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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 29. IT's been just two days since the last update, and we've been swamped with news on recent verbal commitments as part of the College Recruit Rankings.
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Dan O'Connor made the choice to head to North Carolina for his collegiate y...
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SYRACUSE, New York, February 28. THE Alfred University men's swimming and diving team wrapped up its third straight Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association (UNYSCSA) championship Saturday. The Saxons scored 1,149 points to outdistance runner-up Ithaca (1,063 points) and third-place RPI (1,035).
The Saxons earned their fourth sta...
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SYRACUSE, New York, February 27. THE Alfred University men's swimming and diving team remained in first place after Friday's second day of action at the Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association (UNYSCSA) championships, being held Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.
AU seniors Brian Agro (Gray,...
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SYRACUSE, New York, February 21. THE Ithaca women's swimming & diving team won the state championship in addition to the Empire 8 title as the Upper New York State Collegiate Swimming Association / Empire 8 Championship concluded at Nottingham High School. The Bombers scored 1,338 over the three days of competition. It was Ithaca's 10th con...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, February 21. WITH the winner of the men's 400-free relay poised to take home the title, Notre Dame inched by Louisville to win its second straight BIG EAST Championship with 782.5 points at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis, Ind. The Fighting Irish women won their 13th straight title in commanding f...
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WEST POINT, New York, January 31. THE Colgate men's swimming and diving team wrapped up the season by splitting decisions in a tri-meet, Saturday afternoon at Crandall Pool on the campus of the United States Military Academy. The Raiders downed Patriot League rival Lafayette 191-100, but fell to Army 185-102 in the double dual. Meanwhile, the C...
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AMHERST, Massachusetts, January 26. ASHLEY Bottger (Weston, Conn.) and Erica Derlath (Garden City, N.Y.) each set Joseph Rogers Pool records, Saturday afternoon as the Colgate women's swimming & diving team downed the University of Massachusetts 171-127 to remain undefeated.
Derlath established the new Rogers Pool standard in the 1650 free a...
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HAMILTON, New York, January 25. TUCKER Gniewek (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) posted three of four individual victories for Colgate, but it wasn't enough as Binghamton handed the Raiders a 158-136 defeat in men's swimming action, Saturday afternoon at Lineberry Natatorium.
Colgate, 1-6 overall, pressed the visiting Bearcats the entire meet. Bin...
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LEWISBURG, Pennyslvania, January 10. ERIN McGraw (Penfield, N.Y.), Emily Murphy (Syracuse, N.Y.), Ashley Bottger (Weston, Conn.), and Caren Guyett (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) were all triple winners as Colgate remained undefeated on the season with a 191.5-106.5 victory over Bucknell, Saturday afternoon at Kinney Natatorium.
The Raiders won 13 of 1...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 26. OVER the next week,
Swimming World Magazine will take a look back at the
Flash Stories from the past year. Today, here are the top stories that earned that special designation in January and February:
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina, November 20. SOUTH Carolina senior Sharntelle McLean broke a 20-year-old school record in the 50-yard freestyle, grabbing a provisional NCAA qualifying time in the process, as the Gamecocks finished day one of the inaugural Gamecock Invitational with the men in second place with 226.5 points and the women in third. Fellow ...
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SARASOTA, Florida, November 6. AFTER a long and valiant struggle with emphysema, Alan Ford, one of swimming's all-time greats, died November 3. Born in Panama City, he moved to Sarasota, Fla., from Midland, Mich., 20 years ago.
Ford attended Panama Canal Zone schools (BHS '41), Mercersburg Academy (PA) and graduated from Yale Universi...
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HAMILTON, New York, November 1. ERICA Derlath (Garden City, N.Y.) won two events and broke two Lineberry Natatorium pool records to pace the Colgate women's swimming & diving team to a convincing 209-79 victory over visiting Patriot League rival Lehigh, Saturday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks downed the Raiders in men's competition 162-136....
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WEST POINT, New York. October 17. THE Marist Red Foxes men's swimming and diving team began the defense of their most recent Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) title, as the team competed at the Black Knight Invitational hosted by Army. The Syracuse Orange are also participating in the event.
In the men's 1,000-yd. freestyle Maris...
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 20. THE last night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectional held on the campus of Penn State came to a close.
Joanna Thomas of GCIT Swimming cruised in the women's 800 free with a time of 8:55.97. Lindsay Vrooman, 16, of Pine Richland finished second in 9:04.15, while Courtney Otto, 15, of Star Swimming ...
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 18. A variety of clubs wound up with gold medals at the end of the night of the USA Swimming Sectional held on the campus of Penn State.
Kelly Nelson of Penn State won the women's 200 free in 2:04.25, while Megan Steeves (2:05.41) and Joanna Thomas of GCIT Swimming (2:06.45) rounded out the top three.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 17. ABBY Hoisington downed the first meet record of the weekend at the USA Swimming Sectional held at Penn State University.
Hoisington clocked a time of 1:11.79 in the women's 100 breast to dip under the 1:12.07 set by Alicia Aemisegger in 2007. Annie Zhu, 13, of Laguardia Aquatics wound up second in 1:1...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 4. THE Wednesday edition of
The Morning Swim Show looks ahead to a hotly-contested battle for Olympic gold and looks back at a story of three swimming brothers.
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Host Peter Busch ope...
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TEMPE, Arizona, May 14. IN an article in the
Arizona Republic, Jason Skoda and Richard Obert collected several reactions from impacted student-athletes after a meeting with Arizona State Athletics Director Lisa Love.
Yesterday, Love met with members of the men's swimming, tennis and wrestling programs to discuss ASU's decision to...
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SYRACUSE, New York, March 31. SAVE Syracuse Swimming and Diving Foundation, Ltd. was incorporated on March 21 as a New York State not-for-profit corporation. Its officers include prominent alumni, professionals, and community members at large, who are committed to the Foundation's mission: "To ensure the preservation, development and long...
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