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"There's a lot to be said, but until you actually get into the water and do it, it all doesn't mean anything."

Staab Wins Epic Butterfly Showdown, Shields' Backstroke Overshadows on Day 2 of 2011 NCAA Championships

Complete Day 2 Results This writeup was originally written live, as the meet unfolded. For the highlights, just read the…

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2011 NCAA Swimming Prelims Day 2: Dwyer Falters Again, Virginia Continues to Impress

Overall Impressions of Prelims We can start to see a few trends on day 2 of this meet. Florida is really…

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Virginia's McLean Pulls Huge 500 Free Upset on Monumentous Day 1 at 2011 NCAA's

Day 1 Results This writeup was originally written live, as the meet unfolded. For the highlights, just read the sections…

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Stanford Breaks American Record on Day 1 Prelims

Full Prelims Results Not a whole lot shifted in the team-scoring dynamics in prelims on day 1. Everyone looked very…

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Upsets, Favorites, and Key Race Predictions from Men’s NCAAs: Team Scoring

We’ve fully broken down each event at NCAA’s, and after doing so, I’m even more confident that Cal is going…

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Upsets, Favorites, and Key Race Predictions from Men’s NCAAs: Day 3

Day 1 |  Day 2 |  Day 3 As we’re all sitting in anticipation of the beginning of the women’s…

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Upsets, Favorites, and Key Race Predictions from Men’s NCAAs: Day 2

Day 1 |  Day 2 |  Day 3 As we’re all sitting in anticipation of the beginning of the women’s…

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Upsets, Favorites, and Key Race Predictions from Men's NCAA's: Day 1

Day 1 |  Day 2 |  Day 3 As we’re all sitting in anticipation of the beginning of the women’s…

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2011 Men's NCAA Psych Sheet By the Numbers (Scoring and Other Stats)

With the release today of the Men’s official 2011 NCAA Psych Sheets, it’s time to look at some numbers (check…

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In Brief: Observations from Men's NCAA Uncut Psych Sheet

USASwimming.org has posted the Men’s NCAA Uncut Psych Sheet. That means that this doesn’t tell us entries, but it does…

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Pac 10 Men's Championships: Shields Crushes NCAA Mark on Findal Day; Cal Wins Battles, Stanford Takes War

1650 yard freestyle It constantly amazes me how consistently the great distance swimmers can split their 50’s. Stanford’s Chad La…

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Pac 10 Men's Championship Day 2: Staab Shines in 200 IM with Championship Record

500 freestyle The Pac-10 is one of the deepest conferences in the country in this event, despite being on relatively…

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2011 Pac-10 Men's Championship: CAL MEDLEY WAS WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!

200 medley relay THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE! The Cal men’s 200 medley relay was as good as…

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2011 Pac 10 Men's Championship Preview

Pac-10 Championships have been a given for the Stanford Cardinal men for quite some time. To be precise, for the…

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#1 Cal Men Begin To Gel in Takedown of #8 USC

We’ve been saying all semester that, while we still believe that Cal has the best men’s team in the country,…

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