NCAA

Yet another 2010 champion returns to defend her title. Last year, Amanda Croix of Carthage upset Ruth Westby of Emory. This year she comes in as the top seed and the favorite. Standing in her way will be a combination of new faces and returning talent. The top of that list is a freshman from … Read more NCAA Preview – W50FS

As a freshman, Paul Dyrkacz added half a second and finished no where near the top 16 at nationals. I don’t know what Dyrkacz did between then and now, but he’s a different swimmer. He can easily add half a second (or more) and still be top 8 this year after posting the only sub … Read more NCAA Preview – M200IM

Logan Todhunter returns as the champion despite coming in with a seed time of 2:09. Problem? Not likely. Last year she entered with a 2:11, so this is an improvement. The only other girl under 2:04 who could keep up with Todhunter last year was Anna Kokensparger of MIT. She’s back too since she was … Read more NCAA Preview – W200IM

The returning champion Alex Fraser is back. He’s also seeded over a second faster than he was last year. Ian Stewart-Bates is back too. He finished at 4:25 last year, just a second off of Fraser. Like freshmen? How about 7 of them coming in at 4:33 or better? Yes, 7. The future of this … Read more NCAA Preview – M500FS

With conference meets completed, I will be previewing each event individual event leading up to NCAAs. No the psyche sheet isn’t out, but I will do my best so we can start looking forward. Last year, Caroline Wilson of Williams out-touched rival Amherst’s Kendra Stern for a new record. Both return this year and Stern … Read more NCAA Preview – W500FS

This post from openwater in the National Championship Forum can be found here. Thanks for the great insight! Heading into the last weekend the women’s qualifying is coming into focus. Including the results from the SCIAC which just concluded last night, 140 individual A-cuts have been swum by a total of 83 swimmers. 41 of … Read more Featured Forum Post

This post can be found here. This outlines the biggest d3 question everyone has each February/March. Thanks Swmr46! A lot has changed since last year. I figure I would post the link to the Championship Handbook. That way everyone can freshen up on the qualification procedures. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/champ_handbooks … imming.pdf Number of Participants. The number of … Read more Featured Forum Post

Because the date was so unique, I thought I would check the Top Times list for 1/11/11 and see how this year’s swimmers were doing relative to last year’s selection times. Here is the executive summary: D3 men have exploded in the 2Fly this year while the women are just flat out faster across the … Read more Making the Selection Time: Mid-Year Report

Another poll, another bone to pick, another blog, another process gone unimproved. Men or women, it doesn’t really matter. The ultimate problem with the poll is that A) coaches don’t pay attention enough to ALL the teams around the country and B) even if they did, they’d still have the balancing act of tapered times/national … Read more RE: Latest D3 Dual Meet Poll

2011 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Approved Last Chance Meets DATE HOST SITE February 26 Bowdoin College Greason Pool February 25-26 Grinnell College Russell K. Osgood Pool February 26 Hamilton College William M. Bristol, Jr. Swimming Pool February 19 Kenyon College Kenyon Athletic Center February 26 New York University Palladium Athletic … Read more Approved Last Chance Meets

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

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