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Kate Levensten Becomes First Penn Quaker Woman to Crack 52 in the 100 Back on Day 2 of Big Al

Levensten had never been faster than 54 seconds in the 100 back before this season. She has now broken into the ranks of the 53s.

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WATCH: Yamato Okadome’s 50.48 100 Breast & All Other Day 2 Minnesota Invite Race Videos

SwimSwam has compiled the race videos from Day 2 of the Minnesota Invite, including Yamato Okadome’s 50.48 in the 100 breast, which ranks third in the NCAA.

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2025 Minnesota Invite: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Cal freshman Claire Weinstein is the top seed in the women’s 200 freestyle on the 2nd night of the 2025 Minnesota Invite.

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2025 Minnesota Invite: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Day two of the 2025 Minnesota Invite features preliminary heats of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, and 100 backstroke.

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WATCH: Claire Weinstein’s 4:34.81 500 Free & All Other Day 1 Minnesota Invite Race Videos

SwimSwam has compiled the race videos from Day One of the Minnesota Invite, including Claire Weinstein’s NCAA fourth-ranked 4:34.81 in the 500 free.

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Princeton Wins 10 of 14 Events At Night One of Big Al Invitational

The first finals session of this year’s Big Al Invitational unfolded tonight, with Princeton winning 10 of the 14 events.

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2025 Minnesota Invite: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Cal’s Mary-Ambre Moluh (pictured) surged to the top seed this morning in the women’s 50 freestyle, where she was the only woman to break 22-seconds in 21.94.

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2025 Minnesota Invite: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

Cal freshman Claire Weinstein headlines the women’s 500 free on the opening day of the 2025 Minnesota Invite at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.

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“Best of the Rest” Breaststroker Enna O’Young (2027) Makes Verbal Pledge to Yale

Enna O’Young from Santa Clara Swim Club will join the Yale Bulldogs in 2027 with 100/200 breast times that would score in the ‘A’ finals at Ivies.

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Summer Nationals Qualifier Allison Liu Verbally Commits to Penn for 2026-27

PASA’s Allison Liu, a Summer Juniors-or-faster qualifier in the 50/100 fly and 50 free, will take her talents to Penn next fall.

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: December 1-7

#4 (Women) and #6 (Men) ranked Cal travels to Minnesota for the Minnesota Invite. See the full weekly schedule here.

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Herbie Behm Proposes That Dual Meet Wins Should Help Determine NCAA Roster Sizes

Behm proposed all teams should swim 6 dual meets, a win giving 3 NCAA spots. He also said the total numbers of athletes at the meet should stay the same

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NIL Swimmers’ Median Earnings Plummet 72% to $51 In Post-Olympic Season

NCAA’s NIL data dashboard show that swimmers and divers with NIL deals made much less in the 2024-25 season than they did the year before

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Harvard Stays Undefeated With Sweep of Columbia

The Harvard women defeated Columbia at Percy Uris Natatorium, 194-96, while the men rolled the past Lions, 180.5-119.5 as both teams remain unbeaten.

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Natalie Garre Sets Another School Record As Brown Completes Sweep of Bucknell Invitational

The Bears cruised to victories for both men and women, with Delaware picking up two runner-up finishes at Bucknell.

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