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Jack Dolan, Jonny Kulow, & Patrick Sammon FULL 400 Free relay Post Race Interview

3 members of that relay (5th-year Jack Dolan, Junior Ptirkc Sammon, and Sophomore Jonny Kulow) spoke with the media after this historic night. 

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Josh Liendo FULL 3-for-3 NCAA Individual Titles Post Race Interview

Liendo reflected on his meet, what’s next for him in the long course pool, and what it’s been like training alongside fellow Gator sprinter Caeleb Dressel

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Do You Love Swimming? See 715 Swim Jobs You Might Love

Looking for a job in swimming! Go here to see 715 Swim Jobs.

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How Arizona State Swimming Went From Being Cut in 2008 to Winning a NCAA Team Title in 2024

In 2008, Arizona State cut the swimming program, but it was saved and maintained by a grassroots fundraising effort by students, coaches, and alumni

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Leon Marchand & Bob Bowman FULL NCAA Team Champion Interview

After winning ASU’s first NCAA swimming team championship in history, head coach Bob Bowman and star swimmer Leon Marchand sat down to speak with the media

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Luke Hobson Breaks Poetic NCAA Record in 200 Free for Eddie’s Last Season

Reese has made a name for his program by coaching several men to NCAA titles and Olympic medals in the 200 free.

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Defending NCAA Title Bittersweet as Brendan Burns Reckons with End of Swimming Career

For the 3rd year in a row (and 2nd in the 100 back), Brendan Burns captured an individual NCAA title in a highly contested race.

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Liam Bell Swam ‘Once or Twice a Week’ in Summer 2023, but Lifted a LOT

Last summer, Bell took off swimming almost completely, swimming only once or twice a week and not really having a competition goal in mind at all.

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Did Leon Marchand Hold Back in the 400 IM Final?

Leon Marchand defended his NCAA title in the 400 IM tonight, although he was over 3 seconds slower in the event than he was last year.

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Trying to Make Sense of Leon Marchand’s 4:02.31 500 Free

For context, the NCAA record had been lowered by a total of 2.6 seconds in the last 29 years. Marchand just lowered it by 3.9 seconds.

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Destin Lasco was Only Swimming 2 Yards Practices per Week While Tapering for NCAAs

Lasco was one of 4 Cal Olympic hopefuls who opted to skip Pac-12s earlier this month to compete at the Westmont Pro Swim to get long-course race reps in.

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Leon Marchand after 4:02.31 500 Free: “Tonight I had no limits”

Marchand didn’t have a goal or a set time in mind, he just wanted to go out fast and see what he could go.

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Robin Hanson FULL 800 Free Relay Post Race Interview

Robin Hanson adds context to the mentality Cal came into the meet with and how they are feeling now heading into the rest of the weekend.

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Predicting Which Records Will be Broken at the 2024 Men’s NCAA Champs

Going event by event, we dissect which records have the most and least probability of being broken this weekend at the 2024 Men’s NCAA Championships

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Did Gretchen Walsh Just Swim The Best NCAA Performance in History?

I pulled some of the other historically great performances from NCAAs (from the 2000s) to compare them to Gretchen’s meet.

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