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2021 Women’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Even with four key deferrals, the high school class of 2020 lived up to the hype with five massive NCAA scorers (30+ points) and 29 total freshmen scorers.

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2021 Women’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Wisconsin’s Phoebe Bacon was a standout in her freshman year, scoring 51 pints and winning the NCAA title in the 200 back.

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Women’s Recruit Ranks: Individual Scoring For All Classes Through 2021 NCAAs

Virginia’s Class of 2019 / 2023 has been outstanding, with four top-20 recruits all scoring as sophomores and Kate Douglass winning a national title.

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Versatile Javier Acevedo Helps Georgia Men To Highest NCAA Finish Since 1997

You don’t often see a 200 backstroke A-finalist swim breast on a 200 medley relay, but senior Javier Acevedo was doing it all for Georgia last week.

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James Madison Freshman Madison Cottrell Named CAA Performer of the Meet

This year, JMU head coach Dane Pederson and W&M head coach Nate Kellogg shared Co-Coaches of the Year awards.

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Cristal Perdomo Commits to 2021 Conference Carolinas Champion Barton College

Perdomo will join a program fresh off its conference title victory, giving them a versatile pickup with scoring potential in three different disciplines.

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2021 NEC Championships Day 2: Bryant Men Poised For Title, Women Holding Lead

Bryant is holding on to the lead in the women’s meet, heading into the final day of competition leading Central Connecticut State by 87.5 points.

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Backstroker Caitlin Romprey Commits to Arkansas-Little Rock (2021)

Last season, and this season, Romprey would’ve been the fastest backstroker (at both distances) on the roster.

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REACH Aquatics Backstroker Kevin Soltys Commits to Lewis

Kevin Soltys from REACH Aquatics and Prospect High School in Mount Prospect, IL has announced his intention to swim at Lewis.

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9x Georgia 1-3A State Champion Annie Jardina Verbally Commits to Navy (2022)

SwimAtlanta’s Annie Jardina will bring A-final-worthy times to the Patriot League when she suits up for Navy in the fall of 2022.

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James Madison Four-Peats, Secures 11th Total CAA Women’s Title

JMU kicked things off by going 1-2 in the mile, with 2020 champion Julianna Jones defending her title with a 16:39.17.

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“I’ll Eat My Goggles” – an Act of Penance from a SwimSwam Reader

SwimSwam reader Willswim made a not-so-bold call in the comments about the NCAA Championships. He whiffed, but put his goggles where his mouth is.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2017

Brooke Forde was the #4 recruit as a junior, but very likely would have been the #1 in a senior re-rank. She outscored anyone in the class of 2017.

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Moore and Rathle Lead Crawfish Aquatics to Louisiana Short Course Championship

Rylee Moore, Jacques Rathle, Eric Ring, and Marie Landreneau all set Louisiana LSC records this weekend at the short course state meet.

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Ohio HS Division I State Champion Emma Dalton Chooses Vanderbilt Commodores

2021 Winter Juniors qualifier Emma Dalton has committed to swim for Vanderbilt University beginning in the 2021-2022 season.

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