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2025 College Swimming Previews: #5 NC State Men Reload In Pursuit Of Another Top Finish

The Wolfpack men took home another ACC title and a fifth-place NCAA finish last year, what do they have in store for the 2024-2025 season?

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Sam Marsteiner, #7 in the Class of 2026, Makes Verbal Commitment to NC State

New Wave Swim Team’s Sam Marsteiner, the #7 junior in the high school class of 2026, has announced his intention to swim for NC State.

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Ranking the 2024 Men’s Recruiting Classes: #8-5

Kaii Winkler, the #1 recruit in SwimSwam’s Boys’ High School Class of 2024, highlights a strong recruiting class for the NC State Wolfpack.

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2024 “Best of the Rest” IMer Charlie Bufton is Headed to NC State

2024 Olympic Trials qualifier and “Best of the Rest” designee Charlie Bufton has committed to swim at NC State beginning in 2024-25.

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Re-Rank: Top 20 NCAA Swimming Recruits In The Boys High School Class of 2024

Despite getting hurt last summer, this year’s number one recruit Kaii Winkler has only gotten better as a high school senior.

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Asian Games Finalist Arsen Kozhakhmetov Commits to NC State for 2024

Last September, Arsen Kozhakhmetov made World Junior finals in the 50/100 breast before placing 7th in the 50 breast at the Asian Games later that month.

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2024 NCSA Spring Championships Day 4: Swims You Might’ve Missed

New Wave Swim Team 14-year-old Parker Van Olst emerged victorious in the boys 200 breast D-final with a huge best time of 2:23.81.

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2024 NCSA Spring Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

The third night of the 2024 NCSA Spring Championships has arrived in Orlando, Florida, with finals contested in LCM after this morning’s SCY prelims.

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2024 NCSA Champs: 17-Year-Old Jacob Johnson Drops 1:42.29 200 Fly At Day 3 Prelims

Johnson clocked 1:42.29 to move up to 20th all-time in the 17-18 age group, improving on his previous best of 1:43.46 set in December.

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2024 NCSA Champs: Sean Green, Kyle Peck Climb All-Time Age Group Rankings At Day 2 Prelims

Sean Green moved up to #15 all-time for 15-16 boys in the 400 IM, and followed up with an epic anchor leg in the 800 free relay to give LIAC the victory.

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Florida Commit Sofia Plaza Swims 4:08.64 400 IM At North Carolina Senior Champs

If Plaza is able to replicate her time after her arrival at Florida, the Gators almost surely have another NCAA qualifier in the 400 IM.

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Three State Records, Three 4A Records Fall at NCHSAA 4A State Championship

Mere Whelehan was named the 4A Most Outstanding Female Swimmer at the 2024 North Carolina 4A High School State Championship meet.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: John Roy

Roy led his swimmers with the New Wave Swim Team to a number of impressive performances in January, both at the Knoxville Pro Swim and a club meet in Raleigh.

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2023 Winter Juniors – East: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

This morning’s prelims session will feature heats of the 500 free, 200 IM, and 50 free and is set to last a little less than 2 hours.

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15-Year-Old Sam Marsteiner Hits 1:46.58 200 Fly At NC WAVE/RSA Dual Meet

Marsteiner became just the 19th swimmer to break the 1:47 barrier in the boys’ 200 fly at the age of 15, clocking 1:46.58 to rank 13th all-time.

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