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Cal's 15-Year NCAA Streak Deserves a Tip of the Cap The names associated with The Streak read like a who's-who of NCAA swimming. Nathan Adrian and Tom Shields led the early days. Ryan Murphy, Andrew Seliskar and Ryan Hoffer took turns as go-to guys during the middle of the run. Most recently, Destin...

Josh Liendo, Hubert Kos Share CSCAA Swimmer of the Year Honors; Anthony Nesty Named Coach of the Year The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced its NCAA Men’s Division I award winners and All-Americans for the 2025-26 season following last week’s National Champ...

A Statistical Look at Texas' 17th NCAA Championship The year was 1981 and under the direction of third-year coach Eddie Reese, the University of Texas captured its first NCAA championship. The title followed a runnerup showing the previous year and established the Longhorns as a force on the collegi...

Arizona State First Men's Program to Win Four Relays at NCAA Championships Since 2017 When Jonny Kulow touched the wall at the end of the 400-yard freestyle relay on Saturday night, he punctuated Arizona State's latest relay triumph of the NCAA Championships in Atlanta. The Sun Devils finished fourt...

NCAA Men's Championships: Arizona State Caps Meet with 400 Freestyle Title, Sun Devils Fourth Relay Crown Last month, Arizona State University punctuated the Big 12 Championships in style, as the quartet of Ilya Kharun, Adam Chaney, Remi Fabiani and Jonny Kulow blasted an NCAA record in the 400-yard...

NCAA Championships: Day Four Heat Sheets; Wide-Open Field in 200 Individual Medley The University of Texas heads into the final day of the NCAA Championships in Atlanta with a 9.5-point advantage over Florida in the chase for the team title. The Longhorns have accumulated 340.5 points through three ...

NCAA Men's Championships: Josh Liendo Rockets to 50 Freestyle Title A year ago, Josh Liendo finished shy of a title trifecta at the NCAA Championships. While the University of Florida standout won the 100-yard butterfly and 100 freestyle, the Canadian placed second in the 50 freestyle. But as a seni...

NCAA Men's Championships, Day Three Heat Sheets: Hubert Kos Chasing 100 Backstroke Repeat On the strength of its depth and an American-record performance from Rex Maurer (400 individual medley), the University of Texas took a narrow lead in the team standings during the second day of the NCAA Champi...

NCAA Men's Championships: Day Two Heat Sheets; 100 Butterfly Features Stacked Field The first day of the NCAA Men's Championships saw the University of Florida and Indiana University share the lead. Can either the Gators or Hoosiers maintain the lead on Day Two at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlan...

NCAA Men's Championships: Day One Heat Sheets; Zalan Sarkany Chasing Repeat in 1650 Freestyle The NCAA Division I Men's Championships are scheduled to get underway on Wednesday at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, with the 1650-yard freestyle the lone individual event on the slate. The distance...

A Final Look at the Psych Sheets for the NCAA Men's Championships; Josh Liendo Targeting Repeat Titles On the heels of Virginia capturing a sixth consecutive team title at the NCAA Women's Championships, the men's edition of the competition will run from Wednesday through Saturday at the McAuley Aqu...

Tomoyuki Matsushita Upholding Japanese Medley Tradition; Joins Exclusive Club It's been nearly 19 years since Michael Phelps, as part of a pre-Beijing showcase, wowed at the 2007 edition of the World Championships in Melbourne. The American set four individual world records during the week and walke...

Virginia Joins Esteemed Company with Sixth Consecutive NCAA Championship When the University of Virginia captured its sixth consecutive NCAA championship on Saturday night in Atlanta, the Cavaliers became the first women's swimming program to claim that many titles in a row. By totaling 589 points a...

Tomoyuki Matsushita Dazzles in 400 IM at Japan Swim; Yumeki Kojima Cracks Another WJR The days of the Japanese excellence in the 400-meter individual medley are alive and well, as the final day of the Japan Swim demonstrated. In the final event of the men's program, three athletes clocked under 4:09...

Regan Smith Closes Out China Open with Dominant Win in 100 Backstroke American Regan Smith wrapped up her trip to the China Open in Shenzhen in style on Sunday night, as she collected the title in the 100-meter backstroke. Dueling with Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan, Smith notched a wire-to-wire tri...

Cesar Cielo Congratulates Cam McEvoy on World Record in 50 Freestyle On the day his 16-year-old world record in the 50-meter freestyle went down, Brazil's Cesar Cielo sent his congratulations to Cam McEvoy, the new standard bearer. Competing at the China Open in Shenzhen, McEvoy registered a time of...

Kyle Chalmers and Jack Alexy Tie in 100 Freestyle at China Open There has been no shortage of entertainment at the China Open in Shenzhen, highlighted by Cam McEvoy's world record in the 50-meter freestyle on Friday night. And during Saturday's finals, two of the sport's premier sprinters treated th...

Shin Ohashi and Yumeki Kojima Blast World Junior Records at Japan Swim Looking to the future, expectations are high for significant Japanese success on the international stage. Two of those reasons shared the spotlight during the third night of finals at the Japan Swim in Tokyo, as Shin Ohashi and Y...

Kazushi Imafuku Sets Japanese Record in 800 Freestyle; Veteran Satomi Suzuki Still Shining at 35 The 2026 Japan Swim reached its midway point on Friday and Kazushi Imafuku continued to excel, this time by delivering a national record. Following an opening day victory in the 400-meter freestyle, Imaf...

China Open Highlighted by Cam McEvoy World Record; Siobhan Haughey Secures Another Narrow Win (Full Recap) For several years, Australian sprint sensation Cam McEvoy has hunted the world record in the 50-meter freestyle, a mark set by Brazil's Cesar Cielo in 2009. On Friday night, McEvoy got his whit...