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Franklin, Manuel, McKeever among Pac-12 yearly award-winners

CALIFORNIA’s Missy Franklin was named the Women’s Swimmer of the Year, while STANFORD’s Simone Manuel was voted Women’s Swimming Freshman/Newcomer of the Year and Cal’s Teri McKeever was voted Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year.

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Vote: Which Record Breaking Performance From The NCAA Championships Was The Most Impressive?

Team SwimSwam has been debating about who had the most impressive swim, but we have not been able to come to a consensus.

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Franklin, Manuel, Smith, Worrell Nominated for Collegiate Women Sports Award in Swimming

Kelsi Worrell, who broke the American Record in the 100 fly at the NCAA Championships, is one of four nominees for the Collegiate Women Sports Awards.

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Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Missy Franklin silences doubts with five digits: 1:39.10

After dealing with adversity for a good calendar year, Missy Franklin broke through at the 2015 NCAAs, answering questions about her improvement curve and training home with a resounding “1:39.10.”

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Top 5 Questions for 500 Days Between Now and Rio 2016 Olympic games

The picture is still not complete, so we counted down the top five questions for 500 days between now and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

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Infostrada’s 2016 Rio Virtual Medal Table Has United States on Top of Total Medal Count

By applying an objective algorithm, Infostrada Sports predicts overall medal outcomes, as well as individual winners at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

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Missy Franklin officially turns pro, signs on with sports agent

Missy Franklin is wasting no time in jumpstarting her professional swimming career. A day after wrapping up her college career with three individual NCAA titles and a team championship, Franklin has signed with an agent known for his work with Olympic athletes.

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2015 Women’s NCAA Championships: SwimSwam Awards

Our picks for swimmer of the meet, diver of the meet, freshman of the meet, and coach of the year from the 2015 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving championships.

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Top 5 Individual Swims From Women’s NCAAs That Will Go Down In History

Three individual American records were broken, and plenty of other historic marks were set at the Greensboro Aquatic Centre. Due to the historic nature of these championships, we’re counting down some of the swims we think will be remembered for a long time.

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PHOTO VAULT: Night 3 of the 2015 Women’s NCAA Championships

Saturday night’s action included Simone Manuel’s American record in the 100 free, plus repeat wins from Virginia’s Leah Smith, Cal’s Missy Franklin and Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell as well as a 200 breast that saw Minnesota’s Kierra Smith upset reigning American record-holder Emma Reaney for the title.

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2015 CSCAA Awards presented at Women’s NCAA DI Swimming and Diving Championships

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming at the collegiate level.

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Missy Franklin and Teri McKeever reflect on NCAA Title (Video Interview)

Video produced by Coleman Hodges Reported by Mitch Bowmile.  The University of California Golden Bears have won their first NCAA…

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2015 Women’s NCAAs Day 3 Pac-12 Roundup: Simone Manuel earns twin American records

Simone Manuel had a hand in not one, but two American records on the final night of 2015 Women’s NCAAs.

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Congratulations To The Cal Golden Bears, 2015 NCAA Champions!

The University of California Golden Bears have won their first NCAA Championship title since 2012, taking down both Georgia and Stanford to win with 513 points.

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Video Interview: Teri McKeever gives shoutout to Natalie Coughlin

As we spoke to Teri NcKeever after the finals session of Day 2 at the Women’s NCAA Championships, a hot…

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