Miranda Grana

2025 NCAA Swammy Awards: Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving

Gretchen Walsh wins the Swammy for Women’s NCAA Swimmer of the Year for a second-straight season following a historic outing at 2025 NCAA Championships.

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NCAA Qualifier Macky Hodges Announces She Will Transfer To Indiana

Hodges swam at NCAAs last week in Federal Way for USC and entered the transfer portal just after the meet ended.

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Reviewing SwimSwam’s 2025 NCAA Event Predictions – Women’s Edition

Louisville’s Gabi Albiero was an ‘A’ finalist in the 50 free and 100 fly at Women’s NCAAs after we didn’t pick her to finish in the top eight in either event.

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What Will It Take To Score at Women’s NCAA’s – A Review

How well did our model do at predicting scoring times last week? Pretty well, although there were a couple of events that didn’t quite go as expected

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2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The 200 backstroke will be a rematch of the 100 back last night, where Claire Curzan and Bella Sims had a photo finish.

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A Tribute to the B-Final: Shining a Light on the Fast Swims Off of the Podium

In her 200 backstroke Miranda Grana illustrated the value of the B-final as it awards swimmers with another opportunity to chase their goals.

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2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

It’s been an incredible week of racing in Federal Way, and we’re in for even more excitement today.

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2025 NCAA Women’s Championships: Day 3 Relay Analysis – 56.3 Breast and 47.3 Fly for Walshes

Claire Curzan (49.63), Alex Walsh (56.37), Gretchen Walsh (47.35), and Anna Moesch (46.85) lowered their own 400 free relay meet record with 3:20.20.

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Southern Illinois’ Celia Pulido Powers To 49.77 100 Back, Lowers Fastest-Ever Mid-Major Mark

After swimming a personal best of 49.84 during the prelims, Southern Illinois’ Celia Pulido improved her time to 49.77 to place 4th in the final.

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2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Welcome to day 3 finals of the 2025 Women’s Division I NCAA Championships!

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How Has the New Day 3 Event Lineup Affected Swimmers at 2025 Women’s NCAAs?

The extra 23 minutes helped Miranda Grana, now at Indiana, make the A finals in both the 100 fly and 100 back.

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2025 W. NCAA Previews: US Olympians Looking for Redemption Highlight 100 Backstroke

Bella Sims and Claire Curzan are both looking for redemption after missing the US Olympic Team last summer and will lead the NCAA 100 back field.

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2025 W. NCAA Previews: Here She Goes Again – Gretchen Walsh Flying Towards Victory in 100 Fly

Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh is almost guaranteed to win gold in the 100 fly, but Stanford’s will be doing her best to chase her down.

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2025 W. NCAA Previews: With A Chorus Full of Options in the Medleys, UVA Looks for the Sweep

After shattering the NCAA record in the 400 Medley already this season, can the UVA women do the same in the 200? Only they stand in their own way.

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2024-25 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: Final Edition

The Walsh sisters are poised to lead the Virginia women to a fifth straight national title, but how do the rest of our final power rankings shake out?

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