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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Women’s ACC Picks Revisited: UNC’s Complications The Major Wrinkle

As the ACC has grown in major star power, it’s also become quite a bit more stratified, and our predictions were pretty much dead-on.

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Reed Malone on Realizing Making an Olympic Team Doesn’t Define a Career

Reed said the realization that he came to is he was chasing this Olympic dream because without it, he thought his career would be a failure

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MSU Alumni Ask Appropriations Committee To Seek Transparency In Program Cuts

Two alumni members asked the Committee to call on the university to account for why it’s “making such a poor financial decision against its own interest.”

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16-year-old Will Hayon Scores 100 Fly Nationals Cut at Wisconsin State Champs

16-year-old Will Hayon won six events, swam 5 personal bests, and dropped a US National cut in the 100 butterfly during the Wisconsin State Championships.

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Matt Fallon Swims 8:56 in 1000 Free, Moves to #31 All-Time in 17-18 Age Group

UPenn commit Matt Fallon threw down a massive personal best in the 1000 freestyle, swimming a 8:56.67 to move to #31 all-time in the 17-18 age group.

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Men’s SEC Picks Revisited: Trust In Florida’s Taper Once Again Pays Off

Swimulator projections had Florida down 360.5 points to Georgia in the men’s SEC. But our staff wasn’t fooled, and Florida once again showed up at taper time.

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2021 Zone A: Virginia Women Qualify Diver On Day 1 of Zones

Favored to win the NCAA Swimming & Diving title, the Virginia women will add a diver to the mix after Jocelyn Porter took second in today’s 1-meter event.

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2021 Zone D: Texas Qualifies Three Men, Three Women For NCAA Diving On Day 1

We’re only one event in, but the Texas Longhorns already have three men and three women qualified to dive at NCAAs via the Zone D Championships.

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Women’s SEC Picks Revisited: Kentucky’s Returning Experience Was Undervalued

Kentucky led the SEC in returning individual points from 2020, but the Swimulator projections in-season were a bit lower. Kentucky showed up at SECs, though.

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