Amy Bilquist: “I wanted to be in the A-Final all 4 years” (Video)
There was just a hundredth between 4th and 5th, as well as 5th and 6th. Arkansas’ Anna Hopkin touched in 21.51 for 5th, while Cal’s Amy Bilquist popped a lifetime best 21.52 for 6th place
2019 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
Stanford’s Brooke Forde, the 500 free champion, is on fire.
2019 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Race Videos
SwimSwam captured circle-seeded heats (top 24 seeds) of all events, and are available to watch below.
Kevin Cordes Wins on Day 1 of 2019 4 Corners Sectionals
Swimming in his 3rd short course yards meet since Nationals, 2016 Olympian Kevin Cordes won the 200 breaststroke in a season-best time on Thursday.
2019 W. NCAAs Finals Preview: Nelson Wants Her Record Back
Beata Nelson’s American Record was broken by age group phenom Regan Smith earlier this month by just a hundredth. She’s got a chance to take that record back in finals.
2019 M. NCAA Previews: Battle For Clean Water In 200 Free Relay
With no Caeleb Dressel setting the pace, the early lead (and resulting clean water) is up for grabs in the 200 free relay.
2019 W. NCAAs: Calypso Sheridan Ends Northwestern’s A-Final Drought with 4:04.30 4IM
Under a new head coach, Northwestern has its first A-finalist since 2012.
Weitzeil and Bilquist Explain Significance of Cal “Party Heat” (Video)
Cal ran away with the 200 free relay on the back half and obliterated the NCAA Record and American Record by nearly a full second
What Does Abbey Weitzeil Think about During the 50 Free? (Video)
It’s been 3 years since Abbey Weitzeil set the American Record in this pool. Tonight, she finally broke that record again, along with the NCAA Record.
2019 W. NCAAs: Watch Beata Nelson Win the 200 IM in 1:50.79
Nelson upset American record holder Ella Eastin for the second-fastest performance in history.
2019 Women’s NCAAs: Anna Hopkin Scratches 200 Free Prelims
Hopkin will shift her focus instead to the relays and her individual 100 free.
2019 W. NCAAs: Abbey Weitzeil Hits Fastest 50 Free in History – 21.02
Three years after setting the American record during her redshirt season, Weitzeil finally broke the NCAA record and rebroke her own American mark.
2019 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap
ASU’s Cierra Runge was once the NCAA Record holder in the 500 freestyle, but tonight she’s looking for her first NCAA title in the event.
Beata Nelson Explains Difference-Making Breaststroke Transformation (Video)
The work she’s done on breaststroke really paid off, as she continued to pull ahead of Stanford’s 2018 champion Ella Eastin through the back half.
WATCH: Should Siobhan Haughey Have Been DQed in the 200 IM at NCAAs?
Haughey was DQed for allegedly taking multiple dolphin kicks during her second underwater pull.
