Andrei Minakov

2025 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Preview

More titles are on the line tonight in Federal Way as newly minted 100 breast NCAA record holder Julian Smith looks to earn his first individual NCAA crown.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Champs: Day 3 Prelims Preview – Can Indiana Get 5 Into the 100 BR A-Final?

Indiana’s Finn Brooks is one of several swimmers with a chance to make two A-finals tonight as he sits 12th in the 100 fly and 2nd in the 100 breast.

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2025 NCAA Men’s Champs: Day 2 Relay Analysis – All Tennessee in the 200 Free Relay

Two 17-point splits from Jordan Crooks and Gui Caribe propelled the Tennessee men to a victory in the men’s 200 freestyle relay.

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NCAA Day 1 + Day 2 Prelims Review: Who’s On The Upswing From Conferences?

Which teams have been outperforming expectations so far at NCAAs, and who might be casting nervous looks over their shoulders?

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2025 NCAA Men’s Champs: Day 1 Relay Analysis – Kharun Lowers Record in 50 fly, Smith drops .01

Perhaps lost in the drama of the DQ, ASU’s Ilya Kharun blasted his way to a new fastest 50 fly split ever, going 18.78 as the Sun Devils finished 4th.

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: A Medley of Relays: A Clash of SEC Foes-Will the Gators Be Victorious?

Can the Florida Gators retain control over the Medley Relay Records or will their rivals to the north, Tennessee, steal the 200 Medley crown?

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: Tennessee Look To Sprint Away From The Field In The Free Relays

Jordan Crooks will look to claim his first NCAA relay titles with Tennessee, whilst Florida look to reclaim their crown as the kings of sprint freestyle

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: 800 Yards in the Pool – The Bear, The Gator, and The Longhorn

Can Cal recapture the magic of last year and pull of the upset or will the crushing tide of Texas and Florida sweep them aside?

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: Liendo Has Dressel’s 100 Butterfly NCAA Record In His Sights

Florida junior Josh Liendo has come close to Caeleb Dressel’s 100-yard butterfly NCAA record multiple times. Will he take down the legendary mark this week?

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SwimSwam Pulse: 43.8% Most Excited For Sprint Free Showdowns At Men’s NCAAs

Josh Liendo and Jordan Crooks will go head-to-head at the Men’s NCAA Championships in the 50 and 100 free in a pair of highly-anticipated matchups.

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2025 M. NCAA Previews: Can Defending Champion Kharun Take Down NCAA Record Holder Urlando?

Defending 200 butterfly champion Ilya Kharun, who represents Arizona State, will go head-to-head with the new NCAA record holder, Luca Urlando of Georgia.

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Swims You Might Have Missed: 2025 ACC Championship Edition

There were some swims at ACCs that flew under the radar a little that could have big repercussions at NCAAs in a month’s time

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Andrei Minakov on First ACC Championships: “I enjoyed every second of it”

The 2022 NCAA Champion in the 100 fly took home gold in both the 100 and 200 butterflies in Greensboro, posting winning times of 44.27 and 1:39.03

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Walsh, Coll Marti Named ACC Swimmers of the Meet; 2025 All-ACC Swim & Dive Team Announced

Gretchen Walsh went undefeated throughout the competition, sweeping the women’s 50 free (20.60), 100 free (45.20) and 100 back (48.95) individually.

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2025 ACC Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

We’re on 100 free record watch tonight after Gretchen Walsh went 45.50 in prelims, and there should be plenty of other exciting races in store tonight.

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