Billy Cruz

25 Men’s Swimmers To Watch at D1 Conference Championships

This is the most wonderful time of the year if you’re a big college swimming fan. You may already have your own list of swimmers to watch, but here’s mine.

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Ranking The 2023 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #1-4

Aaron Shackell is one of several key additions to Cal’s roster in 2023-24, giving them the top recruiting class in the country.

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Major Men’s DI Storylines To Watch in the 2023-24 NCAA Season

These five (plus a couple bonus) storylines are just some of the reason you won’t want to forget about the NCAA season in this Olympic year.

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2024 College Swimming Previews: #4 Indiana Men Combating Losses with 15 Newcomers

Brendan Burns and the high-powered Hoosier relays will be one of many driving forces behind the team’s success in the 2023-24 season.

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Singapore’s Mikkel Lee, a 2023 SEA Games Gold Medalist, on Indiana’s 2023-2024 Roster

Singaporean Mikkel Lee, 20, is listed on Indiana’s roster as a freshman for this season.

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Beckstead-Holman Sets 4 NJCAA Records as Indian River State Wins 49th Title in a Row

Indian River State College sophomore William Beckstead-Holman broke four NJCAA records to lead the Pioneers to their 49th national title in a row.

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2021 NCAA Qualifier Harry Homans Enters Transfer Portal For 2023-24 Season

Homans told SwimSwam that he was planning to swim at USC for the 2022-23 season, graduate in spring 2023, and then explore his options for grad school.

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2021 NCAA First-Team All American Alexei Sancov Enters Transfer Portal

Sancov, a 2021 NCAA ‘A’ finalist in the 200 free, spent his last four seasons with USC and graduated from the school in May 2022.

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After Semester at USC, Pac-12 Champion Caroline Pennington Enters Transfer Portal

Pennington only competed for USC for a semester, and ended up dropping 15 seconds in the 1650 free and winning a Pac-12 title in her time with the Trojans.

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USC Sprint Star Billy Cruz (19.10, 50 Yard Free) Enters NCAA Transfer Portal

In 2019, Billy Cruz broke the NJCAA Record in the 50 yard free in 19.10, but hasn’t been able to get back to that time since.

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USC Swimmers Win 4 of 8 Races on Day 1 of Fullerton Sectionals

After a quiet pandemic, Laticia Transom swam what appears to be her first official race in 16 months on Thursday, winning the women’s 100 free.

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2021 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Fan Guide: It’s a Cal World

Cal is going up against Texas at the NCAA Championships in March, but first, they’ll take on the rest of the Pac-12 at the conference championships.

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2020-2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: February Edition

We’re kicking off the NCAA conference swimming season with our updated Power Ranks – including one big question we’d like to see answered for each team.

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Regan Smith and Phoebe Bacon to Rematch at Des Moines U.S. Open Site

The Des Moines U.S. Open site will bring together two of the most exciting names in backstroke: WR-holder Regan Smith and 2019 U.S. Open champ Phoebe Bacon.

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Indian River Takes 46th-Straight Men’s, 38th-Straight Women’s NJCAA Titles

Indian River State College swept the NJCAA team titles for the 37th-straight season, with the women not losing a single event.

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