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2022 W. NCAA Previews: Freshmen Upgrades to Top 200 Medley Relays

A move to day 1 of the 2022 NCAA Championship meet means an expectation of fast times for the women’s 200 medley relay. (Above: last year, NC State swept the medley relays).

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College Swimming Previews: Fifth Year Returnees Bolster #7 Ohio State Women

Kristen Romano returns for a fifth year with the Buckeyes as they gear up to take a run at a third straight Big Ten title and a top-five showing at NCAAs.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave I: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

It’s the final day of Wave I U.S. Olympic Trials, with the final few transfer spots to next week’s Wave II meet up for grabs.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

It’s the final day of Wave I U.S. Olympic Trials, with the final few transfer spots to next week’s Wave II meet up for grabs.

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2021 W. NCAA Picks: Scratches Plague NC State, Michigan, & USC 200 FR Relays

NC State’s MacCausland, USC’s Delgado, and MIchigan’s Pyshnenko were all crucial 21.8-legs in their respective relays before their scratches.

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2021 Big Ten Women: Northwestern & Indiana Set To Duke It Out For 3rd Place

On paper with scored prelims and 1650 FR seeds, Northwestern could jump Indiana for 3rd by 15 points. However, the Hoosiers have the top 3 seeds in the 2BR.

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2021 Big Ten Women’s Championships: Day Five Prelims Live Recap

Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil will swim the 100 free, along with on-fire Northwestern senior Maddie Smith. Phoebe Bacon will swim the 200 back as well.

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2021 Big Ten Women’s Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Freshman Phoebe Bacon is looking to defend the Badger’s 100 back title (won last year by Beata Nelson.) OSU’s Emily Crane was within .5 of her in prelims.

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2021 Big Ten Women’s Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

The Buckeyes dominated this morning’s session, and project to score roughly 150 more points than the next-best team, Indiana.

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2021 Big Ten Women’s Championships: Day 2 Ups/Mids/Downs

The Ohio State Buckeyes look sharp with 16 returning swims this evening, worth 342.5 projected points. The next-most points came from Indiana (251 points).

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2021 Women’s B1G Fan Guide: Ohio State Facing a Deeper Michigan Team This Year

Ohio State’s depth took them to their first Big Ten title in years last season, but Michigan is deeper this time around. Also– what say Northwestern?

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Ohio State Women Dominate Meet with Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers

Fulmer nabbed two wins for Ohio State, leading 1-2s in the 200 free (1:49.15) and 100 free (50.08). She also had a big 48.75 split on the 400 free relay.

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Ohio State Wins First Women’s Big Ten Conference Title in 34 Years

After finishing 3rd last year, Ohio State outperformed defending champion Indiana, and 2016-2018 champion Michigan, winning by a margin of by 197 points.

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2020 Women’s B1G Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Ohio State heads into today with a commanding lead over Michigan.

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2020 Women’s B1G Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

After an exciting night of relays, let’s get into some individual racing!

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