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By Michael J. Stott. The NCAA Championships are often a risk/reward proposition. During the final morning in Indianapolis, Arizona State coach Bob Bowman scratched freshman Cameron Craig from the 100 free to leverage his presence on the 400 freestyle relay. Ever the strategist, Bowman reasoned, “Cam...

By David Rieder. The United States men swept Olympic golds in the three relays last summer in Rio, but each one of those wins came with the assistance of Michael Phelps—who, as most of you reading almost certainly know, is once again retired. The success of 2016 helped wash away some of the stench f...

By Jason Tillotson, Swimming World College Intern Since 2010, the Arizona State University Men’s Swimming and Diving team hadn’t placed higher than fifth at the Pac-12 conference championship meet. That is, until this past weekend, when the Sun Devils placed fourth, ahead of in-state rival Arizona. ...

The Arizona Wildcats and Arizona State Sun Devils faced off in an intense rivalry dual meet Saturday afternoon in Tucson. While the Arizona women pulled away quickly to pick up the victory, the men's meet came down to the wire, and the two teams ended up tying at 147 after ASU went 1-3 in the final ...

The NCAA swimming and diving season has gotten off to a good start as the Division I landscape is starting to heat up as teams begin having serious dual meets in the month of October. Swimming World has ranked the 25 best men's and women's swimmers returning in Division I for the third straight year...

UNIVERSITY Center, Michigan, March 9. AFTER finishing in the runner-up position, the Brother Rice Warriors claimed their first Division 1 title since 2007 at the Michigan High School Boys Division 1 Swimming and Diving Championships. The meet was held in short course yards at the Saginaw Valley Stat...

The final day of the Pac-12 Men's Championship is underway as some fast preliminary swims set up what looks to be an intense final night of competition with conference titles on the line. Here is what happened in the morning prelims: DAY 4 PRELIMS RESULTS 200 Back Cal's Daniel Carr swam to the top s...

Arizona State freshman Cameron Craig was the breakout performer of the men's Pac-12 championships last weekend, winning the 200 free in 1:31.71, the second-fastest time in the country so far this season, and then winning the 100 free in 41.95. Now, Craig is in the midst of preparation for his first ...

Arizona State welcomed the USC Trojans to Mona Plummer Aquatic Complex Friday afternoon for one of the signature Pac-12 swimming and diving contests of the fall semester. The men’s meet was a nail-biter, with the Trojans coming out on top, 153-147, while USC beat Arizona State’s women handily, 176.5...

By Dan D'Addona. The No. 3 Stanford women swam through a hail storm and earned 192-100 win over No. 20 Arizona at Avery Aquatic Center on Friday afternoon. Sophomore Ella Eastin won three events and senior Kassidy Cook swept the diving events to lead the Cardinal (4-0, 3-0 Pac-12) in its first meet ...

By David Rieder. First came the drawn-out chants of “ZO-NA! ZO-NA!” from the team clad in red and blue on the side of the pool. After barely a second of silence, a quick-paced “A-S-U! A-S-U!” cheer emanated from the young men and women in maroon and gold lined up along the upstairs railing inside th...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. For the victors, the meet meant everything, a previously-downtrodden program knocking off the gold standard. For the losers, it was just another lump in a season full of them—with the hope that all the lumps are meaningless in the end. In the photo above, Arizona Stat...

By Dan D’Addona. The USC men’s swim team has a challenging weekend ahead, facing two Pac-12 powers as the Trojans prepare for the Pac-12 Championships. On Friday, No. 14 USC faces No. 1 Cal, then on Saturday, the Trojans face No. 8 Stanford. This will be a telling week for the Pac-12 as all three te...

2017 NCAA All-American Cameron Craig announced late Sunday night he was transferring to The Ohio State University. Craig swam two years at Arizona State in 2017 and 2018 where he had a big breakout freshman season with a fifth place finish in the 200 free (1:32.46) as a freshman in 2017. As a freshm...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. Wednesday afternoon, the madness begins. Conference championships for Division I NCAA swimming and diving begin this week, and that means eyebrow-popping times will come from all corners of the country as the best set themselves up to make a run at NCAA titles next mo...

Last week, Swimming World dropped the women's pre-season rankings for the upcoming NCAA swim season. Today, we are dropping the top 25 men's individual pre-season rankings. Again, these are just an indication of the returning swimmers standings as of last season. Last year's graduating class was one...

By Dan D'Addona. Starting the season on a high note, Arizona State swimming & diving earned a pair of victories over Utah, the No. 8 men winning 197-103 and the women topping the Utes, 207.5-92.5. ASU's Caitlyn Wilson won the 1000 (10:08.91) and Benjamin Olzewski won the men's race (9:15.71). Olzews...

By Jason Tillotson. The Arizona State University men's swimming and diving teams swam past the University of Texas men's squad, defeating the Longhorns with a score of 162-138. This ASU victory is a sizable stepping stone for Head Coach Bob Bowman and the Sun Devil swimming program, given how fast T...

By Robbie Dickson, Swimming World College Intern The year of 2016 turned out to be a very exciting year. It started off in March at the NCAAs, where American records fell at both the women's and the men's meet. The excitement carried over to the Olympic Trials, and then the Olympic Games in Rio. The...

Swimming across the globe got a lot more interesting this week, with the Arena Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis and the NSW Open Champs in Australia giving swimmers from around the world a chance to test the waters as we begin to creep toward this summer’s World Championships. Read about those meets ...