Articles by Anne Lepesant

Hannah Stevens Swims National Team-Worthy 100m Back in Columbia Prelim

Mizzou’s Hannah Stevens dropped a stunning 1:00.66 in prelims of the women’s 100 meter backstroke at Columbia Sectionals. Under the new selection rules, that time would have put her on the 2014-15 US National Team.

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Video of Abbey Weitzeil’s 54.56 100m Free at CA/NV Sectionals

Watch as Abbey Weitzeil of Canyons Aquatic Club wins the women’s 100m free in 54.56 at her home pool during CA/NV Sectionals on Thursday, July 16, 2015.

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Miriam Sheehan Breaks 10&U 100m Fly NAG with 1:08.22

Ten-year-old Miriam Sheehan of Phoenix Swim Club blasted a 1:08.22 to break the 100 meter butterfly NAG during prelims of the Arizona Swimming Long Course Age Group State Championships

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AgonSwim Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/15/2015

Quite a few swimmers punched their first tickets to Olympic Trials over the weekend of July 10-12, 2015. Some of them are here in our AgonSwim Weekly Wonders. Click through to see who made the list.

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Columbia Sectionals Day One – Big Drops, New Olympic Trials Qualifiers

Phillip Willett of Rockwood Swim Club earned his first 2016 Olympic Trials cut in the 200 breast with a 1.6-second drop to earn a silver medal at Columbia Sectionals.

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Brendan Hansen Among 13 to Enter Longhorns’ 2015 Hall of Honor

Swimmers Brendan Hansen, Debbie Risen Hurwitz, and Tori Trees Smith are slated to be inducted into the 2015 Men’s and Women’s Athletics Halls of Honor this September.

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Photo Vault: Los Angeles Invite – Part Two

Kelly Naze and Farida Osman in finals of the 100 fly at LA Invite.

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Photo Vault: Los Angeles Invite – Part One

Matt Grevers of Tucson Ford at start of 50 free prelims.

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AgonSwim Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/8/2015

Check out the the AgonSwim Weekly Wonders for the weekend of July 3-5, 2015.

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World Top-20 Sprinter and Israeli Record-Holder, Ziv Kalontarov, Signs with Auburn

Ziv Kalontarov, who won a gold medal for Israel in the 50 free at the inaugural European Games in Baku, will swim for Auburn in the fall.

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Daria Gutov and Daria Chikunov Each Earn 3rd Golds on Day 3 of Russian Juniors

Daria Gutov (50 back, 100 back, 200 back) and Daria Chikunov (50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast) have claimed three golds in three days of competition at Russian Juniors.

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Daria Gutov Wins 2 Golds in 2 Days at Russian Junior Nationals

Daria Gutov of Saratov Region won both the 200 back and 50 back during the first two days of Russian Junior Nationals in Ruza.

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AgonSwim Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 7/1/2015

There were quite a few first-time Olympic Trials qualifiers over the weekend of June 26-28, 2015. See who made out list of AgonSwim Weekly Wonders.

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AgonSwim Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 6/24/2015

There were a lot of great meets all over the country this past weekend. See who made the list of AgonSwim Weekly Wonders for June 19-21, 2015.

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Cornell Hires Former Longhorn Carlye Ellis as Assistant Coach of Women’s Swimming and Diving

Cornell announced the addition of former Texas All-American Carlye Ellis as assistant coach of the newly-separated women’s team.

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