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2015 Women’s NCAA DI Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Liz Pelton is the American record holder in the 200 backstroke.

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Teri McKeever to Missy Franklin, “Go Make Them Remember You”

2015 Women’s NCAA D1 Championships: Day 2 Quick Quotes, Part 2

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Day 2 Women’s NCAAs – Pac-12 Roundup: Bootsma’s Back!

Rachel Bootsma came up with three huge swims, overcoming a disappointing sophomore year with a stellar junior one.

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Missy Franklin Destroys NCAA, American, U.S. Open Records in 200 Yard Freestyles at NCAA Championships

As the defending World Championships gold medalist in the 200 free, Missy Franklin‘s gigantic swim on Friday evening isn’t really…

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Missy Franklin and Nathan Adrian partner with USAID on World Water Day

In celebration of World Water Day on March 22nd, Missy Franklin and Nathan Adrian filmed a video with the U.S. Agency for International Development in support of their efforts to provide safe drinking water and sanitation to millions throughout the developing world.

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Women’s NCAA Championships Day 2 Ups/Downs: Cal’s 12 scorers lead over 30 teams set to earn points

Note: we’ll be breaking down each day’s prelims sessions based on how many swimmers each team has “up” and “down.”…

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Women’s NCAA Championships Day 2 Scoring Preview: Cal in line to take over lead

While day 1 of the NCAA Championships really played to Georgia’s strengths as a roster, day 2 has been great for the Cal Bears, who are projected to take over the team points lead tonight.

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Simone Manuel breaks down the fastest 100 Free relay split ever (Video Interview)

Simone Manuel (above) swam the fastest relay split ever anchoring Stanford’s victorious 400 medley relay, 45.4.

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Missy Franklin talks 200 IM NCAA Title, Cal success on Day 1 (Video Interview)

Missy Franklin was just off Caitlin Leverenz’s record time from 2012 with her time of 1:52.11, which will stand as the third fastest performance in history.

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Simone Manuel Splits the Fastest-Ever 100 Free to Anchor Stanford’s Record-Breaking Relay

Simone Manuel (above) swam the fastest relay split ever anchoring Stanford’s victorious 400 medley relay.

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Day 1 Pac-12 Roundup: Manuel speeds into American history twice

Stanford’s Simone Manuel became the second-fastest 50 freestyler in American history, then topped her own feat by blasting the fastest 100 free split of all-time.

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2015 Women’s NCAA Championships: Quick Quotes From Day 1

200 Freestyle Relay Kaylin Bing, California –  On winning the national title: “It was my first individual national title, so…

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2015 Women’s NCAA DI Championships: Day 1 Finals Preview

2015 WOMEN’S NCAA DI CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday, March 19 – Saturday, March 21 Greensboro Aquatic Center – Greensboro, NC Prelims 11AM/Finals…

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Women’s NCAA Championship Day 1 Ups/Downs: Georgia’s big day yields 13 scoring swims

Annie Zhu won a swim-off to make the A final of the 200 IM, one of 8 Georgia swimmers to make a championship heat on day 1.

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2015 Women’s NCAA DI Championships: Day 1 Prelims Heat Sheets

The first day of the 2015 NCAA Championships features the 500 freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, and 1 meter diving individually, as well as the 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay.

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