Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Pawlowicz cracks the Georgia distance gauntlet
Kaitlin Pawlowicz became just the second swimmer this season to beat Georgia’s MacLean-McDermott duo in a 1000 or 1650 freestyle.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Flickinger triples to stay hot in the January cold
Hali Flickinger excelled during one of the toughest months of the year in college swimming, winning three individual races for the defending NCAA Champion Georgia Bulldogs.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Cesar Cielo strikes back
Cesar Cielo waited until the final men’s event of Short Course Worlds to provide what was perhaps its most exciting swim.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Simone Manuel and the swim that changes everything
In a busy weekend for fast college swimming, one race was on another level entirely.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: The Beata goes on in WI with new national record
Beata Nelson set a new National High School record in the 100 fly, one of a number of outstanding high school swims over the weekend.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Wisconsin’s Holtzen goes 4-for-4 in North California gauntlet
Jenny Holtzen swam the 500 and 1000 frees on consecutive days, winning all four events against top-tier opponents California and Stanford.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Closing burst from Garcia gives Creekside a region title
Creekside’s Gian Garcia won three of the meet’s final four races to vault his team to a region title.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: NC State on fire and Bilis fueling the flames
Simonas Bilis is unbeaten so far this season and grabbed control of the NCAA lead in the 200 free this past weekend.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Fast start for Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell at SMU Classic
Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell continues to show a thrilling combination of sheer speed and closing burst, and nearly cracked 52 seconds in the 100 fly last weekend.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Freshman come up big to begin new fully funded era for Duke
Duke’s freshmen put up four wins against Pitt, and freshmen and sophomores were the team’s highest finishers in every single event in the season opener.
BlueSeventy Swim of the Week: Five (5!) school records for Carson-Newman at intrasquad meet
Swimming against only teammates, Carson-Newman put up the fastest time in school history in five different events last week.
HardCore Swim of the Week: Hinds starting the season on a high note for Florida
Natalie Hinds started her 2014 season with massive improvements over her 2013 season-opening times, including a 21.65 relay split in the 50 free.
HardCore Swim of the Week: Balandin puts Kazakhstan on map, joins crowded 200 breast WR-hunt
19-year-old Dimitry Balandin dropped nearly 6 seconds from his former national record to join a host of men on the cusp of the 200 breast world record.
HardCore Swim of the Week: Gkolomeev with a fast start to second NCAA season
We’re barely half-way through September, but the new NCAA swimming & diving season has already come crashing in.
HardCore Swim of the Week: Etiene Medeiros’ triple-record run highlights a rebound short course season for Brazil
In 2012, Brazil won just two total medals at Short Course World Championships. In 2014, Etiene Medeiros could match that total all by herself.