Lia Neal

2015 College Swimming Previews: #2 Stanford Women Have Their Eyes on the Prize

Despite the losses of NCAA champions Maya Dirado and Felicia Lee, the Stanford women–winner of four relays last year–have the weapons to go 5-for-5 this year.

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Lady Longhorns post ‘back-from-the-dead’ victory over Stanford on night before Halloween

The Texas Longhorns brought the Halloween scare a day early, spooking the Stanford Cardinal women with a 156-144 win in Palo Alto Thursday night.

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Team USA Swimmers Named for 2015 World University Games

2012 U.S. Olympian Rachel Bootsma will represent her country in Gwangju, South Korea in July, 2015 at the World University Games.

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Simone Manuel – Future Of Team USA Sprinting – Video Interview

Simone Manuel finished second in the 100m freestyle on night one of the US Nationals, clocking in at 53.66.

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Women’s 200 Meter Freestyle – US Nationals Preview – Missy, Ledecky & Schmitty atop hard-hitting field

Katie Ledecky (pictured), Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt are prepared to do battle for the national title ahead of a tightly-packed 200 free field.

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Race Video: Women’s 50 Free Final at LA Invite – Australia’s Kukla 25.36

Abbey Weitzeil finished third in the women’s 50 free final at Los Angeles Invitational. Australia’s Yolane Kukla got the win in 25.36.

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2014 LA Invite Preview: Big names load up sprints, IM’s in Los Angeles

Missy Franklin, Nathan Adrian, Anthony Ervin, Matt Grevers and Kosuke Kitajima are among the names on the loaded LA Invite psych sheets.

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2014 Santa Clara Grand Prix Preview: Links, storylines and more

The Santa Clara Grand Prix is the next stop on the Michael Phelps comeback tour, and will also be the 2014 Grand Prix series debut for Missy Franklin.

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Coffman stepping up big against famous fields

Just two years ago, Cheyenne Coffman was a big fish in a little pond. The competition has stepped up drastically since. But Coffman? Well, she’s still finding a way to the top.

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California’s Grand Challenge wraps up with big swims from Johnson, Neal, Coffman and Quintero

BJ Johnson stayed on fire into the final session of the Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine. The Stanford grad blew away a tough 200 breast field to win in 2:12.11.

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5 Big Things from 2014 W. NCAA’s #1: Recruit Rankings Revisited, 2014 freshmen were remarkably consistent

An easy one to get right: Missy Franklin was the consensus #1 recruit, and the Golden Bear lived up to the hype. But how did the rest of our ‘top 10 recruits’ list hold up?

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TYR Sport Sponsors Coaching Trailblazer Rachel Stratton-Mills

Excellent coaching is vital to swimming’s advancement as a sport, which is why TYR Sport is proud to support Rachel Stratton-Mills, head coach of the Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA) Swim Team.

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VIDEO: Stanford’s Lia Neal and Coach of the Year, Greg Meehan thrilled with meet

What a great NCAAs for the Stanford team. Coach Greg Meehan was selected as Coach of the Year, and Olympian…

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Video: Missy Franklin Dominates, Swims 2nd Race Under NCAA Record Pace

Missy Franklin, one of the greatest female athletes on the planet, set Minneapolis on fire with a blistering new NCAA Record, American Record, U.S. Open Record, and fastest of all-time swim in the 200 yard free, posting a 1:40.31 to win.

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