Articles by Anne Lepesant

SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 4/30/2014

A lot of new names made Weekly Wonders for April 25-27, 2014. Click through to see who’s on the list.

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2014 California Community College Swim and Dive State Championships: Fan Guide

John Bing of Santa Rosa College will be one of the competitors at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championship in Los Angeles from May 1-3.

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Photo Vault: When Student-Athletes Are Also Artists – 2014 SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival

SCAD Savannah’s men’s and women’s swimming teams were among the competitors in the 33rd Annual SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival this past weekend at Forsyth Park in Downtown Savannah.

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Twenty-two World Records Fall at 28th International German Championships

Pictured is Jessica Long’s 100m fly gold medal from the 28th International German Championships in Berlin. Long set a world record in the event in prelims.

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Los Angeles Bids for 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Artist’s rendering of Olympic venues from Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games’ bid for the 2024 Olympics.

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SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 4/23/2014

Although there were only a few meets over Easter weekend, we nonetheless noticed some great swims. See who made the list for the weekend of April 18-20, 2014.

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Mexico Earthquake Rocks Swimming Pool

And you thought meet warmups were bad… how ‘bout these waves?!

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Twelve Swimmers/Divers Make the 2013-14 Winter Academic All-Ivy Team

The Ivy League released its list of student-athletes selected for 2013-14 Academic All-Ivy honors in its winter sports today. Of the 80 members of the Academic All-Ivy roster, six men and six women came from Swimming & Diving.

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SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 4/16/2014

There were a lot of new names this week; some were finishing short course season, some were getting started with long course. Read below to find out who made the WWAGS Daring Dozen for the weekend of April 11-13, 2014.

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First-Time Champions, Plus Manaudou, Muffat, Highlight Last Day of French Championships in Chartres

French long course nationals concluded today in Chartres with wins from Florent Manaudou and Camille Muffat, as well as three first-time champions.

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CN Marseille Sweeps Top 5 Places in an Exciting Men’s 100 Free Final on Day Five of Nationals in Chartres

Florent Manaudou and the rest of the French sprinters lived up to their hype in a very exciting 100 free final at French National Long Course Championships in Chartres.

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Bogdanovski of Johns Hopkins and Josa of Queens Named Bluegrass Mountain Conference Swimmers of the Year

Ana Bogdanovski (left) of Johns Hopkins University and Matt Josa of Queens University Charlotte were named 2014 Bluegrass Mountain Conference Swimmers of the Year.

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France Continues to Fill its Roster for Euros on Day Four of Nationals in Chartres

The French National Long Course Championship in Chartres has concluded its fourth day by crowning new national champions in women’s 50 breast, 200 IM, and 100 back and in men’s 1500, 200 breast and 200 fly.

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SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 4/9/2014

That’s the last of it. With the exception of high school swimming in California, short-course season is officially over. See who made the Daring (Baker’s) Dozen for the weekend of April 4-6, 2014.

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Muffat Doubles; Lacourt, Manaudou Pick Up Wins on Day Three of French Nationals in Chartres

Camille Muffat at 2014 French National Championships. Photo courtesy of Camille Muffat Officiel on Facebook.

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