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Leon Marchand Breaks Kitajima’s Meet Record in 100 Breast Prelims at Speedo Grand Challenge

With a personal-best 1:00.62 100 breast, Leon Marchand snuck under the meet record set by four-time Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima (1:00.63) back in 2010.

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2024 WAC Fan Guide: NAU Women Leaning On Diving With 11 Straight Within Reach

The NAU women’s team enters with hopes of winning an 11th straight title, while the UNLV men aim to make it a four-peat.

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Top-15 USC Trojans Beat UNLV; Both Teams Add International Debuts for Spring Semester

Kaitlyn Dobler (above) won twice for the USC women, and Michael Chmielewski got a big win over his twin brother Krzysztof in the 1000 free.

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Ben Sampson Claims Five Individual Wins at 2023 UNLV Invite, UNLV Tops Team Scores

Ben Samspon of Colorado Mesa took five individual wins at the 2023 UNLV Invite, but UNLV walked away victorious in the team scores for both men and women.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Reigning NCAA champ Emma Sticklen blazed a nation-leading 200 fly time of 1:51.50 in prelims, but teammate Kelly Pash could challenge her in tonight’s final.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Luke Hobson, the defending NCAA champion, will take on freshmen stars Krzysztof Chmielewski and Rex Maurer in the 500 free on Thursday in Austin.

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Beata Nelson And Blake Pieroni Are Biggest Names To Scratch Night 3 Finals Of TYR Pro

After swimming the seventh fastest 100 fly this morning, Beata Nelson has scratched out of the tonight’s final in the event.

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Wen Zhang Swims Third Fastest 200 Free This Season on Day 3 of WAC Championships

After moving into 4th this year on day one, Zhang now sits as the third fastest in the NCAA this season in the 200 free after lowering his conference record.

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Wen Zhang Lowers WAC Record In 500 Free on Day 2 of Conference Championships

Zhang reset his own conference record in the 500 freestyle, leading the event by nearly four seconds with a time of 4:15.96.

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2023 WAC Championships Fan Guide: NAU Women Hunting For 10th Straight Title

The Northern Arizona women are poised to take their 10th straight WAC title, while the UNLV men are in position to take their 3rd consecutive title.

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Toronto Sweeps UNLV & Denver As Byron MacDonald Picks Up 500th Career Win

The Varsity Blues earned dominant victories over UNLV and Denver in Las Vegas as head coach Byron MacDonald achieved a historic milestone.

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A Deep Dive Into Romania’s Potential to Build Relays Around David Popovici

By FINA rules, David Popovici is only allowed to swim one leg of a relay. So who else could Romania put around him with a chance at an Olympic final?

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Nick Mahabir Clocks 1:01.92 100 Breast, #5 15-16 All-Time, on Final Day of SMOC

On the final day of the MVN Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions, Cal pro Ryan Murphy swam a solid 53.49 in prelims of the 100 back.

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2022 Fran Crippen SMOC: Ryan Murphy Resets Own World #1 200 Back with 1:56.43

On Saturday night at the 2022 Fran Crippen SMOC, Cal pro Ryan Murphy clipped his season best of 1:56.78 in the 200 back, winning the event with a 1:56.43.

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Grant Shoults Closes Out His Swimming Career with a 3:51.51 400 FR (SMOC Recap)

It was a fitting end for Shoults, who got to swim his final race in his home pool, having grown up competing for Mission Viejo Nadadores.

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