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2011 NCAA Swimming Prelims Day 2: Dwyer Falters Again, Virginia Continues to Impress

Overall Impressions of Prelims We can start to see a few trends on day 2 of this meet. Florida is really…

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Virginia's McLean Pulls Huge 500 Free Upset on Monumentous Day 1 at 2011 NCAA's

Day 1 Results This writeup was originally written live, as the meet unfolded. For the highlights, just read the sections…

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USA Today Releases Their Own Olympic Medal Predictions

So you thought we were crazy to pick Olympic medalists 500 days out, ehh? Well apparently, USA Today doesn’t think…

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Stanford Breaks American Record on Day 1 Prelims

Full Prelims Results Not a whole lot shifted in the team-scoring dynamics in prelims on day 1. Everyone looked very…

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Hosszu, Vanderpool-Wallace Among Women's Honda Award Finalists

The finalists have been named for the 2011 Honda Award that is given to the nation’s top female swimmer every…

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Fantasy Swimming Cheat Sheet: Don't Overlook "Scratched" Michigan Men's 800 Free Relay at NCAA's

For those of you who are picking NCAA’s for the purposes of personal pleasure, public ridicule, or Podium Pursuit, don’t…

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In Brief: Former World Record Holder Jones To Sit Out 200 Breaststroke at World Championship Trials

Swimming Australia has released the start lists for their 2011 National Championship meet that starts April 1st in Sydney. There…

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Top 10 Names in Swimming: Reader Submissions

We got a ton of great feedback to our “Off the Deep End: The 10 Greatest Names in Swimming Today”…

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Upsets, Favorites, and Key Race Predictions from Men’s NCAAs: Team Scoring

We’ve fully broken down each event at NCAA’s, and after doing so, I’m even more confident that Cal is going…

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Hershey Does More Than Chocolate: David Nolan Blasts High School Record Books

Full State Meet Results (Check it out, this was a fast meet). There have been a lot of great high…

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TSC Gives Out Our 2011 NCAA Women's Championship Awards!

Full Meet Results This was a great NCAA Championship meet. Aside from the 2009 polyurethane meet, it was arguably the…

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Georgia Finishes Meet with American Record; Not Enough to Top 2011 Champs Cal!

This writeup was originally written live, as the meet unfolded. For the highlights, just read the sections underneath the event…

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On Day 3 Prelims, Cal All-But Seals Up Championship (With Scoring Breakdown)

The Magic Number There’s plenty of projections around based on prelims placing, estimated scoring, etc. Most of them point to…

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University of Houston Coach Mark Taylor Passes Away at Age 50

In a terribly sad story during what is normally the most exciting part of the college swimming season, University of…

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High School Junior Bootsma Puts Up Legendary 100 Backstroke Mark

Yards races are swum exclusively in the United States, and most of the country’s elite competitors are well into their…

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