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Queens (Charlotte), with its sweep of the team titles at the NCAA Division II Championships, also took home all of the major swimming awards sponsored by the College Swim Coaches Association of America. Female Diver of the Meet: Elizabeth Rawlings, Wayne State Diving Coach of the Meet (Women’s): Kel...

PLANTATION, Florida, March 16. THE final night of action at the Plantation, Fla. stop of the Speedo Champions Series is in the books. It proved to be another exciting night of swimming as 14-year-old Michael Andrew added another National Age Group record to his collection and Club Wolverine’s Emily ...

On day four of the 2016 Spanish summer championships, a number of swimmers made their way onto the podium again. Melani Costa won the women's 100 freestyle in 55.67 ahead of Marta Gonzalez in 55.90. Bronze went to 200 freestyle runner up Patricia Castro Ortega in 56.33. Costa then posted a 2:11.12 t...

By Seren Jones, Swimming World College Intern Both the men's and women's teams of Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.) captured their first ever NCAA titles at this year's meet, which was held in Indianapolis, Ind. from March 11-14. The Queens Royals also swept the individual awards at the meet, wi...

Queens’ Patricia Castro-Ortega lowered her own NCAA D II record again in the women's 200-yard IM at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships, winning the event in 1:55.63. The senior’s time was 1.5 seconds faster than her record-breaking time this morning. West Florida’s Theresa Michalak took second ...

Queens’ Patricia Castro Ortega won the women's 400-yard IM en route to breaking her own NCAA DII record at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships. The senior’s time of 4:08.56 was nearly six seconds ahead of the rest of the field and four seconds faster than her morning swim. Her previous record of...

Following a triumphant four days of action, Queens (Charlotte) will be hosting a welcome home part in Charlotte this evening. Meanwhile, the CSCAA named its NCAA D2 awards, including Patricia Castro Ortega and Dion Dreesens of Queens both being named swimmers of the meet. Queens Press Release: The Q...

PLANTATION, Florida, March 15. MICHAEL Andrew downed another National Age Group record – this time, his own record in the 100 back – and Theresa Michalak and Michael Klueh picked up their third wins of the weekend during the third night of swimming at the Speedo Champions Series in Plantation. Clara...

With the first round of invitationals done, the top times list have basically been rewritten as teams all over the country have put on suits for the first time this season. Top ten teams Drury, Queens, Cal Baptist, Oklahoma Baptist, Fresno Pacific and Indianapolis were all in action on the weekend. ...

Three of the nation's top Division III swimming schools will be going up against Division II schools of equal caliber this weekend. At the end of last year on the men's side, Emory ranked third, TCNJ ranked seventh and Rowan eleventh. For the women, Emory won the NCAA team title once again, claiming...

With conference season now in full swing among NCAA teams, it was almost impossible to find pick the best swim of the week. And in a sense, we didn’t. This week’s performance of the week goes to Queens sophomore Patricia Castro Ortega, who put on an incredible show at the Bluegrass Conference Meet t...

NCAA Division II Champions Dion Dreesens and Patricia Castro-Ortega have been named Bluegrass Mountain Conference Swimmers of the Year after their impressive performances at the conference championships last February. Castro-Ortega set a string of NCAA DII records to become a six-time national champ...

Queens' Patricia Castro-Ortega started the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships with a new NCAA DII record in the 200 IM to take the top seed heading into tonight’s final. Her time of 1:57.19 crushed her own record of 1:58.60 she set last year. West Florida’s Theresa Michalak was the other swimmer un...

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As we continue to move deeper into the fall, some of the biggest names in Division II swimming are starting to show their strengths as bigger match-ups start to pop up on the schedule. Take a look below to see previews of some of the biggest meets in Division II swimming & diving for this week! Meet...

By Andy Ross, Swimming World College Intern The NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships concluded this weekend with a slew of new records. Below is a list of the national records broken from this meet and the previous records before this meet: Women's 200 IM: Patricia Castro Ortega (Queens)...

CHARLOTTE - Queens Swimming went to town on the NCAA Division II record books tonight at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships. Queens' Patricia Castro Ortega (1:46.58), Caroline Arakelian (1:48.26), McKenzie Stevens (1:51.08) and Lillian Gordy (1:50.34) then torched the NCAA D2 record in ...

Queens’ Patricia Castro Ortega had a strong last 50 at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships to take the win in the women's 100-yard free in 48.54. The senior broke her own NCAA D II record of 48.92 she set last year at this meet. This is her fourth individual win and fourth DII record this weeken...

Patricia Castro-Ortega of Queens University of Charlotte is a new national record holder for Division II swimming. The sophomore set a record in the women's 400-yard individual medley on Saturday evening. Queens University of Charlotte was competing at the two day Wingate Fall Frenzy. Castro-Ortega ...

This week was full of fast swimming from Division II, with their NCAA meet underway in Indianapolis and records falling left and right. Queens University defended their team titles on both the men’s and women’s sides, and all in all a staggering seventeen NCAA Division II records were broken through...