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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, January 18. THE Texas A&M women and Louisiana State men emerged victorious Saturday afternoon after a Southeastern Conference matchup between the two schools. The Aggies came out ahead on the women's side, 168-127, while the LSU men edged A&M, 157.5-142.5. Texas A&M Women's P...

The Southeastern Conference named Florida's Trey Freeman and Kentucky's Geena Freriks as swimmers of the week as we are two weeks away from the SEC Championships from Athens, Georgia. Florida's Kacper Stokowski and Vanessa Pearl were named freshmen of the week by the league office and Arkansas' Broo...

COLUMBIA - Missouri senior Sam Tierney and South Carolina senior Victoria Mitchell were named the Male and Female Swimmers of the Week by the Southeastern Conference, as each were impressive in last weekend's dual meet between Missouri and South Carolina swimming teams. Also named to conference hono...

Zane Waddell has been named Alabama’s men’s nominee for the Southeastern Conference’s H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Postgraduate Scholarship, the school announced Tuesday. Waddell joins softball player Bailey Hemphill as the Crimson Tide’s nominees. The contest awards post-graduate scholarships ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, February 1. THE Texas A&M women's swimming and diving team won all 14 events en route to a dominating win over North Texas this afternoon, 153-97. The Aggies honored seniors Cammile Adams, Erica Dittmer, Breeja Larson, Melanie McClure, Caroline McElhany, Paige Miller and Ally...

It was a cold, dreary day in Columbia, Missouri. The pool at the University of Missouri, however, was the complete opposite as the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships kicked off. Evening finals started with the women's 1-meter diving event. Florida senior Kahlia Warner, who finished sixth at...

By Rebecca Noblett ATHENS, Georgia. February 21. TEXAS A&M took first in all four women's events on a night that saw four new SEC records and a new American and NCAA record in the 100 breast from A&M's Breeja Larson. Georgia's women still lead on points with 1098, but Texas A&M made a good dent in t...

Both of the University of Kentucky’s nominees for the annual H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award are swimmers, the school announced Tuesday. Glen Brown is the school’s men’s representative, while Asia Seidt is the women’s nominee. [caption id="attachment_429329" align="alignleft" width="300"] Gl...

By James Sica, Swimming World Intern The SEC Swimming and Diving Championships psych sheet has been released and is available to view here. With big names such as Georgia, Florida, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and many others, the Southeastern Conference is one of the most competitive in the countr...

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 5. A lot went down last week, including the chase of an American record, the passing of a swimming legend and a world record holder's attempt to get back to the top of the global rankings. Without any further ado, let's get this countdown started with our number five headline. ...

Guest editorial by Olivia Smoliga ATHENS, Georgia, March 26. THIS was an awesome experience. It was really cool. I visited a lot of schools when I was making my choice, and this reaffirms to me that this was the best decision I ever made. I knew going in that Georgia had won a bunch of national cham...

ATHENS, Ga., Jan. 6. SOUTHEASTERN Conference members Katherine Bortenlanger of Alabama and Matt Bricker of Auburn won their respective platform events as the 2002 Georgia Diving Invitational wrapped up Sunday afternoon at the Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens. Bricker built a sizable lead and won the ...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. Some major news came out of the International Swimming League this past week as the league announced a media rights agreement with CBS Sports ahead of this season. The second season of the ISL will primarily take place in Budapest in October as the athletes w...

AUBURN - Alabama's Greek God of Sprinting Kristian Gkolomeev dominated the sprint freestyle tonight, while the Georgia Bulldogs finished night two in the lead in both the men's and women's team races at the Southeastern Conference Championships. Men's Meet Florida had a monster start to the night wi...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Recent University of Florida graduate Caeleb Dressel was awarded the honor of the 2017-18 Roy F. Kramer Southeastern Conference Male Athlete of the Year, the league announced Friday. Dressel and the female winner, South Carolina women’s basketball athlete A’ja Wilson, were select...

By Roots Woodruff TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Oct. 3. ON Friday, October 5, the competition pool of the Alabama Aquatic Center will be named the Don Gambril Olympic Pool after the man who built the Crimson Tide swimming and diving team into a juggernaut in the early 70s. In addition to the naming ceremony, wh...

In a Southeastern Conference women’s showdown, South Carolina swam to a dominant win over Vanderbilt. The Gamecocks outscored the Commodores 165-97. South Carolina got off to a fast start, winning the 400-yard medley relay by over a second. The winning team of backstroker Ashleigh Ferguson, breastst...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. April 18. UNIVERSITY of Georgia Olympic swimmer Kim Black has been named the female recipient of the 2000-2001 H. Boyd McWhorter Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer announced Wednesday. The male winner is Scott Westerfield, a footba...

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott BIRMINGHAM - With two weeks to go until the Southeastern Conference swimming and diving championships, the Florida Swimming Gators showed their dominance by winning two of the six weekly awards bestowed by the conference. Matt Elliott and Caeleb Dressel are the Gator re...