College Swimming Previews

College Swimming Previews: Stability arrives for #8 Arizona in first full year under DeMont

Bonnie Brandon lost most of her NCAA meet last spring to a devastating illness, but at full strength this season she’ll be the centerpiece of Rick DeMont’s Wildcats.

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College Swimming Previews: #8 USC’s Cristian Quintero Aimed Toward triple NCAA titles

The biggest story of the 2013-2014 season for USC is also the biggest story of the 2014-2015 season for USC: the emergence of junior Cristian Quintero as a true college swimming superstar.

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College Swimming Previews: New sprint influx looks to keep #9 Texas inside the top 10

Texas brought in a tough new class of sprint-based recruits to pad its relays in search of another top 10 finish.

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College Swimming Previews: Giant senior class has come of age for the #10 Minnesota women

Freestyler Kiera Janzen is a big part of a hard-hitting senior class for the Golden Gophers, who look for a third-straight top-10 finish in 2014-2015.

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College Swimming Previews: #9 Stanford Men Trying to Send Nolan Out on Big Year

David Nolan has been a consistent contributor for the Cardinal in his three seasons so far, and the team seems to have the pieces in place around him to make a move up in the NCAA standings.

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College Swimming Previews: Diver Hixon a huge boost to #10 Indiana as swimmers make transition

Steve Schmuhl is the only individual NCAA scorer returning in the pool, but Indiana has some big reinforcements coming in to back him up.

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College Swimming Previews: A young #11 Virginia starting to come into its own in year 2 of Augie Busch era

Courtney Bartholomew is now a junior, a part of a rising young nucleus that has Virginia fighting for a top 10 finish.

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College Swimming Previews: #11 Louisville enters life without De Lucca, but it might not be as tough as you think

Thomas Dahlia is part of a loaded breaststroke group that will look to fill the big NCAA scoring hole left by double-national champ Joao de Lucca.

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College Swimming Previews: Coming Off Excellent Year, #12 Alabama Looks to Establish Staying Power in 2014-2015

Kristian Gkolomeev, right, will be on a mission to defend his NCAA title in the 50 freestyle as a sophomore this season.

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College Swimming Previews: NCAA Champ Snodgrass Leads #12 Indiana Women Into New Era

Indiana’s Brooklynn Snodgrass (right) will lead the Hoosiers through a year of transition as they have big graduations, but also a fantastic incoming freshman class.

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Ranking the 2014 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4

Top-rated prospect Simone Manuel heads up a Stanford class that redefines the word “loaded.”

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Ranking the 2014 Men’s Recruiting Classes: #5-8

USA Swimming National Team swimmer Curtis Ogren highlights Stanford’s 5th-best-in-the-country class.

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Ranking the 2014 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8

Both Brooke Zeiger (left) and Heidi Miller (right) find themselves in our 5th-8th ranked recruiting classes, Zeiger with Minnesota and Miller with Princeton.

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Ranking the 2014 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12

In a matter of months, Caeleb Dressel has become a household name in swimming. He will try and help the Florida Gators win NCAA titles over the next four years.

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Ranking the 2014 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12

Texas managed to snag Bethany Leap, one of the class’s top breaststrokers, to complement its freestyle-heavy recruiting class.

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