Articles by Karl Ortegon

After Missing SECs, Potential Scorer Leah Braswell Out of 2021 Women’s NCAAs

With her 4:38.69 in the 500 from November 2020, Braswell would’ve been seeded to score at ninth at the NCAA Championships (9 points).

  3 Comments

UNC Keeps SwimMAC’s Spencer Freeman In-State for Fall 2022

At the 2020 18&U Winter Championships in December, Freeman raced to lifetime bests in the 200/500/1650 free, 200 fly and 400 IM. 

  1 Comment

WashU Picks Up Breaststroker Saya Ryan for Fall 2021

Ryan, primarily a breaststroker, has CA/NV sectional cuts in the 200 breast and the 100 LCM breast. Her breaststroke best times in yards both came in 2020.

  Comment First!

Beach Cities Sprinter Macie Campbell Commits to UChicago (2021)

The last high school championships that she competed in was the 2019 CIF Southern Division 2 Section Championships, where she placed ninth in the 100 free.

  Comment First!

2021 Big Ten Men’s Fan Guide: After Lots of Graduation Turnover, IU Has Edge

It’s hard to gauge the firepower for the top five teams or so this year with the truncated season, but Indiana looks to have a slight edge.

  14 Comments

USA Swimming to Coordinate Virtual 18 & Under Spring Championships for March

In a non-pandemic year, there is no Spring 18 & Under Championships, so this is a new offering to encourage peak racing nationwide. 

  5 Comments

Georgia Tech Launch 2026 Class with Georgia 6A 100 Fly Champion Adam O’Brien

O’Brien went from 12th in the 100 fly at the 2020 Georgia 6A Championships (52.23) to becoming the state champion in 2021 (48.86).

  Comment First!

#19 Isabella Abrajan of MVN Verbally Commits to Duke for 2022

At the 2019 CIF State Championships, as a freshman, Abrajan swam to a ninth-place finish in the 100 butterfly (54.10).

  4 Comments

BBST Sprinter Korbin Vera Commits to NYU (2021)

At the 2020 UAA Championships, where NYU placed third as a team, Vera would’ve been .02 off of making the 50 free A-final.

  Comment First!

After Two Years of Runner-Up Finishes, Wakeland Boys Clinch Texas 5A Title

Meanwhile, Connor Foote of Alamo Heights (pictured above) was the only double winner, claiming the 100 back and 100 free.

  3 Comments

2021 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Fan Guide: It’s a Cal World

Cal is going up against Texas at the NCAA Championships in March, but first, they’ll take on the rest of the Pac-12 at the conference championships.

  1 Comment

Indiana Still a Big Ten Breaststroke Powerhouse, Michigan Wins Final Relay

Meanwhile, OSU rounded out an impressive weekend with a shiny new Big Ten title, their second-straight after a drought that had lasted over three decades.

  23 Comments

FIU Holds Off an Upstart Rice, Clinches 7th-Straight C-USA Title

While the lead swung back and forth, FIU’s diving group bailed them out heading into the 400 free relay, and they took number seven. 

  1 Comment

2021 Big Ten Women’s Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

After a three-decade-plus drought, Ohio State is going to make it two consecutive Big Ten titles tonight with a big finals session ahead.

  19 Comments

St. Xavier Boys Win Title #13, Sophomore Scotty Buff Drops 100 FL Record – 46.5

St. Francis sophomore Scotty Buff broke 48 for the first time in the 100 fly, going 46.57 to snap the Ohio state record.

  14 Comments