SWIMSWAM
April 4, 2020—
Cory Shanks from League City, Texas has announced her verbal commitment to the University of Tennessee’s class of 2025, joining Amber Myers , Asia Minnes , Josephine Fuller , Kate McCarville , Lauren Wetherell , Sara Stotler , Summer Eaker , and Summer Smith . Shanks is a junior at Clear Creek High School. She swims year-round for the club team South Shore Sails. She began swimming a few weeks before her 10th birthday and within 8 months was competing at the State age group meet. By 12, she had 4 Sectional cuts. At 14, she had qualified for the NCSA Championship in 4 events. Today at ...
@SwimXps Cory Shanks commits to Tennessee #swimming
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
April 3, 2020—
Cal senior Abbey Weitzeil , who set an American record in the 50-yard free to become the first woman ever under 21 seconds in the event, has been named a finalist for the Honda Sport Award for women’s swimming & diving for the second year in a row. Weitzeil lowered her American record in the 50 free on Dec. 5 at the Minnesota Invitational when she touched the wall in 20.90 seconds. Weitzeil, who was named the Pac-12 Swimmer of the Month for December for her effort, has held the American mark since March 4, 2016, when she went 21.12 before her enrollment at Cal. She reset the record o ...
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SWIMSWAM
April 2, 2020—
Chris Voelz , Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) announced today that Tennessee’s Erika Brown , Michigan’s Maggie MacNeil , Wisconsin’s Beata Nelson , and Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil have been named the four finalists for the Class of 2020 Honda Sport Award for Swimming & Diving. The award honors the best female swimmer or diver of the preceding NCAA season, and the nominees are chosen by a panel of coaches from the CSCAA. The winner will move on to contend with the winners of the 11 other sports for Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the Honda Cup, which ...
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SWIMSWAM
March 17, 2020—
Year 2 of the International Swimming League is scheduled to begin in September (though, all things scheduled at the moment are prone to being rescheduled due to the global coronavirus pandemic). With a jump from 8 to 10 teams in the 2020-2021 league, and an expansion from 7 meets to 27, there is going to be a dramatic rise in the need for athletes to fill rosters in the new season. In year 1, teams were limited to 32 swimmers (16 male and 16 female) on their rosters, though most teams wound up announcing more athletes than that. In year 2, with more meets probably resulting in more c ...
SWIMSWAM
March 10, 2020—
Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil, the reigning NCAA Champion, made history this season as the first woman to break 21 in the 50 free. Weitzeil turned in a 20.90 at the Minnesota Invite, breaking the American and NCAA Record. At the 2020 Pac-12 Championships, Weitzeil took down the Pac-12 Meet Record in 21.03, but hyper-extended her arm on the finish, causing her to scratch the rest of the meet.
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@SwimXps Abbey Weitzeil aiming to defend NCAA 50 free title #CAL #swimming
SWIMSWAM
March 7, 2020—
A quartet of swimmers from the Nasvhille Aquatic Club broke the 17-18 National Age Group Record in the 200 yard free relay on Friday. Swimming at the elite Southern Premier Meet in Atlanta, Georgia, the group of Alex Walsh , Alex Massey , Lauren Hurt , and Gretchen Walsh combined for a 1:29.69. That swim undercuts the old record of 1:30.09 that was set by SwimMAC Carolina in 2015.
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@SwimXps Nasvhille Aquatic Club new 17-8 NAG record 200 #freestyle relay
SWIMSWAM
March 6, 2020—
As we tick down the days to the 2020 Women’s NCAA Championships, keep track of all our event-by-event previews and winner picks here. Don’t miss a moment of our preview action and the concurrent comment section discussion – you can bookmark this page, which will be updated with links to each preview as we publish them. Disagree with our winner picks? Well, they are infallible, but if you really don’t buy it, you can leave your own picks, predictions and expectations in the comments.
