Samantha Banos

2026 Big West Championships: Hawaii Women and Grand Canyon Men Lead After Day Two

Hawaii’s Holly Nelson (above) won the women’s 50 freestyle in 20.28 to exactly tie the NCAA qualifying standard on night two of the Big West Championships.

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2026 Big West Fan Guide: Hawai’i To Count On Diving to Return To The Top

Both the Hawai’i men and women will need their diving teams to be on top form to become conference champions, with the women’s title fight on a knife edge

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54.7/2:02.5 Butterfly Specialist Maeve Collins Commits To UCSB’s Class Of 2030

Maeve Collins, a 54.73/2:02.57 butterflier, has announced her intention to swim for the University of California-Santa Barbara.

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Juegos Bolivarianos 2025: Colombia se quedó con el medallero final en natación

Para el ganador la natación se consolidó, hasta ahora, como el segundo deporte más exitoso de la delegación. Detalles completos del miércoles.

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Navy Men, UC Santa Barbara Women Sweep Day 1 Relays of Navy Fall Invite

Navy’s men and UCSB’s women set the pace on night one, powered by decisive relay victories and tight finishes across events.

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New NCAA Qualifying System: 20 Male, 14 More Female Mid-Majors Would’ve Made The 2025 NCAAs

If a swimmer wins a mid-major conference title and goes under the new time standard in that swim, they automatically earn a berth to the NCAA Championships.

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Asunción 2025: podios y récords del día 4 en los Juegos Panamericanos Junior

Anteúltima jornada, luego de un martes en donde Brasil dominó con seis oros de las nueve finales disputadas. Los detalles.

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Asunción 2025: lo mejor de las primeras finales de los II Juegos Panamericanos Junior

Las primeras finales de natación terminaron de revolucionar el conteo general de preseas en estos II Juegos Panamericanos Junior.

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Delegación de Colombia en Juegos Panamericanos Junior Asunción 2025

Cuenta con una delegación total de 326 personas, que incluye 213 atletas, 53 entrenadores y 33 miembros de apoyo logístico, participando en 22 deportes.

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What Would The Proposed CSCAA Changes To NCAA Qualification Mean For Expanded Representation?

Part of the CSCAA’s proposal includes a ‘win-and-in’ qualification time for Conference Champions – how many new swimmers and schools would this change cause?

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Stepping Into The Future: A New Path To NCAA Qualification?

One idea from the CSCAA meetings was a system where conference champions would have a chance of automatic qualification: what would that look like?

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UC Santa Barbara Sweeps Team Titles in Return of the Big West Swimming & Diving Championships

The 2025 Big West Championship is in the books, seeing UC Santa Barbara hold on to be crowned men’s and women’s champions.

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UC San Diego’s Chloe Braun Rips 59.14 100 BR Meet Record on Day 3 of Big West Championships

It was also a massive swim for Braun individually, as she hadn’t been under 1:00 in the event before yesterday. 

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Hawaii Wins 6 of 10 Events on Day 2 of 2025 Big West Championships

As was the case with day 1 of the meet, there were a ton of meet records broken, as it’s been more than a decade since the last Big West Championship.

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Hawaii Men Pop 1:23.6 200 Medley Relay on Night 1 of Big West Championships

With over a decade passing since the last Big West Championship, the record book was ripe for rewriting, and these teams delivered.

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