Articles by Alesha Breckon

College Meet Round Up 10/30/15-11/1/15

Below is a list of the some of the D1 meets we covered this weekend and how everything shook out in the final analysis:

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Rice Split Dual Meets at Home; Distance Swimmers Shine

Rice split home dual meets this weekend, taking down North Texas on Friday 139-67 and falling to the SMU Mustangs on Saturday 152-136.

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Mean Green Win on the Road, Cougars Sweep Diving Events

The North Texas Mean Green took down the Houston Cougars on the road this Saturday 164.50-135.50. The Mean Green took…

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Nathaniel Hartley Chosen as Featured Athlete by Gatorade

Check out this video from Gatorade’s “Win From Within” series, featuring Nathaniel Hartley.  Hartley is a 16 year old from South…

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College Meet Preview: 10/29/15-11/1/15

Below are a list of the D1 meets we’ll be covering over the Halloween weekend. If we missed a meet, please leave it in the comments for us and we’ll get it added.

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College Swimming Meet Recap: Air Force & Duke Take Home Big Wins

In a battle of Southern private universities, Tulane defeated Vanderbilt 186-111. The Carolina’s also had a local dual where both…

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Marshall Upsets Cincinnati in Dramatic Fashion

Marshall University’s win over the University of Cincinnati came down to the very last event of the meet. The team of Lauren Cowher, Maggie Stovall, Gloriya Mavrova, and Chloe Parsemain took the final event of the meet, touching out Cincinnati by just over a second, and giving the Thundering Herd a meet win in dramatic fashion. The final score showed 126-117.

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Texas A&M Aggies Topple Mean Green in Home Opener

This strong showing from the nationally ranked Aggies moved them to a 9th consecutive home win record. They also advanced their over all record against North Texas to 16-0. The Aggies finished 4th at NCAA’s last year, edging the Virginia Cavaliers out of that spot in the last session. Last year, North Texas did not score at NCAA’s

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Ohio State Hype Video Released

The Ohio State University has released their 2015-2016 Hype video to promote their Swimming & Diving program

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College Meet Preview 10/19/15-10/24/15

College Meet Preview 10/19/15-10/24/15

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FIU Sweep Conference Honors

This week Conference USA announced that Florida International University has been awarded both the Swimmer and Diver of the week…

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Pitt’s Hype Video is Sure to Pump You Up!

Check out the Pitt Panther’s 2015-2016 Hype Video. So far this season, Pittsburgh has had some stand out performances. Junior…

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College Swimming Meet Recap: Cottrell & Worrell Top NCAA Charts

This weekend saw several swims that top the NCAA charts this season. At the SMU Classic, Andee Cottrell’s 200 breast and Kelsi Worrell’s 100 free are both top in the nation. Texas and Florida International competed in multiple dual meets won each meet that they contested this weekend.

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Host Team Moves to 5-0 Season at FIU’s Dual-a-Palooza

In the third and final installment of Florida International University’s Dual-a-Palooza, the Rice Owls and FIU Panthers repeated their wins in the morning, but traded opponents. . The meet features four teams (FIU, Rice, FAU, Miami-Fla) that compete simultaneously in three separate sessions. Scoring is in a straight head-to-head dual meet format.

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FIU’s Dual-a-Palooza, Day 2 Recap

In the second of three installments of Florida International University’s Dual-a-Palooza, the Rice Owls and FIU Panthers came out on…

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