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Simone Manuel blazes to another sprint free NAG: 21.70 in 50 free at NCSAs

Simone Manuel cracked 22 in the 50 free for the first time in her career and made it a memorable barrier-breaking, smashing the 17-18 National Age Group record in the process.

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2014 NCSA Junior Nationals: Final night sees NAGs for Manuel, NCAP boys

Andrew Seliskar dominated the 200 IM and returned to put up a key leg on NCAP’s record-breaking 400 medley relay at the end of night 5 at NCSA Junior Nationals.

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Women’s D1 NCAA Day 3 Ups/Downs and projected final scores: A&M makes late charge, Stanford still second

Breeja Larson and the Aggies followed up a big Friday night with an even better Saturday morning, picking up 26 points from their seeds and have an outside shot to enter the battle for second with one more great session.

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Hu and Seliskar combine for 4 top seeds on final morning of NCSAs in Orlando

Janet Hu is the top seed in two of three girls races, with her future Stanford teammate Simone Manuel heading up the other event.

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Michael Andrew back at it: lowers 200 IM NAG at NCSA prelims by .02

Andrew took .02 off his 13-14 200 IM mark with a 1:47.42 at prelims, gaining the advantage over his previous best with a big breaststroke split.

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Team Scores: Georgia expands lead, Stanford still topping Cal

Nicole Vernon helped power Georgia to a big day 2 lead by winning the B-Final in the women’s 400 IM.

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Double Andrew NAGS, huge Seliskar 200 breast highlight night 4 of NCSA Juniors

Andrew Seliskar won two races, including a 1:52.21 NAG record in the 200 breast, while Michael Andrew broke two NAGs of his own on Friday night.

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Cassidy Bayer adds 13-14 NAG record in 100 fly at 53.30, takes third at NCSAs

Cassidy Bayer snuck under the old 13-14 mark with a 53.30 and now owns both 13-14 short course butterflying NAGs.

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Breeja Larson sneaks under her own American and NCAA records in 100 breast with late surge to 57.23

Breeja Larson broke her own NCAA, American, U.S. Open and meet records in the 100 breast with a 57.23 in winning another NCAA title in the event.

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Franklin smashes American and NCAA 200 free records with gigantic 1:40.31

Missy Franklin looked like a woman on a mission, blasting her way to a blowout win in the 200 free and smashing records in the process.

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Michael Andrew gets 4th NAG of NCSAs with 47.40 in 100 yard fly

The NAGs come in threes no more: Andrew broke his fourth National Age Group record of the week and second of the night.

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Franklin & Breeja Records, DiRado’s Second Win Highlight Day 2 at 2014 Women’s NCAA’s

Texas A&M’s Breeja Larson got one of two NCAA Records on the second night of the 2014 NCAA Championships.

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Michael Andrew cracks 48 in 100 back, opens up NCSAs Friday night with a NAG

This is the fourth time Andrew has broken this record in the past 4 months, and he becomes the first 14-year-old under 48 seconds in the 100 back.

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Division I Women’s NCAAs: Day 2 Ups/Downs and Prelims Scoring: Big day for Cal but Georgia hangs tough

Teri McKeever’s group leads the meet in both A- and B-Finalists and actually gained two points from seeds despite a costly relay DQ. But Georgia hung tough and is seeded to outscore the Golden Bears by 17.

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Seliskar swims 3 big prelims races at NCSAs day 4

Andrew Seliskar holds the top seeds in the 200 breast and 100 fly as well as the second seed in the 100 back. For the girls, Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson had a pair of strong prelims races.

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