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Women’s Big Ten Picks Revisited: Nebraska Exceeds Expectations

Nebraska and Iowa were the big outliers, jumping up a full tier from where we expected them to be. Nebraska jumped three, nearly four spots from our picks.

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Men’s ACC Picks Revisited: DQs In 2020 & 2021 Threw Wrenches Into Projections

Louisville’s relay DQ in 2020 probably made them a bit underrated by numbers going into 2021. But an NC State DQ this year swung the meet, too.

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Mid-Distance Freestyler Maggie Reimer Chooses St. Norbert College

Reimer will be a strong addition to St. Norbert’s freestyle group, with 200 and 500 times ranked 3rd and 5th on their 2019-2020 roster, respectively.

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Former Cal Men’s Head Coach Nort Thorton Hospitalized With Heart Issues

Nort Thornton, who was the head coach of the Cal men’s swimming & diving team for 33 years, has been hospitalized in an intensive care unit.

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Women’s ACC Picks Revisited: UNC’s Complications The Major Wrinkle

As the ACC has grown in major star power, it’s also become quite a bit more stratified, and our predictions were pretty much dead-on.

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FAU Adds Georgia HS 6A Champion Brett Reason for 2021

At the 2021 Georgia HS 6A State Championships, Reason won the 50 free state title (20.71) and touched third in the 100 free (45.82).

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NJ Sprinter Alexis Jankovich Commits to Army West Point (2021)

Jankovich is primarily a sprint freestyler, and her lifetime bests in the 50, 100 and 200 free and the 100 back are from the 2019 YMCA SC Nationals.

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Carmel Swim Club’s Alani Hightower Sends Verbal to Butler (2021)

Hightower won her IHSAA Sectional 200 IM title all four years of high school, and she’s qualified for IHSAA State all four years, too.

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MSU Alumni Ask Appropriations Committee To Seek Transparency In Program Cuts

Two alumni members asked the Committee to call on the university to account for why it’s “making such a poor financial decision against its own interest.”

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: Douglass V. MacNeil Part 2 – The 100 Butterfly

After the pandemic cancelled the 2020 NCAAs, Michigan JR Maggie MacNeil and Virginia SO Kate Douglass will finally take their aims at the 100 fly NCAA title.

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Men’s SEC Picks Revisited: Trust In Florida’s Taper Once Again Pays Off

Swimulator projections had Florida down 360.5 points to Georgia in the men’s SEC. But our staff wasn’t fooled, and Florida once again showed up at taper time.

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2021 Zone A: Virginia Women Qualify Diver On Day 1 of Zones

Favored to win the NCAA Swimming & Diving title, the Virginia women will add a diver to the mix after Jocelyn Porter took second in today’s 1-meter event.

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2021 Zone D: Texas Qualifies Three Men, Three Women For NCAA Diving On Day 1

We’re only one event in, but the Texas Longhorns already have three men and three women qualified to dive at NCAAs via the Zone D Championships.

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Women’s SEC Picks Revisited: Kentucky’s Returning Experience Was Undervalued

Kentucky led the SEC in returning individual points from 2020, but the Swimulator projections in-season were a bit lower. Kentucky showed up at SECs, though.

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For the First Time – CSCAA Are Opening Their Convention to the World May 3-6

The CSCAA Digital Convention is opening registration to Club, YMCA, HS, and International coaches. 40+ elite speakers headline this must-attend event.

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