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NCAA D1 All-America Team Breakdown: Cal and Texas Men, Stanford Women lead the charge

The Cal and Texas men were tied atop the All-America list with 15 athletes each, and Stanford topped the women’s list with 14.

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Duke Among NCAA Division I Head Swim & Dive Coaching Positions that Remain Open

Headlining the current crop of head coach vacancies is Duke University.

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2x NCAA Champion Brendan Burns To Use Fifth Year Of Eligibility At Indiana

Burns scored 46 out of Indiana’s 139 individual swimming points at the 2023 NCAA Championships and was also a major contributor on the Hoosier relays.

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Purdue Announces Alex Jerden as the Next Head Coach of Men’s Swimming and Diving

Purdue University has announced Alex Jerden as the next head coach of the men’s swimming and diving program.

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Anna Peplowski Likes Freestyle to Backstroke Doubles

She said she actually enjoyed swimming freestyle-to-backstroke doubles, training for the 200 free-100 back double during the NCAA season. 

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Michigan St. Alum Donates $500,000 Toward Reinstatement of Spartans’ Swim & Dive Program

Amanda Mercer made the donation in honor of her late husband, Todd, who she met while swimming at MSU. Todd lost his battle with cancer in 2021.

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Purdue Adds Florida High School State Championships Finalist Ava Fasano for 2023

Fasano will have the potential to contribute in both sprint free and backstroke as a member of a large freshman class this fall.

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Minnesota’s Sprint Group Gets Big Addition from Olivia Wanner (2024)

Wanner is huge sprint addition for the Gophers, with times that would already be among the best on the team’s current roster.

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Greek Open Medalist Anna Avgousta Vlachou to Swim for University of Nebraska

Anna Avgousta Vlachou, European Junior Championships semifinalist in the 100m butterfly, will make her NCAA swimming debut in the fall at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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Illinois Picks Up Commitment From TISCA State Champion Gwen Bakker (2023)

Bakker projects to score significant points for Illinois at Big Ten Championships in the breaststroke events when she steps on campus this fall.

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Futures Champion Tristan Prizler Sends Verbal To Northwestern (2024)

Distance specialist Tristan Prizler has announced his verbal commitment to Northwestern, beginning with the 2024-2025 season.

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Nebraska Adds Italian Caterina Bisiacchi for Fall of 2023

Bisiacchi will help to bolster Nebraska’s depth in both the middle distance freestyle and butterfly events when she joins the team this fall.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier, Jasmine Liu, Commits to Minnesota for 2023

Liu, a breastroke specialist, will step into the gap left by graduating senior, Emma Lezer. Liu’s best times would have placed in the C finals at Big 10s.

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Henry Amar (2023) Commits to Ohio State

A junior from New York, Henry Amar has announced his commitment to swim and study at Ohio State University beginning fall of 2024.

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Kate Douglass vs. Caitlin Clark: Who Had The Better NCAA Season?

After Clark’s historic NCAA March Madness performance, we decided to compare her NCAA season to that of swim star Kate Douglass.

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