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By Andrew Jovanovic, Swimming World College Intern Whether it’s something you want to acknowledge or not, there exists a culture of tattoos in the sport of swimming. Unlike other sports, it is almost impossible (unless you are pretty creative) to hide a tattoo. Since we stretch, train, and compete w...

CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia, January 18. THE Virginia Tech men's swimming and diving team swept Harvard and Wisconsin and beat Virginia for the first time in more than 32 years as the Hokies wrapped up a two-day dual meet this afternoon. Meanwhile, Virginia women swept all three of their dual meets ove...

Photo Credit: Griffin Scott MADISON - Drew Teduits, Nick Schafer and Matt Hutchins each set individual pool records Friday night to lead the Wisconsin swimming and diving teams to a sweep of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Badger men came out ahead 145-93, while the women's team picked up a 137-72 victory....

This week, the awards for Big Ten Swimmer of the Week went to Wisconsin senior Cannon Clifton and Michigan sophomore Yirong Bi. Read more about all award-winners below. Swimmer of the Week Cannon Clifton, Wisconsin Sr. - Irving, Texas - The Woodlands Collected three first-place finishes to lift Wisc...

Photo Courtesy: Shanda Crowe/ProSwimVisuals.com MADISON - The Indiana swimming and diving teams hold comfortable leads over both Notre Dame and Wisconsin after the first day of racing at the UW Natatorium, winning 13 of the 20 events contested to take the lead in both dual meets on the men's and wom...

Photo Credit: Griffin Scott MADISON - The Indiana men's and women's swimming teams closed out their two-day tri-meet with Wisconsin and Notre Dame by sweeping both teams at the UW Natatorium. Both Wisconsin teams swept Notre Dame in their head-to-head match-ups. Indiana Press Release It was a sweep ...

By Dan D’Addona. The Big Ten swimming season continues with several key matchups this week. Here is what to watch for: Meet of the Week: Minnesota vs. Wisconsin The top showdown in the Big Ten comes on Thursday this week as Wisconsin faces rival Minnesota. Both Wisconsin teams are coming off narrow ...

Photo Credit: David Farr PALO ALTO - The Stanford swimming and diving teams picked up two victories Saturday afternoon as both the men's and women's teams downed Wisconsin at Avery Aquatic Center. The Cardinal women came out on top, 145-91, while the men earned a 148-90 victory. Stanford swept both ...

Commentary By Michael J. Stott The last swimmer into the wall at the men's NCAA swimming championships was Indiana’s Sam Lorentz. His 42.88 split cemented an eighth-place finish in the 400 free relay and seventh place team finish for the resurgent Indiana Hoosiers. In reality, there were no losers a...

Katherine Drabot of Ozaukee Aquatics started day two of the Minneapolis Sectionals off with a new pool and meet record in the women's 200-meter free. Drabot's time of 1:59.25 replaced her own meet record of 2:01.52 from 2014 and Abby Jagdfeld's pool record of 2:00.80, also from 2014. Danielle Valley...

Photo Credit: Griffin Scott LOS ANGELES - The Wisconsin men's swimming and diving team upset the University of Southern California by the slimmest of margins on Friday night, winning the final 400 free relay to top the Trojans by one point, 131.5-130.5. Meanwhile, the USC women handled Wisconsin eas...

By Dan D'Addona. The No. 12 Wisconsin women lost a close one 164-135 to No. 11 Auburn. The men’s meet was even closer as No. 6 Auburn defeated No. 16 Wisconsin 156-144. The Badgers ruled the freestyle events, winning all four in the men’s meet. That is going to be a strength for the Wisconsin men al...

Michigan and Indiana traded blows and Ohio State got into the mix at the Men's Big Ten meet on Friday morning at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center in West Lafayette, Indiana. Michigan started off strong with three A-finalists in the 400 IM led by senior Dylan Bosch at 3:41.75. He was joined in the fina...