Louise Hansson

2018 Pac-12 Women’s Champs Fan Guide: Stanford Poised to Dominate

The Stanford women are the heavy favorites to take the 2018 Pac-12 crown and successfully defend their 2017 title, which was their first since 2014.

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Stanford Women vs Everyone Else Combined: Actually Kind of Close

SwimSwam’s editor Braden Keith brought me the following hypothetical: what would happen in a dual meet of the Stanford women…

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USC vs. UCLA Rivalry Meet Comes Down to a Tie

The Pac-12 matchup between UCLA and USC came down to the final event on Friday, with the teams ultimately tying at 150 points each.

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Ledecky Posts 1:43.2 200 FR Immediately After 9:15.9 1000 FR at USC

Ledecky stepped up for the 200 free immediately after winning the 1000 free (9:15.96). Though she trailed USC’s Louise Hansson (1:46.21) through the front half, Ledecky powered through in the final 100 yards to build a 3-second lead, winning in 1:43.24.

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Carsten Vissering Makes Return as USC Men and Women Beat Wisconsin

After a semester abroad in Australia, USC junior Carsten Vissering made his return to NCAA swimming with a very strong 100 breast in USC’s Monday dual with the visiting Wisconsin Badgers.

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NCAA ‘A’ Cuts Update: 173 Cuts Achieved Through Mid-Season Invites

Katie Ledecky and Mallory Comerford are tied for most NCAA ‘A’ cuts with 4 each.

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2017-2018 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: Post- Invite Edition

Who volunteered to make the biggest leap in our first Power Rankings after mid-season invites? Hint: they’ve got 4 sophomores in major NCAA scoring range, including the fastest 100 flyer in the nation.

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Scoring the NCAA Women’s Teams Based on 2017-18 Midseason Rankings

Per the request of some of our commenters, we’ve gone through and scored out how the women’s NCAA team battle would go based on the midseason rankings. 

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The Top 16 Women in Each Event at 2017-18 NCAA Midseason

We’re now through the second round of NCAA midseason invites and it’s time to take a look at where the division 1 teams stand. SwimSwam has put together a list of the top 16 times in each event up to this point. 

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Katz and Wright Post NCAA-Leading Times on Day 4 of Texas Invite

Austin Katz and Justin Wright threw down the fastest college times this season in the 200 back and 200 fly, respectively, on the final of the 2017 Texas Invite.

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Schooling wins Battle vs. Conger with 44.7 100 Fly at Texas Invite

Swimming fans got to witness another butterfly battle between Joseph Schooling and Jack Conger in Friday night’s 100 fly final.

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Freshman Katz Comes up Big with 45.3 100 Back Split at Texas Invite

Texas freshman standout Austin Katz was a key player in helping the Horns secure their NCAA spot. Despite their A relay being disqualified, Katz came up big with a 45.34 backstroke split to help the B relay to victory.

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Haas Anchors Longhorns to Victory on Day 1 of Texas Invite

The Texas A team won it in 6:14.62, with Jonathan Roberts leading off in 1:35.29. Teammates Jeff Newkirk (1:33.60), Joseph Schooling (1:33.17), and Townley Haas (1:32.56) finished the job as they won in 6:14.62.

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Conger v. Schooling Matchup in the Cards for Texas Invite

2017 TEXAS INVITE November 29th – December 2nd, 2017 Austin, Texas (UT-Austin) Psych sheet Though Jack Conger is no longer eligible for…

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2017-2018 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: November Edition

Siobhan Haughey’s Michigan Wolverines are one of two teams making big leaps into our top 5.

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