2021 M. NCAA Picks: Casas One Step Ahead of Revamped 100 Back Field
Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas is almost a full second faster than anyone else this season in the 100 back after becoming just the fourth man sub-44 in November.
2021 W. NCAA Picks: Step 2 On White’s Path To Double Gold – The 100 Backstroke
As top seed in the 100 and 200 backstrokes at NCAAs, Alabama’s Rhyan White has a shot to do collect both golds in the event next week.
Women’s Pac-12 Picks Revisited: Stanford Makes It Closer Than Expected
Like the Big Ten, the Pac-12 had a shortened regular season which made Swimulator projections harder to evaluate. Utah was the biggest overperformer.
15-Year-Old Olivia Swalley Drops 2:15 200 Breast at Des Moines Sectionals
15-year-old Olivia Swalley saw two individual wins on the second night of the Des Moines Sectional Championships, with a personal best in the 200 breast.
Texas Commit Luke Hobson Swims 19.9 50 Free/1:35 200 Free Double in St. George
University of Texas Commit Luke Hobson threw down personal best times in both the 50 freestyle and 200 freestyle during the St. George Sectional meet.
2021 W. NCAA Picks: Can Top Seed Madden Deny Forde A Repeat Victory In The 500?
Having gone 1-2 in the event two years ago, Brooke Forde and Paige Madden will be back next week to battle it out in their last-ever NCAA 500 freestyles.
Men’s Big 12 Picks Revisited: West Virginia Snags Second With Strong Showing
Just as we saw on the women’s side, West Virginia outswam expectations, beating TCU by 132 to remain the conference runners-up.
Women’s Big 12 Picks Revisited: Trust In Kansas Pays Off, WVU Performs Well
Though season-best times had Kansas well behind TCU and West Virginia, the Jayhawks surged at Big 12s to finish as team runners-up.
Men’s Big Ten Picks Revisited: Michigan Overcomes Two-Week Pause
This was a brutal conference to call, and we narrowly picked IU over fears about Michigan’s two-week training pause during taper. Michigan proved us wrong.
2021 W. NCAA Previews: Douglass v. MacNeil Part 3 – The 100 Freestyle
It will be their 3rd showdown of the meet and one final chance for either Douglass or MacNeil to get the upper hand at the 2021 NCAAs.
Matt Fallon Swims 53.6 100 Breaststroke at GCSY Championships
University of Pennsylvania commit Matt Fallon swam a time of 53.68 in the 100 breaststroke, following up his best time in the 1000 freestyle.
2021 Zone A: Virginia Women Add 2nd & 3rd Divers On Day 2
The Virginia women added two more divers to their NCAA qualifiers today, and now sit with 14 swimmers and 3 divers invited.
2021 Zone D: Windle & Bacon Each Win Again On Day 2, A&M Men Add Another Diver
Minnesota’s Sarah Bacon and Texas’s Jordan Windle remained undefeated through two days of the Zone D Championships. Bacon won 3-meter and Windle platform.
Women’s Big Ten Picks Revisited: Nebraska Exceeds Expectations
Nebraska and Iowa were the big outliers, jumping up a full tier from where we expected them to be. Nebraska jumped three, nearly four spots from our picks.
Men’s ACC Picks Revisited: DQs In 2020 & 2021 Threw Wrenches Into Projections
Louisville’s relay DQ in 2020 probably made them a bit underrated by numbers going into 2021. But an NC State DQ this year swung the meet, too.
