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College Swimming Weekly Preview: November 3-9

NC State will host Ohio State and Virginia Tech in the Raleigh Rumble this weekend, a two-day meet. See the full weekly schedule here.

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Purdue Sweeps Cincinnati And Oakland In Two-Day Tri-Meet With Numerous All-Time Swims

Several Purdue swimmers entered the school’s all-time top 10 while Oakland’s Lydia Soldatke swam to a pool record.

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Jade Roghair and Katie McCarthy Double Up as Minnesota Women Defeat Iowa 190–109

Jade Roghair and Katie McCarthy (pictured) each won two individual events, helping the Minnesota Gophers defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes.

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University Of Wisconsin Adds Multi-Event Talent Brynn Sundell To Its Class Of 2031

Brynn Sundell of Middleton, Wisconsin has announced her commitment to swim and study at the University of Wisconsin, starting in the fall of 2027.

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New SwimSwam Feature: Our Commitment Databases Are Now Available on the Site

Now you can access our master databases for the current recruiting classes whenever you want – you’ll find them under the COLLEGE tab on the homepage.

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Summer Juniors ‘A’ Finalist Leila Stafford (2027) Hands Verbal Commitment to Michigan

Flying Fish Arizona’s Leila Stafford, a Summer Nationals qualifier in the 200/400/800 free, has elected to swim and study at Michigan in 2027.

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BOTR Ranked Breaststroke and IMer Erin Griffis Commits To Northwestern For Fall 2027

Griffis is the 3rd BOTR ranked recruit for 2027 to commit to Northwestern. She primarily specializes in IM and breaststroke.

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Bella Sims, Raekwon Noel Named Big Ten Swimmers of the Week As Michigan & IU Sweep Awards

Sims won the 200 backstroke (1:51.26) and the 200 freestyle (1:41.43) against Northwestern and UCLA to earn Women’s Swimmer of the Week honors.

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2025-26 NCAA Digest: Is The Women’s 200 Freestyle Renaissance Here?

Seven women have already broken 1:43 in the 200 freestyle this season and it isn’t even November yet. Is this going to be a renaissance year for the event?

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Meredith O’Grady (2026) Sends Verbal Commitment to In-state UCLA

Meredith O’Grady, who trains under her father at the Spartans of La Canada, will head to Westwood next fall to become a UCLA Bruin.

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Michigan Men Missing 4 Big Expected Contributors Early in the 2025-2026 Season

Jack Wilkening, who scored 64.5 points at last year’s Big Ten Championships, is expected to return for Michigan’s next dual meet.

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Over/Unders: 2026 NCAA Women’s Division I Championships Power Rankings Edition

Use the comment section to upvote (over/higher or equal to) or downvote (under, lower than) where you think the NCAA teams will finish based on Power Rankings

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NCAA Delays Rolling Out Gambling for Student-Athletes; Pushes Off 5th Year of Eligibility

The NCAA has pushed off two significant evolutions of its rules for very different reasons.

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Iowa Set To Host Minnesota In Annual Blackout Dual on Friday

The meet will take place on Friday, Oct. 31, at 1:30 p.m. (CT) at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.

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Notre Dame Men and Women Beat Northwestern in Tight Battles

The Notre Dame men and women earned their first victories under new head coach Michael Norment on Friday in South Bend.

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