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The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will begin this week in Austin, Texas. The Stanford Cardinal are looking to win their third straight team title this week. Stanford will have its hands full with California this week as the Golden Bears are heavy favorites to win all...

The NCAA Swimming and Diving Rules Committee is considering a new rule that would allow officials to use video review for 15-meter violations, according to an NCAA release. If approved, the rule would be in effect in Division I in the 2019-20 school year during the regular season as well as the conf...

The 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will begin this week in Austin, Texas. The Stanford Cardinal are looking to win their third straight team title this week with conference rival Cal nipping at their heels. The team title is expected to come down between Stanford and ...

When the familiar voice of swimming announcer Sam Kendrick called out that Stanford had won the NCAA title in the 800 free relay, everyone looked at the board to see their winning time of 6:47.22. Everybody except Stanford anchor Brooke Forde, who continued to swim an extra 50. Better to be safe tha...

Indiana senior Lilly King won her fourth straight 200 breaststroke title on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with a 2:02.90. King just missed her NCAA and American Record of 2:02.60 that she set last season. King held off a hard charge from Texas A...

Nerves can be detrimental to a swimmer. There is a lot of time behind the blocks that can allow doubt or nerves to overcome even the most talented swimmers. Taylor Ruck embraces the nervousness. It is something that pushes her. “I usually get really nervous for meets, especially the bigger they get,...

In one of the most hyped races of the meet, Louisville senior Mallory Comerford won her third straight NCAA title in the 200 free on Friday night at the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Comerford swam a 1:40.26 to run down Stanford freshman Taylor Ruck (1:40.37) and Michiga...

Editor's Note: Swimming World Magazine's March issue featured our annual prediction. Did we get it right? The Stanford women’s swim team repeated as NCAA champions last year. It was expected, and the meet wasn’t even close. The Cardinal scored a stunning 593 points and cruised to their second consec...

Louisville senior Mallory Comerford won her second title of the meet in the 100 free on Saturday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. About 24 hours after winning the 200 free, Comerford ran down Arkansas' Anna Hopkin to take her fourth NCAA t...

The final night of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships saw two new NCAA records fall on Saturday night in Austin, Texas with Wisconsin's Beata Nelson breaking the 200 back record and Cal's 400 free relay breaking the record as well. Stanford Cardinal won their third st...

The California foursome of Izzy Ivey, Katie McLaughlin, Amy Bilquist and Abbey Weitzeil finished the NCAA championships on a strong note as they captured first in the 400 free relay while recording the fastest time in history. Afterwards, the four women broke down their effort in capturing three of ...

Lilly's Legacy It is tough to perform when everyone expects you to win—especially yourself. That is what Lilly King has done for four years, and her ability to handle that pressure has led to Olympic gold as well as becoming the most dominant collegiate breaststroker in history. She expects to win e...

The Cal Golden Bears finished the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships with a new NCAA Record in the 400 free relay on Saturday night in Austin, Texas. The team of Izzy Ivey (47.79), Katie McLaughlin (46.62), Amy Bilquist (46.48) and Abbey Weitzeil (46.07) swam a 3:06.96 to...

Stanford junior Ella Eastin won the CSCAA swimmer of the meet award after winning the 200 IM, 400 IM and the 200 fly, as well as swimming on the winning 800 free and 400 free relays. Eastin crushed the American and NCAA records in the 200 and 400 IM as the junior has won a total of seven individual ...

By David Rieder. Swimmers often define themselves by the events that they swim. “I’m a backstroker,” one might say to another, who would then reply, “I’m a breaststroker,” or “I’m a 400 IMer.” But throughout her swimming life, Katie Drabot has had a hard time fitting into one of those categories. Dr...

When Delaney Duncan finished fourth at last year’s NCAA Championships, it was a big deal for the Mid-American Conference and mid-majors across the country. But the Eastern Michigan swimmer wasn’t finished. Duncan stunningly surged to second place (57.83) behind Indiana’s Lilly King, who set the Amer...

Who were the best women's swimmers in the 2018-19 season? As the school year is winding down for most of the country, it is time to look at who were the best swimmers this season. Back in September, Swimming World ranked the best NCAA Division I women's swimmers from 1-25 as a "pre-season top 25" ty...

It isn’t surprising that a freshman from Canada has become one of the fastest swimmers in the NCAA. After all, Stanford’s Taylor Ruck was an Olympian and Pan Pacific champion before starting college. But Ruck isn’t the only freshman phenom from Canada tearing up the NCAA lanes. Michigan’s Maggie Mac...

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved allowing the option of video review to determine whether 15-meter violations were called accurately in men’s and women’s swimming on Wednesday. The rule is optional and will go in effect in the 2019-20 school year. The rule will be used during the regu...

The 2019 NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships featured American and NCAA Records, historic ends to collegiate careers and a Stanford Cardinal three-peat as team champions. With all the glory came a series of unexpected events as well — a tough disqualification on Michigan's Siobhan Haughe...