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DeSelm’s Tar Heels Send Nine to 2014 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

Coach Rich DeSelm’s 2014 University of North Carolina men’s swimming and diving team has qualified eight swimmers and one diver…

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PROJECTIONS: Top 29 Lines All Qualify for Men’s NCAA’s; Texas’ Ganiel is Last Qualifier In

Based on the math that has been triple-vindicated by Krista Kezbers, Tait Pinnow, and myself (thanks to both for their…

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UCSD’s Calkins; Queens’ Diemer Win 2014 NCAA Division II Elite 89 Awards

UCSD’s Luke Calkins won the NCAA Division II Elite 89 Award

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Iowa Central Community College to Reinstate JuCo Swim Program

According to Tim Teeter, the head coach of the Ames Cyclones, Iowa Central Community College has approved the reinstatement of…

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2014 Division II National Swimming Championships- Men’s Meet

Take a look at our analysis of how we think the NCAA Division II Men’s Meet might go down.

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2014 NAIA National Championships – Men – Final Wrap-up: OBU Gets Three-Peat; ONU 2nd by 5 Points

As went the 400 free relay, so went the 2014 NAIA National Championships. Oklahoma Baptist (center) finished first; Olivet Nazarene (left) took second; SCAD Savannah (right), third.

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Scoring Out the Men’s 2014 Pre-Selection Entry Sheets: Florida and Michigan on Top Again

Dan Wallace and the Florida Gators are seeded to win NCAA Championships, but it’s close enough with Michigan that this should be a fantastically-finished meet.

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2014 Men’s NCAA Championship Pre-Selection Entry Lists Released; Murphy Skips 100 Fly

Cal’s Ryan Murphy (right) has swapped his 100 fly from Pac 12’s for the more expected 200 IM at NCAA’s.

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2014 NAIA National Championships – Women – Final Wrap-up: OBU and SCAD Repeat at 1 and 2

Laura Galarza of Oklahoma Baptist won repeat victories in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles at the 2014 NAIA National Championships, setting the record in the 100 with 49.97.

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Photo Vault: Tattoos of the NAIA 2014

The pool deck at the 2014 NAIA National Championships was colorful, and not just because of the myriad team uniforms. There was body art on display as well and SwimSwam captured a few of our favorite tattoos. Take a look.

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Interactive Graphs: DI Women’s NCAA invites by conference

This set of interactive graphs breaks down invites to the women’s NCAA Championships by conference. The powerful SEC nabbed over a quarter of all the NCAA swimming invites and 15 more than second-place Pac-12.

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Video Interview: SCAD’s Joel Ax Reflects on NAIA 200 Free Record, First Collegiate Season

Joel Ax of SCAD Savannah talks with SwimSwam’s Anne Lepesant about his NAIA meet record in the 200 free (1:36.71), and about his first year as a student-artist-athlete.

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VIDEO: Gregg Troy talks NCAAs, Elizabeth Beisel in weekly presser

Troy addressed the importance of relay preparation including exchanges, as well as a slightly different event schedule for Gator star Elizabeth Beisel at the meet.

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Video Interview: Logan Lassley of OBU on Breaking the NAIA 50 Free Record

Logan Lassley, of Oklahoma Baptist, won the 50 free at the 2014 NAIA National Championships with a meet-record time of 19.71. He talks with SwimSwam about his motivation, and what comes next.

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Video Interview: Chris Conlon, Head Coach of SCAD Savannah, Talks After 2014 NAIA Nationals

Chris Conlon, head coach of men’s and women’s swimming at SCAD Savannah spoke with SwimSwam about his teams’ season and the 2014 NAIA National Championships.

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