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2020 NAIA Men’s Nationals Day 2 Finals: Keiser Takes Over Lead from SCAD

Keiser won both relays and 2 of the 3 individual swimming events to move past SCAD in the standings on Day 2.

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2020 NAIA Men’s Nationals Day 2 Prelims: Meet Record for Keiser’s Marcel Nagy

Marcel Nagy of Keiser tied the NAIA Championship Meet Record in the 50 free with 19.71.

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2020 NAIA Men’s Nationals Day 1: SCAD Crushes 800 Free Relay Meet Record

SCAD’s Zoltan Monori, DJ Nowacki, Kristof Monori, and Joel Thatcher opened the 2020 NAIA National Championships with a new meet record in the 800 free relay.

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2020 Men’s NAIA Fan Guide: Another Tight Battle Brewing Between Keiser and SCAD

Keiser brings a lot of depth to the 2020 NAIA National Championships and will look to hold off 2019 runner-up SCAD. The meet begins Wednesday in Knoxville.

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Mia Thatcher Sends Verbal to SCAD; Will Join Her Brother Joel Next Fall

In addition to being a stellar swimming recruit, Mia Thatcher is an accomplished artist. She drew her commitment announcement to SCAD.

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NAIA Champion Thatcher Thanks SCAD For Support Before Mormon Mission

Press Release Courtesy of Geoff Thatcher Author’s Note: After winning two record-breaking national championships his freshman season, SCAD’s Joel Thatcher…

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2017 NAIA National Championships: Day 4 Photo Vault

SwimSwam owes a deep debt of gratitude to Julie Ray for her photos from the pool deck at 2017 NAIA National…

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2017 NAIA National Championships: Men’s Day 4 Live Recap

The men of Olivet Nazarene University took their second consecutive NAIA national title tonight.

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2017 NAIA National Championships: Day 3 Photo Vault – Part 2

SwimSwam owes a deep debt of gratitude to Julie Ray for her photos from the pool deck at 2017 NAIA National…

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2017 NAIA National Championships: Day 3 Photo Vault – Part 1

Photos from Day 3 prelims at 2017 NAIA National Championships.

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2017 NAIA National Championships: Men’s Day 4 Ups/Downs

Thomas University’s Perry Lindo will take on SCAD’s Joel Ax in the 100 free final tonight. The event will be a rematch after Lindo pulled off an upset over Ax in the 50 on Thursday.

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2017 NAIA National Championships: Day 2 Photo Vault

See the photos from Day 2 of competition at the 2017 NAIA National Championships.

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2017 NAIA National Championships: Men’s Finals Day 3 Recap

Tonight Joel Ax (left) of outswam his SCAD teammate and yesterday’s 500 NAIA record-setter Joel Thatcher to win the 200 free in NAIA record time.

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2017 NAIA Nationals: Men’s Meet Day 3 Up/Down Report

Keiser junior Danny Hartley qualifed second in the 100 fly on Day Three of 2017 NAIA Nationals.

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SCAD Freshman Joel Thatcher Sets NAIA Record in 500 Free

Tonight, Joel Thatcher swam a 4:20.35 in the 500 free for a new NAIA record. That time would have been fast enough to win the NCAA DIII national championship in 2016 or to get third at 2016 NCAA DII Nationals.

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