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Rex Maurer, Top Recruit In Class of 2023, Announces Transfer to Texas

2023 top recruit Rex Maurer officially announced his transfer to the University of Texas today after spending one season at Stanford.

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NCAA Division II Champion Ben Sampson Transferring To Texas For 5th Year

Sampson would have made the NCAA B final of the 400 IM this past season, an event that Texas had 0 swimmers even in prelims.

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2024 NCAA Division II Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Day 1 of the 2024 NCAA Division II Women’s and Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships will begin with timed finals of the 800 free relay.

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Ben Sampson Claims Five Individual Wins at 2023 UNLV Invite, UNLV Tops Team Scores

Ben Samspon of Colorado Mesa took five individual wins at the 2023 UNLV Invite, but UNLV walked away victorious in the team scores for both men and women.

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2023-24 NCAA Recap, Week 11: Top Times In Each Division After Midseason Invites

With midseason invites wrapped up for 2023, we’re taking a look at the top times in each NCAA division through the first half of the season.

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Colorado Mesa’s Ben Sampson Hits 2nd Olympic Trials Cut in 200 IM (2:02.46)

Sampson, the reigning CSCAA NCAA Division II National Swimmer of the Year, has now qualified in both the 100 back and the 200 IM for the 2024 Olympic Trials.

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Colorado Mesa’s Ben Sampson, Isaiah Cheeks Shine At CMU Invitational

Sampson fired off a time of 1:42.04 in the 200 IM, one of the fastest in the nation so far this season.

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2023-24 NCAA Recap, Week 2: The Early Returns for Mid-Major & D3 Transfers to Power 5 Teams

2023 D3 Swimmer of the Year Tanner Filion (pictured) transferred to Notre Dame this season and logged a personal best at his first meet of the season.

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Ben Sampson Staying at D-II Colorado Mesa After Recruiting Visits to Texas, Cal, ASU

Sampson won the 200 backstroke and 200 IM while adding a 3rd-place finish in the 400 IM and 4th-place finish in the 100 back at Division II NCAAs in March.

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2023 Futures – San Antonio: 15-Year-Old Gavin Keogh Wins 200 Back In 2:01.23

15-year-old Gavin Keogh, who represents the Flatiron Athletic Club, is now tied for 26th-fastest all-time in the boy’s 15-16 age group.

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2023 Futures – San Antonio: Ben Sampson Picks Up Olympic Trials Cut In 100 Back (55.24)

Ben Sampson, the NCAA Division II Swimmer of the Year, notched a season best time to secure his 2024 Olympic Trials cut.

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Top “Free Agents” In The Transfer Portal for the 2023-24 Season

Looking ahead to the 2023-34 NCAA season, Tokyo Olympian Andrei Minakov is the biggest name still in the transfer portal.

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Winter Juniors Qualifier Max Ayres Commits To Colorado Mesa University (2023)

Sprinter Max Ayres has announced his commitment to swim and study at Division II Colorado Mesa University this upcoming fall.

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NCAA D2 Swimmer of the Year Ben Sampson (Colorado Mesa) Enters NCAA Transfer Portal

Ben Sampson, the NCAA Division II Swimmer of the Year last season and national champion in the 200 back and 200 IM, has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.

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2023 NCAA Division II Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Nova Southeastern’s Savannah Best will be one of the favorites in the women’s 200 IM on Day 2 of the NCAA Division II Championships in Indianapolis.

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