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Sectionals Finalist Meghan Brady to Swim for Northeastern Starting Next Fall (2026)

With a time in the 200 free that is already projected to score at conference championships, Brady should be a strong contributor for the Huskies next season.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jeff Pease — 4 Decades of Building Champions at North Coast Aquatics

Jeff has helped place more than 250 swimmers in colleges and universities, and he’s coached more than 30 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifiers.

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NCAA Approves Changes to 2026 Division I Championships Weeks After Season Starts

The NCAA announced today, weeks after the start of the 2025-26 swim and dive season, that they were approving proposed changes to the DI Championships.

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Louisville Sweeps Xavier In 2025-26 Season Opener

The Louisville Cardinals opened their season versus Xavier University in dominant fashion, winning all the men’s and women’s events.

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Kyle Sockwell To Commentate CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge

Camille Spink and the Tennessee Volunteers will go head-to-head with ASU, UVA, or Michigan in the first round of the dual meet tournament.

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SwimSwam’s 2025-2026 Men’s NCAA Pre-Season Champion Picks

The SwimSwam staff unanimously predicted that Hubert Kos will claim three individual NCAA titles at the 2026 Championships.

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2026 College Swimming Previews: #2 Cal Men Aiming To Stay Near The Top Despite Major Losses

Keaton Jones will be a crucial point scorer if Cal wants to maintain streak of top two finishes for the 16th year in a row.

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Long Beach City College Names Aquatics Center After Legendary Coach Monte Nitzkowski

Long Beach City College held a ceremony to posthumously rename its aquatics center after Nitzkowski, a revered coach, athlete in swimming and water polo. 

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Summer Juniors Qualifier Oskar Plotnik Verbally Commits to Fairfield University for 2026

Summer Junior Nationals qualifier Oskar Plotnik has sent his verbal commitment to Fairfield University for the fall of 2026.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 72.2% Think NCAA Gets Slower This Season

The Walsh sisters headline a big list of top NCAA performers from last season who are not back for the 2025-26 campaign.

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Torri Huske Breaks Down Her 2025 Worlds: World Records, Medals, and a Coaching Change

Torri faces a lot of change. Meehan’s departure from Stanford to be USA Swimming’s National Team Director has ushered in Lindauer as head coach.

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2025 Aussie SC Championships: Sam Short Rips 7:31.79 800 Free

Olympian Sam Short impressed in the men’s 800m free in his native Australia, posting a monster personal best of 7:31.79.

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arena Swim of the Week: 18-Year-Old Samuel Higgs Drops 4:08 400 IM At Aussie SC Championships

Higgs dropped more than three and a half seconds off his previous PB, now ranking him #4 all-time among 18-year-old Australian boys.

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Thomas Ceccon Guida Le Stelle Alla Swimming World Cup 2025 Di Carmel

Alla prima tappa della World Cup a Carmel, Thomas Ceccon sarà in vasca con un parterre di campioni mondiali e olimpici, da Gretchen Walsh a Leon Marchand

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Melissa Seidemann Named Head Girls Water Polo Coach At Orange Lutheran High School

Seidemann takes over for Brenda Villa, who was named an associate head coach of the Stanford women’s team in August.

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