Katie Drabot

NCAA Top Times Update After First Wave of Mid-Season Invitationals

Shaine Cases (Texas A&M) and Erika Brown (Tennessee) both hold 4 national top times each after the first wave of college invites.

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2019 Art Adamson Invite: Day 3 Live Recap

The final session of the Art Adamson Invite is here, and with it we should see some of the best races of the meet.

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Casas’ 1:57.7 200m Back Highlights Art Adamson Invite Day 3 Prelims

Casas has been destroying his personal bests all weekend, and tonight in yards, his time to beat will be a 1:39.84 from the 2019 SEC Championships.

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Hansson Goes 58.1, Casas 52.3 In LCM Fly At Art Adamson Prelims

A pair of big 100-meter fly swims highlighted this morning’s Art Adamson prelims: USC senior Louise Hansson went 58.14 and A&M sophomore Shaine Casas 52.34.

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2019 Art Adamson Invite: Night One Finals Live Recap

This morning, Shaine Casas churned out a 1:58.54 to dominate the 200 meter IM in long course, a lifetime best. He’ll be the man to beat tonight.

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Casas Hits 1:58 LCM 200 IM In Prelims of Art Adamson Invite Day 1

Texas A&M sophomore star Shaine Casas crushed a career-best 1:58.54 in the 200 long course meter IM that would have ranked 6th among American men last season.

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7 Major Mid-Season Invites On the NCAA Slate Next Week

Rematch! Erika Brown won two races against Kate Douglass in a dual meet earlier this year. They could meet up to three more times at the Tennessee Invite.

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Amalie Fackenthal Goes Lifetime Best in 100 Back, Hits #3 Time in Country

Fackenthal, a sophomore known primarily as a sprint freestyler and butterflier, ripped a lifetime best 52.83 to win the 100 back tonight against WSU.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 55% Pick Stanford at #1 For Women’s NCAA Ranks

The three-time defending NCAA champions earned a majority of the votes at 55.1% – but the rest of the field pulled solid numbers.

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2019-2020 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: First Edition

There’s a lot of agreement among rankers with the top four teams. After that… not so much. Stanford chases four straight NCAA titles this spring.

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College Swimming Previews: Individual Titles May Not Be Enough for #1 Stanford

Gone are the days of Ledecky, Manuel, Eastin and Ruck. But Stanford still has the depth of multiple #1 recruiting classes who will need to step up in 2020.

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SwimSwam’s 2019-2020 NCAA Division I Women’s Preseason Picks

The NCAA swim season is upon us, and it’s time for a time-honored tradition: SwimSwam’s staff predicting NCAA event champions half a year out.

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1,115 Swimmers Have Qualified for the 2020 US Olympic Trials (FULL LIST)

Hali Flickinger continues to lead all qualifiers with 9 Olympic Trials standards out of a possible 14. Those 1,115 swimmers have a combined 2,299 cuts.

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Caeleb Dressel Drops His Last 2 Events on Day 5 of U.S. Nationals

Ella Eastin is one of a large group of ALTO swimmers skipping the 200 IM Sunday morning on the final day of U.S. Nationals.

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2019 U.S. National Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Tonight’s session will be brief with only 5 races: the 400 IM (men’s and women’s), 100 fly (men’s and women’s), and the women’s 4 x 200 freestyle relay.

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