Matthew Willenbring

Men’s Recruiting Class Rankings Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2018-2022

Bobby Finke’s 100 NCAA points helped push the Florida Gators to the top of the 2018 recruiting class scoring rankings after four seasons.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2018

Kieran Smith was the 11th-ranked recruit back in 2018 but emerges as the top scorer in his high school class after four seasons in the NCAA.

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Matthew Willenbring Hopes to Return to the Pool for Texas Longhorns

Matthew Willenbring, a member of the US team at the 2017 World Junior Championships, has only raced one meet since the 2020 Big 12 Championships.

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NCAA Scorer Cameron Auchinachie Transfers From Denver To Texas as Grad Student

2019 NCAA Championships scorer Cameron Auchinachie, will use his 5th year of eligibility for Texas this fall after not competing for Denver last season.

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With 6:07, Texas Men Swim Fastest 800 Free Relay Outside of NCAAs Ever

The Longhorn quartet combined for a 6:07.34, the 7th-fastest time ever, as well as the fastest time ever outside of NCAAs.

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Returning Conference Points: Texas Is M. Big 12 Favorites, TCU Youth Rises

Texas has never lost a Big 12 Championship meet and returns a huge scoring group. But TCU’s freshmen actually outscored Texas’s freshmen last year.

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2020 Big 12 Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

This morning, the preliminaries of the 200 back, 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 fly will be contested, featuring Texas’ Claire Adams in the 100 free.

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2020 Big 12 Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Drew Kibler will swim the 500 free this morning, an event where he had a breakthrough 4:11.19 at mid-season, taking three seconds from his lifetime-best.

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2020 Men’s Big 12 Championships Fan Guide: Texas Eyeing 41st-Consecutive Title

Texas’ top-end strength and depth, combined with its 40-year win streak, all but guarantees a 41st Longhorn victory at the Big 12 Championships.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Eddie Reese, Texas

Coach Eddie Reese’s Texas men couldn’t have swum much better at the Minnesota Invite, and they now lead our NCAA Power Ranks.

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2019-2020 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Power Rankings: December Edition

Our women’s NCAA swimming & diving ranks had a change at #1… will our men’s ranks do the same? There’s a lot to unpack after mid-season invites.

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New Longhorn Alvin Jiang Splits 43.8 Fly Leg at Minnesota Invite

Alvin Jiang didn’t wait long after transferring from UNC to make a splash with Texas, throwing down a 43.8 fly split that ranks among the fastest of all time.

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2019 Minnesota Invitational: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

After his nation-leading 4:12.17 in the 500 free during prelims, Arizona’s Brooks Fail will test that mark in tonight’s final.

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Fail and Weitzeil Blast Nation-Leading Times in Minnesota Invite Day 2 Prelims

Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil and Arizona’s Brooks Fail each put up nation-leading times this morning on day 2 of the 2019 Minnesota Invite

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Breaking Down Sun Yang’s Case, Part 1: Who and What is the FINA Doping Panel?

SwimSwam is spending time parsing out Sun Yang’s case ahead of his Nov. 15 public trial date.

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