{"id":331632,"date":"2018-10-03T04:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=331632"},"modified":"2018-10-02T19:32:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T02:32:22","slug":"swimming-world-presents-a-transition-year-for-college-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-a-transition-year-for-college-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “A Transition Year for College Swimming”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Transition Year for College Swimming<\/h2>\n

College swimming may have lost the top two swimmers in the world\u2014with Katie Ledecky<\/strong> turning pro and Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> graduating\u2014but there will still be plenty of storylines to follow this college season.<\/p>\n

Last year, if you took away all of the points that Ledecky, Manuel and Eastin scored, the Cardinal still would have won the national championship. However, Stanford also lost elite graduated seniors Janet Hu, Ally Howe and Olympic diver Kassidy Cook.<\/p>\n

There are many other talented swimmers returning from the juggernaut Cardinal team plus a superstar recruit in Canadian Taylor Ruck<\/strong>. She\u2019ll provide Stanford with another dynamic presence after earning gold last summer at Pan Pacs, beating Ledecky in the 200 free\u2014not to mention winning an additional silver and three bronze medals in Tokyo…plus six gold medals at the 2017 World Junior Championships and two bronze medals at the 2016 Olympics!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is no secret that we are losing a ton, but I think we have a good group of freshmen who will be able to make an impact down the road,\u201d Meehan said. \u201cTaylor is coming in with a little bit more experience than the others, but I am thrilled about our class. It is probably the best incoming class we have ever signed, and Taylor certainly leads the way with her international experience and her versatility.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NCAA runner-up Cal has Amy Bilquist, Katie McLauglin, Maddie Murphy<\/strong> and Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong> returning, but definitely will miss the presence and point scoring at NCAAs of Baker, who won multiple national championships individually and on relays.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M will look different, too. Last year\u2019s third-place team loses a dominant senior group that included Lisa Bratton, Jorie Caneta, Bethany Galat <\/strong>and Beryl Gastaldello.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To learn more about the transition year in the 2018-19 collegiate season, check out the October 2018 issue of\u00a0Swimming World Magazine<\/em><\/a><\/span>, available now!\u00a0\u00a0Swimming World subscribers can download this issue in the\u00a0Swimming World Vault<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n

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