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Trying To Contextualize The Absurdity of Gretchen Walsh’s 47.42 In The 100 Fly

Walsh’s newly-minted record in the 100 fly is more than 5% quicker than the 16th-fastest performer in the event, ranking #2 all-time behind Caeleb Dressel.

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2024 Men’s NCAA Data Visualization Disguises The Close Race For A Trophy In Indianapolis

Data visualization of the scored psych sheets for men’s NCAAs shows a fight for the top 10 but disguises how close we expect the race for the top 5 to be.

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2023-24 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Final Edition

In his NCAA curtain call, Brendan Burns aims to lead the Indiana Hoosiers to another top-four finish this week in their home state.

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How To Watch The 2024 Men’s Division I Swimming And Diving Championships

Like the women’s meet from this past weekend, the men’s meet will be available on ESPN+. See the links for each session here.

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Freestyler Sam Huggins Sends Verbal To UNC (2025)

Sam Huggins of State College, Pennsylvania, has announced his verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Predicting Which Records Will be Broken at the 2024 Men’s NCAA Champs

Going event by event, we dissect which records have the most and least probability of being broken this weekend at the 2024 Men’s NCAA Championships

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Rumor Mill: Texas Is Considering “Director of Swimming” Role in Search for New Men’s Coach

Who will take over for one of the most-accomplished coaches in the history of the NCAA? It might be a ‘Director of Swimming.’

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Duane Sorenson Retires After 27 Seasons as Head Coach of Iowa State Swimming & Diving

Sorenson was honored as Big 12 Swim Coach of the Year twice during his tenure at Iowa State.

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Virginia Freshman Tess Howley Swims 1st PB In SCY 200 Fly Since December 2021 In NCAA Prelims

The freshman Tess Howley was seeded 17th coming into the 200 butterfly and said that was “actually a fun spot for me.” She then blasted a best time.

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2021 & 2024 NCAA 200 Back Champion Phoebe Bacon Using COVID-19 Fifth Year Next Season

Less than 48 hours after winning an NCAA title, Phoebe Bacon has announced she will return to Wisconsin for her fifth year of eligibility.

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2024 Men’s NCAA Previews: Leon Is Leon, But a Big 2nd Place Battle Looms in the 400 IM

We all know who’s going to win the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships. But the battle for 2nd is really interesting, including Texas A&M’s Baylor Nelson (above)

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UTRGV Moving from WAC to Southland Conference, Leaving Future Home of Swim Team in Question

UTRGV accepted an invitation on Monday to join the Southland Conference, leaving behind the Western Athletic Conference after 11 years. 

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NCAA Men’s Diving Preview: How Zone Scores Project To Impact The Team Race

IU divers Quinn Henninger and Carson Tyler project to give the Hoosiers a big boost in the team standings at the Men’s NCAA Championships.

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2024 M. NCAA Previews: Liendo Tracking Down Dressel’s Record Amidst Stacked 100 Fly Lineup

After dropping the fastest relay split in history at SECs (42.77), Josh Liendo is in range of Caeleb Dressel’s NCAA Record of 42.80 in the 100 fly.

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Did Gretchen Walsh Just Swim The Best NCAA Performance in History?

I pulled some of the other historically great performances from NCAAs (from the 2000s) to compare them to Gretchen’s meet.

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