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The Two Ahmeds: Tunisian Distance Stars Jaouadi and Hafnaoui Spur Each Other to NCAA Triumphs The two swimmers who conquered the distance freestyle races at the NCAA Championships have followed strikingly similar paths: sweeping world titles in the 800 and 1500-meter freestyle at the World Champions...

Texas, Again: Longhorn Men Prevail at NCAA Championships for Second Straight Year, 17th Overall Title Throughout the four days of the NCAA Men’s Championships, the Texas Longhorns were not exactly showing peak form. Hubert Kos delivered a performance best described as legendary, pushing Josh Liendo ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Hubert Kos Defends 200 Back Title With Third NCAA Record This Week Give credit to Jonny Marshall: he refused to let Hubert Kos utterly dominate the 200 back throughout. Marshall has previously challenged Kos in the 100-yard event, coming up just two hundredths short in the ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Ilya Kharun Blasts Off Final Wall to Secure 200 Fly Title Through the first three days of the NCAA Championships, Ilya Kharun had everything but an individual title. Kharun had already helped Arizona State to three relay victories, but kept coming up against stars performin...

NCAA Men's Championships: Josh Liendo Finishes Perfect Four-for-Four in NCAA Titles in 100 Free, Swims Third-Fastest Time Ever No one was stopping Josh Liendo in any of his individual events at the Canadian sprinter's final NCAA Championships. Hubert Kos came close in the 100 butterfly, leading for ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Texas Successful in Saturday Prelims, Poised to Pull Away From Florida Back-to-back wins Friday evening put Florida into the lead at the NCAA Men's Championships. Ahmed Hafnaoui and Ahmed Jaouadi finished 1-2 in the 500 freestyle before Josh Liendo grabbed first in the 50 f...

NCAA Men's Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Owen McDonald Dips Under 1:40 to Top 200 IM Heats The final morning of the NCAA Men's Championships began with a team title still in the balance, with Texas leading Florida by just 9.5 points entering the last several events. The Gators posted a monster perfo...

NCAA Men’s Championships: Day 3 Photo Gallery Friday's action at the NCAA Men’s Championships saw Hubert Kos become the fastest man in history in the 100 backstroke, recording the first-ever swim under 43 seconds. After that, Yamato Okadome (200 breaststroke) and Josh Liendo (50 freestyle) each clai...

NCAA Men's Championships: Remi Fabiani Takes Turn as Relay Hero as Arizona State Grabs Another Win in 400 Medley Central to the Arizona State University program under second-year head coach Herbie Behm is racing, the Sun Devils' large contingent of top-notch sprinters going facing off daily in pract...

NCAA Men's Championships: Ahmed Hafnaoui Holds Off Loaded Field For 500 Free Upset Win; Jaouadi Achieves Florida 1-2 A matchup of titans unfolded in the men's 500 freestyle. The top three seeds entering the final all had NCAA titles on their ledger while the fourth was an Olympic gold medalist in th...

NCAA Men's Championships: Hubert Kos Becomes First Man Under 43 in 100 Back, Swims 'Crazy' 42.61 Entering the meet, the 100 backstroke looked like one of the most competitive events of the meet. The race featured the three fastest swimmers in history, all with best times within six hundredths, all r...

Lenny Krayzelburg Joins Local Action Marketing to Connect International Companies Within U.S. Two-time Olympian and four-time Olympic champion Lenny Krayzelburg is taking on a new role with Local Action Marketing, a group focused on creating connection between international companies and American ma...

NCAA Men's Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Ben Delmar, Rex Maurer, Gui Caribe Earn Top Seeds Friday morning's prelims session at the NCAA Men's Championships opened in record-breaking fashion as Hubert Kos blasted his own NCAA and U.S. Open marks in the 100 backstroke, putting the Texas senior in posi...

NCAA Men's Championships: Hubert Kos Cracks 100 Backstroke Record in Prelims An unexpected challenge to Josh Liendo in the 100 butterfly showed Hubert Kos was primed for magical performances in the backstroke events at the NCAA Championships. Indeed, the Hungarian's first backstroke appearance of th...

NCAA Men's Championships: Day 2 Photo Gallery Thursday's action at the NCAA Men's Championships opened with a pair of record-breaking swims from Josh Liendo in the 100 butterfly and Rex Maurer in the 400 IM. After that, Maximus Williamson (200 freestyle) and Yamato Okadome (100 breaststroke) each pu...

NCAA Men's Championships: Ilya Kharun Unleashes 17.76 Split to Vault Arizona State to 200 Free Relay Title, NCAA Record Florida struck first in the fastest heat of the men's 200 free relay thanks to Josh Liendo and Alex Painter, with Liendo recording the country's fastest 50 free time at 18.27. But ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Yamato Okadome Rallies to Defeat Longhorns in 100 Breaststroke The California Golden Bears always deliver at the NCAA Championships, as evidenced by 15 consecutive top-two finishes at the meet under the leadership of head coach Dave Durden. This year's Cal team lacks its us...

NCAA Men's Championships: Maximus Williamson Pulls Off Lane 8 Stunner in 200 Free After the first individual swim of his NCAA Championships career, Maximus Williamson needed a stroke of luck to even advance to the 200 freestyle final. The highly-touted freshman from the University of Virginia tied t...

NCAA Men's Championships: Josh Liendo Reels in Hubert Kos for 100 Fly Title and Record; Three Men Break 43 To win his third consecutive NCAA title in the 100 butterfly, Florida's Josh Liendo needed every ounce of energy and every inch of reach. Pushed to his limit by Texas' Hubert Kos, Liendo came t...

NCAA Men's Championships: Rex Maurer Supplies Key Leg as Texas Tops 800 Free Relay; Henry McFadden Anchors Stanford to Second This contest brought some drama through the first 700 yards as Arizona State, North Carolina State and Ohio State all took turns occupying the top spot. But in the end, no on...