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Texas Invitational: Rex Maurer Shatters American Record in 500 Freestyle He finished his high school years as a national-record holder and among the country's top rising stars in the middle-distance events, but Rex Maurer struggled in his lone year at Stanford, falling to 31st at the NCAA Championsh...

Texas Invitational: Jillian Cox Enters All-Time Top-10 in 500 Freestyle While Rex Maurer stole the show in the 500 freestyle Wednesday evening at the Texas Invite, another Longhorn put on a show in the women's equivalent event while entering the all-time top-10 in the event. Jillian Cox waited one y...

The first day of the annual Art Adamson Invitational opened with a full slate of events at Texas A&M. The men's and women's midseason invitational is a staple in the college swim season. After one day, Texas A&M leads the men's meet with 368.5 points, followed by TCU (241), Utah (231), Incarnate Wor...

Tennessee Invitational: Gretchen Walsh Swims Third-Fastest Time Ever in 50 Freestyle, Blazes in Relay Action Whenever Gretchen Walsh races in any collegiate meet of significance, you can expect a record scare, and it was nearly inevitable that she would push some of her own NCAA and American marks a...

Georgia Fall Invitational: Bella Sims Rips College-Best 4:31.06 in 500 Bella Sims’ sophomore season at the University of Florida is off to a flying start. Sims opened the Georgia Fall Invitational on Wednesday night with a time of 4:31.06 in the 500 freestyle. That’s the second-fastest swim of Sims’...

Tennessee Invitational: Gretchen Walsh, Jordan Crooks Blast Fast Prelims 50s Gretchen Walsh and Jordan Crooks finished the first morning session of the 2024 Tennessee Invitational with fast 50 freestyles Wednesday morning. Walsh went 20.88 to set the pace at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic C...

Jordan Crooks Opens Tennessee Invitational with 1:30.00 200 Free Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks got his home invitational off to a flying start Tuesday night with a time of 1:30.00 off the front of the 800 free relay. The Tennessee Invitational began Tuesday with just 800 free relays for the early arrive...

Josh Liendo, Jordan Crooks Highlight Cadre of Men's Sprinters in Action This Week During the first four college swimming seasons after Caeleb Dressel exhausted his eligibility at the University of Florida, no one seriously challenged the legendary records he left behind in the short course yards spr...

6 Important Things Learned During a Swimming Career I’ve been what you would call a swammer for about a month now. While I probably will pull a comeback at some point and make my return to the pool as a Masters swimmer, at the moment I’m branching out and trying other things. Currently, it's weightl...

College Swimming Invitationals: Most Top Teams in Action This Week Invitational season has arrived in college swimming. In recent years, most top-ranked teams have shifted their season schedules to swim their main midseason taper meet prior to swimmers heading home for a brief Thanksgiving vacation....

10 Types of Teammates Found on Every Team; Which One Are You? The fun part about being on a team is being surrounded by teammamtes, individuals who offer different personalities. I am sure someone’s face comes to mind when you think of the coach’s pet, or the warmup sprinter and even the Save up Sal...

Eleanor Sun Pool Record Leads Princeton Over In-State Rival Rutgers Eleanor Sun set a Rutgers pool record in the women’s 200 IM to lead Princeton to a 176-124 win in the fifth annual Battle for the Cannon Trophy between New Jersey’s premier programs. Sun won two individual events. Her time of 1:59.5...

Bolles Boys Just Miss National High School Record in 200 Medley Relay The team from Bolles School threatening the national high school record in the boys' 200 medley relay has become an almost annual tradition. The independent school and overall record stands at 1:27.74, set by Baylor's team of Luke...

CSCAA Division III Hall of Fame Adds 19 as Second Class The CSCAA Division III Hall of Fame on Thursday announced a 19-member class of 2025 that stands as the second class for the Hall. Founded in 2024 with 38 inaugural members, the Hall adds 19 this year – eight coaches, two female athletes and nin...

Lily DeSpain and her Journey to NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee: From Navy to Army, China to Arkansas, Student to Doctor Lily DeSpain's life journey has taken her all over the world. From Arkansas to California to Beijing to Missouri and back, DeSpain has been around the pool as well as around the wo...

College Swimming Check-in: The Non-Superstar Men in Pole Position In the first college swimming season following the departure of Leon Marchand to the professional ranks, the early candidate to take over the mantle of the country’s top male swimmer is another Arizona State Sun Devil. Ilya Kharun won...

College Swimming Check-in: Unexpected Names Leading Women's National Rankings Entering Midseason The fall slate of college dual meets has largely concluded, with top teams now turning their attention to midseason invitations that will provide the top times in the country in most events while providi...

Even After Massive Changes, Arizona State Men Still Have Talented Core For Title Defense Two days after Arizona State University won its first-ever national title in men’s swimming, the head coach who guided a nine-year renaissance departed for the same position with the University of Texas men’s te...

Daniel Diehl Solid in Helping NC State Finish Sweep of Georgia at Swimpalooza Daniel Diehl turned in a solid day with a win in the 200 IM as NC State finished off a sweep of Georgia on Day 2 of its Swimapalooza Saturday. NC State’s men’s team claimed a 232.5-134.5 decision over the Bulldogs at Bauer...

Gabi Albiero Has 'Even More of a Hunger' to Reach Potential in Fifth Year at Louisville Gabi Albiero has some unfinished business at Louisville. With studying for a masters and getting one more shot to swim, it was easy for the All-American to decide to take a fifth year with the Cardinals. "The dec...