Articles by Karl Ortegon

Freeman Scratches 200 IM to Focus on 500 Free Battle at Juniors – East

Baylor Swim Club’s Trey Freeman has scratched out of the 200 IM, where he went a 1:50.50 for 20th place this morning.

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Just One Scratch for Day 2 Finals at 2017 Winter Juniors – West

Davis Aquadarts sprinter Amalie Fackenthal, who raced the 200 IM and 50 free this morning, has scratched out of the 200 IM.

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Fort Collins Girls Drop a Second Off of 15-18 200 Medley Relay NAG

Zoe Bartel split a 27.08 swimming breaststroke on the relay tonight.

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WATCH: All Race Videos from the 2017 U.S. Winter Nationals

Zane Grothe dismantled two American records last week, and you can watch the action from those races, along with all of the rest of the race videos from Winter Nationals, right here.

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St. Xavier High School’s Justin Grender Splits 19.5 at Intrasquad Meet

At St. Xavier High School’s intrasquad meet to kick off the 2017-18 season, senior Justin Grender lit up the pool with…

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USC Commit Alexei Sancov Drops 42/1:33/4:14 Free Times at Husky Invite

Alexei Sancov, who has committed to swim for USC next season and currently trains with the Terrapins Swim Team, swam his way to best times in several events at the 2017 Husky Invite last weekend.

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U.S. Winter Nationals: Day 3 Prelims Scratch Report

Mark Szaranek won’t swim the 400 IM at Winter Nationals this morning in Columbus.

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Andrew Seliskar in IM and Breast, but No 200 Fly at UGA Invite

Andrew Seliskar is racing the 100 and 200 breast, but no 200 fly this weekend.

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USA Swimming Releases 2018 Junior Pan Pac Selection Procedures

USA Swimming has released the selection criteria for the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships. Athletes, as per usual, will be…

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First Looks: Ranking the Incoming NCAA Men’s Classes of 2022

Alex Zettle is one of many top-end commits for the incoming Texas class of 2022.

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First Looks: Ranking the Incoming NCAA Women’s Classes of 2022

Allie Raab is one of the many stars heading to The Farm next fall.

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Seto, Kosuke and Kalisz to Duel at 2nd Annual Lausanne Cup

2017 LAUSANNE CUP Lausanne, Switzerland December 20-21, 2017 Meet central A lengthy list of stars are set to compete in…

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Butterflier Ben Puglessi Commits to Seton Hall

Ben Puglessi of the Rapids Area Y Swimmers has signed an NLI with Seton Hall University, as he’ll relocate from…

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Renowned Pine Crest Coach Jay Fitzgerald Retiring After 2017-18 Season

Jay Fitzgerald will step down and retire after 23 years as the program director and head coach of Pine Crest…

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Sweden Sends 24, Highlighted by Sjöström, to Euro SC Champs

13 women and 11 men will represent Sweden at the 2017 European Short Course Championships from December 13-17 in Copenhagen,…

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