Kevin Cordes

Arizona tops Mizzou, Oregon State, NAU and New Mexico State in busy 2015 opener

Bonnie Brandon led 1-2 finishes in both backstrokes to power the Lady Wildcats past all four visiting foes while the Zona men picked up the win over Missouri.

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2014 Swammy Awards: NCAA Male Swimmer of the Year Ryan Murphy

Cal’s Ryan Murphy won both the 100 and 200 backstrokes at the NCAA Championship meet in 2014, and is our pick for the 2014 male NCAA swimmer of the year.

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NCAA “A” Cut Update: 59 individuals qualified after December invites

Cal’s Liz Pelton (right) and Missy Franklin (center) lead the NCAA with 4 individual “A” cuts each, and Rachel Bootsma (left) is also qualified.

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23 World Class Swimming Stats You Need To Know

#10 – “43” – the number of meters Phelps was underwater streamline kicking in his World Record 200 IM.

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Arizona-Utah upset rematch slated for Saturday in Las Vegas

The rematch of the Arizona-Utah dual, perhaps the biggest college dual meet upset of last season, will happen this weekend, with UNLV joining the meet and hosting.

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USA Swimming Announces 2014 Golden Goggles Nominees

After winning gold in his big comeback meet in the 100 fly, Michael Phelps has returned to the list of Golden Goggles nominees.

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College Swimming Previews: Huge Freshman Class Will Determine Outcome Of #7 Arizona’s 2014-2015 Season

Nobody has swam faster times in the 100 or 200 yard breaststrokes ever, his personal bests remaining at 50.04 and 1:48.66 from last year’s NCAA Championships. Cordes is the 2013 and 2014 NCAA swimmer of the year and with safe starts should help the Arizona medley relay teams find success as well.

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#FantasySwimming Wrap-up: Team Ricky Berens still undefeated in fantasy history, CordesNeck wins new league

Ryan Lochte donated a signed Team USA Swim Cap to the winner of the newly-formed #DeckChange league, plus his own 4×100 free relay silver medal (pictured) to the winner of the #Lane4 league.

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2014 Pan Pacific Championships – Day 4 live prelims recap

Michael Phelps made the final of the 200 IM, while his longtime rival Ryan Lochte just missed the cut in Australia.

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8 things we learned from day 2 of the Pan Pacific Championships

Lights-out Ledecky: Katie Ledecky showed her speed with a relay run-down, and proved she can take over the American team with Missy Franklin slowed up by an injury.

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2014 Pan Pacific Championships – Day 2 live prelims recap – loaded 100 frees lined up for finals

Nathan Adrian beat defending World Champ James Magnussen for the top seed in the men’s 100 free. Both men were flirting with the 48-second barrier this morning.

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Race Video: Brendan McHugh Makes His First International Team in the Men’s 50 m Breast

Brendan McHugh, future lawyer, made a huge breakout with an amazing start and solidified his spot on his first Pan Pac…

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Photo Vault: US Nationals Day Two

Ryan Murphy taking off in the final of the men’s 200m backstroke. Murphy finished second behind Tyler Clary, earning himself a spot on the Pan Pac roster

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Kevin Cordes Stays Long and Strong – Video Interview

Cordes has been developing a stroke that will change how swimmers race this event in the future.

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Brendan McHugh Breaks U.S. Open Record in 27.10 at U.S. Nationals Prelims

Brendan McHugh was the biggest surprise to take a top seed on Friday morning at U.S. Nationals.

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