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Paige McKenna on Lia Thomas: “I respect her so much”

After winning the 1650 free on Saturday, Wisconsin freshman Paige McKenna shared her feelings on directly competing against transgender athlete Lia Thomas

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How Did We Do? Reviewing SwimSwam’s Final Women’s NCAA Power Rankings

The University of Florida women were the surprise of the meet, placing 13th at NCAAs after our Power Rankings had them slotted at 24th.

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2021-22 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Final Edition

Have the Cal Golden Bears overtaken the Texas Longhorns for the top spot? Check out our final NCAA Power Rankings with our official championship picks.

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Which Men’s Teams Move Up and Which Move Down at the NCAA Championships? (2022)

The Cal Golden Bears men last won the NCAA title in 2019, but have consistently jumped the most from seed to NCAAs in recent years.

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UVA on Winning 11 of 18 Events: “Clearly there’s still room for us to get even better”

The Virginia women have done it again, defending their 2021 title by winning the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming And Diving Championships by 145.5 pts

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Kate Douglass Is First To Win Individual NCAA Titles In Three Different Strokes

Douglass is the first swimmer, man or woman, to win individual events across three different strokes, not factoring n individual medley races.

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2022 M. NCAA Picks: Lasco, Armstrong, Burns Headline Tight 100 Back Field

Cal sophomore Destin Lasco leads a tight field of contenders in the 100 back after Shaine Casas turning pro has made this a wide open race.

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Regan Smith Reflects on NCAA Season: “I really tried hard to be nice to myself”

While she ran out of pool to catch Walsh in the 200 fly, she got her hands to the wall exactly at the same time as Carter, tying for 2nd place with 1:51.19.

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2022 Women’s NCAAs: Night 4 Photo Vault

Virginia became back-to-back NCAA Team Champions. Check out the photo highlights of the final night of 2022 Women’s NCAAs here.

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2022 Men’s NCAAs: The Year of C’s, Curry, Curtiss, Crooks in the 50 Freestyle

Tokyo US Olympian Brooks Curry of LSU is the #2 seed in the 50 freestyle with a time of 18.67. Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks is the top seed.

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Gretchen Walsh: “I think we all proved something to ourselves at this meet”

Gretchen Walsh won her first NCAA title with a new pool record of 46.05, becoming the #4 performer of all time in the 100 free.

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2022 Women’s DI NCAAs: SwimSwam Pick’em Final Results

Without further ado, here are the final standings of the 2022 Women’s NCAA DI Swimming & Diving Championships Pick’em contest:

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17th-Place Finisher in 500 Reka Gyorgy Pens Letter to NCAA on Transgender Rules

Gyorgy is a 2-time ACC Champion, 2-time NCAA All-American, and 3-time NCAA Honorable Mention All-American.

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Alex Walsh Explains How She Deals with Pressure

Alex Walsh swept her individual events this weekend, winning the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 fly (and setting an American and NCAA record in the 200 IM)

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2022 M. NCAA Previews: Is Anyone Beating Bobby Finke In The Mile?

Finke is the Olympic champion, American record holder, and defending NCAA champion in the mile, making him the heavy favorite win to this year.

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