Big Ten

Bowen Becker on 100 Free, New 3rd Event, and Home-Pool Advantage

Minnesota’s Bowen Becker put up the fastest 50 freestyle and the 2nd-fastest 100 freestyle in the country last week at the B1G Triple Dual meet, and posted a season-best 100 fly.

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Stanford Women Regain Top Spot In Jan 31 CSCAA Dual Meet

Note: SwimSwam does not have a voting stake in the CSCAA Awards, which focus on dual meet viability. For rankings…

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Olympic Medalist Steele Johnson Talks Injury Comeback & Married Life

2016 Olympic silver medalist Steele Johnson returned to competition for Purdue last weekend at the B1G Triple Duals meet hosted by the University of Minnesota.

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WUGs Medalist Kaersten Meitz Confident & Ready for Championship Season

MINNESOTA VS. NORTHWESTERN VS. PURDUE – TRIPLE DUALS Hosted by University of Minnesota Triple Dual Format Live Results 25 Yards…

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Minnesota’s Danielle Nack Talks Training, Final Home Meet, & Big Ten’s

Minnesota senior Danielle Nack turned in some impressive times in her final home meet as a Golden Gopher last weekend as Minnesota hosted Purdue and Northwestern for each team’s last skirmish before the Big Ten Championships in February.

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European Jr Champ Sveva Schiazzano Joins Rutgers for Spring Semester

In another shakeup (to the positive, this time), Rutgers has added Italian swimmer Sveva Schiazzano to their roster mid-season. She enrolled…

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Top 8 NCAA D1 Women’s Times From Last Week (Jan. 22-28)

Ella Eastin went the country’s fastest times in the 200 fly and 200 IM over the weekend for Stanford.

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2018 NCAA Conference Championship Primer – Division I

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With all due respect to Christmas, there’s nothing quite like the NCAA…

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Minnesota Wins Twice, Purdue Over Northwestern in Triple Dual Meet

Minnesota’s Danielle Nack put up a 52.6 to win the 100 fly and Olympic silver medalist Steele Johnson returned to competition for Purdue.

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Fazekas Posts 52.7 100 Fly as 12 Pool Records Fall at Shamrock Invite

Notre Dame was responsible for breaking 7 of their own pool records en route to topping the field in the men’s and women’s scoring.

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Winter Juniors West Meet Record-holder Zane Backes Verbals to Indiana

Zane Backes of Las Vegas, Nevada’s Team Rebel Aquatics has announced his verbal commitment to swim for Indiana University next fall.

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Illini Tie Pool Record While Sweeping Quad Duals

The Illini tied the University of Illinois ARC pool record in the 200 free relay.

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Minnesota Leads Northwestern and Purdue on Day 1 of Triple Duals Meet

With less than one month to go before the Big Ten Championships, the University of Minnesota hosts its final regular season meet against Northwestern and Purdue.

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One Swimmer Among Larry Nassar Victims To Testify

Among the more than 160 women who testified in court accusing sports doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse was at least one swimmer, according to media reports.

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Indiana’s Fantoni Posts 46.8/1:44.9 Backstrokes Against Purdue

Brazilian newcomer Gabriel Fantoni blew away the field in the 100 back, winning by over 2 seconds in 46.86.

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