2020 Men’s Pac-12 Championships Fan Guide: Bears Hunting Threepeat
The Cal Golden Bears are the heavy favorites to make it a threepeat at the 2020 Pac-12 Championships. Things could get interesting in the runner-up race.
2020 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: USC Comes in with a Diving Lead
While USC has the fewest swimming points in the Swimulator scores of the current season rankings, they come into the meet with a lead.
Catholic University Becomes First Program To Sweep Landmark Conference Swimming
Catholic University’s women won their first-ever Landmark Conference title. A 4th-straight men’s win gave Catholic U the first sweep in Conference history.
Braden Holloway: “We Were Able to Capitalize Where We Weren’t Strong” (Video)
Five different NC State swimmers scored 70 or more points, and diving gave the Wolfpack a boost of 123 points the week before men’s swimming began.
Pac-12 Last Chance: Foelske Sets 200 FL ASU School Record to Qualify for NCAAs
Foelske’s swim set a new school record, breaking the mark held by fellow ASU freshman Lindsay Looney, which was set in their dual meet with Arizona.
2020 UGA Last Chance: Florida, Alabama Land 2 Potential NCAA Qualifiers
Florida’s Miguel Cancel posted a 3:42.74 in the 400 IM, likely qualifying for NCAAs as he’s now ranked 16th. Teammate Kevin Vargas is now 20th in 3:43.35.
Todd DeSorbo On Value of Combined Program, Training Groups at Virginia (Video)
The Virginia women won the ACC title last week, but the Cavalier men could not overcome NC State, giving each program a title and runners-up finish in 2020.
JMU Women Get 2 NCAA Qualifiers at UNC Last Chance; UVA Men Hit 200 FR-R B Cut
Last season, Zhang became the program’s 3rd swimmer in history to qualify for the NCAA meet. Jones’ qualifying time marks the 4th.
2020 IL HS Boys: St. Charles North Wins #2, Maurer Breaks Malone 200 FR Record
St. Charles North won title #2 while Loyola’s Luke Maurer took down Reed Malone’s 200 FR state record. Glenbrook South’s Max Iida also swept the BR/IM events.
Sven Schwarz Captures 800 Free Title To Close Out Berlin Swim Open
Check out how Sven Schwarz, Claudia Hufnagl, Marlene Kahler and more fared on the final night of the 2020 Berlin Swim Open.
Coleman Stewart Struggled Mentally With the 200 Backstroke For 3 Years (Video)
NC State senior Coleman Stewart swam a 1:37.71 in the finals of the 200 backstroke Saturday at the 2020 ACC Championships to become the 7th-fastest all-time.
Missouri Last Chance: Jack Dahlgren Drops 1:39 200 Back to Qualify for NCAAs
That’s significantly faster than Dahlgren swam at the 2020 SEC Championships in mid-February. He won the B final there with a 1:42.14.
Friesen Drops 2:07 200 BR, 8 Potential NCAA Qualifiers at Tennessee Last Chance
In prelims of the 100 breast, Friesen dropped a 59.62 to move up to 25th in the NCAA. She then swam a 2:07.24 in the 200 breast, which ranks #8 in the NCAA.
2020 ACC Men’s Championship Scoring Breakdown
The NC State men defended their ACC championship over the weekend. Here’s how it happened in numbers. All of the numbers.
Hawaii’s Kokko Pops 51.7 100 Breast at UGA Last Chance, #9 in the NCAA
Hawaii’s Olli Kokko swam a lifetime best 51.71 from the B final. He should be safely qualified for NCAAs, as he’s now the 9th fastest man in the NCAA.