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“I started to fall in love with swimming right from the beginning. Just being in the water makes me feel really good.”

Stanford to Use Nation’s Top 400 IM’er, Ella Eastin, on Medley Anchor

Stanford head coach Greg Meehan is meddling with his medley relays on day 1 of the 2016 NCAA Championships.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Cal 200 Free Relay to Make a Run at NCAA Record

This season, the Golden Bears have a good chance at repeating as champions in this event and making another run at the record. They’re the only team that’s been under 1:27 so far in 2016, entering the meet with their 1:26.77 from Pac-12s.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Stanford Looks to Fend off Loaded 400 Free Relay Field

Stanford enters the 2016 NCAA Championships as the defending champions in the 400 freestyle relay and the top seed with a 3:11.44. If they want to defend that title, they’ll have to fend off some tough competition from Cal, USC, and NC State.

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All The Links You Need For The 2016 Women’s DI NCAA Championships

We’ve got your homebase and toolkit for following the 2016 Women’s NCAA Championships here, including links to live results, recent news, and each of our event-by-event previews.

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Pick ‘Em Contest Stats: Worrell, King Heavily Favored, 100 Back Most Open

Just hours away from the Women’s Division I NCAA Championships starting up, we’re taking a look at the results of our annual Pick ‘Em contest to see who you, the SwimSwam readers, are favoring.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: National Records At Stake In 200 Medley Relay

The 200 medley relay is a fascinating mixture of storylines that should really center around a pair of rivalries from the Pac-12 and ACC.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Stanford Looks to Defend 400 Medley Relay Title

2016 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 16- Saturday, March 19 Georgia Institute of Technology- Atlanta, GA. Psych…

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Osman Favorite to Win 50, NCAA Record Could Fall

Cal’s Farida Osman is the top seed in the 50 free at NCAA’s and will certainly challenge Lara Jackson’s NCAA record of 21.27.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Sans Teammate Manuel, Lia Neal a 100 Free Favorite

With Simone Manuel redshirting this season for Stanford, look for Manuel’s teammate and top-seed Lia Neal to take home the win in the 100 freestyle at NCAA’s.

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2016 Women’s 100 Fly NCAA Preview: Worrell Looking For Repeat

After winning her third straight ACC title in the 100 fly in February, Louisville Cardinal Kelsi Worrell will look to repeat as the NCAA Champion.

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Stanford’s Eastin, Leydon-Mahoney Earn Pac-12 Monthly Honors

Stanford freshman Ella Eastin earned Pac-12 female swimmer of the month honors.

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Scoring Out The 2016 NCAA DI Psych Sheet – Women’s Edition

California will be competing to defend their NCAA title. If they win this year, it will be their fifth national championship in program history.

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2016 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Finals Recap

USC was successful in capturing their first Pac-12 Championship as a team this weekend. The Trojans finished 1st after a hard fought battle with the Stanford women, who were 2nd overall.

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2016 Pac-12 Women’s Champs: Day 4 Ups/Downs – USC Lines Up Title Run

Southern California has set itself up for its first conference title in Pac-12 history, leading all teams with 18 scoring swims on night 4.

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2016 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Today is the final day of competition at the 2016 women’s Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way. With the team battles still extremely close, we’ll see each team looking to get their swimmers into finals of the 200 stroke events and the 100 freestyle.

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