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College Swimming Previews: #10 USC Powered by Hansson and Breaststroke

Louise Hansson is a multistroke star who leads a USC team primed to move up from last year’s 12th place finish.

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Scoring the NCAA Women’s Teams Based on 2017-18 Midseason Rankings

Per the request of some of our commenters, we’ve gone through and scored out how the women’s NCAA team battle would go based on the midseason rankings. 

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British Age Group Record-holder Lara Bate Verbally Commits to USC

Lara Bate, who lives in Baltimore, Maryland and swims for North Baltimore Aquatic Club, has verbally committed to swim for the University of Southern California beginning in the fall of 2018.

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College Swimming Preview: #9 USC’s Incoming Class is Small but Mighty

USC has only a small freshman class, but blue-chip breaststroker Margaret Aroesty has potential to become a bona fide star.

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2017 W. NCAA Picks: How Fast Can Stanford Go in the 800 Free Relay?

After breaking the NCAA and American Records at the Pac-12 Championships, the Stanford Cardinal squad is the overwhelming favorite to win the 800 free relay at the 2017 Women’s NCAA Championships.

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2017 W. NCAA Picks: Smith to Challenge King in 200 Breast

King is the heavy favorite at this point, but Minnesota’s Kierra Smith, a Canadian Olympian, shouldn’t be counted out. With her killer back-half speed, Smith could possibly pull off an upset.

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2017 Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Kathleen Baker headlines the 200 back, but Ally Howe, who smashed the 100 back American Record last night, will look for a sweep of the backstrokes.

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2017 Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Day 4 brings competiton in the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 1650 free, and platform diving.

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2017 Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

The Cardinal’s Janet Hu will headline a double, as she’s the top seed in the 100 fly and 100 back after setting Meet Records in both this morning.

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2017 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

A highly anticipated showdown between Stanford’s Simone Manuel and Cal teammates Abbey Weitzeil and Farida Osman will take place in tonight’s 50 free final.

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2017 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

One of the big swims to watch today, of course, is Katie Ledecky’s 500 free. The Pac-12 Record currently stands at a 4:31.90, but we may see her take that down in the heats.

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2017 Women’s Pac-12 Championships Fan Guide

USC return this year with a highly talented group, but they’ll be hard pressed to defend their title against Stanford and Cal.

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2016-2017 Women’s NCAA Power Rankings – January Edition

Texas is surging with a big win over Georgia, but no one can quite unseat Stanford at the top of our first Power Rankings of 2017. The Cardinal are still the team to beat, though midseason rest meets caused some major shakeups behind them.

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2016 Texas Invite: Stanford Men Step Up Big In Day 2 Prelims

The Stanford men were on a roll this morning, putting 4 swimmers into the final of the 500 free and 5 swimmers into the final of the 200 IM.

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2016 USA College Challenge: Day 2 Live Recap

Olympic gold medalist Lilly King came within a half second of her own American Record in the 100 breast. King won the race in 57.30, just .45 shy of the 56.85 she swam at 2016 NCAAs.

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