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Video Interview: Cierra Runge fights for 2nd in loaded 500 final

Runge picked up second place points with her time of 4:33.82, dropping a second and a half from her prelim swim

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Leah Smith Video Interview: I’ll do everything it takes to have the best race

Leah Smith took control of the 500 freestyle early on to claim her first NCAA title in this event with a time of 4:31.54.

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2015 Women’s NCAA Championships: Quick Quotes From Day 1

200 Freestyle Relay Kaylin Bing, California –  On winning the national title: “It was my first individual national title, so…

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2015 Women’s NCAA DI Championships: Day 1 Finals Preview

2015 WOMEN’S NCAA DI CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday, March 19 – Saturday, March 21 Greensboro Aquatic Center – Greensboro, NC Prelims 11AM/Finals…

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Women’s NCAA Championship Day 1 Ups/Downs: Georgia’s big day yields 13 scoring swims

Annie Zhu won a swim-off to make the A final of the 200 IM, one of 8 Georgia swimmers to make a championship heat on day 1.

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Virginia Sophomore Leah Smith Breaks 500 Free NCAA Record in Prelims

Virginia sophomore Leah Smith has broken the NCAA Record in prelims of the women’s 500 yard free with a new NCAA…

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2015 Women’s NCAA DI Championships: Day 1 Prelims Heat Sheets

The first day of the 2015 NCAA Championships features the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, and 1 meter diving individually, as well as the 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay.

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All the links you need for the 2015 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships

We’ve got your homebase and toolkit for following the 2015 Women’s NCAA Championships here, including links to live results, recent news, our Pick ‘Em contest and each of our 18 event-by-event previews.

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8 records most likely to fall at the 2015 Women’s NCAA Championships

Cal’s Rachel Bootsma (left), Missy Franklin (center) and Liz Pelton (right) are each on the hunt for one or more major records. Who else could be smashing history this week?

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2015 W. NCAA Picks: Missy chasing American 200 free history with Simone in tow

Missy Franklin is the defending NCAA champ and American record-holder in the 200 free, where she and Stanford’s Simone Manuel are on the precipice of a historic barrier.

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2015 W. NCAA Picks: New NCAA Record-Holder Runge Has Title in Sights

Freshman star Cierra Runge is the NCAA record holder in the 500 free, but it’s no easy task to hold off swimmers like Leah Smith and Brittany Maclean.

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2015 Women’s NCAA Picks: The Best Women’s 1650 Field in Years

She is currently the top ranked NCAA swimmer in both the 500 and 1650, and second in the nation in those events behind only Katie Ledecky. She swam a 4:31.90 and a 15:40.17 at the PAC 12 Championships, setting a new NCAA record in the 500 and a PAC 12 meet record in the 1650.

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PHOTO VAULT: 2015 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

The 2015 Women’s ACC Swimming & Diving Championships have officially wrapped up from Georgia Tech. Relive the high points with this photo gallery, courtesy of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Facebook.

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UVA’s Leah Smith: “I’m a Lot Less Rested Than I Was Last Year”

After night 2 of the 2015 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships, Virginia’s Leah Smith caught up with SwimSwam’s Max Mitchell…

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Virginia leads, but only by 28 over UNC after two days of women’s ACC Championships

Leah Smith and the Cavaliers are in search of their 8th-straight ACC title, but will have to break away from UNC to pull it off.

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