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2015 W. NCAA Picks: Bluegrass Battle in the 200 Fly

Three of our top 8 picks in the women’s 200 fly hail from the state of Kentucky, as Christina Bechtel of the Kentucky Wildcats will face Cardinal teammates Tanja Kylliainen and Kelsi Worrell from Louisville.

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2015 W. NCAA Picks: Stage is Set for Epic Franklin-Pelton 200 IM Battle

The Cal teammates above will be battling for the 200 IM title in a race that could possibly scare the NCAA record.

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Louisville Star Kelsi Worrell Makes 200 Fly Her 3rd Event for 2015 NCAA Championships

Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell has switched her day 3 event back to the 200 fly: a race in which she placed 4th at last year’s NCAA Championship meet.

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PHOTO VAULT: 2015 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

The 2015 Women’s ACC Swimming & Diving Championships have officially wrapped up from Georgia Tech. Relive the high points with this photo gallery, courtesy of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Facebook.

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ACC Swimmer of the Meet Tanja Kylliainen Focused on Staying in Her Own Lane

Louisville’s Tanja Kylliainen was named the 2015 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Swimmer of the Championship on Saturday after taking tough wins…

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Virginia leads, but only by 28 over UNC after two days of women’s ACC Championships

Leah Smith and the Cavaliers are in search of their 8th-straight ACC title, but will have to break away from UNC to pull it off.

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6 Big Things from Day 2 of the Women’s ACC Championships

Tanja Kylliainen won the first ACC title for any Louisville athlete in any sport with her 200 IM victory on night 2.

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2015 ACC Women’s Championships: Speedy Bonnema & NC State lock down wins at day 2 finals

Riki Bonnema won the 50 free and helped NC State break the ACC record in the 200 free relay on day 2 of the ACC Championships.

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2015 ACC Women’s Championship Fan Guide: American records on high alert, UVA chases 8-straight

Virginia’s Courtney Bartholomew will have swim fans on American Record Watch all week after some blistering mid-season performances.

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Kylliainen & Kneppers break school records to open Louisville Invite

The Louisville Cardinals are kicking off their post-season with a home invite, the Louisville Invitational, and already two school records have fallen.

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Ipsen & Mumma bring ACC weekly awards to NC State, Kylliainen and Nyquist also win

NC State took two of the four weekly ACC awards, led by Anton Ipsen’s men’s swimmer of the week, and Louisville’s Tanja Kylliainen was named women’s swimmer of the week.

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Louisville Men Prevail, Women Squeeze Out Win over Kentucky Wildcats

Kelsi Worrell scorched a 48.22 split in the final 400y freestyle relay event to help give the Louisville women a final push in their win over in-state rival Kentucky.

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Louisville Men and Women Crush FSU in ACC Dual

The men and women Cardinals simply put the hammer down on the FSU Seminoles in an ACC Battle in Louisville.

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College Invite Roundup: Quick hits around the NCAA for the weekend of Nov. 20-23

SwimSwam’s got you covered, college swimming fans, with this list of rapid-fire breakdowns from each of the major college invites to happen last week.

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Several Cards close in on pool records at Louisville Invite Saturday prelims

A couple of Louisville Cardinals have their sights set on pool and school records coming out of day 2 prelims from the Louisville Invite.

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