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Indiana Diver Kristen Hayden Nominated For 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year

Hayden is one of two Big Ten nominees for the award that recognizes graduating female student-athletes for distinguished careers.

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Arizona’s Delaney Schnell Named 2022-23 Pac-12 Woman of the Year

Schnell and Oregon State track & field/cross country’s Grace Fetherstonhaugh will progress as the Conference’s candidates for the 2023 NCAA Woman of the Year.

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2024 College Swimming Previews: Kozan A Linchpin To Success For #12 USC Women

Coming off an impressive long course season, Justina Kozan will play a pivotal role if the USC women are to match their top-12 finish from last season.

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Freestyler Danny Bishop Hands Commitment To Virginia Tech (2024)

Texas native Danny Bishop has announced his commitment to swim and study at Virginia Tech, beginning with the 2024-2025 season.

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Futures Qualifier Caroline Scharff Sends Verbal To William & Mary (2024)

Scharff’s personal best times in the 100 and 200 backstroke would have qualified her the B-final at the CAA Championships last year.

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World Champion Hubi Kos Breaks Down “the Bowman Effect”

Kos describes how training in the training environment that Bowman has created in Tempe helped him get to the top of the podium in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Jordan Crooks: The Most Beautiful Place On Earth

Crooks won the Cayman Islands’ first-ever world title in swimming last year when he claimed the short course championship gold medal in the men’s 50 free.

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New Year, Same Administration: Former Cal Swimmers Still ‘Waiting for Accountability’

Cal still has no updates on athletic director Jim Knowlton and associate athletic Jennifer Simon-O’Neill five months after their investigation began.

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English Teammates Luke Critchlow, Tom McCabe Commit to Canisius for Fall of 2023

Critchlow and McCabe will bolster the Griffins distance freestyle and butterfly groups when they join the program this fall.

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Emily Thompson, #11 In SwimSwam’s Class Of 2024, Verbally Commits To Stanford

Thompson, a member of the 2022-23 U.S. Junior National Team, holds a 400 IM best time that would be faster enough to ‘B’ final at the 2023 NCAA Championships.

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Hope College Gains Commitment From Futures Qualifier Emmy Sower (2024)

Butterfly specialist Emmy Sower has announced her decision to stay in-state with Hope College, located in Holland, Michigan.

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Summer JRs Qualifier Ripley Merritt Opts To Stay In-State With Purdue (2024)

Merritt’s current personal best time of 54.21 would have qualified her for the C-final at this past year’s Big Ten Championships.

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Butterflier Ella Hansen Announces Verbal Commitment To Mizzou (2024)

Ella Hansen of Shawnee, Kansas, has announced her verbal commitment to Mizzou, where she will join the sprint butterfly group.

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Bex Freebairn Hired as Associate Head Coach for Missouri Swimming & Diving

Akron assistant coach Bex Freebairn has been tabbed as the new associate head coach for the Missouri Swimming & Diving program.

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JP Vanderloo Sends 2023 Commitment to WashU (MO)

An accomplished swimmer and student, Vanderloo will join the WashU Bears this fall as a member of their graduating class of 2027

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