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Emma Reaney Lowers Pool Record, Notre Dame Leads Shamrock Invitational

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick NOTRE DAME - Notre Dame's Emma Reaney established a new Rolfs Aquatic Center record in the women's 200 IM, while the Notre Dame women's 400 medley relay and Iowa men's 400 medley relay also set new pool records during the first night of racing at the Shamrock Invitation...

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ACC Weekly Recap: NC State Tunes Up for Showdown with Texas

This weekend's action around the ACC featured the Louisville Cardinals in action in Knoxville, where they pulled off an impressive sweep of the Volunteers Thursday afternoon. Between Friday and Saturday, Miami, Notre Dame, Pitt, NC State and Duke were all in action, and most impressive were the Wolf...

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Justin Plaschka Sweeps Sprint Free Events At Buffalo Sectionals

By Erin Quinn BUFFALO, New York, July 27. THEY came, they swam, they broke records, made national and junior national cut times and said goodbye to Super Speedo Sectionals in Buffalo, until the next time they meet again at some pool, somewhere, chasing the black line and a dream. Team Pittsburgh, wh...

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Irish Rising: Notre Dame Swimming Setting Bedrock Under Mike Litzinger

Morning Splash by David Rieder. Mike Litzinger remembers the first time the Notre Dame women’s and men’s teams swam a combined practice under his leadership: December 18, 2015. “It was probably the best practice I’ve seen our group do,” he said. “The kids were excited. We were mixed in. It was a tea...

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ACC Saturday Recap: Notre Dame Upsets Louisville; FSU, Minnesota Split

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish scored a pair of upset dual meet wins over highly-touted Louisville Saturday morning in South Bend, Ind., as the first full weekend of ACC swimming dual meets wrapped up. The Fighting Irish won the women's meet by a massive 181.5 to 118.5 margin, while the men won a tig...

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ACC Weekly Preview: Defending Champion Wolfpack Make Their Debut

Through the first two full weeks of ACC swimming and diving action, only one team has yet to compete in a meet: the defending conference champion NC State Wolfpack. That changes Friday evening, when NC State hosts conference (and geographic) rival Duke along with Penn State in a home meet in Raleigh...

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ACC Friday Recap: Notre Dame, Pitt Sweep; NC State Leads

So far this week in ACC swimming and diving, Notre Dame and Pitt have each swept their meets, North Carolina has split with South Carolina and NC State leads after day one of their meet against Wisconsin. North Carolina at South Carolina In a Thursday battle of the Carolinas, North and South split a...

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Michigan Swimming and Diving Teams Take Down Notre Dame, Northwestern

Photo Credit: Griffin Scott ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan swimming and diving teams had a strong showing Saturday afternoon against Northwestern and Notre Dame, as both squads picked up wins over the Wildcats and Fighting Irish. The Northwestern women and men also beat Notre Dame in the tri...

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Notre Dame Men's Swimming Upends Michigan State

Photo Credit: Notre Dame Athletics EAST LANSING - The Notre Dame men's swimming and diving squad cruised to a non-conference win over host Michigan State on Friday night, 171-127. The Fighting Irish move to 3-2 on the season in the team's final tune-up before the Iowa Hawkeye Invitational next month...