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Editorial content for the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa is sponsored by Arena. For full Swimming World coverage, check out our coverage page. The men's side of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa started out with a win from Marcelo Acosta of the University of Louisville in the 800 meter free in...

Editorial content for the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa is sponsored by Arena. For full Swimming World coverage, check out our coverage page. Katie Ledecky didn't break a world record tonight in the women's 1500 free on night one of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa, AZ. But she still swam fa...

The 2015 NCAA Division III Championships have concluded from Shenandoah, Texas and a familiar team was atop the final standings. The Emory Eagles women's swim and dive team won the 2015 NCAA Division III National title for the sixth year in a row. Emory racked up 603 points to beat the Big Red of De...

The 2015 NCAA Division III Championships is one that Kenyon Lords and Andrew Wilson of Emory will surely remember for a long time. Kenyon racked up 468 points to tally the national title for the third year in a row. Denison swam to second place in the team title with 383 points. Williams (292), Emor...

The final session of the 2015 NCAA Division III Championships in Shenandoah, Texas will be a night to remember for the Emory women and the Kenyon men teams. The Emory women won their sixth straight NCAA D3 national title with a score of 603 points. They build their lead after every day and ended up ...

With one day remaining in the 2015 NCAA Division III Championships, the Kenyon men and Emory women are positioned to repeat as national champions. But both teams need to have a solid last morning of swimming to solidify those titles. Emory's women have a 136.5 point lead over Denison (456.5 to 320)....

Coming into night two of the 2015 NCAA Division III Championships, Emory junior Andrew Wilson was already an NCAA record holder in two events. He had already won the 200 individual medley in an NCAA record time of 1:46.23 on day one. That swim included a 28.91 breaststroke split, by far the fastest ...

Night three of finals at the NCAA Division III Championships is poised to be a big night for the team title races in Shenandoah, Texas. Andrew Wilson was the highlight of finals tonight, setting a new NCAA D3 record in the 100 Breast with a time of 51.72. That moves him to 13th all time in the 100 S...

The first two days of the NCAA Division III Championship have been highlighted by seven NCAA D3 records falling. Emory's women (323.5 points) increased their lead to 71.5 points over Denison (252) with Williams (213) and Kenyon (195) battling for second through fourth. Emory women's team again took ...

By James Bossert, Swimming World College Intern The psych sheet for the Longnecker Invitational which is held in conjunction with the PAC and AMCC Championships is posted. Although every event at conference championships meets are exciting and important, here are five (OK six) events that are going ...

By James Bossert, Swimming World College Intern The psych sheet for the Longnecker Invitational which doubles as the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Swimming and Diving Championships is out. Last year the Westminster Titan women showed a ...

By James Bossert, Swimming World College Intern Ever since my recruiting visit to Grove City College in October 2010, the stories I heard about the Grove City vs. Westminster rivalry made it easy to want to be a part of it. I had never heard of Westminster College until that trip, but I knew that th...

By James Bossert, Swimming World College Intern The Westminster Titan swim teams traveled to San Diego, California for their annual winter training trip. Even though nothing is as exciting as meeting Michael Phelps in St. Petersburg, FL last year, it was still full of dual meet wins, many “double-da...

By James Bossert, Swimming World College Intern When our alarm clock goes off at 5:30 am every morning, we typically groan and wonder why in the world we are waking up so early. Not Dave Denniston, coach of the U.S. Paralympic Resident Swim Team at the United States Olympic Training Center. “These a...

By James Bossert, Swimming World College Intern Being from Colorado, I am used to training at high altitude as if it were a normal thing. Not until I went to college at low altitude, did I realize how much of a difference there is between swimming at high altitude and swimming at near sea level for ...