Lawson Ficken

2024 SEC Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The 2024 SEC Championships are slated to get underway in Auburn, Alabama today with diving, the 200 medley relay, and the 800 free relay.

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Auburn Sweeps Swimming Events To Top Arkansas 208-89

Senior Meghan Lee (pictured) was one of Auburn’s double event winners in their SEC match-up against Arkansas on Tuesday.

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Auburn Freshman Lawson Ficken Drops Half-a-Second to Hit Olympic Trials Cut in the 50 free

Auburn freshman Lawson Ficken swam a new best time in the 50 meter free at a long course intrasquad on Wednesday – two weeks after her mid-season invite.

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Ranking The 2023 Women’s NCAA Recruiting Classes: #9-12

The addition of Virginia transfer Claire Tuggle really bolsters USC’s recruiting class, with the freestyle talent still have three years of eligibility.

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2023-24 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: Pre-Season Edition

Fourth last season, the Louisville Cardinals kick off the 2023-24 campaign as SwimSwam’s #3 ranked team in the NCAA.

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Auburn Adds Junior Nationals Qualifier Izzy Iwasyk to Class of 2028

Izzy Iwasyk, a Summer Juniors qualifier and five-time Pennsylvania HS State finalist, has announced her commitment to Auburn University starting in 2024.

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Club Wolverine’s Hannah Bellard Hits PB Of 16:07.53 In The 1650 (Austin Sectionals)

Hannah Bellard, a Michigan commit, dropped nearly four seconds from the best time she set just over a month ago at the Michigan Open.

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Madi Mintenko Becomes 4th-Fastest 15-Yr-Old In 200 FR With 1:43.92 At Austin Sectionals

15-year-old Madi Mintenko from Pikes Peak Athletics now ranks 11th all-time for the girls’ 15-16 age-group in the 200 free.

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15-Year Old Madi Mintenko Wins 100 Free in 48.02 on First Day of Austin Sectional

With over a year left in the 15-16 age group, Mintenko now finds herself ranked as the eleventh fastest performer all-time.

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Auburn Picks Up Winter Juniors Finalist Jade Castro (2023)

USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Jade Castro has announced that she will be joining Auburn’s incoming class this fall.

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Cherry Creek Breaks Colorado Record in 200 Free Relay En Route to Class 5A Three-Peat

Lawson Ficken (pictured) swept the 50 free (22.64) and 100 free (48.77), the latter scaring Missy Franklin’s 5A state record (48.45) from 2012. 

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Five Storylines To Watch At The Winter Junior Championships – West

Set to age up next month, Katie Grimes will aim to etch her name in the girls’ 15-16 NAG record books in Austin at the Winter Junior Championships – West.

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Trials Wave I Finalist Zoey Zeller Makes Verbal Commitment to Auburn

Zoey Zeller, a 1:01/2:11 breaststroker from South Valley Makos in Morgan Hill, CA, has verbally committed to Auburn for 2023-24.

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Maggie McGuire Continues Family Swimming Legacy, Commits to Auburn for 2023

The daughter of a former US National Team member, McGuire will join the Auburn Tigers as a member of their class of 2023.

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Quintin McCarty Swims 42.61 100 Free PB To Open Austin Sectionals

McCarty, who is ranked #14 in SwimSwam’s top recruits of the Class of 2022, will be swimming for NC State starting in the 2021-22 school year.

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