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Pac-12 Men’s All-Academic Team Named

Full Name:	Nicholas True Sweetser
Nickname(s):	True
Born:	October 14th, 1997
	Unknown
Nationality:	United States of America
Status:	Active

True Sweetser is a competitive swimmer who represents the USA internationally. At 19 years old, he qualified for his first World Championships after taking the National title in the 1,500 meter freestyle. The youngest of six chose to swim at Stanford, after four out of five older siblings swam collegiately at an Ivy League School. His older brother Luke swam for Harvard while Seth, Marisa and Christian all swam for Cornell. Sweetser began his career at Central Florida Marlins before joining Gator swim club when he was 15. A year later he was placed on the Junior National Team, and a year after that he was named to the Senior National Team. Stanford University 2016-2017 Sweetser made an immediate impact as a Cardinal, helping the team to win the Pac-12 Championships. He earned maximum points in the 1,650 yard freestyle, taking gold in 14:35.93. He also picked up points in the 500 yard freestyle with a silver medal in 4:14.11. However, at his first NCAA Championships, Sweetser was disappointed with a 12th place finish in the 1,650 yard freestyle after being seeded 5th and adding 5 seconds onto his time from the conference meet. He also finished 16th in the 500 yard freestyle, again adding …

Pac-12 Men’s All-Academic Team Named

Following are the 2018 Pac-12 Conference Men’s Swimming & Diving All-Academic teams, announced today by Commissioner Larry Scott.

2018 Men’s NCAA Championships: 1650 Free Heats Live Recap

True Sweetser is the fastest of all milers racing this afternoon prior to the fastest heat at finals.

2018 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Cal’s Andrew Seliskar, who won the 200 fly last season, is changing things up this time around as he’ll battle for a title in the 200 breast.

2018 Men’s Pac-12 Fan Guide: Cal a Threat to Stanford 3-Peat

After repeating as champions last season, the Stanford Cardinal is in the hunt for a threepeat, but the Cal Bears won’t make it easy.

USC Men To Host California, Stanford

The No. 10 USC men’s swimming and diving team — unbeaten so far this season – gets its toughest challenge yet as it hosts No. 1 California on Friday (Feb. 2) at 2 p.m. and No. 4 Stanford on Saturday (Feb. 3) at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center.

Hu Drops 200 Back Pool Record as Cardinal Tops ASU

Senior Janet Hu turned in a new Pool Record to help Stanford to victory over Pac-12 foe Arizona State.

Liang Posts 21.52 50 Fly as Stanford Men Roll to Win Over Pacific

Stanford and Pacific swam each other in unusual distances including the 600 and 300 free, as well as 150s of the strokes.

2017-2018 Men’s NCAA Power Rankings: Post-Invite Edition

It’s a dead heat at the top of our men’s rankings. Ryan Hoffer and Cal hold top time in the nation in 4 relays. But after a stellar Texas Invite, did the three-time defending champs run them down for the top spot?

The Top 16 Men in Each Race at 2017-18 NCAA Midseason

We’re now through the second round of NCAA midseason invites and it’s time to take a look at where the division 1 teams stand.

Freshman Katz Comes up Big with 45.3 100 Back Split at Texas Invite

Texas freshman standout Austin Katz was a key player in helping the Horns secure their NCAA spot. Despite their A relay being disqualified, Katz came up big with a 45.34 backstroke split to help the B relay to victory.

2017-2018 Men’s NCAA Power Rankings: November Edition

A change at the top?

Triple Distance Meet Spotlights Quah vs. Lynch Butterfly Battles

All-American butterfliers Zheng Quah and Justin Lynch put on a show for the Cal Bears in their annual triple distance meet with Stanford.

2017 College Challenge: Sunday Live Recap

Day 2 of the 2017 College Challenge kicks off at 10:30 a.m. at USC’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center.

Stanford Men Back In Action With Dual Meet At Utah

Stanford’s men’s swimming and diving team starts its 2017-18 season this upcoming weekend when it travels to Salt Lake City for a coed conference dual meet at Utah.

Rosters Announced for 2017 USA vs. College Challenge

Katie Ledecky is among the Pac-12 All Stars who will face off with team USA in Los Angeles from October 21st-22nd.