Lea Polonsky

2024 Women’s Division 1 NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Georgia’s Rachel Stege will look to jump her team up the rankings entering as the #2 seed in the 500, behind presumptive favorite Bella Sims…

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2024 Women’s Division 1 NCAA Championships: Day 1 Relay Analysis

Florida Gators Bella Sims and Isabel Ivey posted the fastest splits enroute to winning the 800 Free Relay and currently sit in 1st in the team standings.

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2024 W. NCAA Previews: Will Alex Walsh Challenge The 1:50-Barrier In Athens?

Virginia senior Alex Walsh is seeded 1st in the women’s 200 IM, and will have the opportunity to reclaim her NCAA title from 2022.

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2024 W. NCAA Previews: Walsh’s World In 400 IM

Alex Walsh has a third straight national title in the 400 IM well within her grasp, with no one in the field within two seconds of her best time of 3:57.24.

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2024 W NCAA Previews: It’s Rodeo Season for the Texas 200 Fly Group

The Texas women will swim through the 2024 NCAA Championships knowing that their best event, the 200 fly, is the last individual swimming race of the meet.

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2024 Women’s Pac-12 Champs Fan Guide: Stanford Battling Losses Amid Their Bid for a 3-Peat

The 9 members of Stanford’s team last year who aren’t on the roster this season accounted for a stunning 570 points at last year’s meet.

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Jack Alexy and Cal Bears (College Swimmers) Scratch En Masse from Finals

After tying for 3rd with training partner Brooks Curry in the 50, 2023 Worlds silver medalist Jack Alexy along with a number of the Cal group have scratched.

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2024 Pro Swim Series – Knoxville: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Olympic medalist Claire Curzan is slated to swim the 200 backstroke and 100 butterfly today at the Knoxville Pro Swim Series.

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#9 Cal Women Top Washington State Behind NCAA’s 2nd-Best 200 Back from Isabelle Stadden

Isabelle Stadden (above) came out of the weekend with the second-fastest time in the NCAA in the 200 yard backstroke behind only Olympian Bella Sims.

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Worlds 2023 Europe Day 5: Scott, Dean Earn GB Men’s 1st 200 IM World Medals In 50 Years

Duncan Scott (pictured) and Tom Dean went 2-3 in the men’s 200 IM, earning Great Britain’s first Worlds medals in the event since 1973.

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2023 W. NCAA Previews: Walsh And Douglass Set To Have A 200 IM Battle For The Ages

Walsh and Douglass are the two fastest women’s 200 IMers in NCAA history, and they will be racing each other at NCAAs for the first time ever.

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Arizona State vs. Cal — Dual Meet Live Recap

The matchup between the #1 Cal men and the #4 Arizona State men will be one of the most anticipated matchups of the entire 2022-23 NCAA season.

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The Biggest Storylines To Watch For At the Cal vs. ASU Dual Meet

Both the Cal men and Arizona State men are expected to have season debuts from NCAA title contenders this weekend in Tempe.

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2022 Minnesota Invite: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Look for some close team battles between Texas and Cal on both the men’s and the women’s sides tonight, as the 200 MR and 800 FR will be contested on day one.

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College Swimming Previews: #8 Cal Women’s Bear Market

Backstroke star Isabelle Stadden projects to be the one constant for the Cal women as they enter the season under a cloud of uncertainty.

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