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Ray Looze Previews IU’s Day 4 on Eve of Battle (Video)

With one day of racing to go, it’s still Indiana leading team points. They are 19 points up on Texas and 33.5 ahead of Cal, with NC State and Florida mostly relegated to fighting for the 3-5 spots tomorrow

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2018 NCAA Division III Men’s Championships – Day 4 Ups/Downs

Denison is the expected to win the 2018 NCAA Division III men’s title with a margin of about 230 points, having executed flawlessly over the four-day meet.

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2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

18.00? Down. 43.00? Down. 40.00? This morning, Caeleb Dressel takes aim at the 40-second barrier as he heads up both the 100 free and Florida’s 400 free relay.

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100 Fly B-Final Pushed Coleman Stewart to NCAA Title in 100 Back

In what was easily the closest race of these championships so far, NC State’s Coleman Stewart had the outside smoke, coming from lane 1 to win the event in 44.58

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Texas’s Windle Qualifies #1 On Platform, Steele Johnson 9th

Texas freshman Jordan Windle looks like the class of the field on platform, besting defending NCAA champion David Dinsmore by 10 points in this morning’s prelims.

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Projecting Men’s NCAA Point Fluctuations From Prelims Scoring

Townley Haas has been consistently better from prelims to finals, and he’s sitting 7th in the 100 free with just about no place to go but up. Where else does a look at point floors & ceilings along with prelims-finals trends suggest a fluctuation in tonight’s brutally close projected scores?

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Ollie Smith’s 42.98 in 100 Free Prelims is First-Ever D3 Sub-43

Emory senior Oliver Smith blew away his previous personal best and became the first Division III swimmer to break 43 seconds in the 100 free in heats on Saturday morning.

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Tritonwear Race Analysis: 2018 Men’s NCAA D1 Championships 100 Fly

Dressel made history for the second night in a row with his record-breaking performance in the 100 butterfly, 42.80 finish, a full second drop from the record he set last year, and nearly 2 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

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NCAA Relay Speculation: Top Teams To Make Crucial Changes In 400 Free

NC State will likely move in Coleman Stewart on their 400 free relay after going the fastest time in history in the prelims.

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Whitney Hite Won’t Return as Wisconsin’s Head Coach

Whitney Hite will not return as the University of Wisconsin swimming & diving coach next season, the school confirmed on…

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2018 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 4 Up/Downs and Scoring Projection

Adding projected prelims points to real scores as of yesterday gives Indiana a small 1 points advantage over Texas. They lead 426 to 425. Cal are lurking in 3rd with 404.5.

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Dressel Anchors Prelims Relay in 40.15 for Fastest Relay Split Ever

Day 4 prelims of the Men’s NCAA Championships concluded with the 400 free relay, where sprint ace Caeleb Dressel of Florida was once again a crucial part of his squad.

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Vazaios Lands #7 All-Time with 1:39.6 200 Fly

Vazaios broke 1:40 for the first time this morning, clocking in at 1:39.68.

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Seliskar Moves to #9 All-Time with 1:51.1 200 Breast

Cal’s Andrew Seliskar swam to a lifetime best in prelims of the 200 breast, qualifying 2nd only to Indiana’s Ian Finnerty.

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Despite Injury, Ress Swims to #11 All-Time While Pieroni Moves to #7; Dressel Swims 4th Fastest Time in History

Despite having to scratch out of the 200 free on Friday due to an injury, NC State’s Justin Ress really stepped up for the Wolfpack this morning.

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