Articles by Karl Ortegon

USA Wins SwimSwam’s Final Swimming Medal Table Predictions for Rio

The USA is expected to win the most total medals with 28.

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Ella Moynihan Transferring to Miami (OH) After 1 Year with Notre Dame

Miami (Ohio)’s Twitter account has announced this afternoon that Ella Moynihan will be joining their program. Please join us in welcoming Ella…

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IU Picks Up 22.2 LCM 50 Freestyler Bruno Blaskovic from Croatia

Indiana has been snagging big names left and right this summer, making for a whirlwind of a recruiting boost spun…

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Noah Brune Scrambles Up to #6 All-Time in 13-14 Rankings in 1500 Free

2016 FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS – STANFORD Thursday, August 4 – Sunday, August 7, 2016 Palo Alto, CA Stanford University Meet website Psych…

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Makayla Sargent Wins 800 Free at College Park Futures Champs

Makayla Sargent of the Victor Swim Club posted a lifetime best 8:48.31 to win the women’s 800 free at the College Park Futures Championships in Maryland tonight

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Lauren Pitzer Shreds 6.2 Seconds Off of 800 Free PR at Austin Futures

2016 FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS – AUSTIN Thursday, August 4 – Sunday, August 7, 2016 Austin, Texas University of Texas Meet website Psych…

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Tristen Ulett Hits PR Leading Off Dynamo 800 Relay at Atlanta Futures

2016 FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS – ATLANTA Thursday, August 4 – Sunday, August 7, 2016 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech Meet website Psych sheets…

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Leah Hayes and Adele Zyniewicz Break 10&U 100 Free NAG in Same Race

It’s not every day that a swimmer breaks a national age group record, and it’s even rarer to have a…

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Texas A&M’s Mauro Castillo Downs Mexican 200 Breast National Record

Texas A&M junior Mauro Castillo has broken the Mexican record in the 200 breast with his time of 2:13.50 from this past weekend….

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After 19 Years with the Florida Gators, Martyn Wilby Moves to T2

Wilby has now been named the T2 Aquatics Team Director, according to T2 Aquatics Chairman Kevin Erndl.

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Ben Loorz Builds UNLV Staff with Three More Including Lara Jackson

This past May, Ben Loorz was named head coach of the UNLV swimming & diving program following a year of interim coach Bobby…

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All the Links You Need for All Four Futures Championships

Tristen Ulett is one of the young rising stars set to race this weekend.

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Josh Prenot One of Seven Sea Lions on U.S. Olympic Team (Zodiac Stats)

Josh Prenot is a sea lion, and you’ll find out why below.

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The Avg. Team USA Olympic Swimmer is 23.3 Years Old (Birthday Stats)

Sorry, David. You are more than seven years over the average age. Try a little harder.

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Meet the 2016 USA Olympic Swim Team: Jay Litherland

Jay Litherland (left) and Chase Kalisz (right), the American representatives in the men’s 400 IM in Rio.

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