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2017 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

NC State will look to build off their momentum from last night’s fantastic relay performance.

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NC State Misses A Final 400 Medley Relay With Alternate Lineup

NC State missed the A final of the 400 medley relay while swimming an alternate lineup and gaining almost two seconds. Cal very nearly missed the final as well while swimming without Olympic champ Ryan Murphy.

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Dressel Splits 17.99, Held Leads Off In 18.58 In 200 Free Relay Prelim

Caeleb Dressel hit the 4th-fastest 50 free split in history and Ryan Held moved to #4 all-time in the 50 with his leadoff leg in prelims of the 200 free relay at men’s NCAAs.

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Matt Josa DQ’d After 1:41.50 200 IM At NCAA Prelims

A big blow to Cal: Matt Josa was disqualified out of prelims of the 200 IM after going a 1:41.50 that would have qualified him 6th for tonight’s final.

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2017 M. NCAA Finals Preview: 5 Sub-4:10 Swimmers Battle in 500 Free

This morning, South Carolina’s Fynn Minuth, teammate Akaram Mahmoud, and Michigan’s Felix Auboeck all broke 4:10, but tonight they’ll be challenged by Townley Haas and Clark Smith, who have also been sub-4:10.

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Dressel Hits #6 50 Free All-Time With 18.38 At NCAA Heats

Caeleb Dressel blasted the 4th-fastest relay split all-time to open the session, then hit the #6 50 free all-time late in the morning session Thursday at NCAAs.

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Dressel Splits 40.56 Amidst Historically Fast 400 MR Prelims

2017 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25 IUPUI Natatorium – Indianapolis, IN Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time) Defending…

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2017 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Relay Speculation

The 400 medleys could see a few major lineup shakeups among the top teams after a wild prelims session. Most notably, Cal could swap out as many as three of four legs after barely squeaking into tonight’s final after Alabama DQ’d.

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2017 M. NCAAs: Day 1 Prelim Times Much Faster in 2017 Than in 2016

Swimmers smoked the pool this morning at the 2017 NCAA championships, making previously eye-popping times start looking pedestrian.

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Minuth, Mahmoud Jump Into All-Time Top 10 In 500 Free Prelims

South Carolina duo Fynn Minuth and Akaram Mahmoud became the 8th and 9th fastest performers in history in prelims of the 500 free at NCAAs.

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Texas’ John Shebat Becomes Longhorns’ Fastest 100 Backstroker

Sophomore John Shebat just became the Texas Longhorns’ fastest 100 yard backstroker in history by way of his scorching lead-off on his squad’s 400 medley relay this morning in Indianapolis.

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2017 M. NCAA Up/Downs: Texas Will Rise on Day 2

Following day 1, the NC State Wolpack held an early lead over the defending champion Texas Longhorns, but the Longhorns are set to bounce back to the top of the standings in day 2 finals.

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Japan’s Rie Kaneto Marks Another Top Swimmer Out Of Budapest Worlds

Reigning 200m breaststroke Olympic champion, Rie Kaneto of Japan, has announced she will not be partaking in her nation’s World Championships qualifying meet in April.

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Marco di Carli: Neue Perspektiven u. Startrecht für SV Sigiltra Sögel

2011 stellte Marco di Carli einen neuen deutschen Rekord über die 100 m Freistil in 48,24 Sekunden auf – dieser…

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9 Satisfying Things in Swimming

Freshly shaved legs in bed sheets
Shaving is a different experience for in-season swimmers than regular people. For them, it’s a daily occurrence, or at least something they can do when they please. For us, it’s a privilege we haven’t had in 3-5 months. An award, you might say, for making it through the season.

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