Articles by Karl Ortegon

Virginia to Travel to Chapel Hill for Annual Battle with UNC Tar Heels

Fresh off of a medal-earning summer in Rio, Leah Smith will lead the Virginia women into the 2016-17 season in her senior year.

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2016 Jr Pan Pacs Day 1 Prelims Recap: Kibler Hops to #4 15-16 in 200FR

2016 JUNIOR PAN PACIFIC SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday August 24th-Saturday August 27th Maui, Hawaii, United States of America Prelims – 9 am local…

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Duke Swimming & Diving Releases 2016-17 Meet Schedule

Senior Ashleigh Shanley will head into her final year with Duke as their top returning breaststroker.

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Katie Ledecky to Throw Out First Pitch at Washington Nationals Game

We’ve seen Katie Ledecky crown herself Olympic champion on multiple occasions and smash world records the past couple weeks in Rio,…

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Caeleb Dressel Returns to Clay HS to Speak About Rio Olympics (VIDEO)

Clay High School, where Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel went before making the jump to the University of Florida, posted a video…

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Tiffany Clay the Third Assistant Added to Neal Studd’s Staff at FSU

After announcing the additions of Ozzie Quevedo and Dan Carrington to the FSU coaching staff, head coach Neal Studd will also bring on Tiffany…

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Daniel Gyurta Among Four Athletes Named to IOC’s Athletes’ Commission

Hungarian breaststroker and former world record holder Daniel Gyurta is among four Olympic athletes named to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s “Athletes’…

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SwimSwam Rio Olympics Awards: Phelps and Ledecky Swimmers of the Meet

The Olympics are over in the pool. Here are SwimSwam’s award for the swimmers who swam out of their minds…

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Twitter Recap: Phelps’ Final Swim, a Gold, Lights Up Twitter

The United States ended with 16 of the 33 total gold medals, and Michael Phelps finished off his career with his…

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USA 16 Gold Medals in Swimming, Rest of World Wins 17

Michael Phelps won his 24th gold medal, and swam his final race on the Olympic stage tonight.

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See Phelps’ Entire 200 IM Gold… From the Underwater Cam

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Swimming: August 6-13 Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro…

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Rio Day 7 Medal Table: Tonight Highlights American Dominance

In one of the most exciting races of these Games, Dirado won the 200 back over the Iron Lady.

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Twitter Recap: America Rules Twitterverse on Night 7

Anthony Ervin, the youngest AND oldest Olympic champion in history.

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South America: Medeiros’ Perseverance Inspires on Night 7

Etiene Medeiros (left) is Brazil’s last individual hope for the podium in pool swimming.

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Africa Recap: Coventry Caps Off Historic Olympic Appearance in 200 BK

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has had an illustrious career– the 32-year-old, who just finished her last race of her 5th Olympics, has cemented herself as one of the greatest African athletes ever.

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