Yamato Okadome

How Do The Relays Of The Men’s NCAA Title-Contending Teams Stack Up Against Each Other?

Texas adding Chris Guiliano boosts their relays, putting them into the mix for the NCAA title. But how do their relays stack up against the other contenders?

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Kharun Splits 19.1 Fly, Kulow 18.3 Free, as Arizona State Men Sprint Through Cal & Stanford

The Arizona State men and Stanford women dominated day 1 of a tri meet with Cal in Tempe, with the Sun Devil sprinters performing especially well.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 34.8% Think Yamato Okadome Will Be Top Male International Freshman

Okadome, a Japanese breaststroker at Cal who turned heads when he dropped a 1:52.85 200 breaststroke during the Bears dual with UC San Diego two weeks ago.

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Torri Huske, Jack Alexy Sweep Disciplines In Season Debut At Triple Distance Meet

2024 U.S. Olympians Torri Huske and Jack Alexy opened their 2024-25 seasons by sweeping disciples at the annual Triple Distance Meet.

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Cal’s Star Freshman Yamato Okadome Says He Came to the NCAA Because of Japanese Swimming Slump

Yamato Okadome (right) poses with Cal associate head coach David Marsh (left). Okadome explained his reason for leaving Japan in an Instagram post in August.

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2024-25 NCAA Digest: The 200 Flyers Are Not Playing Around This Season

In his first NCAA dual meet since October 2022, Georgia’s Luca Urlando threw down a 1:39.87 200 butterfly–one of several fast 200 flys already this season.

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Freshman Yamato Okadome Rips 1:52.85 200 Breast as Cal Rolls UC San Diego

Cal traveled to La Jolla over the weekend to face off against the UC San Diego Tritons in a two-day combined dual meet.

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2025 College Swimming Previews: #2 Cal Men Aiming To Get Back On Top

After being dethroned by ASU in 2024, the Cal Golden Bears are looking to get back on top and win another NCAA title, led by Lasco’s return for a 5th year.

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Ranking the 2024 Men’s Recruiting Classes: #8-5

Kaii Winkler, the #1 recruit in SwimSwam’s Boys’ High School Class of 2024, highlights a strong recruiting class for the NC State Wolfpack.

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European Juniors Finalist Lars Antoniak Commits to Cal for 2024

Estonian breaststroke specialist Lars Antoniak committed to Cal last month, rounding out the Bears’ 2024 recruiting class with another international talent.

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Multiple High School Records Fall At Japanese Junior Olympic Cup

Catch up on results from the Japanese Junior Olympic Cup, ripe with budding teen talent on both the men’s and women’s sides.

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French National Record Holder and Tokyo Olympian Mewen Tomac Commits to Cal for 2024-25

French backstroker Mewen Tomac would have been (yet another) A finalist for Cal in the 100/200 back at 2023 NCAA Championships.

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Olympic Trials Qualifier Trey Hesser Commits to Cal for 2024-25

Trey Hesser, a 2024 Olympic Trials qualifier in the 400/800 free, will swim for Cal beginning in the 2024-25 school year.

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Campionati Mondiali Juniores: Analisi E Risultati Finali Ultimo Giorno

Si chiudono questo pomeriggio i Campionati del Mondo Juniores 2023. Netanya, in Israele, è pronta ad accogliere l’ultima sessione di finali

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Campionati Mondiali Juniores: Analisi E Risultati Batterie Day 6

L’ultimo giorno dei Campionati Mondiali Juniores 2023 a Netanya, in Israele, è arrivato. Italia presente in tutte le finali

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