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The Top U.S. Storylines Headed Into The Paris Olympic Year — Women’s Edition

In this article, we take a look at some of the top storylines headed into the Paris Olympic year for the American women.

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Gator Women Continue Relay Progress, Tie With USC & Texas For NCAA Relay Qualification Lead

After midseason invites, Florida, USC, and Texas have swum ‘A’ cuts to lead 18 schools that have at least one NCAA relay ‘A’ cut.

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17-Year-Old Nikolett Padar Clocks European Junior Record in 200 Free Semifinals (1:53.51)

Nikolett Padar blazed a 1:53.51 to sneak under the European junior record target time (1:53.77) in the 200 free semifinals on Saturday.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 66% Pick Ilya Kharun As Most Impressive NCAA Freshman This Season

Kharun has been on fire through the first half of the NCAA season, currently ranking #1 in the nation in the 200 fly (1:38.11) and #2 in the 100 fly (44.33).

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2023 Winter Juniors – East: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

This morning’s prelims session will feature heats of the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back. 

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NCAA ‘A’ Cut Qualifiers Through Midseason Invites – Individual Events

Gretchen Walsh leads all swimmers with five NCAA ‘A’ cuts through the midseason invite portion of the 2023-24 campaign.

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Caeleb Dressel on Racing Josh Liendo, Bella Sims in Practice

This weekend at the US Open, 7x Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel showed real signs of LCM life after being out of the water from July 2022 to March 2023

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Justin Ress Scratches 100 Back ‘A’ Final On Day 3 of U.S. Open, Andrew Drops 100 Fly

Ress withdrew from the men’s 100 back after qualifying sixth in the prelims, elevating Michael Laitarovsky into tonight’s ‘A’ final.

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Bella Sims Shows New Freestyle Technique in NCAA-Leading 500 Free

Bella Sims’ new freestyle technique was good enough for the best time in the NCAA this season, but left her four seconds awy from her lifetime best.

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2023-24 NCAA Recap, Week 9: What We Learned From the First Weekend of Midseason Invites

Rachel Stege went a huge PB in the 500 free at the Georgia Invite. She ranks #2 in the NCAA and is one of 17 women who have broken 4:40 this season.

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arena Swim of the Week: Florida Freshman Catie Choate Hits 1:51.94 200 Back At UGA Invite

Choate dropped three seconds over the course of the day en route to a dominant victory in the 200 back in Athens, ranking her 3rd in the NCAA.

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Dressel, McIntosh, Marchand & Ledecky Headline Stacked Psych Sheets For 2023 U.S. Open

Caeleb Dressel is scheduled to be back in action next week at the U.S. Open in Greensboro, entered in the men’s 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly.

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McSharry Named SEC Women’s Swimmer of the Week, Liendo & Crooks Share Men’s Award

Mona McSharry recorded the fastest time in the nation to win the 100 breaststroke with an NCAA A-cut time of 56.87, breaking her own school and SEC record.

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2023 Georgia Invite: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Florida freshman Bella Sims takes on a tough 200 back/200 fly double and sophomore Josh Liendo enters the 100 free as the No. 3 seed on Saturday night.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Texas freshmen Erin Gemmell is slated to face off against USC graduate student Vasilissa Buinaia and USC freshman Minna Abraham in the 100 free on Saturday.

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