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2016 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for Men’s NCAAs, snapped some quality shots from this morning’s prelims session. The photo vault contains the usual suspects, plus, some fresh Division I mid-major faces.

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Images from 2016 FFN Golden Tour Camille Muffat Circuit (Video)

As part of the run-up to the 2016 French Elite Long Course National Championships in Montpellier, the French Fédération (FFN)…

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2016 Men’s NCAA Scoring Projections: Longhorns Likely Secure Title

Senior John Murray was one of six Longhorns to compete an individual A-final tonight in their efforts to secure a second straight NCAA team title

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Ryan Murphy Scores Slot On SportsCenter’s Top Ten

Cal dominator Ryan Murphy can check ‘appearing on SportsCenter Top 10 Plays’ off his swimming bucket list.

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2016 M. NCAA Championships: Texas Leads Day 4 Ups/Downs, Close Battles for Top 5 Spots

The Texas men are in position to defend their NCAA title, but the battle for the rest of the top 5 spots could get interesting. Cal and Florida are separated by 16 points right now, with the Golden Bears sitting in 2nd.

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Bama on relay victory: Hopefully this will become usual (Video)

Though Texas had gone undefeated in relays up to this point, it was Alabama that threw down for the 200 medley title

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Will Licon (above) and Cal’s Josh Prenot have each won one of their two head-to-head matchups this week in Atlanta. On Saturday, they’ll have one last battle in the 200 breast, where Licon is the defending champion.

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Schwingenschlogl: I was out fast, but had to take my chances (Video)

Missouri’s Fabian Schwingenschlogl successfully competed a dominant postseason in the 100 breast, going from SEC champ to NCAA top seed to NCAA prelims top qualifier to NCAA champ.

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Giordano Win in 3m Diving Marks Pittsburgh’s First NCAA Title

Pittsburgh junior Dominic Giordano became the only Panther swimmer or diver ever to earn an NCAA crown in last night’s 3-meter platform

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Dave Durden on Prenot, Murphy dominance, Gutierrez double (Video)

Avenging a loss from last night in the 200 IM, Cal’s Josh Prenot broke through for his first career NCAA title, going 3:35.82

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USA Women Qualify For 2016 Olympic Games With 19-0 Victory Over France

The USA Water Polo Women’s National Team punched their ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games with a 19-0 shutout France earlier today at the Olympic Qualification Tournament.

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Joe Schooling shares his time prediction for 200 fly victor (Video)

It was Texas sophomore Joseph Schooling who repeated as 100 fly champ, breaking the U.S. Open and NCAA records in the process.

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Ryan Murphy: I haven’t felt good since the first session (Video)

With all due respect to the rest of the superhuman feats of the meet so far, Cal’s Ryan Murphy has been on another level entirely this week

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Eddie Reese and Townley Haas put on a show (Video Interview)

It was sheer speed the entire way, with Haas going out in 43.6 to the 100 and building a lead of almost a full second by that point.

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2016 Men’s NCAA Championship: Day 3 Finals Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for Men’s NCAAs, snagged all the precious moments from tonight’s historic finals. In the photo vault, you’ll see American and NCAA record-holder celebrations and memorable initial NCAA titles for several schools.

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