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2012 NCAA Women’s Championships: The Picks

At last, it’s time to predict the top 20 teams for the 2012 women’s NCAA Championships. Will the SEC Champion Georgia coaching staff go swimming again in Auburn?

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After the Ampersand: Women’s NCAA Diving

It’s time to stick the last piece of the puzzle into the NCAA Women’s Championship puzzle before making our predictions…

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Event-by-Event Women’s Championship Projections

It’s time to geek out with an event-by-event rundown of scoring projections at women’s NCAA’s.

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2012 Women’s NCAA’s Day 3 Picks & Previews

Day 1 Predictions | Day 2 Predictions And in we go to the final day of the 2012 Women’s NCAA…

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2012 Women’s NCAA Day 2 Predictions

It’s time to check out the favorites for day 2 at NCAA’s, including the “race of the century” in the women’s 400 IM.

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Where is the Cal Men’s 200 Medley Relay?

Why was Cal’s 4th-ranked medley relay left out of NCAA’s? The mystery is solved. Photo courtesy: ©2012 Tim Binning

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Scoring the 2012 Men’s NCAA Championship Psych Sheets

Scoring out the 2012 Men’s NCAA Championships, as seeded. Guess who’s #1?

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2012 Men’s NCAA Psych Sheets Released

The NCAA has released the 2012 Men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championship Psych Sheets, and a shocking number of swimmers are left home.

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2011-2012 NCAA Mid-Season Updates: Pac 12

Men’s Swimmer of the Semester – Cory Chitwood, Arizona – Chitwood was unbelievable at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational…

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Warren Hellman Obituary by Bruce Wigo

After last week’s sad passing of Cal aquatics patriarch Warren Hellman International Swimming Hall of Fame head Bruce Wigo wrote…

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Major Cal Swimming Benefactor Warren Hellman Passes at 77 [Updated with Statement from Cal AD]

The swimming community lost one of its great philanthropists on Sunday evening when Warren Hellman passed away in San Francisco…

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2011 TSC Men's Power Rankings: Little Shakeup at Top of Mid-Season Update

The second round of our NCAA men’s power rankings in the 2011 season were quite a challenge. I had a…

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TSC Power Rankings: Women's Mid-Season Updates

With the vast majority of the college swim teams through with major competition before they dive into intense holiday training,…

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Coughlin, Vanderpool-Wallace Post Epic Duel in 100 Yard Free at Georgia Invite; American Record Falls

The Georgia Invitational is generally a meet held for college swimmers and teams. Nobody told Natalie Coughlin that, though, as she…

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Leverenz Breaks Two School Records After Trekking East to Georgia Invite

After swimming two great IM’s to win long course National Titles on the first two days of Winter Nationals in…

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