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Emily Black-Wright, Maddie Inman Commit To Drexel For Fall 2028
Black-Wright primarily swims breaststroke while Inman swims backstroke and butterfly. They will arrive next fall.
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September 27, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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Sprint Freestyler Wyatt Boland Commits To Drexel For Fall 2027
Boland's best time in the 50 free would already make the conference 'B' final while his 100 free is just 0.10 what it took to final.
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September 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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Tom Dolan, Tom Ugast, and Gunnar Bentz Elected to USA Swimming Board of Directors
USA Swimming has elected three new members to the BOD: Tom Dolan and Tom Ugast will be At-Large members and Gunnar Bentz will be an athlete representative.
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September 26, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Best Of The Rest Ranked Owen Gee Sends Verbal Commitment To Texas A&M For 2028
Gee made the 'A' final of the 200 fly at Summer Juniors at the start of August where he swam a 2:01.80 for 6th.
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September 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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49/1:47 Backstroker Anders Koschmann Sends Northwestern Its First Verbal Commitment For 2028
It took a 1:43.99 200 back to final at Big Tens. Koschmann will be a 3rd generation Big Ten swimmer in his family.
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September 26, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Jere Hribar Has Strong Performances at LSU Intrasquad Meet
LSU senior Jere Hribar highlighted the LSU Intrasquad meet with two individual event wins and a few fast relay splits for the gold team
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September 26, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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1:02 100 Breaststroker Maddie Loken Gives Penn State Their 2nd Commitment For 2028
Loken is not far off the 1:01.99 it took to final at the 2026 Big Ten Championships in the 100 breast, an event Penn State had 1 finalist.
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September 26, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Australia's Eloise Pattison Gives Texas A&M Their First Verbal Commitment For 2028
Pattison's converted best times would have been 3rd in the 100 free and 4th in the 50 free on Texas A&M's roster this past season.
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September 26, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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2026 South African SC Championships: Tatjana Smith Was Dominant In W 200 Breast
Take a moment to see what transpired through day two of the 2026 South African Short Course Championships, featuring Tatjana Smith and Michael Houlie.
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September 26, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Y-Nationals Finalist Emily Sudol Commits To Cincinnati For Fall 2027
Sudol primarily swims mid-distance freestyle and her best time in the 500 free would have been 25th at 2026 Big 12s.
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September 26, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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UVA Men Open 2028 Recruiting Class with Verbal Commitment from #10 Jack Maddan
Jack Maddan from First Colony Swim Team, one of the top breaststrokers in the class of 2028, has verbally committed to the Cavaliers.
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September 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Futures Champion Tayla Campanile Commits To BYU For Fall 2027
Campanile's best time in the 100 breast would already make the Big 12 'B' final, an event BYU had no finalists in this past season.
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September 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Luke Barr Takes 4 Seconds Off His Lifetime Best in the 200 Yard Breaststroke
Lue Barr, who narrowly missed the US National Team this summer, swam a yards meet with his Texas Ford Aquatics teammates last week and crushed his own personal best.
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September 26, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Best Of The Rest Ranked Evan Summers Flips Commitment From Virginia Tech To NC State
Summers has a lifetime best 53.77 100 breast and a 1:59.23 200 breast. It took a 52.95 to score at ACCs in the 100 breast.
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September 26, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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#24 South Carolina Picks Up Wins Over UNC-Wilmington in Season Opener
South Carolina freshman Farrah Klein (above) had a phenomenal debut meet against UNCW, setting a personal best in the 100 back and winning the 200 back.
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September 26, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Winter Juniors Qualifier Steeler Whowell Verbals To Cornell For Fall 2027
Whowell's current lifetime best in the 200 backstroke would have qualified for the 'C' final at the 2026 Ivy League Championships.
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September 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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DeSorbo, Holloway, Moreno React to CSL Match 2
We saw the second of two back-to-back CSL matches in Westmont last night, with Virginia taking the overall win.
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September 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Junior Nationals Qualifier Nate Caswell Verbally Commits To North Carolina For Fall 2027
Caswell is coming off a 2025-26 season that saw him drop over three seconds in the 100 back and nearly a second in the 100 fly.
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September 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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College Swimming League Match #2 Takeaways And Other Notes
Claire Curzan led the Virginia women to the win. See other quick takeaways from the second CSL match here.
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September 26, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Mondiali In Vasca Corta 2026: Il Canada Convoca 21 Atleti, Assenti Summer McIntosh E Ilya Kharun
Il Canada ha annunciato 21 atleti per i prossimi Mondiali in vasca corta 2026 di Pechino. Assenti Summer McIntosh e Ilya Kharun
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September 26, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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Estonian Junior Champion Sheril Tankler to Swim for Northern Colorado Starting Next Fall (2027)
Based on her projected SCY times, Tankler would have placed in the top eight in two events at the 2026 MPSF Championships.
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September 26, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Tatjana Smith Sfiora Il Record Sudafricano Nei 100 Rana: 1:04.00 Ai Campionati Nazionali
Tatjana Smith continua il rientro vincendo i 100 rana ai Campionati Sudafricani in vasca corta in 1:04.00, 11 centi dal proprio record nazionale di 1:03.89
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September 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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Claire Curzan, Thomas Heilman Win SwimSwam’s CSL Match 2 MVPs
Claire Curzan and Thomas Heilman of Virginia helped Virginia take match #2 at the College Swimming League, earning them MVP honors.
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September 26, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Freshman Laon Kim, Audrey Derivaux Pick Up Debut Wins at Texas Intrasquad
Star freshmen Laon Kim (above) and Audrey Derivaux each picked up a pair of wins in their Texas Longhorn debuts.
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September 26, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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NCAA Record Holder Claire Curzan Blasts 1:46.85 200 Backstroke, #4 Performance All-Time
Curzan now holds the top five performances all-time and was just 0.76 seconds off her own NCAA record of a 1:46.09.
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September 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM