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The Top U.S. Storylines Headed Into The Paris Olympic Year — Men’s Edition

In this article, we break down some of the top American storylines in men’s swimming headed into the 2024 Olympic year, with emphasis on Olympic trials.

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2023-24 NCAA Recap, Week 6: Top Ranked Teams in DI and DII Clash In Dual Meets

In Week 6 of our NCAA recap, we’re looking at dual meet clashes between top-ranked DI and DII teams, Stanford’s early returns, and mid-major breaststrokers.

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2023-24 NCAA Recap, Week 4: It’s Time to Talk About USC

Through two meets in the 2023-24 season, the USC Trojans are off to an exceptionally strong start as they look to rebound from last season.

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Minakov, Polonsky & Fan Are Redshirting At Least the Fall Semester for Stanford Men

Andrei Minakov, the 2022 NCAA Champion in the 100 fly, is redshirting at least the fall semester at Stanford, coach Dan Schemmel says.

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College Swimming Previews: Stacked Freshmen Class Gives #8 Stanford Men Lots of Options

Rex Maurer (pictured) leads a loaded freshmen class that affords the #8 Stanford men plenty of options for how to attack the 2023-24 season.

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2023 World University Games: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

All eyes will be on a pair of Chinese stars as they race on their home soil tonight.

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2023 U.S. World Trials Previews: Two-Horse Race In Men’s 50 Breast With Fink & Andrew

Nic Fink looks to defend his 50m breast gold in Fukuoka, but first will have to get around defending national champion Michael Andrew.

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2023 U.S. Trials Previews: Fink, Andrew Set To Run It Back In Men’s 100 Breast

World Championship bronze medalist Nic Fink and American Record Michael Andrew will have yet another showdown with selection on the line in the 100 breast.

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2023 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Texas A&M’s Baylor Nelson had a very strong freshman campaign as SwimSwam’s #1 ranked recruit, winning two SEC titles and scoring 19 NCAA points.

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2023 Men’s PAC-12 Swimming and Diving Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

After he set the NCAA record at a January dual, all eyes will be on Leon Marchand in the 400 IM during Day 3 of finals at the 2023 Men’s PAC-12 Champs.

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Lucas Henveaux Breaks Cal Record in His 2nd NCAA Meet (And That Was Just the Beginning)

Lucas Henveaux is so new that we don’t have a picture of him yet; Destin Lasco (above) won three events, though – including a 1:38 in the 200 back.

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Andrei Minakov Clocks 1:32.80 200 Free Time Trial in Stanford Men’s Dual Meet with USC

Stanford hosted USC for a men’s Pac-12 dual meet over the weekend, beating the Trojans in a 169-108 decision. 

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Stanford Women Stay Undefeated with Event Sweep at Arizona

The Cardinal women improved to 4-0 on the season with a 169.5-99.5 rout of Arizona, sweeping the title in every race they contested on Saturday.

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ASU Men Rip 4 NCAA Leading Times and 2 School Records in Win Over Stanford

The ASU men had a superlative opening to their weekend of Pac-12 meets, posting four NCAA-leading times and two school records in their win over Stanford.

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2022 Swammy Awards: Age Group Swimmers of the Year – 17-18

Claire Curzan made a seamless transition into the 17-18 age group this year, resetting NAG records in four different events.

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