Elna Widerstrom

Are Zone Diving Scores A Good Predictor of NCAA Championship Performance?

At the high-end, the top-seeded divers from Zones largely hold their positions at NCAAs, while things are much more random in the 9th-16th positions.

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NCSA Finalist Claire Conklin Commits to Minnesota for Fall 2026

A versatile competitor, Conklin will bring added depth to the Gophers in the sprint free, fly and back events next season.

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Women’s Recruit Ranks: Individual Scoring For All Classes Through 2026 NCAAs

Bella Sims has scored 140.5 individual NCAA points through her first three seasons of college, leading her class by a wide margin.

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How Did We Do? Reviewing SwimSwam’s Final 2026 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings

The Texas women placed 3rd at last week’s NCAA Championships despite SwimSwam predicting them to slide to 4th in the final edition of the power rankings.

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CSCAA Announces 2026 Women’s Division I Coach & Athlete of the Year Awards, All-America Selections

Virginia led all programs with 58 total All-America selections, followed by Stanford and Texas with 42 apiece.

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2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Virginia freshman Sara Curtis is the top seed in the 50 freestyle after being the only swimmer to come in under 21 seconds in the prelims.

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2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Claire Curzan is the top seed in the 100 fly, the first event on night two of the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships.

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2026 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Michigan junior Bella Sims will kick of night three of racing as the top seed in the 100 back, as the Wolverines have begun to pull ahead in Minneapolis.

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Hannah Bellard, Liberty Clark & Zalan Sarkany Named Big Ten Swimmers of the Week

Michigan’s Bellard set a conference record in the women’s 200 fly in a time of 1:50.72, ranking her 1st in the nation by more than a full second.

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Purdue’s Phipps, Minnesota’s Widerstrom & Iowa’s Flowers Earn Big Ten Women’s Weekly Honors

Purdues’ Lara Phipps swept individual events as Purdue topped Cincinnati and Oakland in a two-day triple dual in Rochester.

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Germany Snags Mixed 3m Synchro Gold, Chellacani Wins Women’s 1m At European Diving Champs

Germany’s Luis Avila and Lina Hentschel overtook the Italians with a big final effort to win the mixed 3m synchro title by 0.03 points.

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Minnesota Swim & Dive Announces 2024-25 Team Awards

Eliot Kennedy and Jacob Johnson were named Swimmers of the Year as the Golden Gophers handed out their season-ending awards.

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Women’s Recruit Ranks: Individual Scoring For All Classes Through 2025 NCAAs

Gretchen Walsh and Claire Curzan lead their respective high school classes in career scoring coming out of the 2025 NCAA Championships.

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2025 Women’s NCAA Diving Preview (Including Score Projection)

Using Zone qualifying scores throughout the nation, an unofficial diving ‘psych sheet’ of sorts can be used to predict how teams will benefit from diving.

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2025 NCAA Zone Diving Recap: Tuesday

This week, Divers around the country will be competing at the various zone meets to secure a spot at the NCAA Championships.

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