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Columbia Sectionals Cancelled after University of Missouri Closes Doors

The University of Missouri has cancelled all non-essential campus events, including this weekend’s Sectional Championships.

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Akron Diving Coach Resigns After Allegations of Secretly Filming Students

University of Akron head diving coach Chris Medvedeff has resigned after being accused of secretly filming students in a school rec center.

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Kukors Smith Settles Lawsuit With USA Swimming, Hutchison

Olympian Ariana Kukors Smith has settled her lawsuit against USA Swimming over sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of former coach Sean Hutchison.

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NCAA Reveals Official Psych Sheets, Cutlines for 2020 Men’s NCAA Champs

Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas holds three top-2 seeds, including the top incoming times in the 200 IM (1:39.91) and 200 back (1:37.20).

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Triple Olympic Medalist Yuliya Efimova Entered at Pleasant Prairie Sectionals

Russian Olympian Yuliya Efimova will race at the 2020 Central Zone Section 1 Spring Champs that get under way this weekend, in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

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YMCA Short Course Nationals Canceled For First Time Since 1947

YMCA staff was informed in an email that all in-person Y-hosted events through April 30 are to be canceled, including nationals.

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King County, Home to Major COVID-19 Outbreak, Cancels Federal Way Sectionals

Pacific Northwest Swimming announced Tuesday that King County, which has the most confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country, canceled the meet.

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2020 W. NCAA Previews: Weitzeil Aiming for 2nd Sub-21 to Defend 50 Free Title

Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil, the reigning NCAA Champion, made history this season as the first woman to break 21 in the 50 free.

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Scoring Out The 2020 NCAA Men’s D1 Pre-Selection Psych Sheets

The NCAA pre-selection psych sheets only dropped this morning, but we’ve already got the seeds scored out with all swimming events (but no diving) included.

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2020 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming Pre-Selection Psych Sheets Drop

Only 3 individual event champs return from 2019: Cal’s Ryan Hoffer (50 free), Michigan’s Felix Auboeck (1650 free) & Texas’s Jordan Windle (platform diving).

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Projecting the Cutline – 2020 NCAA Men’s Division I Championships

Texas leads with 18 swimming qualifiers to Cal’s 14 in our early projections of the NCAA cutline based on this morning’s psych sheets.

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14-Yr-Old Lucas Breaks Grieshop’s Record with 1:38 200 FR as Lakeside Wins TAGs

Lakeside Aquatic Club’s 14-year-old Cooper Lucas was smashing record left and right. He took down a trio of records set by World Junior Champion Sean Grieshop

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Yeager, Varozza Among Texas Roster Cap Casualties On NCAA Psych Sheets

Two-time qualifier Chris Yeager is one of six Texas swimmers who don’t appear on NCAA psych sheets, perhaps due to roster limits.

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Pancake Hot Take: Top 5 Swim(mer)s & Surprises from Des Moines/Pac-12s

This weekend really blew my socks off for a beginning of March, in-season meet. We saw many top times in the world & so many historic, top-10 all-time swims.

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Smith & Murphy Lead PSS As 16 of Top 20 Swims of Season Come In Des Moines

Backstrokers Ryan Murphy and Regan Smith lead the 2020 Pro Swim Series as the Des Moines stop produced 16 of the top 20 swims of the season in FINA points.

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