Leah Shackley

2025 W. NCAA Previews: Virginia Women Look to Pick Up More Wins in 200/400 Free Relay

The Virginia Cavaliers could sweep the women’s relays at this year’s NCAA Championships, and the 200 and 400 freestyle relays seem locked up in their favor.

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2025 W. NCAA Previews: US Olympians Looking for Redemption Highlight 100 Backstroke

Bella Sims and Claire Curzan are both looking for redemption after missing the US Olympic Team last summer and will lead the NCAA 100 back field.

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2025 W. NCAA Previews: Here She Goes Again – Gretchen Walsh Flying Towards Victory in 100 Fly

Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh is almost guaranteed to win gold in the 100 fly, but Stanford’s will be doing her best to chase her down.

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2024-25 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: Final Edition

The Walsh sisters are poised to lead the Virginia women to a fifth straight national title, but how do the rest of our final power rankings shake out?

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2025 W. NCAA Previews: Curzan’s The Favorite In A Loaded 200 Backstroke Field

After breaking the 200 back NCAA and American records at midseason, Claire Curzan is in a strong position to reclaim the NCAA title after a year absence.

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Breaking Down The 2025 Women’s NCAA Qualifiers By Class

Gretchen Walsh is one of 66 senior swimmers headed for Women’s NCAAs, tying with the junior class for most qualifiers for the meet.

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Walsh, Coll Marti Named ACC Swimmers of the Meet; 2025 All-ACC Swim & Dive Team Announced

Gretchen Walsh went undefeated throughout the competition, sweeping the women’s 50 free (20.60), 100 free (45.20) and 100 back (48.95) individually.

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2025 ACC Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

We’re on 100 free record watch tonight after Gretchen Walsh went 45.50 in prelims, and there should be plenty of other exciting races in store tonight.

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2025 ACC Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

A number of NCAA record-holders and defending champions headline the events today, setting up the competition for a day of exciting races.

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2025 ACC Champs: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

We’re back to a full schedule tonight at ACCs, with six individual races, a diving final, and timed finals of the 400 medley relays.

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2025 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Andrei Minakov is back in action this morning to take on the 200 fly after winning the 100 last night.

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Gabriel Jett (Cal) and Alex Walsh (Virginia) Choose 200 Fly On Friday (ACC SCRATCH REPORT)

Cal’s Gabriel Jett arguably chose the path of most resistance on Friday, with the options of the 200 fly (#2 seed) and 100 back (#1 seed).

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2025 ACC Champs: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Virginia Tech fifth-year Youssef Ramadan will be swimming for his fifth-straight ACC title in the 100 fly tonight in Greensboro.

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2025 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

With a number of big names in the water for the both the men and women, the second full day of racing at the ACCs promises to bring plenty of excitement.

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2025 ACC Championships: Day 2 Prelims Scratches – Walsh Waves Goodbye to the 200 IM

Defending ACC Champion in the 200 IM, Alex Walsh has opted not to defend her title, leaving her with no individual races on day 2 of the 2025 ACC Championship

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