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Cal Reloads Its Butterfly Ranks With British Trials Sensation Jack Brown

Jack Brown will become the latest GB star to join the US College system, and will head out west to bolster Cal’s fly group

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SwimSwam Pulse: Urlando, Hobson Have Best Shot At Individual Gold For U.S. Men (Minus Finke)

The 200 fly at the World Championships feels more wide open than it has in past years, opening the door for Luca Urlando to vie for the gold medal.

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The Fastest Heats In History Part II: 100 Butterfly

Caeleb Dressel and Kristof Milak produced two of the fastest swims in history in the Olympic final in 2021, with Dressel breaking the world record.

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2025 U.S. World Trials Previews: Urlando Peaking At The Right Time In 200 Fly

After a gradual return to top form over the last few years, Luca Urlando is firing on all cylinders entering the 2025 championship season.

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Swims You Might Have Missed on the Final Day of the 2025 Ft. Lauderdale Pro Swim Series

Leah Hayes showed off her breaststroke chops to take third in the 200 with a new best time, as Virginia went 1-2-3 in the event

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s 2025 NCAA Event Predictions – Men’s Edition

Stanford’s Ron Polonsky was an ‘A’ finalist in the men’s 200 IM and 100 breast after we didn’t predict him to finish in the top eight in either event.

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Race Videos: Relive The Records and Closest Races From The 2025 Men’s NCAA DI Championships

Catch up on the action (or relive it) with highlights of the records and closest races from the 2025 Men’s NCAA DI Championships.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Readers Correctly Predicted 1:37 200 Fly, 1:35 200 Back Barriers Would Fall

More than 41% of voters picked 1:37 in the 200 fly to be the next men’s barrier to fall, and Luca Urlando got under it with his blistering 1:36.43 at NCAAs.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Welcome to the final session of the 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships!

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What Happened in Heat Four of the 200 Fly?

Dare Rose was one of the eight athletes in heat four of the men’s 200 fly, which was stopped and is being reswum after the 200 backstroke swim-off.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 3 Pick’em Standings

607 people correctly predicted Florida would win the 400 medley relay. Congrats to Day 3 winner ROBERTSRT1996 who scored 84 points.

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2025 NCAA Men’s Champs: Day 3 Relay Analysis – Gators Dominate Short-Axis in 400 Medley

Julian Smith swam the #2 100 breaststroke split in history (48.85) to help Florida dominate the 400 medley relay on Friday night.

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2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Welcome to day 3 finals of the 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships.

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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 NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

There are a whopping six individual events being contested on Day 3, with the 100s of Fly, Back and Breast, the 200 Free, 400 IM and 3M Diving on offer.

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