Matthew Chai

College Swimming Previews: #1 Cal Men Seeking First Repeat as Champions Since 2012

Cal had a tremendous 2021-2022 season, winning the NCAA title by a healthy margin over the defending champion Texas Longhorns.

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2022-2023 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Pre-Season Edition

Gabriel Jett will be one of many key players for the Cal men this season as they seek a national title defense. For now, we’re picking them to do so.

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Ranking The 2022 Men’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #13-16

#6-ranked recruit Matthew Chai stays home in the state of California in one of our top 16 recruiting classes nationwide.

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Re-Rank: Top 20 Boys NCAA Swimming Recruits, Class Of 2022

The incoming freshman NCAA class is headed by the best 200 IM prospect we’ve ranked since Carson Foster. Check out our full top 20 in the class of 2022.

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Norvy Clontz Chooses 200 IM Over 800 Free on Final Day of US Juniors

2022 SPEEDO JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS August 1 to 5, 2022 William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, California Long Course Meters (50m)…

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2022 Summer Junior Nationals: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Kings Academy 18-year-old Josh Zuchowski, soon-t0-be a Stanford Cardinal, led prelims of the boys 200 back in 1:59.81 this morning.

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2022 Summer Junior Nationals: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

The 3rd day of the 2022 Summer Junior Nationals is here, and with it we have prelims of the 400 free, 100 fly, and 200 back.

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Watch: Medley Relay NAGs, All ‘A’ Finals Race Videos from Days 1-2 of Junior Nats

In this post, you’ll find the race videos of the ‘A’ finals from the first two days of the 2022 Summer Junior Nationals.

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2022 U.S. Junior Nationals: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Coronado’s Nick Mahabir comes in as the top seed in the men’s 100 breast with Michael Andrew’s meet record potentially within range.

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U.S. Juniors Shine At 2022 Mel Zajac Jr. International

15-year-old Piper Enge clocked 2:29.22 in the 200 breast to move into 18th all-time in the girls’ 15-16 age group.

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Ultra Swimmer of the Month: Rex Maurer

After qualifying for the Junior Pan Pac team in late April, Maurer had a phenomenal finish to his short course campaign in the CIF postseason.

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USA Swimming Announces 19 Swimmers For 2022 Mel Zajac Jr. Invitational Roster

Texas A&M commit Baylor Nelson highlights the 2022 Mel Zajac Jr. Invitational roster, and he will be swimming the 100/200 free, 200/400 IM, and 200 back.

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2022 CIF Swimming & Diving Championships: Finals Photo Vault

In this post, we’ll be featuring some pictures from the CIF Swimming & Diving Championships, which took place this past weekend in Fresno, CA.

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2022 CIF Champs: Santa Margarita Dominates Girls Meet, Loyola Takes Boys Title

Santa Margarita was dominant in the girls meet, sweeping the relays, winning 6 individual events, and recording a trio of 2nd place individual finishes.

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CIF State Champs: Maurer and Chai Set the Stage with 4:23 500 Frees in Prelims

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Championships are being held this weekend in Fresno at Clovis High School.

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