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d3 staff First, I have been a fan of D3swimming.com since 2007. The delay in my appreciation is due more to my ineptness on the internet than it not being a viable site. It is that and more, and now my goal is to bring it to the attention of not just the Northwest Conference, but to … Read more The Great Northwest
Chris and Jake will discuss this item back and forth to make their case. You can decide for yourself who won and who lost. Josh: Hey Guys, are the B cuts too fast now? Jake: I, for one, think the individual ‘B’ cut times are too fast. We can talk about relays later if we … Read more Are the ‘B’ Cuts Too Fast?? – Part I
The Duel of Duals What? 8 Women’s Teams 8 Men’s Teams 24 Dual Meets 3 Days 1 Champion per sex Lots of cuts Lots of excitement Where? I’ll set the stage with our host, the University of Chicago. While the seating is limited, you swim wall to wall and this swims you towards the crowd, … Read more Dual Meet Tournament – Proposal #1
We intend for “Featured Forum Post” to become a regular article on the site. Today, in the first installment, the post comes from Bocephus. The forum topic is Avidasports Rankings. Reading some of the forums on CollegeSwimming.com and talking with swimmers elsewhere, it seems as though no one is buying these rankings–mostly due to the … Read more Featured Forum Post
Part I. Power – The stronger you are, the more water you can pull, the faster your propulsion. That is the basic theory behind power training. This incorporates aspects of technique, intensity, and volume into the training. This year the team has used power towers and parachutes on a regular basis, and the team and … Read more The Key to Fast Swimming – Part II
Every year brings a new crop of swimmers to D3 swimming – some of whom have been state champions in high school, some of whom were just finding their stroke when high school ended, some of whom may only want to have a group to be part of as they begin living away from home … Read more Freshman A-Cuts – Women
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The key to fast swimming is in the volume of yards you swim. Or is it about the intensity of those yards? Maybe the key to swimming fast is about the efficient use of energy through technique. But being strong and powerful is important to swimming fast as well. Well if power and strength are … Read more The Key to Fast Swimming – Part I
At the end of this winter the NCAA D-III Swimming and Diving Championship meet will be hosted at The University of Tennessee’s fantastic new Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, completed in 2008. Since it is a new site for our championship meet it may be useful to take an introductory glance before we all head … Read more Our National Host
Dear D3 swimming coaches and voters, I’ve got a lot of problems with you people, and now you’re all gonna hear about it! The most recent Collegeswimming.com poll came out and the Kenyon women are ranked ahead of Emory, albeit by 3 points (god knows I have no idea how the scoring works). The fact … Read more And Now for the Airing of Grievances…
The latest CSCAA Top 25 Poll has been released and if you don’t look close, you’ll likely have to venture outside the top 10 to see beyond the parity. The top three schools in both polls are Kenyon, Emory and Denison and 9 of the top 10 teams are ranked in both polls. That’s right, … Read more D3 Dual Meet Poll
Too often, divers get overlooked for their contribution to the team and many people do not honor and appreciate their dedication to the sport. Yesterday, I had to witness the physical and mental toughness of our Wabash divers first hand. Usually, I don’t get to watch Jake and Jake as much as I would like … Read more Dive Right In
This isn’t a book report. I haven’t read the book and from the looks of things, no one has because it hasn’t been written yet. That won’t stop me from commenting on the subject matter though. I saw the announcement today on ESPN.com, which can be found here. It didn’t surprise me, nor should it surprise … Read more RE: Amanda Beard’s Book
As the welcome post said, D3swimming.com is changing. Derek Jansen, the founder of the website, has decided to take a step back and allow new owners to take over, us. We all appreciate the time and effort Derek put into the site to get it up and running. With that as our base and history, … Read more D3Swimming.com Under New Ownership
Welcome to D3swimming.com, we’re currently undergoing some changes, so the current homepage will replace the old one for the time being. The forums are still available here and from the link in the upper left. We’ll be sending more information soon, please contact Mike and Josh if you have any questions or want to get … Read more Welcome!