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2021 Big Ten Men Day 4 Ups/Downs: Indiana to Jump Michigan By 8.5 Pts

Indiana is now projected to jump Michigan by 8.5 pts with their 1-2 prelims seeds in the 100 BK and 1-2-3 seeds in the 200 FL, led by Brendan Burns (1:40.36).

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Projecting the Cut Line For the 2021 NCAA Division II Swimming Championships

We did the math – well, SwimSwam’s numbers guy Andrew Mering did – and the NCAA Division II cutlines should fall in line 17 for men and 21 for women.

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2021 Pro Swim Series – San Antonio (March): Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

U.S. National Team member Regan Smith (above) will race the 200 back, one of her World Record-holding events, during Friday’s prelims session.

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Michael Andrew Gives In-Depth Analysis on “All over the place” 100 Breast Win

Andrew remains 3rd in the nation after his morning 1:00.23 swim. At the January PSS meet here in San Antonio, Fink’s acceleration earned him the win at 1:00.8

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NCAA Division II Psych Sheets Drop, But With More Minimum Meet Controversy

The NCAA has released its pre-selection psych sheets for the 2021 Division II Championships. But minimum meet requirements once again created controversy.

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Owen Ekk Hits 9:50 1000 Free, Fastest 11-12 YO This Season

12-year-old Owen Ekk extended his lead in his age group and remains the only 11-12 year old to crack 10 minutes in the 1000 this year.

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David Curtiss Takes 0.16s Off Own 50 FR National Independent HS Record at 19.26

18-year-old David Curtiss knocked his own 50-yard free independent HS record down from 19.42 to 19.26, now moving up to 7th all-time in 17-18 history.

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Katie Ledecky Comments on “Milestone” First Race Back in San Antonio (Video)

Ledecky hasn’t raced the event in almost exactly a year with her last long course 1500 occurring on March 3, 2020, when she hit a 15:29.51.

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2021 Pro Swim Series – San Antonio (March): Day 2 Finals Live Recap

On tonight’s slate will be the finals of the 100 free, 100 breast, 200 fly and 400 free. Katie Ledecky will also swim the 100/400 free double.

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PSS San Antonio Day 2 Scratches: Cox and Margalis Drop 4FR, Focus on 1BR

Madisyn Cox and Melanie Margalis have both opted out of the 400 free B-final and will focus on the 100 breast A-final, where they are seeded 4th and 5th.

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2021 Big Ten Men Ups/Downs: Michigan Expected to Jump from 3rd to 1st

Racking out another solid 3-event morning session were the Michigan Wolverines, whose projected 250+ points will boost them into the lead.

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2021 Pro Swim Series-San Antonio (#2): Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

American Record-holder Caeleb Dressel is the top seed in the men’s 100 freestyle on Thursday in San Antonio.

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Katie Ledecky Recalls Test Set of 24×100 Best Average in Recent Training

Ledecky references a best average test set that started one week with 24×100, then 18, 12, and 6, with a goal of having a faster average each week

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A Wave of Collegiate Scratches at San Antonio PSS Thursday Prelims Session

Stanford’s Brooke Forde, Cal’s Jason Louser and VTech’s Youssef Ramadan have all scratched their Thursday events following recent college championship meets.

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Cal Men Win 17 of 18 Swimming Events En Route To Fourth-Straight Pac-12 Title

Ryan Hoffer led the Cal men to a fourth straight Pac-12 title, winning all three of his individual events and contributing on four winning relays.

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