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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 21. AFTER a couple of days during which recruiting updates were fast and furious in our College Recruit Rankings system, today revealed only a pair of verbals.
Five star
Woody Joye became the first high-profile male to commit to the University of Texa...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 15. WITH early signing day later this semester, recruits continue to commit to various colleges.
With a pair of
Swimming World five stars,
Lily Moldenhauer and
Samantha Tucker...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 12. TWO more
Swimming World five star recruits are off the market.
Patrick Ceddia and
Samantha Tucker made their decisions recently.
Ceddia, who swims for the Sarasota YMCA ...
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, August 7. TROJAN's Jessica Hardy is definitely completely back after a year away from the sport due to a doping ban. Tonight, at the U.S. Open, Hardy clocked a pair of world records.
First, she hammered the 50 breast in 29.80 on the way to a stunning 1:04.45 in the 100 breast finale. Yesterday, Hardy clocked a swif...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 3. SAMANTHA Tucker, a five-star prospect from the Class of 2010, begins another series of
Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profiles that will appear on this site in the coming month. Tucker, who is from Austin, Texas, swims for Austin Westlake High and Longhorn Aquatics.
Tucker maintains her
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 23. THE second night of long course meter swimming at the Texas Senior Circuit in College Station witnessed Ricky Berens winning a pair of titles for Longhorn Aquatics.
Kathleen Hersey began the evening with a victory in the women's 100 fly. She clocked a 1:00.15 for the win. Mustang Angela San Juan Cisneros plac...
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By Sarah Eckersley
AUSTIN, Texas, March 17. SIX-star recruit Matt Thompson (Jesuit) highlighted the Texas 5A State Championships by setting an independent national record in the 200 IM (1:45.27). The overall standard (1:45.25) is held by Kyle Whitaker of Chesterton High School (Indiana). Thompson, who will be attending Stanford Universi...
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 7. THE third and final day of swimming came to a close at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Austin, Texas. While prelims were held in short course yards, finals are being contested in the long course meter format.
Women's 200 back
Kirsty Coventry eased through the event in her home pool with a swift time of 2:...
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 6. THE second night of long course meter finals came to a close at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Austin, Texas. Several quick swims took place throughout the night.
Women's 400 IM
In a battle of young superstars, Olympian Elizabeth Beisel of Bluefish held off Minot's Dagny Knutson, 4:41.30 to 4:42.70. ...
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 5. THE first night of swimming at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Austin, Texas came to a close. While prelims were swum in short course yards, finals competition are taking place in long course meters.
With subplots like Katie Hoff and Dagny Knutson facing off for the first time and Mary DeScenza's quest for the Gr...
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GUAM, January 10. THE third day of swimming at the Junior Pan Pacs held in Guam featured a handful of meet records taking a tumble.
Women's 400 free
Australia's Ellen Fullerton held off a pair of Americans to grab the middle distance title with a time of 4:11.00. That effort held off Andrea Taylor of the U.S., who grabbed silver...
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GUAM, January 9. THE supernova of U.S. swimming, Dagny Knutson, continued to per her stamp on the swimming community as she clinched three gold medals during the second day of swimming at the Junior Pan Pacs.
Meanwhile, several meet records took some serious hits with the U.S., Australia and Japan doing most of the damage.
Women's 100...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 13. THE third night of swimming at the USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals featured some strong performances, including Arden Hills' Katie Edwards earning promotion to six-star status in the
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Women's 1650 free
Salmon Ba...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 11. THE first night of finals featured a double triumph from Salmon Bay's Amber McDermott, 15, at the USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals held in Austin, Texas.
Women's 200 free relay
Baylor's team of Sloan Pitman, Emma Michaels, Alison Lusk and Arden Pitman claimed the victory in 1:32.79. The ...
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Updated December 7, 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 4. WELL, it's time for another
Swimming World Virtual Meet. From time-to-time, when enough strong meets are going on during the same weekend across the world or country, we like to throw them together as it they were the same meet. The top three finishers from each meet are...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 5. AFTER a strong first night of swimming, the second day of preliminary action took place at the USA Swimming Short Course National Championships held in Atlanta.
Women's 200 medley relay
KING's foursome of Leona Jennings, Ariana Kukors, Lindsey Marchand and Kim Jasmer led the way with a time of 1:40.2...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 5. THE second night of finals witnessed the continued emergence of Dagny Knutson at the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals held in Atlanta.
Knutson, who has had a meteoric rise within the ranks of U.S. women's swimming, claimed the American record previously set by Olympian Katie Hoff in the 400-yard IM.
Wom...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, August 2. CHAD La Tourette of Mission Viejo closed the curtains on the U.S. Open with a U.S. Open (not the meet, but the national) record. Meanwhile, Hayley McGregory and Nick Thoman of Longhorn both took serious runs at 100 back world records again during medley relay action.
La Tourette clocked a time of 7:48.38, which...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 30. THE meet record book kept being torched as swimmers took to the pool during the second day of the U.S. Open in Minneapolis.
Tyler Clary of Club Wolverine chopped more than a second off the men's 400 IM meet record with a time of 4:17.02. His time eclipsed the 4:18.32 set by Michael Phelps in 2006. Clark Bur...
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MONTERREY, Mexico, July 13. IF having a strong showing at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha wasn't enough, Dagny Knutson truly made a mark with five gold medals at the World Youth Championships held in Monterrey.
On top of triumphs in the 200 and 400 IM individually, and as a member of the 400 and 800 free relay victories, Knutson capped her...
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