C-finals of the 200 fly/400 IM.

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A Look At Women’s NCAA Relay Qualification, 2017-2020

For the 4th year in a row, Standford, Cal and Louisville hit all 5 ‘A’ cuts for the Women’s D1 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.

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2020 W. NCAA Previews: Hansson, MacNeil, and Brown Set for 100 Fly Showdown

The 100 fly is one of the most anticipated showdowns, featuring 2 women tied as the NCAA Record holders and a 3rd who holds the American Record.

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2020 W. NCAA Previews: Weitzeil Aiming for 2nd Sub-21 to Defend 50 Free Title

Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil, the reigning NCAA Champion, made history this season as the first woman to break 21 in the 50 free.

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Scoring Out The 2020 NCAA Men’s D1 Pre-Selection Psych Sheets

The NCAA pre-selection psych sheets only dropped this morning, but we’ve already got the seeds scored out with all swimming events (but no diving) included.

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Florida’s Kieran Smith to Swim 200 Free Instead of 400 IM at NCAAs

While Smith swam the 400 IM at SECs in a time that then led the nation, he won’t be entered in it at NCAAs. He’ll instead be the top seed in the 200 free. 

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Cal’s Hugo Gonzalez Goes with 200 Breast Over 200 Back at NCAAs

His time from the 200 breast time trial at Pac-12s ranks him 4th in the nation, while his time in the 200 back ranked 8th.

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Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas Chooses 400 IM Over 100 Back for NCAAs

This season, he’s dropped the 100 back on day 2 for the 400 IM. He was the 4th fastest 100 backstroker in the nation this season.

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2020 Zone D: Texas Men Go 1-2, Qualify 3 Divers For NCAAs On Day 1

Returning NCAA A finalists Jordan Windle and Grayson Campbell went 1-2 on 3-meter in the tough Zone D, and Texas qualified 3 divers for NCAAs.

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Making Assumptions and Projecting the Cutline for the 2020 Men’s NCAA Champs

It’s sort of like if we played pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey with cut lines. Tait Pinnow knows about where the target is, but it’s a little fuzzy still.

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