Articles by Jared Anderson

Blueseventy Swim of the Week: Wisconsin’s Holtzen goes 4-for-4 in North California gauntlet

Jenny Holtzen swam the 500 and 1000 frees on consecutive days, winning all four events against top-tier opponents California and Stanford.

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Backstroker Allison Wells of NCAP commits to Grand Valley State Lakers

Allison Wells of the Nation’s Capital Swim Club has verbally committed to swim for Grand Valley State University next season.

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NCAP butterflyer/IMer Carol Zangla verbals to Gardner-Webb

Nation’s Capital Swim Club has landed another swimmer with a Division I program, this time butterflyer/IMer Carol Zangla, who committed to Gardner-Webb University.

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Rockwood backstroker Tennyson Henry commits to LSU

Tennyson Henry will head from the Rockwood Swim Club in Missouri to Louisiana State University next year, the swimmer announced via Instagram.

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Brophy Prep earns 27th straight Arizona state title for boys, Chaparral girls win

Arizona’s Division I high school state championships saw an assault on the state record books, with 11 different state records falling between boys and girls.

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MUSIC VIDEO: Newsome swimming Shakes It Off before Florida high school state

Newsome High School out of Lithia, Florida put together this music video in the lead-up to Florida’s high school state meet.

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: NCAA Champ Ryan Murphy talks Stanford-Wisconsin Double

Murphy talks about his meets against Stanford and Wisconsin last week, plus how he feels about his year so far.

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: American Record Holder Liz Pelton takes us through Wisconsin Dual, Gears up for Georgia Invite

Cal Golden Bear Liz Pelton checked in with SwimSwam after the team’s dual with Wisconsin.

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6 of 12 state records go down at Iowa Girls High School State meet

State records went down in half of the events at the 2014 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union State Championships Saturday, including two apiece to Allyssa Fluit and Maddie Gehrke.

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South Carolina beats ECU, College of Charleston in first meet since CofC’s cut announcement

The University of South Carolina hosted East Carolina University and the College of Charleston Saturday in the first meet for Charleston since the school announced it would be cutting its swimming & diving programs next year.

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Creekside and Chiles win Florida 3A state titles, Haan scares two state records

The Chiles girls and Creekside boys only won 1 event apiece, but still rolled to narrow state titles Saturday.

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Pickrem and Aitchison lead East Lake to Florida girls 4A title, Riverview boys win

Division I commits Lexi Aitchison and Sydney Pickrem(pictured) led East Lake to the Florida class 3A girls state title Friday night, while the boys of Riverview picked up their own state championship.

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VIDEO: Swimming Australia stars take the 100-meter Swim Cap Challenge

Matt Abood and Dave McKeon take on Britt Elmslie and Jess Corones in a new kind of race devised by Swimming Australia.

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Golden Gopher women knock off Florida in Gainesville as Weiland beats Hinds twice

Senior Becca Weiland won two big races against Florida All-American Natalie Hinds to propel the Gophers to a dominating win over Florida.

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Tight finishes as Michigan, Virginia, Penn State women split the PSU triangular

The women’s programs each ended with one win and one loss, while the Michigan men swept all opponents.

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