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2016 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

American records are on the line in droves on day 3 between Kelsi Worrell’s 100 fly, Lilly King’s 100 breast, Courtney Bartholomew & co. in the 100 back and Stanford’s 200 medley relay.

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2016 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Finals Photo Vault

Tim Binning, SwimSwam’s chief photographer for NCAAs, snapped some quality shots from Friday’s finals. Check out the pictures below for a glimpse of the action that occurred tonight, including Lilly King’s 56.85 100 breast American Record, Kelsi Worrell’s 49.43 100 fly American Record, Ella Eastin’s 400 IM, Brittany MacLean’s 200 free, and Rachel Bootsma’s 100 back victories.

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Rachel Bootsma Wins NCAA Title with 6th Fastest 100 Back of All Time

Cal’s Rachel Bootsma raced to an NCAA title ahead of a loaded 100 back field during Friday finals at the 2016 Women’s NCAA Championships. The senior finished her last collegiate 100 backstroke with a time of 50.28, the 6th fastest performance of all time.

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2016 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Up/Downs

Stanford leads the teams in number of A finalists. The Cardinal has 6 ups, 1 down, and they’re in the final of the 200 medley relay. They’re looking to bounce back after a tough DQ in the 200 free relay last night, and have set themselves up well to get back into the top 3.

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2016 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 3 Prelims Real-Time Recaps

Kelsi Worrell’s 100 fly will be one of many swims chasing history on day 3 of the 2016 Women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.

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Stanford to Use Nation’s Top 400 IM’er, Ella Eastin, on Medley Anchor

Stanford head coach Greg Meehan is meddling with his medley relays on day 1 of the 2016 NCAA Championships.

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2016 Women’s D1 NCAA Championship Day 1 Finals Live Recap (800 Relays)

The Georgia Bulldogs took the first championship of the weekend in the 800 free relay.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Cal 200 Free Relay to Make a Run at NCAA Record

This season, the Golden Bears have a good chance at repeating as champions in this event and making another run at the record. They’re the only team that’s been under 1:27 so far in 2016, entering the meet with their 1:26.77 from Pac-12s.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Stanford Looks to Fend off Loaded 400 Free Relay Field

Stanford enters the 2016 NCAA Championships as the defending champions in the 400 freestyle relay and the top seed with a 3:11.44. If they want to defend that title, they’ll have to fend off some tough competition from Cal, USC, and NC State.

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All The Links You Need For The 2016 Women’s DI NCAA Championships

We’ve got your homebase and toolkit for following the 2016 Women’s NCAA Championships here, including links to live results, recent news, and each of our event-by-event previews.

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Pick ‘Em Contest Stats: Worrell, King Heavily Favored, 100 Back Most Open

Just hours away from the Women’s Division I NCAA Championships starting up, we’re taking a look at the results of our annual Pick ‘Em contest to see who you, the SwimSwam readers, are favoring.

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14-Year-Old Regan Smith Destroys Minnesota Age Group Records

This weekend, Regan Smith grabbed 7 Minnesota LSC records, outdoing a Rachel Bootsma 17-18 mark along the way.

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2016 Women’s NCAA Team Standings Predictions

Who’s our pick as Women’s NCAA team champion this week?

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: National Records At Stake In 200 Medley Relay

The 200 medley relay is a fascinating mixture of storylines that should really center around a pair of rivalries from the Pac-12 and ACC.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Stanford Looks to Defend 400 Medley Relay Title

2016 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday, March 16- Saturday, March 19 Georgia Institute of Technology- Atlanta, GA. Psych…

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