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Special Sets: The Training That Guided Virginia's Jasmine Nocentini to NCAA Stardom The women’s NCAA championships are over. The University of Virginia won its fourth straight title in dominant fashion, renewing the ongoing discussion of a dynasty. Carol Capitani’s Longhorns finished second again an...

This season, a handful of swimmers have already achieved an "A" cut and are qualified for the NCAA Championships in March. In individual events, "A" cuts are calculated using the three-year average of the eighth-fastest time in each event. In relays, it's the three-year average of the 16th-fastest t...

ACC Championships, Day 4 Finals: Alex Walsh, Katharine Berkoff Swim Second-Fastest Times Ever Her younger sister Gretchen Walsh has been the recipient of headlines this week thanks to her numerous record-setting performances, including the fastest times ever in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly plu...

Tennessee Invitational: Gretchen Walsh Lowers American Record in 50 Free with 20.79 Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh lowered her American record and tied the U.S. Open and NCAA records in the women’s 50 freestyle Wednesday night on the opening day of the Tennessee Invitational. Walsh clocked in at 20.79 se...

NCAA 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...

NCAA Women's Championships: Virginia Four-Peat Seems Inevitable But Storylines Abound Barring a dramatic upset, the University of Virginia will wrap up a fourth consecutive NCAA team title in women's swimming and diving this week. Even with the graduation of two-time NCAA Swimmer of the Year Kate Do...

NCAA Women's Championships Preview: A Familiar Favorite For National Title University of Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo has created a budding dynasty in Charlottesville as the Cavaliers aim for a fourth consecutive crown. A swimmer who won titles in all 14 of her events over the past two seasons—s...

ACC Championships: Gretchen Walsh Leads Off in 1:40.23 as Virginia Women Swim Second-Fastest 800 Freestyle Relay in History During each of the last three seasons, the University of Virginia women swam the fastest time ever in the 200 medley relay at the ACC Championships. That was not the case this ...

Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh Record Strong Times in Off Events at Cavalier Invite Most top Division I college teams have completed their dual-meet schedules and are in the midst of final preparations for their conference championship meets. The University of Virginia Cavaliers have the ACC Championshi...

14 Months into Hectic College Career, FIU's Jasmine Nocentini Ready for First NCAAs Jasmine Nocentini had barely arrived in the United States when everything went sideways last year. The native of Padova, Italy, at just 17 years old, joined the Florida International University swimming team midway t...

Gretchen Walsh Lowers NCAA 50 Free Record: 'She is Doing Things No One Has Ever Done' Gretchen Walsh is in a zone few swimmers ever reach, so elite, a record is a possibility - even expected. At ACCs, the Virginia junior blasted the NCAA and American record in the 50-yard freestyle. At NCAA prelims,...

Northwestern Sweeps Instate Women’s Tri-Meet, Men Top UIC Northwestern on Saturday picked up three wins against instate rivals. The women’s team topped Illinois in a Big Ten meet while also besting the University of Illinois Chicago. The Northwestern men likewise handled UIC. Women’s Illinois 223, U...

FLASH! 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...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault Non-subscribers can download this issue here - only $.99 for a limited time! In this issue of SW Biweekly, read about swimmer Alex Walsh, who helped lead the Virginia Cavaliers to their first NCAA.....

Louisville Books Three Relay A Cuts as Women Win Purdue Invitational The Louisville women’s team swept all five relays, three in NCAA A cut times, in winning the Purdue Invitational, held in West Lafayette from Wednesday through Friday. The Cardinals started the meet Wednesday with a Burke Natatoriu...

Sprint Depth Leads Late Surge as Northwestern Sweeps Big Ten Tri-Dual Following the lead of their female sprinters, Northwestern rallied on Saturday to pick up two wins on each side of the Big Ten Tri-Dual hosted by Minnesota. Northwestern’s men’s team had led both Minnesota and Purdue after the fir...

International Divide in NCAA Swimming Growing More Pronounce on Men’s Side You had to keep scrolling, keep scrolling down the results to find the capital “A” next to NC State’s name last Friday. The Wolfpack had just set the American record in the men’s 400 medley relay at the NCAA Championships. Yo...

Ohio State Cleans Up in With Four in Big Ten Weekly Honors Ohio State swept all three honors on the men’s side of the Big Ten Weekly Honors, released Wednesday, and added the women’s co-swimmer of the week. Charlie Clark, Jacob Matthews and Tristan Jankovics were crowned men’s swimmer, diver and fre...

Florida International swept its way to a seventh straight Conference USA Championships title, outdueling Rice down the stretch. The Panthers won all five relays and earned the Swimmer of the Meet Award via sophomore Jasmine Nocentini. Conference USA Championships Team Standings FIU 956.5 Rice 905.5 ...

NCAA 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...