Eva Merrell

Women’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2018-2022

Rhyan White helped lead the Alabama women to a surprise #1 ranking with 237 NCAA points out of the high school class of 2018.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2018

Despite only swimming in two NCAA meets, Taylor Ruck scored the most points out of our top-20 recruits from the high school class of 2018.

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Shackell and Crush Swim No. 2 and 1 Times for Their Ages in 100 Fly

Earning lifetime bests, Alex Shackell and Charlotte Crush finished up the 100 fly finals as some of the fastest swimmers at their ages in history.

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Breakout Names from the 2016 U.S. Open That Became Tokyo 2020 Olympians

The 2016 U.S. Open was held right before the Rio 2016 Olympics for swimmers that *just* missed the team. Some standout names from that meet are now Olympians.

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Top NCAA Women’s Swimming Recruits Of The Past Decade

Katie Ledecky? Missy Franklin? Regan Smith? Who is the top NCAA swimming prospect of the past decade? We rank our top 50 since 2012.

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Georgia’s Eva Merrell Out for the Season with Torn ACL

Merrell, who was expected to make her collegiate debut this season, confirmed she will undergo surgery and sit out the year.

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2019-2020 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: First Edition

There’s a lot of agreement among rankers with the top four teams. After that… not so much. Stanford chases four straight NCAA titles this spring.

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College Swimming Previews: #7 Georgia Women Seek Bounce-Back After Rough 2019

Last year was Georgia’s worst NCAA finish since 1983. But with no graduated scorers and a great freshman class coming in, UGA is poised to bounce back.

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Jack LeVant Opens Up About Mental Health, NCAA/WUGs Absences

LeVant confirmed that he will swim at Worlds later this summer after sitting out NCAAs and WUGs.

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Top 2018 Recruit Eva Merrell Expected to Make UGA Debut This Fall

After taking time off to focus on her physical and mental health, Eva Merrell expects to return to racing this fall at the University of Georgia.

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Californian Sloane Reinstein Trades Coasts with Verbal to Georgia

Palo Alto’s Sloane Reinstein bets on Georgia’s renowned 200 freestyle tradition to continue developing her mid-distance talents.

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‘Getting Help Makes You Strong’: Georgia’s Eva Merrell Opens Up About Mental Health

Merrell, taking a redshirt year to focus on her mental and physical health, wants to open up the discussion.

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2018-2019 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: December Edition

Stanford still leads handily with unanimous #1 votes, but the trio behind them are as close as can be.

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2018-2019 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: November Edition

As in previous years, SwimSwam’s Power Rankings are somewhere between the CSCAA-style dual meet rankings and a pure prediction of NCAA finish order….

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Harnish, Carter Triple Up As Georgia Sweeps South Carolina

Courtney Harnish swept the 200, 500 and 1000 freestyle events for the second straight dual meet as the Georgia Bulldogs swept South Carolina at home.

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