Swimming Technique Misconceptions: Swim Through The Pain Many people believe that it is worth copying the technique of the fastest swimmers. In reality, even the fastest swimmers have technique limitations,
By Delaney Lanker, Swimming World College Intern Day two of the 2016 Pleasant Prairie Speedo Sectionals Championships were competed today. The men’s and women’s 100 back, 100 breast, 200 free,
By Cathleen Pruden, Swimming World College Intern A slew of professional swimmers won a majority of the events tonight at the Plantation Sectionals, but many other swimmers also made their
Queens’ Dion Dreesens (1:32.63), Ben Taylor (1:36.26), Nick Arakelian (1:36.27), and Parker Cook-Weeks (1:38.46) won the men’s 800-yard free relay in 6:23.62 at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships. Their time broke their own NCAA
Wingate’s Sofia Petrenko dropped more than two seconds from her prelim swim to win the women’s 200-yard fly at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships in 1:57.94. The junior broke the NCAA D
Queens’ Dion Dreesens dropped nearly four seconds from his record-breaking prelims swim to win the men’s 500-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships in 4:17.09. The junior’s time crushed his own DII
Queens’ Patricia Castro Ortega dominated the women’s 500-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships in 4:39.28, winning by nearly nine seconds. The senior’s time broke her own NCAA D II record of
Fifteen records have been broken so far at the 2016 NCAA Division II National Championships in Indianapolis, and four of those were set tonight. Queens’ Patricia Castro Ortega broke her third DII
Garrett Weber-Gale, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has joined Nitro Swimming as a stabilizing force as he helps the squad’s national team and elite swimmers through this summer. “We chose
By Delaney Lanker, Swimming World College Intern A swim team’s coaching staff goes far beyond the head coach. We have assistant coaches, strength trainers, athletic trainers and volunteer coaches with
