Holly Nelson

Big West Conference Eliminates Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Sponsorship

The Big West will only have a handful of swimming & diving programs remaining by 2027, well below the five team standard for automatic qualifiers.

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Despite New Qualification System, Evolution Rather Than Revolution For Women’s NCAAs

With just 5.7% of qualifying swimmers making the meet thanks to the new auto-qualification system, changes may be subtle for the actual meet

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2026 Big West Championships: Hawaii Wins Men’s and Women’s Meets

The Hawaii men’s and women’s teams both came out victorious on the final night of the Big West Championships, earning conference titles on both sides.

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2026 Big West Championships – Day 3 Recap: Hawaii Men and Women Lead With One Day Left

UCSD’s Chloe Braun (above) swam 58.95 to win the women’s 100 breaststroke and earn an NCAA qualifying time on day 3 of the Big West Championships.

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2026 Big West Championships: Hawaii Women and Grand Canyon Men Lead After Day Two

Hawaii’s Holly Nelson (above) won the women’s 50 freestyle in 20.28 to exactly tie the NCAA qualifying standard on night two of the Big West Championships.

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Four Athletes Earn Automatic NCAA Bids To Kick Off Conference Meets

Hawaii’s Karol Ostrowski (above) won the men’s 50 freestyle in 19.13 to earn the fourth automatic NCAA qualification on night two of 2026 conference meets.

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2026 Big West Fan Guide: Hawai’i To Count On Diving to Return To The Top

Both the Hawai’i men and women will need their diving teams to be on top form to become conference champions, with the women’s title fight on a knife edge

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Hawaii Women, BYU Men Earn Victories In Split Dual As Several Pool Records Fall In Honolulu

The BYU men picked up a 167-133 victory over Hawaii, while the Rainbow Wahine took down the Cougars women, 163-136.

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UC Santa Barbara Sweeps Team Titles in Return of the Big West Swimming & Diving Championships

The 2025 Big West Championship is in the books, seeing UC Santa Barbara hold on to be crowned men’s and women’s champions.

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Hawaii Wins 6 of 10 Events on Day 2 of 2025 Big West Championships

As was the case with day 1 of the meet, there were a ton of meet records broken, as it’s been more than a decade since the last Big West Championship.

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Hawaii Men Pop 1:23.6 200 Medley Relay on Night 1 of Big West Championships

With over a decade passing since the last Big West Championship, the record book was ripe for rewriting, and these teams delivered.

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2025 Big West Conference Conference Preview: Diving Makes the Difference For a Hawaii Sweep

The Hawaii men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are looking to win the first Big West Conference Championships since 2010.

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Hawaii Pops 2:50.54 Men’s 400 Free Relay, Sweeps Team Titles at 2024 MPSF Championships

At the end of the meet, Hawaii stood victorious, winning their 2nd-straight women’s title and taking the men’s title as well. 

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2024 MPSF Champs: Hawaii Men Sweep Day 1 Relays with a Pair of Conference Records

The swimming portion of the 2024 MPSF Championship kicked off tonight in St. George, Utah.

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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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