NCAA Adds Exception to Student-Athletes’ Required Weekly Day Off
Following a recent rule change by the NCAA, student-athletes may now be required to train for up to 24 days consecutive days without receiving a single day to recover and focus exclusively on their coursework.
Practice + Pancakes: Texas Men, Dean Farris Tackle Fast Friday (Video)
It’s the heart of long course season. Teams are training hard and loading up on their swimmers. What better time to go and see what the 4-time reigning NCAA champs are up to?
Brown University Adds 11 to Women’s Team for 2018-19
The Brown women’s swimming & diving program will welcome nine swimmers and two divers to the team this coming fall.
Dean Farris Explains Santa Clara Performances, Texas Training (Video)
Dean Farris breaks down his weekend in Santa Clara, how training has gone during his time in Austin with the UT men, and how he’s feeling moving into the rest of the summer
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2018-2019 NCAA Cut Times Released; 19.00 Is New 50 Free ‘A’ Cut
The NCAA has released its Division I qualifying standards for the 2018-2019 college season, including drastically-lowered B cuts and an A cut in the 50 free that has officially reached the 19-second barrier.
Analysis: NCAA “B” Cuts Drop Drastically for 2018-2019
Earlier today, we reported on the NCAA’s new “A” and “B” cuts for the 2018-2019 college swim season. Comparing those times to their 2017-2018 counterparts shows a dramatic drop in “B” cut times in particular.
Dean Farris to Train at Texas for Part of the Summer (Video)
Coming off of his sophomore year at Harvard, Swimming Icon Dean Farris is spending some time at home in Atlanta before heading to Austin to get some yardage in with the longhorns
Watch: Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, Dean Farris 50 Free (Race Video)
Michael Andrew scorched a lifetime best 21.73 to dominate this race by a second. That took .02 off his former lifetime best of 21.75
New Proposal Would Require All NCAA Transfers To Sit Out One Year
A new proposal would extend the NCAA’s “year in residence” requirement to all sports, requiring all transfers to sit out a full year before rejoining NCAA competition, though other proposals would allow students with a certain GPA to bypass that requirement.
Two-sport Athlete Luke Rohlen Commits to Swim for Dartmouth
Luke Rohlen from Sacred Heart Preparatory and Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics has committed to swim for Dartmouth Big Green in the class of 2022.
Cypress Fairbanks’ Braxton Marion Commits to Swim for Harvard
Braxton Marion from Cypress Fairbanks Swim Club and Cypress Ranch High School in Houston will swim for the Harvard Crimson in the fall.
Speculation: Front-runners for Auburn Head Coaching Position
With Brett Hawke resigning after a decade as head coach, the Auburn Tigers have one of the most intriguing job openings in recent memory – and the buzz is that the frontrunners could be current head coaches at other programs.
Florida Men Move Into All-Time Top 10 in NCAA Event Titles
Caeleb Dressel won 3 of the Gators’ 5 event titles in 2018, and was involved in a 4th as a relay leadoff leg.
Stanford Women Now Have 173 All-Time NCAA Event Titles
A win in the meet-opening 800 free relay kicked off 13 event titles for Stanford at the 2018 NCAA Championships.
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