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2023-24 NCAA Recap, Week 2: The Early Returns for Mid-Major & D3 Transfers to Power 5 Teams

2023 D3 Swimmer of the Year Tanner Filion (pictured) transferred to Notre Dame this season and logged a personal best at his first meet of the season.

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2023-24 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Pre-Season Edition

Is this the year we see Arizona State take over as the best men’s team in the nation? See who we rank #1 heading into the 2023-24 campaign.

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Ilya Kharun Breaks Arizona State School Record in NCAA Debut in Yards

Ilya Kharun had one of the all-time best debuts in NCAA swimming history on Saturday when he raced his first collegiate meet in yards.

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Leon Marchand Clocks 1:57.76 LCM 200 IM, Splits 59.90 100 BR in Dual Meet with Georgia

Arizona State is hosting Georgia this weekend to kick off the 2023-24 season for both teams.

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7 Early NCAA Meets to Put On Your Calendar

The Virginia Cavaliers’ duals against Florida and Texas are two of the early season meets that you won’t want to miss this fall.

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arena Swim of the Week: 16-Year-Old Tai Pearson Hits 1:56.8 SCM 200 Fly In South Africa

Pearson put up a time of 1:56.84 to crush his own WCA (Western Cape) Record by nearly two seconds in the 200 fly, one of four marks he set on the weekend.

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2024 College Swimming Previews: No Urlando, But Freshmen, Fifth-Years Buoy #12 UGA Men

While they’ll be without Luca Urlando once again, the return of key fifth years, and a couple incoming freshmen, should prove crucial for UGA this season.

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Southern Illinois Adds Slovakian Standout Tomas Peciar for 2023-2024

Slovakian National Team member, Tomas Pecair, is set to join the Southern Illinois Salukis for the 2023-2024 season.

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Four SIU Swimmers To Compete Internationally This Summer

SIU’s Ruard van Renen (South Africa), Mykyta Terentiev (Ukraine), Karen Rodriguez (Mexico) and Tomas Peciar (Slovakia) will all race internationally.

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Ruard Van Renen, A Top Men’s Mid-Major Scorer At 2023 NCAAs, Transfers To Georgia

Van Renen’s times would have made him the fastest 100 backstroker and third-fastest 200 backstroker on Georgia’s roster last season.

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The Top 10 NCAA Mid-Majors of All-Time In Every Event – Through 2022-23

Harvard’s Dean Farris produced the fastest time ever for a mid-major in three events during his standout 2018-19 campaign with the Crimson.

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NCAA All-American Brian Benzing Enters Transfer Portal For 2024-25 Season

Benzing, who was ranked 15th in the nation in the 100 breast last season, was one out of four male mid-major swimmers to score at 2023 NCAAs.

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P2Life Proudly Welcomes US National Champion Gabriel Jett to Ambassador Squad

Coming off a standout NCAA season, Jett joins an illustrious squad of up-and-coming swimming stars as a P2Life ambassador.

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2023 Men’s NCAAs: How Did Our Top 20 Recruits Perform As Freshmen?

Texas A&M’s Baylor Nelson had a very strong freshman campaign as SwimSwam’s #1 ranked recruit, winning two SEC titles and scoring 19 NCAA points.

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NCAA Champs, Summer McIntosh, and the State of Swimming | SWIMSWAM BREAKDOWN

we discuss the men’s and women’s NCAA Championships, Summer McIntosh at the 2023 Canadian Trials, and the state of swimming right now

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