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Teammates Crush and McDonald Post Top-20 Times at Kentucky LSC Championships

14-year-old Haley McDonald and 13-year-old Charlotte Crush battled it out on day three of the 2021 Kentucky Swimming Short Course State Championships.

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After American Record in 100 Back, Regan Smith Surges with 1:49.78 200 Fly

The World Record-holder in long course in the 100 and 200 back, nearly bookended tonight’s session at the Aquajet March Invite with American Records.

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IOC President Thomas Bach: Japanese Partners to Det. Olympic Spectator Decision

IOC President Thomas Bach commented on the topic of spectators at the upcoming Olympics, saying that the Tokyo partners will make the final decision.

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Regan Smith Breaks American Record in the 100 Yard Backstroke in Minneapolis

Regan Smith swam a best time by half-a-second to break the American Record in the 100 yard backstroke on Sunday in Minneapolis.

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American Record Holder, WUG Champion, Ian Finnerty Retires

Ian Finnerty won the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2019 World University Games and is the fastest man ever in the 100 yard breaststroke.

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Men’s Pac-12 Picks Revisited: Utah Overperforms Expectations, Nabs 4th

Swimulator projections had Utah down 297.5 to USC. But the Utah men showed up to swim at Pac-12s, beating the Trojans by six for fourth place.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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