Articles by Karl Ortegon

Olympic Trials Qualifier Madison Preiss Commits to Minnesota

Minnesota’s own Madison Preiss took to Twitter to announce her verbal commitment to the University of Minnesota’s class of 2020. https://twitter.com/madison_preiss/status/647231044400234496…

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Texas A&M Women Get First Verbal from Local Talent Karling Hemstreet

Texas A&M has kicked off their commitment season with the first verbal on the women’s side, as Texas native Karling Hemstreet is…

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Gators Keep Rolling; Two More Commit to UF Men’s Team for Next Fall

Gregg Troy (above) has snagged two more commits to his men’s class of 2020.

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Northwestern Women to Face Five B1G Foes Under New Head Coach Steketee

It’s head coach Abby Steketee‘s first year at the helm of the Northwestern Women’s Swimming and Diving team, and today the program…

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Austrian Freestyle Juggernaut Felix Auböck Commits to IU Hoosiers

Austrian freestyler Felix Auböck has given a verbal commitment to swim for the Indiana Hoosiers starting next fall. The 18-year-old swam at…

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Tulane Picks Up Game-Changing Commitment from Indiana’s Olivia Johnson

Fishers Area Swimming Tigers swimmer Olivia Johnson has announced her verbal commitment to Tulane University. I knew what I was looking for…

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Distance Specialist Drew Clark Stays Local, Commits to Florida Gators

Drew Clark showing us the ever-important Gator chomp.

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Another ’16 Verbal for the Sun Devils; Carly Kramer Commits to ASU

Tony Carroll also contributed to this report. The first verbal commitments of Arizona State’s Bowman era are beginning to roll…

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #4 Carmel HS Girls Rock

Amy Bilquist (above) has certainly left her mark on the Carmel HS record books, writing herself in for four different events, three of which she did this past season.

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What It Means to Swim at Florida State University (VIDEO)

The 2015-16 NCAA season has already kicked off, and collegiate teams around the country are getting into their fall training…

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Michigan Grabs Another In-State Verbal from Robert Zofchak

After Michigan received a verbal commitment from elite in-state diver Jake Herremans just yesterday, today they’ve landed a top-flight swimmer to join…

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #6 teDuits Wins B1G Honor

#10 It's not every day that you get the cops called during morning practice cuz your team is cheering so…

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Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: #8 Canoeing Your Way Thru Warmup

#10 Think I just found how I'll pay for the rest of college…USA swimming trading cards circa summer 2004 @swimswamnews…

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CIS Selects Graham Brown as New CEO

Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), the national governing body for collegiate athletics in Canada, has named Graham Brown as its new CEO. Brown…

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Oran, Algeria Named Host of 2021 Mediterranean Games

The city of Oran, Algeria, has been chosen to host the 2021 Mediterranean Games. The North African city was elected…

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