Patrick Mulcare

Records Fall at Oregon High School State Championships

Many class records and State records were broken at the 2022 OSAA 6A, 5A, and 4A/3A/2A/1A Swimming Championships, which took place at the end of February.

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Shaine Casas Becomes #7 All-Time Performer With 1:38.21 200 Back

Of the active NCAA swimmers on this list, Casas is now 2nd, behind only Austin Katz.

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USC Adds Verbal from Greek Nat’l Champ Vaggelis Makrygiannis to Class of 2024

Vaggelis Makrygiannis of Athens, Greece has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Southern California’s class of 2024.

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ISL Rosters: Who’s on the Table for the Final 2 Teams?

With two more ISL team rosters yet to be announced, we’ve taken a look at the top international and U.S. names we’d expect to be up for grabs.

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Men’s Recruiting Class Ranks Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019

Our recruiting class ranks for the current crop of graduating seniors, all the way back in 2015: #1 Texas, #2 Cal, #3 USC. How did those classes (and the rest of our top 12) turn out after four years? And what would a revised top 12 list look like? We have the answers – and the data – here.

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2019 Men’s NCAAs: How Did SwimSwam’s Power Rankings Hold Up?

After spending the entire year tracking and projecting the men’s NCAA Championships, it’s time to look back at how our Power Ranks held up. Spoiler alert: it’s not great, thanks to major overperformers like Harvard and Ohio State.

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Harting and Mulcare Declare False Starts on Thursday Morning at NCAAs

Because they didn’t scratch before the scratch deadline, these declared false starts still count as one of a swimmer’s maximum allotted entries.

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2019 M. NCAA Previews: 200 Medley Relay a Toss-Up

Ryan Hoffer and the Cal Bears will be in the mix in a tight 200 medley relay field

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2019 M. NCAA Previews: 200 Backstrokers Aren’t Showing Their Hands

Texas went 1-2 at last year’s NCAA Championships in the 200 back; but this year, a different Longhorn has the top seed.

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2019 M. NCAA Previews: Apple-Infused Indiana Looks to Repeat in 400MR

Indiana looks just as strong as last year in this event, and they will be gunning for their 2nd-straight win.

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2018-2019 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Final Edition

Conference Championships brought some major shakeups to our final edition men’s Power Ranks, though our #1 rank continues to be an uneasy split between Texas and Cal. 

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2019 Men’s Pac-12 Champs: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Another interesting aspect of today is the brewing team battle between USC and Utah for 5th place. The Utes only are lagging behind the Trojans by 38 points going into today, and with that margin, anything is poosible.

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Seliskar Will Finish Pac-12s with 200 Breaststroke

Patrick Mulcare hasn’t scored a point yet individually for USC at Pac-12s. He’ll swim his best event, the 200 back, on Saturday.

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2019 Pac-12 Men’s Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Tonight’s session is a quick one with just 2 events: the 200 medley relay and 800 free relay. Look for Cal’s Andrew Seliskar to make a splash.

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2019 Men’s Pac-12 Championships Fan Guide: Cal Looking As Deep As Ever

Andrew Seliskar leads a stacked Cal group that’s looking for their second consecutive Men’s Pac-12 title.

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