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SWIMSWAM
March 5, 2020—
Erika Brown has had an incredible rise over her four-year career at Tennessee. After being a relay-only swimmer at the NCAA Championships as a freshman, the Lady Vol broke out as a sophomore, winning three individual SEC titles and placing second at NCAAs in the 50 free and 100 fly. After anchoring the Vols to a national title in the 200 medley relay at last season’s NCAAs to go along with three top-five finishes individually, Brown helped lead the school to its first Women’s SEC Championship win.
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@SwimXps Erika Brown will face plenty of competition at NCAA's. Will she win the 100 Free? #swimming
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
March 5, 2020—
The psych sheets for the 2020 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships have been finalized with the line set at 37 & 38. The meet will be held two weeks from today at the University of Georgia. Stanford is the three-time defending champion but will have its hands full with Virginia and arch rival Cal.
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@SwimXps Get ready to race, NCAA DI women's #swimming psych sheets available
SWIMSWAM
Feb. 28, 2020—
Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil got off to a fast start at the 2020 women’s Pac-12 Championships. In her first individual swim of the meet, Weitzeil took down her own Pac-12 Meet Record with a 21.09 in prelims of the 50 free. It was, at the time, the 4th fastest in history.
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SWIMSWAM
Feb. 28, 2020—
After setting the Pac-12 Meet Record in prelims of the 50 free, Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil raced to another historic swim as she defended her title. Weitzeil took down her own Meet Record again with a 21.03 to win the final.
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@SwimXps Abbey Weeitzeil new #PAC12 50 free record 21.03 #swimming
SWIMSWAM
Feb. 24, 2020—
It was an explosive first week of major conference championships. We count down our top 10 swims of a week including SECs, ACCs, and Big Tens.
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SWIMSWAM
Feb. 24, 2020—
Tennessee's Erika Brown has the NCAA's top time so far this post-season in three events: the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly.
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SWIMMER'S DAILY
Feb. 24, 2020—
Lady Vol Erika Brown talks about the bond the Tennessee swim and dive team has.
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@SwimXps It takes a team to make the dream work. Erika Brown and her thoughts about Tennessee #swimming
SWIMSWAM
Feb. 23, 2020—
Florida's Kieran Smith was named the 2020 SEC Men's Swimmer of the Meet for his historic performance in Auburn. He set a new American Record in the 500 free.
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SWIMSWAM
Feb. 23, 2020—
Erika Brown Bobby Finke Kieran Smith Rhyan White Zane Waddell Julie Meynen Claire Fisch Robyn Clevenger AJ Kutsch Abbey Webb Auburn's women crushed the SEC Records as they swept the sprint free relays, including the 2nd fastest 200 free relay in NCAA history.
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SWIMSWAM
Feb. 23, 2020—
Tennessee senior Erika Brown closed out her SEC Championship career on Saturday with a win, SEC Championship, and SEC Conference Record in the women’s 100 yard freestyle. She swam a 45.83 that is the 3rd-best swim in history, and makes her the 2nd-fastest ever in that event’s history.
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@SwimXps Congrats: Erika Brown, #SEC record 100yds free. #swimming
SWIMSWAM
Feb. 22, 2020—
The Florida men, led by Head Coach Anthony Nesty, look to cement their 8th-straight victory on the final day of the 2020 SEC Championships.
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@SwimXps #SEC Champs, Florida men set to win it. #swimming
SWIMMING WORLD NEWS
Feb. 21, 2020—
Tennessee senior Erika Brown got within a finger nail of the 100 butterfly NCAA record on Thursday night at the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships
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WBIR.COM
Feb. 2, 2020—
Tennessee's men and women set a combined six new meet records on Saturday. Erika Brown set meet records in the 100 free (48.51) and 100 fly (51.91) while newcomer Kayky Mota went 47.07 in the men's 100 fly. Amanda Nunan set a new school and meet record in the 1,000 at 9:37.08.
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