Swimming, Football Most Likely College Sports To Include Anti-Hazing Team Rules
An analysis of team rules from 236 different college sports programs, finding that swimming was among the most likely to include specific anti-hazing rules.
College Swimming Weekly Preview: Nov. 4 – Nov 10, 2019
#5/#2 Texas battles #12/#8 Indiana and #16/#6 Louisville in a banner triangular that should effectively cap the fall dual meet season before invites begin.
SwimSwam Pulse: 62% Pick Cal As Men’s #1 Team Preseason
Defending champs Cal nearly doubled up the votes of Texas, which won four straight before last season. All other programs got only about 5% of the votes.
Opinion: Stop NCAA Hazing & Drinking Events Or NCAA Will Stop Swimming
Which is more essential to the proverbial “college experience”: forced binge drinking fests with incoming freshmen or having the swim team remain a part of your college athletic department?
Quantifying Impressiveness – Who Swam It Best?
If you’re a fan of NCAA swimming, you know this championship season had some jaw-dropping, head-turning, gasp-worthy swims.
North Carolina Venue Lost over $72,000 on ACC Swimming Relocation
The state of North Carolina lost between $450 and $630 million over anti-LGBT law HB2, including a portion from the relocation of the 2017 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships. Now, the NCAA must decide whether the law’s repeal does enough to justify holding athletic championships in the state once again.
INSTANT ANALYSIS: NCAA adopts FINA rules on underwater breaststroke pullouts
College breaststrokers like returning NCAA champ Will Licon will get to swim under updated pullout rules beginning next season.
Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Nolan hits a new career-defining number in final collegiate 200 IM
Disclaimer: BlueSeventy Swim of the Week is not meant to be a conclusive selection of the best overall swim of…
2015 Men’s NCAA Championships Day 1 Prelims: Texas sophs Smith, Licon shine in first session
Texas sophomore Will Licon blasted to the top seed in the 200 IM, part of a big morning for the Texas Longhorns.
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.”
5 Signs You are a Sprinter
#1 – You’re horrible at IM, but you wish the 100 IM was an event in NCAA swimming.
NCAA Division I meet scoreboard 1/29-2/1
Cal and Stanford were both big winners over two other California schools. The full meet scoreboard is below.
Ready or not, college dual meet season begins tomorrow with ‘Bama-Delta State
It’s still very early in September, but believe it or not, college dual meet season is already upon us. Alabama and Delta State will kick off the year with what appears to be the first dual meet of the 2014-2015 season, happening tomorrow afternoon in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Florida, Michigan men lead Division I with 6 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans apiece
The Michigan Wolverine and Florida Gator men top the list of Division I CSCAA Scholar All-Americans released today, with 6 swimmers earning the honor from each team.
Backstroker Jacob Siar transferring from Auburn to NC State
Jacob Siar, a rising junior backstroker at Auburn University, has announced on Twitter that he will be transferring to North Carolina State.