Riley Gaines

2023 W. NCAA Previews: Ruck Seeks Title Defense Against Bunched Up Field In 200 Free

Taylor Ruck will defend her title in the 200 free this week after claiming last year’s victory in a time of 1:41.12.

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2023 SEC Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Alabama’s Rhyan White will begin her pursuit of a four-peat in the women’s 100 back on Day 4 of the SEC Championships.

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Kentucky Adds Butterflier and IMer Billie Sherratt to Massive 2024 Commitment Class

Speedo Winter Junior Nationals qualifier Billie Sherratt joins a 2028 class of at least eight other swimmers for the University of Kentucky.

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Junior Nationals Finalist Hayden Penny Adds Commitment to Large Kentucky Class of 2028

Junior Nationals finalist Hayden Penny has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Kentucky for the fall of 2024. 

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Queer Representation In Swimming (And Football) Is Off To A Strong Start In 2023

Olympic swimmer Søren Dahl went Instagram official with NFL teammate Carl Nassib, while Iszac Henig penned an op-ed for the New York Times.

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NCAA Establishes New Policy For Championship Ties Amid 2022 Controversy

The NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Committee has created a rule about who gets a trophy immediately, and who has to wait for the mail, in the event of a tie.

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College Swimming Previews: #12 Kentucky Women Strong in the Stroke 200s + 400 IM

The team’s highest scorer at NCAAs Lauren Poole returns for her senior season and have a class of incoming freshmen coming in to fill gaps.

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Two 2022 NCAA Qualifiers Returning to Kentucky for 5th Year; Gati and Knight

Gati and Knight have qualified for NCAAs in each of their three (four) years at Kentucky. They combined for 124 points at 2022 SECs.

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Brooke Forde, Lia Thomas Amongst Those Nominated For NCAA Woman Of The Year

In total, 46 athletes nominated were swimmers or divers, and two of the biggest names nominated include Olympian Brooke Forde and NCAA Champion Lia Thomas.

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NCAA Champions Kibler, Dobler Headline CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams

USC sophomore Kaitlyn Dobler was among 41 Division I swimmers and divers named to their respective CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-District teams.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Women’s High School Class of 2018

Despite only swimming in two NCAA meets, Taylor Ruck scored the most points out of our top-20 recruits from the high school class of 2018.

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2022 Women’s NCAA Championships Day Four Prelims Scratches

Kentucky’s Riley Gaines will not swim the 100 freestyle/200 butterfly double. She will compete in the 200 butterfly where she is the #2 seed.

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2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Day Three will feature heats of the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back followed by the preliminary rounds of diving.

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2022 W. NCAA Previews: Izzy Ivey Has the Most Momentum in the 200 Free

Cal’s Izzy Ivey swam a huge personal best of 1:42.29 at Pac-12s a few weeks ago.

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2022 W. NCAA Previews: Faster than 1:50 to Win the 200 Butterfly?

7 of last year’s 8 A finalists are entered into the field again, but the top 2 seeds were not members of the A final last year, which may speed things up.

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