NCAA Runner-Up Sarah Gibson Swimming Just Two Individuals At NCAAs
NCAA 100 fly runner-up Sarah Gibson appears in just two individual events on the NCAA pre-cut psych sheets, evidence that she will perhaps swim 5 relays for Texas A&M.
2016-2017 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings – Final Edition
Women’s NCAA conference championships have wrapped up, meaning it’s time for our last Power Rankings of the season. Stanford is still the runaway #1 team in the land, but the rest of the top 20 has shuffled up pretty considerably as more teams start to show their cards in the hunt for NCAA invites.
Tim Bauer To Leave The Woodlands Swim Team
Longtime coach Tim Bauer will be resigning from his post with The Woodlands Swim Team of Texas, effective next month.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Braden Holloway, NC State
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Hardcore Swimmer of the Month: Lilly King, Indiana
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Simone Manuel Hits 3rd-Fastest 100 Free Ever With 46.36 at Pac-12s
Simone Manuel rattled her own American record and came up with the third-fastest 100 free ever swum at the Pac-12 Championships, going 46.36. That time is a new Pac-12 Championships meet record.
Michael Phelps To Testify For Congress Subcommittee About Anti-Doping
Now officially retired from competition, Michael Phelps is still making waves: the 23-time Olympic gold medalist is part of a group of experts testifying before a congressional subcommittee next week about the issue of doping.
City Of Madison Approves Plan To Rebuild UW Gym With New 50-Meter Pool
The city of Madison (WI)’s Plan Commission granted the University of Wisconsin permission to move forward with its plan to tear down the SERF gym on campus and rebuild it with a new swimming facility included.
DII NCAA Psych Sheets: Wingate, Drury Dozens Lead Team Qualifiers
The women of Wingate and the men of Drury each qualified 12 swimmers to compete individually at the 2017 NCAA Championships to lead all Division II programs. That’s based on the cut psych sheets released by the NCAA as of Wednesday night.
DIII NCAA Psych Sheets: 17 Emory, Kenyon Women Make The Cut
The women of Emory and the women of Kenyon lead all programs with 17 apiece invited to the NCAA Division III Championships based on psych sheets released Wednesday night.
Will Licon Goes 51.1 In 100 Breast At Big 12 Time Trials
The pre-Big 12 Championships time trial session produced a couple of noteworthy swims today, chief among them a 51.15 from senior Will Licon in the 100 breast.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: For Now, Dressel’s A Relay Hero
Individually, Caeleb Dressel wasn’t at his best this week. But swimming as a part of Florida’s relays at the SEC Championships, Dressel was among the best of all-time.
SwimSwam Pulse: 49.8% Saw NC State’s ACC Title Coming
Nearly half of all ballots predicted NC State’s first ACC title on the women’s side since 1980, with only about a quarter predicting Virginia to earn its 10th straight title.
Indian Newspaper Suggests Youth Doping Is On The Rise
India’s The Hindustan Times published a report this month suggesting that doping among young athletes is on the rise, based on numbers from India’s National Anti Doping Agency (NADA).
With Relay Sweep, Boise State Reclaims Mountain West Title in 2017
The Boise State Broncos have reclaimed the Mountain West title for the first time since 2014, thanks to a sweep of all five conference relay titles.