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SwimSwam Pulse: 35.6% Favor Texas To Win Men’s NCAA Title In Bowman’s First Year

When Bob Bowman took over, Texas was coming off its worst NCAA finish in nearly two decades. Now, the Longhorns are favored by many to win the 2025 title.

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2025 College Swimming Previews: Rinse & Repeat For #8 USC Women After Relays Rolled At NCAAs

The return of former NCAA champion Kaitlyn Dobler is one of the primary reasons why the Trojans will remain a top-10 team this season.

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arena Swim of the Week: Claire Stuhlmacher Wins 10 km OW World Junior Title In Photo Finish

Stuhlmacher claimed gold in a razor-thin battle that saw the top five finishers touch less than two seconds apart after more than two hours of racing.

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Penn State Swim & Dive Announces 2024-25 Schedule

The season begins with the ‘Blue and White’ intrasquad, followed by eight meets throughout the year, and finishing with postseason competition.

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Pac-12 Begins Rebuild By Signing Four Schools From Mountain West Conference

Boise State, San Diego State, Fresno State and Colorado State will join the conference in 2026, the Pac-12 announced Thursday.

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2025 College Swimming Previews: Loss of Depth Could Put Buckeyes In A Bind (#9 OSU Women)

Teresa Ivan is one of the key returning swimmers for Ohio State, but with several losses, they’ll need the first-years to step up and contribute right away.

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World Champion Sam Short Opens Up On Olympic “Failure,” Set To Undergo Shoulder Rehab

Short revealed that a “combination of illnesses and injuries” derailed his year, and that he’s taking some time away from training to rehab his shoulder.

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2025 College Swimming Previews: Can The Freshmen Fill In The Gaps For #11 Cal Women?

The Golden Bears lose a few key swimmers, including Rachel Klinker, but bring in an intriguing recruiting class that includes three notable internationals.

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Former New York Diving Coach Receives 220-Month Prison Sentence For Sex Trafficking

Victor Byrne, 58, received a 220-month sentence for transporting two minors across state lines for illegal sexual activity in 2006 and 2008.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 37.3% Pick Stanford Women As ‘Best of the Rest’ Team Behind Top 3

Behind the proverbial top three of Virginia, Texas and Florida, the Stanford Cardinal emerged as the next-best women’s NCAA team in our latest poll.

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House v. NCAA Settlement On Hold As Judge Sends Attorneys “Back To The Drawing Board”

Judge Claudia Wilken said she will “throw it back on [the lawyers] to find something workable” after taking issue with numerous parts of the settlement deal.

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arena Swim of the Week: After Fortune Teller Prediction, Alexa Leary Wins Para Gold With WR

Leary suffered a near-fatal biking accident in 2021, and while in hospital, a fortune teller told her father she would go to the Paralympics.

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Former Texas-Based Coach Suspended By USA Swimming For Sexual Misconduct Involving A Minor

Nathan Blake Bernier, who was 46 at the time of his arrest, was charged with two felony counts of Online Solicitation of a Minor in early January.

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Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 9/6/2024

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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Texas Adds All-American Manny Pollard To Full-Time Staff As Assistant Diving Coach

Previously working as a graduate assistant, Pollard was named an assistant diving coach with the Longhorns prior to the start of the 2024-25 campaign.

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