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NCAA Finalist Julian Koch Announces Transfer To Tennessee After Breakout Year At Pitt

Koch makes for a seamless replacement to Gui Caribe, Tennessee’s top scorer and relay lynchpin who exhausted his eligibility this past season.

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Huske, Curzan & McFadden Named ACC Swimming & Diving Scholar Athletes of the Year

A total of 317 student-athletes across the league were selected to the 2025-26 Swimming & Diving All-ACC Academic Team.

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Men’s Recruit Ranks: Individual Scoring For All Classes Through 2026 NCAAs

Arizona State’s Ilya Kharun leads all junior swimmers with 139 career NCAA points through three championship appearances.

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2025 ACC Champion Michel Arkhangelskiy Of Florida State Enters NCAA Transfer Portal

Arkhangelskiy won the 2025 ACC title in the 100 back and went on to score at 2025 NCAAs in the 100 back and 100 fly. He did not final at 2026 NCAAs.

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Chase Kreitler On Pitt’s Historic Growth Over The Last 4 Years, Transfer Portal Thoughts

“This year’s results really just showed what we built in terms of the culture of the last 4 years and also just the work that we put in,” Kreitler said.

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NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Abdalla Yousseff Nasr Enters Transfer Portal After One Season With Auburn

Abdalla Yousseff Nasr scored 16 individual points at NCAAs and was highlighted by an 8th place finish in the 200 fly. He also was 12th in the 100 fly.

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2026 NCAA Swammy Awards: Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving

Josh Liendo was the only swimmer to sweep his individual events at 2026 NCAAs as he moved to nine titles in his career, #3 all-time

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2026 NCAA ‘A’ Finalist Nick Simons Enters NCAA Transfer Portal As Grad Transfer

Simons was 7th in the 200 back at the 2026 NCAA Championships and is the latest NCAA ‘A’ finalist to enter the portal on the men’s side.

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NCAA Division I Cabinet Passes Legislation To Address “Ghost Transfers”

Programs will now be penalized if they sign a transfer, or add a transfer to their roster, before the student-athlete has entered the portal.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s 2026 NCAA Event Predictions – Men’s Edition

We picked Texas’ Nate Germonprez in the breaststroke events, but it was Cal’s Yamato Okadome getting it done, becoming the first to sweep them since 2021.

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2026 NCAA Finalist Julian Koch Of Pitt Enters Transfer Portal

Koch was the top seed coming out of prelims in the men’s 100 free at NCAAs last week. He ended up 4th in the event with a 40.43.

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How Did We Do? Reviewing SwimSwam’s Final 2026 Men’s NCAA Power Rankings

The Virginia men exceeded expectations at the NCAA Championships, cracking the top 10 with 192 points after scoring just 14 (32nd place) last season.

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NCAA Championships: Overreactions For The Long Course Season

Julian Koch looks primed to make a splash at the European Championships this summer for Germany after a brilliant NCAAs for Pitt

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2026 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 4 Photo Vault

Take a look at the photos from day four of the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, courtesy of SwimSwam photographer Jack Spitser.

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WATCH: Hubert Kos’ 1:34.13 200 Back NCAA Record & All Men’s NCAA Night 4 Race Videos

Watch all of the race videos from the final night of the 2026 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships, courtesy of “NCAA Championships” on YouTube.

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