Articles by Anne Lepesant

2024 Ivy League Men’s Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

Yale is in second place as we head into Day 2 finals in Blodgett Pool.

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2024 Men’s Ivy Championships: Day 2 Up/Mid/Downs: Harvard Steamrolls Through Prelims

Marcus Holmquist and the rest of his Crimson teammates had a huge morning on Day 2 of the 2024 Ivy League Men’s Championships.

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2024 Ivy League Men’s Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

The first day of individual competition begins at 11:00 on Thursday in Blodgett Pool. We’ve got heats of 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 1m diving.

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2024 Ivy League Men’s Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

It’s Day 1 of 2024 Ivy League Men’s Championships and we’re beginning with 200 medley and 800 free relays at Blodgett Pool.

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2024 Ivy League Men’s Fan Guide: Another Nailbiter – Can Princeton Dethrone Harvard?

Harvard pencils out to a 50-point advantage over Princeton, but the Tigers are hoping to stop Harvard’s 6-in-a-row streak.

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2024 Women’s Ivy Championships: Day 4 Up/Mid/Downs: Harvard Closing the Gap; Yale 3rd

Harvard led Day 4 prelims with 14 A-finalists but it won’t be enough to knock Princeton off the top of the standings.

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2024 SEC Championships: Day 5 Prelims Scratches – Stege out of 1650; Ivey Drops 100

Rachel Stege of Georgia has scratched out of the 1650 free on Day 5 at SEC Championships; it would have been her 3rd individual event.

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Mona McSharry Splits 55.95 Breast on Tennessee Medley Relay; 2nd-Fastest in History

Mona McSharry became the second woman in history -behind only Lilly King- to break 56 seconds in a 100 breast relay split.

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Florida Freshman Jonny Marshall Throws Down NCAA-Leading 44.12 100 Back

Florida freshman Jonny Marshall is now the 11th-fastest performer of all-time in the 100 yard backstroke.

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Bella Sims Downs SEC Record in 200 Fly with 1:51.45 to Kick off Day 4 Finals

Bella Sims rewrote the record books on Friday night, taking down the previous SEC, SEC championship meet, and Florida school records.

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2024 Women’s Ivy Championships: Day 3 Up/Mid/Downs: Princeton Still Leads, but It’s Tighter

Dartmouth freshman Carinn Bethea made the A final of the 200 free on Friday in Providence.

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The Absurdity of a 200 Fly Swim-off

South Carolina turned out to cheer on Rateb Hussein in his 200 fly swim-off at the end of Friday’s prelims session.

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Mona McSharry Clocks a Meet Record of 57.06 in Prelims on Day 4 at SEC Championships

Mona McSharry went 57.06 in prelims of the 100 breast on Friday morning, lowering the meet and pool records and coming with .19 of her personal best.

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Baylor Nelson: “I’m Just A Big Racer; I Like to Step Up and Compete” (Video Interview)

Texas A&M sophomore Baylor Nelson talked to SwimSwam’s Anne Lepesant about his 200 IM win at SECs on Wednesday.

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2024 Ivy League Women’s Championships: Day 2 Up/Mid/Downs: Yale Makes Move on Brown

Yale, locked in a battle with Brown for 3rd place, had a huge morning on Day 2 of 2024 Women’s Ivy Championships.

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