Opinion

SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #30-21

Two of this best swimmers of the last five years, there are nothing but questions surrounding Caeleb Dressel and Kristof Milak in 2024.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Women’s #30-21

Torri Huske is a title contender in the women’s 100 fly this year if she can return to the form she showed in 2022, when she won the world title going away.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #40-31

Hwang Sunwoo isn’t a clear-cut favorite for Olympic gold in the 200 free, but there’s no question he’s in the hunt after three straight years in the 1:44s.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Women’s #40-31

Marrit Steenbergen has had a career resurgence over the last two years, and, flying under the radar, will vie for medals in multiple events in Paris and Doha.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #50-41

After a senior breakout in 2023, American Thomas Heilman will be in the hunt for an individual Olympic medal in Paris in the 200 fly.

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Wild Speculation: Who Will Take Over For Steve Bultman With The Texas A&M Women?

The Texas A&M women’s head coaching job is open for the first time in 25 years. Would Tanica Jamison return to College Station for the job?

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A Beautiful Day: Lindenwood’s Final Home Meet

Honoring the final home meet of the Lindenwood women’s swim & dive meet, which will be cut at the conclusion of the season.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 51% Pick 2:06 200 IM As Most Likely Women’s Barrier To Fall In 2024

Kaylee McKeown, Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh are all candidates for the first sub-2:06 in history in the 200 IM, as is Canadian star Summer McIntosh.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Women’s #50-41

Cate Campbell has a very good chance of returning to the Olympic podium in the 50 free 16 years after she claimed bronze in Beijing.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #60-51

The defending Olympic champion in the 400 IM, Chase Kalisz could be back on the podium in Paris, but he’ll need to be at the top of his game.

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Olympic Silver Medalist Erica Sullivan’s Fourth Annual Oscars Thread (And Our Thoughts)

Sullivan created her fourth annual thread giving swimming equivalents to the “Best Picture” Oscar nominees on X (formerly known as Twitter).

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Women’s #60-51

After breaking out in a big way in 2023, there’s a path for Kennedy Noble to the Olympics despite being in a stacked crop of female backstrokers in the U.S.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #70-61

Adam Peaty comes into the year as the two-time defending Olympic champion in the men’s 100 breast. Does he have a chance at a three-peat?

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2024: Men’s #80-71

Destin Lasco had a long course breakout in 2023, but the question now becomes can he perform well at back-to-back LC meets and win a medal on the big stage.

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Should NCAA Meets Be Allowed to End In Ties?

The Arizona State vs. Cal dual meet on Saturday was one of the most-anticipated dual meets in college swimming in recent memory. It ended in a tie.

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