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Why Being an IMer is the Perfect Situation (From the Archive) By Cathleen Pruden Full disclosure: I am a 400 IMer and I absolutely love it. It took me a while to come to terms with my fate as an IMer. I struggled with the fact that I didn't have a "prime" stroke. It wasn't until being well rounded s...

5 Signs You Might Be A Swim Nerd (And that's OK!) By Cathleen Pruden (From the Archive) As I write this article in between stalking results and writing meet recaps, I already know I’m a Swim Nerd. I love this sport and I love learning more about it. I love seeing the crazy things people's bodies can...

For the second year in a row, the women from Spartanburg came up just short of a National Title. In 2018 they finished just eight points behind Cheshire. Tonight, they are 90 points behind Sarasota. But, the score had the potential to be much closer. A relay disqualification in the final event of th...

One national record fell on the fourth day of the 2019 YMCA National Championships, as Upper Main Line's Brendan Burns scratched his name into the books in another event. While she was not a record setter, Sarasota's Emma Weyant turned heads, winning the first two events of the session and then lead...

The UAA qualified the most athletes to the 2019 NCAA Division III Championships, and scored more points than any other conference on the women's side. On the men's side, the NCAC scored the most points, with the first and third place teams as the conference's sole representatives. Total points score...

On the first full day of the 2019 YMCA National Championships one YMCA National record fell, at the hands of Upper Main Line's Brendan Burns. Max McHugh's 200 breaststroke record, which had seemed untouchable, was put on notice in both prelims and finals. In the women's meet, there was a tie for fir...

Denison, the 2019 NCAA Men's Division III Champions, had three of the top ten individual scorers at this year's meet, and a whole group of other multiple event finalists. Kenyon and Emory each had two of the top ten scorers and two impact freshman found their way into the top seven scorers. As with ...

The 2019 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championship was down to the wire, with Emory beating Kenyon by just nine points. Kenyon and Emory each built their team performances on their depth, as they each had just one of the top ten scorers in the meet. Third and fourth place finishers ...

The North Penn girls won the 2019 PIAA 3A Swimming and Diving state championships with 243 points. Upper Dublin was runner up with 166 and Governor Mifflin finished third with a total of 135 points. North Allegheny put together a dominating team performance to win the boys meet with 279 points. The ...

If taking a look at invited times, athlete breakdown by conference, impact freshman and top likely men's and women's scorers was not enough to get you ready for next week's NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championship, here's eight more swimmers and storylines to follow, and some stats on rela...

On the final night of competition, Marius Kusch won his fourth individual event of the week at NCAA Division II Nationals. Kusch led start to finish in the 100 free, stopping the clock in 41.73. That time made him the first Division II man under 42 seconds in the event, destroying his old records, a...

Swimming at the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championships Queens' Polina Lapshina set a new Division II 100 freestyle NCAA record. After setting a new mark this morning (48.36), Lapshina was out faster than her record pace tonight and held onto that speed in the second 50. The junior touched in 4...

The teams from Queens University ran away with the 2019 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships. The women scored 707.5 points to win the title while the men scored 606. Going into the night Delta State was just 3.5 points ahead of Indy for second. Delta State had a big final night, to ta...

The team from Greenwich won the 2019 Connecticut Open Boys High School state swimming and diving championship on Thursday night. Greenwich scored 600 points. It was the seventh consecutive title for the boys. New Canaan finished second with 480.5 points while Ridgefield placed third with 297 points....

The Villa Maria girls team and the Cathedral Prep boys team claimed the 2019 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association 2A State Championship titles, in the two day meet held at Bucknell University. State records fell in two boys events. Girls Villa Maria claimed the 2019 PIAA Swimming and Di...

The 526 swimmers and divers qualified for next week's 2019 NCAA Division III Championships represent 28 conferences. The women's qualifiers come from 27 conferences while the men represent only 23 organizations. The UAA leads the way for both the men and the women with Emory, Chicago, NYU, and WashU...

The first finals session of the 2019 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships began with two consecutive Division II National Record setting performances as both the men's and women's 1000 marks fell. Wednesday morning the Queens women earned five Championship and four Consolation final sw...

Based on seeds in the psych sheet, the Denison men, like their women, have two of the top five projected individual scorers for the 2019 NCAA Division III Championships. While none of these men will singlehandedly win a team title, their impact will likely be significant on their team's efforts. Men...

Based on seeds in the psych sheet, Denison has two of the top five projected individual scorers for the 2019 NCAA Division III Championships. (There is a tie for fifth, making it a six woman list.) Claiming the team title requires depth behind a few top stars, but here's a look at a few women who co...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the SUNY Geneseo swimming and diving team may not use donated funds to stay in hotels in Greensboro, NC for next week's NCAA Division III Championships. Last week alumni created a GoFundMe to support the Blue Wave's travel, after the team was told it...