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Cream Edges Scarlet in Nebraska Intrasquad Matchup

The Nebraska swimming and diving team opened its 2019-20 season with the annual Scarlet and Cream Intrasquad meet at the Devaney Natatorium on Friday.

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2019-2020 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: First Edition

There’s a lot of agreement among rankers with the top four teams. After that… not so much. Stanford chases four straight NCAA titles this spring.

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Wisconsin HS Champion Michael Linnihan Sends Verbal to Northwestern for 2020

Linnihan won the 100 free and 200 free at the 2019 Wisconsin Division I State Championships and finished fourth in the 100 fly this summer at Speedo Juniors.

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Northwestern Adds NCAP’s Erika Chen to Class of 2024

Chen is the two-time defending 200 free Washington DC Metro High School champion, while she won the 500 free in 2018 as a sophomore and placed fifth in 2019.

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Floridian Zach Brewer Has Committed To Penn State For 2020

Brewer has seen great improvement in the shorter distance events, dropping over 7 seconds in the 200 free and 19 seconds in the 500 free since 2017.

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Penn State Receives Verbal Commitment from Butterflyer Branko Kosanovich

Branko Kosanovich from North Allegheny Senior High School and Allegheny North Swim Club has verbally committed to swim for Penn State next fall.

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Andrew Swenson Announces Verbal Pledge to Purdue for 2020-21

Andrew Swenson from Bedford North Lawrence High School and Lawrence County Aquatics has verbally committed to Purdue University for 2020-21.

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SwimSwam’s Comprehensive 2019-2020 College Swimming Preview Index

Stay on top of our team-by-team previews, recruiting class rankings, NCAA event-by-event winner picks and more with this comprehensive links index.

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Illinois Set for Season-Opening Orange and Blue Exhibition

The Fighting Illini swimming and diving team will begin its 2019-20 campaign with the annual Orange and Blue Intra-Squad Meet at the ARC Pool on Saturday.

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Winter Juniors Finalist Sarah Barton Announces Verbal to Nebraska

SwimMAC’s Sarah Barton has verbally committed to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for the 2020-21 season.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Kevin O’Dare Sends Verbal Commitment to Purdue

Kevin O’Dare of Upper Dublin Aquatic Club has verbally committed to Purdue University for the 2020-21 season.

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Michigan Wins First Big Ten Women’s Weekly Honors

Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil, Allie Klein and Kaitlynn Sims swept the Big Ten’s Swimmer, Diver and Freshman of the Week women’s honors.

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NCAA Addresses Wearable Technology in Latest Swim/Dive Rulebook Update

The NCAA will not allow swimmers to wear any technology that transmits information to an athlete in real-time, only devices for “data collection.”

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Purdue Senior Diver Brandon Loschiavo Taking Olympic Redshirt

Loschiavo is a platform diver primarily, having won the 2019 USA National title in both individual and synchro this past Summer.

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What Will it Take to Qualify for the 2020 Division I NCAA Championships?

With the 2019-2020 NCAA season underway, how fast should Division I swimmers expect they’ll need to go to make the NCAA Championships in March?

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