Lleyton Plattel

Ranking The 2021 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #5-8

USC commit Daniel Matheson is a massive get for the Trojans, with elite abilities across freestyle, butterfly and IM.

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Emma Nordin of ASU Wins 1650 at Phoenix Sectionals

Emma Nordin of Arizona State swam her first 1650 in over a year as she swam to victory during the first day of the Phoenix Sectionals.

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Returning Conference Points: Elite Stanford Frosh Chasing Cal in Men’s Pac-12

Cal’s class of rising seniors – led by sprinter Ryan Hoffer – is an elite group. But so are Stanford’s incoming freshmen, including flyer Andrei Minakov.

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Ranking The 2020 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: Honorable Mentions

The incoming freshman class for NCAA swimming & diving is deep with distance swimmers, including 15:03 miler Lleyton Plattel.

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ASU Commit Lleyton Plattel (PLS) Goes 15:03 in Mile At Monterey Park Sectional

Pleasanton Seahawk and Arizona State commit Lleyton Plattel swept the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyles at the Monterey Park Sectional meet in California.

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#1 Keating, #2 Pearson, #2 Crush Scratch Events on Day 4 of Junior Nationals

Top-seeded Anna Keating of Machine Aquatics has scratched out of heats of the 100 breaststroke on Friday morning at U.S. Junior Nationals.

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Ledecky Blasts World-Leading 400 Free On Night 3 In Santa Clara

Katie Ledecky clocked a time of 3:59.28 tonight in the women’s 400 freestyle, moving past Ariarne Titmus (3:59.66) for #1 in the world this year.

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Manuel, Ledecky Highlight Day 3 Prelims In Santa Clara

Katie Ledecky made her first appearance at the Santa Clara International this morning, putting up the top time in the women’s 400 free (4:02.44).

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Cieplucha and Plattel Win 800s on Night One of SC International

Tessa Cieplucha and Lleyton Plattel took the 800 free wins on night one of the Santa Clara International meet on Thursday.

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Plattel, Mertz, Suen from NCS Scratch California State Meet

Lleyton Plattel, who placed 4th in the 500 free at the 2018 California State Championships, has opted out of the 2019 meet.

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10 Oldest Remaining U.S. NAG Records

Since our last look at the records back in July of 2015, only 2 of the 10 oldest NAG records have been broken, but there’s a fresh class of contenders hungry to get their names in the history books.

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WATCH: Katie Ledecky, Jordan Wilimovsky Dominate 800s in Greensboro

Watch as Katie Ledecky and Jordan Wilimovsky qualify for 2020 Olympic Trials and win their respective races by over 13 seconds.

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2018 U.S. Winter Nationals: Day 1 Distance Live Recap

Katie Ledecky will swim the women’s 800 freestyle on the opening night of U.S. Winter Nationals.

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2018 U.S. Winter Nationals: First Olympic Trial Cuts Await

The past two Novembers, Katie Ledecky has broken short course yard American and NCAA records (essentially world-bests for the yards format). Now a pro, Ledecky will look for a long course world record with a time drop tonight.

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CIF North Coast Section Announces Qualifiers for 2018 NCS Championship

The CIF North Coast Section has release the psych sheet for next weekend’s NCS swimming and diving championships.

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