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Queens’ Dion Dreesens dropped nearly four seconds from his record-breaking prelims swim to win the men's 500-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships in 4:17.09. The junior’s time crushed his own DII record of 4:20.70 he set earlier this morning. This is his third individual win of the m...

The Lindenwood University-Belleville swimming and diving team is excited to announce the recent signing of Assistant Coach Victor Polyakov to join the Lynx for the 2018-19 season. Polyakov is from Taganrog, Russia and came to the United States in 2012 to swim at West Chester University Division II. ...

GENEVA, Ohio, March 14. ON the third day of preliminary qualifying, the Wayne State Wildcat women set themselves up to potentially cut into Drury's day two 30-point lead at the NCAA Division II Championships. Meanwhile, the Drury men are definitely cruising their way to another title. Women's 500 fr...

GENEVA, Ohio, March 12. ALTHOUGH Wayne State provided an appetizer with an NCAA D2 record during prelims, swimmers and divers took a torch to the NCAA Division II record book during the NCAA Division II Championships this evening at the SPIRE Institute. At the end of the night, Wayne State's women a...

GENEVA, Ohio, March 14. ALTHOUGH the men's NCAA Division II Championships have moved into charting individually fast times as the Drury men should easily defend their title, the women's race heated up with a monster day of scoring from Wayne State. The Drury women remained in the lead after pushing ...

GENEVA, Ohio, March 13. ALTHOUGH Wayne State gave the Drury women a run during day one, Drury put together a strong day for both the women and the men as the defending champions are looking to continue their winning ways at the NCAA Division II Championships. Women's 200 free relay Drury's Yakaterin...

GENEVA, Ohio, March 15. THE final night of the NCAA Division II Championships featured the coronation of Drury with title defenses in the women's and men's team title races alongside a record-breaking onslaught from nearly every event at the SPIRE Institute this evening. The Drury women overcame a b...

This week was the final weekend for conference championships, with several teams facing tough competition as they worked to defend their conference titles across the country. Take a look below to see who came out on top in conference around the country and which swimmers had the most impressive perf...

CARTHAGE, Wisconsin, February 26. AFTER she put up a big swim in the 200-yard breaststroke en route to an NCAA and American record, Notre Dame's Emma Reaney toplined this week's CollegeSwimming.com National Swimmers of the Week awards. Special thanks to CollegeSwimming.com for providing the followin...

By Cathleen Pruden, Swimming World College Intern Many teams were unexpectedly idle last weekend due to weather cancellations, but expect Division 3 teams to get back on track this weekend. A number of schools will celebrate their seniors in the final dual meet of the season as conference championsh...

While many of best teams in Division II have finished their winter invitationals and are done with competitions until 2017, there are still a handful of teams still to rest this semester, including two of the top 10 teams in the country. Read about what to look out for from those teams in this week’...

How They Train: Victor Polyakov Victor Polyakov of Taganrong has been demonstrating his prowess at the NCAA Division II Championships for the past couple years. Polyakov trains with coach Jamie Rudisill at West Chester University where he has achieved great success across the board in the freestyle ...

YORK, Pennsylvania, February 23. THE West Chester men's and women's swimming and diving teams continued their domination of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships, bringing home the team titles this afternoon at the Graham Aquatic Center. It marked the eighth consecutive conference...

GENEVA, Ohio, March 13. ANOTHER record-setting night went down at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, with records falling routinely. Meanwhile, defending champions Drury built up leads in both the men's and the women's team title races. At the end of the night, defending champion Drury finished 30...

This is the final week of conference championships before teams will buckle down for the last stretch before NCAA’s. Check out our summaries of some of the swimmers to watch for in each of the conferences that are left in the Sunshine State Conference 2016 Champions: Florida Southern (M), Florida So...

This week featured two more invitationals featuring big name teams from Division II swimming, and the results did not disappoint. Take a look at our recaps below to see all the top swims in this week’s Division II Meet Recap. Meet of the Week: Delta State Christmas Invitational Delta State Universit...