By Rob Washburn, CAA

Bloomington, INDIANA - The Big Ten Conference crowned swimming and diving champions during the last two weekends. Competing first in Iowa City, the women deviated from previous years as Ohio State won by nearly 200 points. This past weekend in Bloomington, the men produced many great finishes and a Michigan victory. 

Congratulations to the 2020 Mountain West Swimming & Diving Champions, San Diego State!  The Aztecs went wire-to-wire to win back-to-back titles and this year it was a runaway. SDSU scored a conference-record 1463.5 points compared to Nevada who came in second place with 1015.5 points. The Aztecs won 12 of the swimming events, which included all four relays, and diver Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez displayed her dominance by taking gold in the three-meters.

CAA Swimming & Diving Championships get underway today where the William & Mary men’s swimming team comes into the Championships looking for its sixth consecutive CAA title and where the James Madison women’s swimming team is looking for its third straight CAA title. Here is our preview for the upcoming competition:

IOWA CITY - College swimming deepest conference takes to competition over the next two weeks to crown Big Ten swimming and diving champions. Starting with the women hosted at the University of Iowa and following with the men at Indiana University, the conference championships are poised to feature outstanding races, breathtaking finishes, and high-flying scores before the competitions are over.

The 2020 Mountain West Swimming and Diving Championships kicks off this Thursday, Feb. 19 - Feb. 22 at the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.

The words “burned out” infiltrate the swimming vocabulary much more frequently these days. But as swimmers hang up their goggles and caps for good, the reason why isn’t quite as simple as one may think.

While the TYR Pro Swim Series was going on in Austin, Texas, this past weekend, many NCAA swimmers were making their first appearance in competition after winter training. With most teams still 4-6 weeks out of their conference championship, many swimmers are in the hole. That didn't stop some of the best from putting up nationally ranked swims, though.

Imagine this... It's an October Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, AL, and the top-ranked Crimson Tide football team is obliterating Vanderbilt 35-10 at the end of the third quarter. Alabama puts up another two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, making the final score 49-10.

Aaaand... college swimming is back. A handful of the nation's top teams were in action this past weekend to kick off 2018 and shake off the cobwebs from winter training.

Can you think of a better way to come back to school from break than a 10,000 for time?

Of the many highlights in a team’s NCAA swimming season, a training trip undoubtedly stands out as one that tends to make or break the year.  

Change in the rankings is inevitable. Even in swimming, upsets happen and a new team emerges as the favorite. The most recent CSCAA rankings reflected the results in the pool from the past month of invites.

The midseason invitationals have come and gone. Up to this point, the season's form reflected unrested college dual meets. That is no longer the case. 

The 2017 Miami Invitational wrapped up Saturday night in Oxford, Ohio with the home team Miami (OH) women and Denison men coming out on top as champions.