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2018 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

The reigning NCAA champions are featured in each of tonight’s individual races: Stanford’s Katie Ledecky (500 free), Cal’s Kathleen Baker (200 IM), and Stanford’s Simone Manuel (50 free).

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Simone Manuel Throws Down 21.20 For Pac-12 Meet Record

Though she missed most of this NCAA season due to an injury, Stanford sprint star Simone Manuel is back in full force.

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2018 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Katie Ledecky swims the 500 free on day 2 of the Women’s Pac-12 Championships.

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2018 Women’s Pac-12s Day 1 Recap: Cal Just .03 Shy of 200 MR NCAA Record

Cal came within .03 of the NCAA Record, with Kathleen Baker on top of her game as she posted a 23.59 back split.

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2018 Pac-12 Women’s Champs Fan Guide: Stanford Poised to Dominate

The Stanford women are the heavy favorites to take the 2018 Pac-12 crown and successfully defend their 2017 title, which was their first since 2014.

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Indiana Posts 3rd Fastest 200 Medley Relay In History, Miss AR By .01

Lilly King’s blazing 25.84 breaststroke leg helped lead Indiana to the 3rd fastest 200 medley relay in history.

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Stanford Women vs Everyone Else Combined: Actually Kind of Close

SwimSwam’s editor Braden Keith brought me the following hypothetical: what would happen in a dual meet of the Stanford women…

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2017-2018 Will Be Simone Manuel’s Last NCAA Season

Olympic and World champion sprinter Simone Manuel will not return for her final year of NCAA eligibility at Stanford, instead going professional after this year’s NCAA Championships.

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Weitzeil Downs Manuel for 50 Free Pool Record in Rivalry Dual Meet

Several Pool Records fell as Stanford capped off an undefeated dual meet season on Saturday in their meet against Pac-12 rival Cal. The Bears’ Weitzeil nabbed an individual Pool Record in the 50 free as she out-touched Manuel 22.04 to 22.13.

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SwimSwam Pulse: Voters Most Excited For Pac-12 Women

Almost half of voters said they were most excited for the women’s Pac-12 Championships compared to the other four major conference meets to take place this month.

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WATCH: Finals Races from the 2017 Budapest World Championships

The 2017 World Championships in Budapest featured the world’s top athletes racing head-to-head; now, you can go back in time and relive…

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2017-2018 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings: January Edition

Simone Manuel is back in action for Stanford. But can they keep their hold on the #1 rank? Yes. The answer is obviously yes. Were you seriously wondering?

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Stanford Freshman Brooke Forde Wins Triple Against UCLA

Freshman Brooke Forde was a major player in Stanford’s victory over UCLA last weekend, winning 3 individual events.

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2018 NCAA Conference Championship Primer – Division I

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With all due respect to Christmas, there’s nothing quite like the NCAA…

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Top 8 NCAA Women’s Times from Last Week’s Dual Meets

Simone Manuel went the fastest dual meet time in the 100 free and 200 free last week.

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