Nick Mahabir

2025 College Swimming Previews: #2 Cal Men Aiming To Get Back On Top

After being dethroned by ASU in 2024, the Cal Golden Bears are looking to get back on top and win another NCAA title, led by Lasco’s return for a 5th year.

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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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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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European Juniors Finalist Lars Antoniak Commits to Cal for 2024

Estonian breaststroke specialist Lars Antoniak committed to Cal last month, rounding out the Bears’ 2024 recruiting class with another international talent.

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Singaporean Olympic Hopeful, Cal Commit Nick Mahabir Dealing With Incurable Virus

In the midst of a record-setting summer, Mahabir struggled physically and later learned he contracted the Epstein-Barr virus.

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French National Record Holder and Tokyo Olympian Mewen Tomac Commits to Cal for 2024-25

French backstroker Mewen Tomac would have been (yet another) A finalist for Cal in the 100/200 back at 2023 NCAA Championships.

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Olympic Trials Qualifier Trey Hesser Commits to Cal for 2024-25

Trey Hesser, a 2024 Olympic Trials qualifier in the 400/800 free, will swim for Cal beginning in the 2024-25 school year.

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Top 4 (+2 Bonus) Boys’ Storylines to Watch At the 2023 World Junior Championships

After walking away from Fukuoka with two relay golds & a relay bronze, Aussie Flynn Southam will look to add some individual hardware to his trophy collection

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Gold Medal Favorite Nick Mahabir Withdraws From World Junior Championships

Mahabir told SwimSwam on Thursday that he’s been dealing with an ailment that’s prevented him from training for the past three weeks.

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115 Swimmers Hit Olympic Trials Cuts at 2023 Speedo Junior Nationals

Flying straight back from the 2023 World Championships, Alex Shackell hit Olympic Trials cuts in the 50 and 100 free – including a new personal best

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Aquajets Swim Team Boys Break 15-18 NAG With 3:42.14 4×100 Medley Relay

Charlie Egeland (Yale commit) had a huge breaststroke split with a 1:00.13, almost two seconds faster than the old NAG record split.

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2023 U.S. Summer Junior Nationals: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Piper Enge is top seed in the girls’ 200 breast on Day 4 at 2023 U.S. Summer Juniors, where we’ll have heats of 200 free, 100 back, and 200 breast.

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WATCH: Howley, Shackell, and Mijatovic All Break Records On Night 1 Of Junior Nationals

Luka Mijatovic broke the oldest 13-14 national age group record last night in the 1500 freestyle. Watch his race out of lane 2 here.

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Swims You Might Have Missed During World Championships

Jake Foster had a breakthrough performance last week in the breaststroke events, swimming best times of 59.64 and 2:08.23.

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2023 U.S. Summer Junior Nationals: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Luka Mijatovic is only 1.15 seconds off the 13-14 NAG record in the 1500 free, which he will swim in finals on Day 1 at 2023 US Summer Junior Nationals.

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