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Kate Douglass Hits NCAA, American, And US Open Record With 48.84 100 Butterfly

Kate Douglass has officially taken the NCAA and US Open record from Maggie MacNeil, who swam a 48.89 in 2021 at NCAA Championships.

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Kate Douglass Has A Big Decision To Make At NCAAs

The debate on whether Douglass should swim the 200 IM or 50 free at NCAAs has been going on for a while, but today, it went to a whole other level.

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ACC Champs Day 2 Race Videos: Watch UVA Women Break Two NCAA Records In One Night

Virginia cracked two NCAA records on night 2 of the meet in the form of the women’s 200 freestyle relay and Gretchen Walsh’s 50 free.

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SEC Champs Day 2 Race Videos: Watch MacNeil Swim 20.98, Crooks Swim 17.93 50 Free

Catch up on all of the action from the 2023 SEC Championships by watching race videos from each of the championship heats.

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LSU Women Collect First SEC Relay Title Since 1986 With 1:26.70 4×50 Freestyle

For the second time in history and the first time since 1986, the LSU women topped the podium in a relay at SEC Championships.

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UVA Women Break 200 Free Relay NCAA, US Open, and American Record With A 1:23.87

Every swimmer on this UVA relay improved from last year, which allowed them to break their own NCAA record by over half a second.

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Overreacting To The 2023 SEC & ACC Championships Day 1

After day one of the 2023 ACC and SEC champs, we’ll play the favorite game of SwimSwam commenters: jumping to conclusions after a single day of racing.

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LIVE: SwimSwam Deep Dive on Day 1 of SECs, ACCs

Follow along here as SwimSwam’s Coleman Hodges and Yanyan Li break down day one of the SEC and ACC conference championships live.

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Jordan Crooks Splits 18.90 50 Fly To Become First Swimmer Sub-19 On Relay

With his 18.90 split, Crooks is now nearly half a second faster than any other swimmer has been in the 50-yard fly (on a relay)

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Kate Douglass Clocks 20.49 50 Free Split, #4 Performer All-Time

The only swimmers who have been faster than Douglass in the 50 free on relays include Anna Hopkin, Simone Manuel, and Abbey Weitzeil.

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UVA Breaks American, US Open, and NCAA Record With 1:31.73 200 Medley Relay

Virginia reset their record time of 1:31.83 that was set last year at 2022 ACCs, and recorded some of the fastest relay splits of all-time.

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Emily Klueh Returning to USA Swimming as Manager of Mental Health

Former U.S. National Team member Emily Klueh is returning to USA Swimming as the organization’s manager of mental health and emotional wellness. 

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6+ Years After Retirement, Michael Phelps Keeps Winning

An absolute dart on the famous 16th hole at the TPC-Scottsdale earned $40,000 for the charity of Phelps’ choice during a ProAm competition…

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2023 ACC Women’s Champs Preview: Hoos In For A Four-Peat?

With a massive freshman and transfer class, the Virginia women are heavily favored to win their fourth-straight ACC Championships title this year.

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Summer McIntosh Becomes Canada’s Fastest-Ever 16-Year-Old in the 100 Back at Sectionals

16-year-old Summer McIntosh swam a new personal best in the 100 back on Saturday in Orlando that now ranks her as the fastest Canadian ever at that age.

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