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Claire Curzan Becomes 1st Sub-22 14&U 50 Freestyler in History – 21.89

Curzan is now the second-fastest 16-and-under swimmer in history, behind only Gretchen Walsh’s 21.82

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Claire Curzan, 14, Wipes Out Missy Franklin 100 FR NAG Record – 47.67

Curzan is now the second-fastest 16&U performer of all-time, and just the second 13-14-year-old in history to break :48.

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Curzan Becomes No. 3 16&U in History, Misses 13-14 50 Free NAG by 0.01

Claire Curzan missed Gretchen Walsh’s 13-14 50 free NAG record by .01 at Cary Sectionals, going 22.01.

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Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil Named Pac-12 Swimmer Of The Meet

Cal junior Abbey Weitzeil was named Pac-12 Swimmer of the Meet and UCLA senior Maria Polyakova was named Diver of the Meet at the 2019 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets: WAC Championship Beard

We’re back with swimming’s TopTenTweets!

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Gretchen Walsh Breaks Simone Manuel’s National Age Group Record

Gretchen Walsh broke a National Age Group Record that belonged to a swimmer who would become the Olympic champion in the long course version of the same event.

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Taylor Ruck Becomes Top 10 All-Time 100 Freestyler With Relay Lead-Off

Her time ties Lia Neal for 10th all-time fastest performer in the SCY 100 free, and ties Neal for 9th all-time in the NCAA.

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Cal Breaks NCAA Record with 3:07.41 400 Free Relay

What’s kind of incredible here is that we pretty much know this relay has the ability to be faster.

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2019 Pac-12 Women’s Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

The final prelims session of the meet features the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, and 200 fly.

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Simone Manuel Visits LeBron James’ I Promise School in Akron

Manuel spoke as an ambassador for the USA Swimming Foundation.

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2019 Pac-12 Women’s Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Day 3’s morning session will see prelims for the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back.

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Abbey Weitzeil Breaks Simone Manuel’s Pac-12 Record in 50 Free

Weitzeil’s time from Thursday evening is the 3rd-fastest 50 yard free in swimming history.

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2019 Pac-12 Women’s Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Day two of the 2019 Pac-12 Women’s Championships is underway.

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Abbey Weitzeil Runs Down the Field with #2 Split All-Time in 20.57

The 200 medley relay at the 2019 Women’s Pac-12 Championships was a close one, but Cal junior and 50 free American Record holder Abbey Weitzeil was the difference maker in the battle for gold tonight.

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Erika Brown Breaks Another SEC Meet Record With 46.41 100 Free

Erika Brown has had one heck of a week, starting with a breaking the NCAA record in the 50 free, then breaking the SEC meet record in the 100 fly.

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