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Texas Invitational: Rex Maurer Shines Again in 400 IM; Germonprez, Modglin Climb Rankings The new-look Texas men have posted some breakthrough swims at their home invitational this week, but no swimmer has been more impressive than Rex Maurer. The sophomore transfer from Stanford swam an American re...

Tennessee Invitational: Jordan Crooks Records 17.57 Relay Split, 43.77 100 Fly While Virginia's Gretchen Walsh has been unstoppable thus far at the Tennessee Invite, the Volunteers' Jordan Crooks has been almost as good on the men's side, with a 1:30.00 performance in the 200 freestyle Tuesday follo...

Tennessee Invitational: Gretchen Walsh Takes Down American, NCAA Records in 100 Fly Less than two years ago, the NCAA Women's Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., produced by far the fastest final in history in the 100 butterfly. Kate Douglass touched out 100-meter Olympic gold medalist Maggie Mac Nei...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Rylee Erisman Lowers 15-16 NAG Record, Public School Record at Florida 4A State Meet During a breakout summer, Rylee Erisman qualified for the Olympic Trials final of the 50 freestyle as well as two other semifinals, and then she earned five gold medals and one silver at the Junior Pan Pacific Champ...

Duke Women, Northwestern Men Earn Victories in Two-Day Meet in Durham The Duke Blue Devils welcomed Northwestern to Durham, N.C., this weekend for a two-day competition, and the host team came out on top of the women's meet by a score of 194-137, with standout breaststroker Kaelyn Gridley leading th...

Alabama Holds Serve in Home Meet Against LSU, Florida State The University of Alabama swim and dive teams welcomed Louisiana State and Florida State Friday, and the Crimson Tide came out on top in all categories. The Alabama women edged LSU 157.5-142.5 while beating Florida State 196.5-103.5, with L...

Ilya Kharun Blasts 18.6 50 Free, 44.0 100 Fly as Arizona State Crushes Bay Area Schools; Torri Huske Leads Stanford Day two of competition in Tempe, Ariz., between the hosting Sun Devils and their former Pac-12 rivals Cal and Stanford saw the reigning national champions pull even further ahead while...

Ilya Kharun, Torri Huske Impressive in First Session of ASU-Stanford-Cal Tri-Meet Thanks to conference realignment, the annual January Pac-12 showdowns between Arizona State and Bay Area schools Cal and Stanford are no more, but the three top-flight programs are all meeting this week in Tempe, Ariz....

How Chris Guiliano Boosts Texas Men This College Season The suspension of Notre Dame's men's team this season prompted Chris Guiliano to search for a new college home. In the aftermath of the best season of his life, when he became the first U.S. man since Matt Biondi to qualify for the 50, 100 and ...

Noè Ponti Has Conquered Short Course 50 Fly, Now Set to Aim Bigger Long before Noè Ponti became a world-record holder, he was the unknown bronze medalist in an Olympic final defined by a high-profile showdown between Caeleb Dressel and Kristof Milak, which resulted in a world record for Dressel and ...

Swimming's World Cup Proving Valuable Hub For Autumn Racing An event entitled “World Cup” naturally carries some weight. After all, that’s the moniker used by global football’s signature event, held every four years and capturing the attention of fans across the globe. The Olympics is the only globa...