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Former Army Head Coach Brandt Nigro Named New Associate Head Coach of Texas Women’s Team

Nigro takes over the role previously held by Mitch Dalton, who left his role as the Texas women’s associate to take over as the head coach at Brown.

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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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Men’s 2026 NCAA Championships: SEC Scores the Most Points, Big 12 Reliant On ASU

Hubert Kos was one of two double title winners this year from the SEC, as that conference edged the ACC to take home the most points this year

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Revisiting Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2022

As an Honorable Mention recruit, Owen McDonald emerged as the top scorer in this domestic high school class by a wide margin with 145.5 career points.

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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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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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2026 M. NCAA Championships: Day 4 400 Free Relay Analysis – ASU With 3 of The Top 10 Splits

Jonny Kulow had the fastest split of the field for an ASU team which set a new pool record of 2:42.38, just missing their NCAA record of 2:42.15

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2026 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 3 Photo Vault

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

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2026 M. NCAA Championships: Day 3 400 Medley Relay Analysis – A Trio of Historic Fly Splits

Josh Liendo swam the #2 fly split ever, one of three top-ten splits in the final heat tonight alongside Hubert Kos and Ilya Kharun

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Are Morning Relays Causing More DFSs In Individual Events At NCAAs?

With less time between prelims and early heats of relays at NCAAs, more swimmers are dropping their individual events to prioritize team relays.

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Men’s NCAAs Day 2 Scoring Analysis: After 2nd Day Of Being The Biggest Riser, Is Virginia Back?

Thomas Heilman was a big scorer for Virginia tonight as they more than doubled their projected points total, going +34 for the day, and sit 9th overall

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2026 Men’s NCAA Division I Championship: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

The 2nd morning of the NCAAs sees the first set of trials/finals events as the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free and 100 breaststroke take to the pool…

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2026 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Day 2 Prelims Preview

Josh Liendo is the top seed in the 100 fly on day 2, as he seeks to dip under 43 seconds for the first time at his final NCAA meet

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Swims You Might Have Missed On Day 1 Of The Men’s 2026 NCAA Championships

Levi Sandidge moved up to #5 all-time in the mile thanks to the his 3rd-place finish tonight, holding off 2023 World Champion Ahmed Hafnoui

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2026 M. NCAA Division I Championship: Day 1 200 Medley Relay Analysis – Four 17-point Anchors

Josh Liendo was 17.58 on the anchor for Florida, one of four sub-18 splits as half of the final heat had 17-point anchors

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