Articles by Karl Ortegon

UMass Picks Up Freestyler Paige Mitchell of Academy Bullets

Paige Mitchell of the Academy Bullets has verbally committed to the University of Massachusetts. The senior from Lyons Township High…

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Arrowhead and Madison Edgewood Lead WISCA Polls as State Meet Nears

The Wisconsin HS Girls State Championships are approaching rapidly– they’re scheduled for next weekend, November 11th and 12th. As the…

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Loyola Greyhounds Gain Verbals from Alexa Stewart and Emma Schouten

ALEXA STEWART Alexa Stewart of the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club in Rockville, Maryland, has verbally committed to Loyola-Maryland. She’ll join…

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5-Time Olympic Medalist Alicia Coutts Announces Retirement

2012 Olympic gold medalist Alicia Coutts of Australia has announced her retirement from the sport of swimming.

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Kentucky Wildcats Nab In-State Freestyler/IMer Nick Smith

Northern Kentucky Clippers’ Nick Smith has verbally committed to the Kentucky Wildcats’ class of 2021. Smith is a senior at Covington…

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Rice Owls Pick Up Versatile Brittany Bui of First Colony Swim Team

First Colony Swim Team’s Brittany Bui has elected to stay in Texas– she’ll join the Rice class of 2021.

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Finland Names Team for SC World Championships

Matias Koski will compete for Finland at the FINA SC World Championships in December.

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See Where SwimSwam’s Top 20 HS Girls Recruits of 2017 Have Committed

October’s almost over, which means many of the United States’ fastest high school seniors have committed to swim in college….

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2016 IHSAA Runner-Up Katie Hughes Stays In-State, Commits to Purdue

Northridge Area Swimming Association’s (NASA) Katie Hughes has opted to stay local, verbally committing to Purdue University for next fall. Excited to…

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Colorado 5A State Finalist Josh Lenzmeier Commits to ‘Bama

Joshua Lenzmeier of the Rocky Mountain Rapids swim team has verbally committed to the University of Alabama. I chose Alabama…

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BNSC’s Gena Mendez Verbals to LIU-Post

Bloomington Normal Swim Club’s Gena Mendez has verbally committed to LIU-Post’s class of 2021. A senior at University High School in Normal,…

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Rikako Ikee Sets Two More WJR’s in 50 Fly, 100 IM at Tokyo WC

After setting the 100 SCM fly WJR just yesterday, Japanese teenager Rikako Ikee has punched her name down for two more WJR’s– this time in the 50 SCM fly and 100 SCM IM.

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2016 US Jr National Champion Johannes Calloni Verbals to Stanford

Johannes Calloni of Scarlet Aquatics and Saint Peter’s Prep in NJ has verbally committed to Stanford’s class of 2021.

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Alia Atkinson Breaks 50 SCM Breast World Record in Tokyo

Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson has broken the 50 short course meters breaststroke world record at the Tokyo stop of the FINA World Cup Tour.

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Four Days Later, Kyle Chalmers Re-Smashes 100 SCM Free WJR in Tokyo

Kyle Chalmers’ golden Olympic summer has given way to continued success in the short course meters pool on the FINA World Cup Tour this fall.

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