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Ranking the Most Highly Anticipated 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Races: #20-11

We know what she can do in backstroke, but what could happen if Regan Smith swims the butterfly events at Trials? It’s something worth getting hyped over.

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Top NCAA Men’s Swimming Recruits Of The Past Decade

With 10 recruiting classes ranked since SwimSwam’s inception, we’re looking back at the top overall NCAA swimming recruits since the class of 2013.

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Now & Then Part 3: Your Favorite Swimmers’ Evolution In Photos

Reminisce on the early days of several of the world’s most notable swimmers by taking in photos from ‘then’ versus ‘now’, 3rd edition.

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NCAA Vote: D-I Winter Sports Athletes Will Not Receive Eligibility Relief

The NCAA has officially voted to extend an extra year of eligibility to spring sports athletes, but will not do the same for winter sports.

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Men’s Recruiting Class Ranks Revisited: Top 12 Schools For 2016-2019

Looking back at four years, three NCAA meets and one set of NCAA psych sheets, we re-score the 2016 recruiting classes by school.

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Projected Men’s 2020 NCAA Points By Class – All Classes

We tally up projected individual scoring for the 2020 NCAA meet, plus look back at the past three NCAA meets for class-by-class scoring by individual.

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Revisiting Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2016

There were a lot of top-20 misses in the class of 2015, though the top of the class was set to produce big at 2020 NCAAs.

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Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars: Men’s 100 Fly

In this installment of Roadmaps, we will look at 8 American men who were flying like pros by 10 years old, featuring Caeleb Dressel and Tom Shields.

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Texas Seniors Maxime Rooney, Jack Collins Pen Letter to NCAA About Eligibility

In a letter titled “A Voice for Senior Athletes,” the duo asked NCAA president Mark Emmert to consider giving an additional year of eligibility to seniors.

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USC Senior Catherine Sanchez Reflects On Sudden End To Collegiate Career

For Sanchez, the biggest heartbreak was not being able to see her teammates compete one final time at the NCAA Championships.

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Maxime Rooney: “What Am I Supposed to Learn from This?”

US National Champion swimmer Maxime Rooney has found himself focused on gratitude and joy in a time of uncertainty for athletes, and humans, around the world.

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Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars: Men’s 100 Free

In this new series, Roadmaps – Mapping the Journey of US Swimming Stars, we will explore how modern-day Olympians climbed their way to the top.

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Top 10 College Seniors Ready to Make the Jump to the ISL

With a jump from 8 to 10 teams in the league, and an expansion from 7 meets to 27, there is going to be a dramatic rise in the need for athletes…

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Swimmers React to 2020 NCAA Championships Cancellation

With the stunning news that all three divisions’ 2020 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships are canceled, swimmers took to social media to air their emotions.

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NCAA Reveals Official Psych Sheets, Cutlines for 2020 Men’s NCAA Champs

Texas A&M’s Shaine Casas holds three top-2 seeds, including the top incoming times in the 200 IM (1:39.91) and 200 back (1:37.20).

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