Articles by Karl Ortegon

Tickets for NCAA D1 Championships Go On Sale on Monday

Ryan Murphy (Cal) is an Olympic hopeful in the 100 and 200 back. We’ll get a chance to see him race in the short course pool before he works towards making the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team this summer.

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Virginia Tech H2Okies Training Trip to Ft. Lauderdale (VIDEO)

Watch Virginia Tech’s training trip video above.

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Aussie Kylie Palmer Suffers Hand Injury, Must Sit Out 2-3 Weeks

Australian Kylie Palmer, whose last few years have already been marred by a positive doping test and back-and-forth controversy between…

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #2 Missy & Katie’s 1st OLY. Golds

Katie Ledecky (gold) and Missy Franklin (bronze) picked up medals in the 200 free at the 2015 World Champs; an event we could see them face off in again in the finals in Rio.

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Florida Men, Women Sweep Florida State in Long Course Dual

Caeleb Dressel turned in an Olympic Trials cut in the 100 fly, helping UF to a big victory over FSU.

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It’s the Olympic Year; Before Rio, There’s Trials

Canadian teenager and national record holder Emily Overholt (above) is at the forefront of a talented young Canadian team, and this year she’ll try to make her first Olympic team.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Katie Ledecky, Female Swimmer of the Year

Katie Ledecky continues to shock the world year by year, and 2015 was no different.

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2015 Swammy Awards: Carmel High Girls, High School Team of the Year

Amy Bilquist, now one of Cal’s top sprinters, was a key part of Carmel’s hugely successful 2014-15 season in Indiana.

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #2 The Zane Grothe Warmup Special

Zane Grothe burst onto the national scene this summer after winning the 400m free at U.S. Nationals. But what is his key to fast racing? It’s all in the warmup.

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13-Year-Old Ethan Dang Swims 3rd-Fastest 13-14 200 Breast in History

At last weekend’s Pacific Northwest (PN) 14& under Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, which ran from December 11-13,…

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