Read moreNCAA Men's Championships: Florida Blasts Second-Fastest 200 Free Relay Ever For Second Relay Win in Indy28 March 2024NCAA Men's Championships: Florida Blasts Second-Fastest 200 Free Relay Ever For Second Relay Win in Indy Day one of the NCAA Men's Championships saw the University of Florida knock off favored Arizona State in the 200 medley relay. Winning relays was nothing new for this group of Gators, with the li...
Read more1Coaches Corner: Why Are Swimmers Now Able to Produce More Consistently Fast Performances Throughout the Year?27 March 2024Coaches Corner: Why Are Swimmers Now Able to Produce More Consistently Fast Performances Throughout the Year? In the past, swimmers tended to produce fast times only once or twice per year. Now, we are seeing consistently swift performances across the calendar. Why? In this Coaches Corner, several c...
Read moreNCAA Men's Championships: Florida Relays Set For Speedy Follow-up in Indianapolis27 March 2024NCAA Men's Championships: Florida Relays Set For Speedy Follow-up in Indianapolis The primary team storyline at this week's NCAA Men's Championships centers around the Arizona State Sun Devils, the most impressive team in the country this season, trying to knock off two-time defending champion Cal. ...
Read moreBaylor Stanton Lowers 15-16 National Age Group Record in 200 Backstroke26 March 2024Baylor Stanton Lowers 15-16 National Age Group Record in 200 Backstroke Over the weekend at the Northeast Divisional Championship in Augusta, Ga., 16-year-old Baylor Stanton lowered the National Age Group record in the 200-yard backstroke. Stanton entered with a best time of 1:41.14 that ranked him ...
Read moreNCAA Men's Championships: Can Arizona State Knock Off Cal in Indianapolis? (Team Predictions)26 March 2024NCAA Men's Championships: Can Arizona State Knock Off Cal in Indianapolis? (Team Predictions) Just like last year when Cal outlasted Arizona State to capture its sixth national team title since 2010, we can expect the same kind of battle at this year’s NCAA Men's Championships in Indianapolis. In fa...
Read more2Frederica Kizek: The Improbable Path to a Dream NCAA Appearance25 March 2024Frederica Kizek: The Improbable Path to Dream NCAA Appearance At their peak, the NCAA Championships are the world's most competitive team-based swim meet. Tiny margins often determine the difference between championships and runnerup finishes, championship finals and consolation finals. Over a drama...
Read moreVirginia Women Clinch 'Hard to Digest' Fourth Consecutive National Title, Aiming to 'Keep it Going'23 March 2024Virginia Women Clinch 'Hard to Digest' Fourth Consecutive National Title, Aiming to 'Keep it Going' Greatness. Records. Titles. Dynasty. All of those terms tell the story of the University of Virginia women's swim team, which secured its spot among the elite programs in the sport's history Saturday ...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Marvelous Final Lap Delivers Repeat 200 Fly Title For Emma Sticklen23 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Marvelous Final Lap Delivers Repeat 200 Fly Title For Emma Sticklen The University of Texas women sit in second place at the NCAA Championships, poised to reach runnerup status on the national level for the second consecutive year. Entering the final individual swimming r...
Read more1FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Strikes Again, Breaks 45 in 100 Free For Third Individual Record23 March 2024FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Strikes Again, Breaks 45 in 100 Free For Third Individual Record First came a pair of NCAA records in the 50 freestyle, finishing a four-month stretch in which she knocked four tenths off the fastest time ever. Next was a 100 butterfly performance in which Walsh awed the swimmi...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Abby McCulloh Captures 1650 Title for Georgia Bulldogs in Home Pool23 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Abby McCulloh Captures 1650 Title for Georgia Bulldogs in Home Pool The University of Georgia had not captured a national title in women's swimming since 2016, when Olivia Smoliga and Brittany MacLean both erned wins as the Bulldogs raced to their seventh team title. Now,...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Virginia Takes Care of Business, Set For Four-Peat (Heat Sheets & Up-Downs)23 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Virginia Takes Care of Business in Day Four Prelims, Set For Four-Peat (Heat Sheets & Up-Downs) The Texas Longhorns did their best to make things interesting. Virginia has been wracking up wins all week at the NCAA Women's Championships (five individual plus three relay w...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Phoebe Bacon, Gretchen Walsh Strong in Final Day Prelims23 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Phoebe Bacon, Gretchen Walsh Strong in Final Day Prelims The final morning of the NCAA Women's Championships in Athens, Ga., included qualification in four events, the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly. Florida's Bella Sims and the Virginia...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Walsh Sisters, Sims Aim For Third Wins on Final Day (Heat Sheets)23 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Walsh Sisters, Sims Aim For Third Wins on Final Day (Heat Sheets) Three women have already won multiple individual titles at the NCAA Women's Championships, and all three lead the way in events scheduled for Saturday in Athens, Ga., with Florida's Bella Sims seeded first ...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Virginia Crushes NCAA Record in 400 Medley Relay to Conclude Another Dominant Night22 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Virginia Crushes NCAA Record in 400 Medley Relay to Conclude Another Dominant Night Moments after the conclusion of the final heat of the women's 400 medley relay, the last race of night three at the NCAA Women's Championships, Virginia's entire team has surrounded the re...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Jasmine Nocentini Becomes Second-Fastest Swimmer Ever in 100 Breaststroke Triumph22 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Jasmine Nocentini Becomes Second-Fastest Swimmer Ever in 100 Breaststroke Triumph Few events remain on the NCAA Championships program where the University of Virginia lacks a true national-title contender. That was the case in the 100 breaststroke last season, when the Ca...
Read moreFLASH! Gretchen Walsh Annihilates 100 Fly NCAA Record, 48-Second Barrier, Clocking 47.4222 March 2024FLASH! Gretchen Walsh Annihilates 100 Fly NCAA Record, 48-Second Barrier, Clocking 47.42 One night earlier, Gretchen Walsh had set the 50 freestyle NCAA and American record for the fifth time this season, bringing a record that stood at 20.79 four months ago down to 20.37. After that race, Walsh adm...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Alex Walsh Crushes Second-Fastest Time Ever in 400 IM22 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Alex Walsh Crushes Second-Fastest Time Ever in 400 IM After just one year of college swimming, Alex Walsh had already captured an NCAA title in the 200 IM and won Olympic silver in the meters version of that event. But over the course of her career at the University of Vi...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Texas Could Move Up to Second Place Friday Evening (Heat Sheets & Up-Downs)22 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Texas Could Move Up to Second Place Friday Evening (Heat Sheets & Up-Downs) The University of Virginia and University of Florida have combined for wins in all swimming events thus far at the NCAA Championships, and accordingly, Virginia looks on track for a fourth consecu...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Gretchen Walsh Misses 100 Fly Record By One Hundredth22 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Gretchen Walsh Misses 100 Fly Record By One Hundredth The unstoppable Gretchen Walsh rolls on at the NCAA Women's Championships. Just a prelims race? Does not matter, with Walsh lowering her American and NCAA records in the 50 freestyle Thursday before knocking off anothe...
Read moreNCAA Women's Championships: Thursday Champions Poised for Friday Follow Up (Prelims Heat Sheets)22 March 2024NCAA Women's Championships: Thursday Champions Poised for Friday Follow Up (Prelims Heat Sheets) Individual titles at the NCAA Women's Championships Thursday night went to Florida's Bella Sims in the 500 freestyle, Virginia's Alex Walsh in the 200 IM and Virginia's Gretchen Walsh in the 50 free. All...