Articles by Karl Ortegon

Baylor Nelson Breaks Two 1A/2A Records as Carrboro Wins Team Titles

Nelson was 1:46.07 in the 200 IM and 48.15 in the 100 fly. Neither were bests, but he still set new 1A/2A records in both.

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Kaitlyn Dobler Downs Rebecca Soni’s USC Record in UCLA-USC Crosstown Dual

Meanwhile, the Bruins won the majority of swimming events tonight, and the teams are locked in a tie going into tomorrow’s second and final session.

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Georgia HS 7A 200 IM Champion Dane Charleston Commits to IUPUI

Charleston just competed at the Georgia HS 7A State Championships, where he won the 200 IM title with a lifetime best 1:51.75.

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UW-Milwaukee Adds Distance Specialist Vince Chiappetta (2021)

Chiappetta would’ve scored at 11th in the mile at the Horizon League Champs last year, and he would’ve gotten into the 400 IM B-final.

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Hoover Splits 19.3/42.6, Hamblin Breaks State 100 Breast Record at NC 3A Champs

Sam Hoover defended his 2020 titles in the 200 free and 100 free and had two huge relay swims to help Chapel Hill secure the North Carolina 3A team title.

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Florida HS A-Finalist Cambria Semmen Verbals to Northeastern (2022)

She was fourth in the 50 free and 12th in the 100 free, while she split 23.16 on Winter Park’s winning 200 free relay and led off their 400 free relay.

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19.8 Sprinter Emilio Perez De-Commits from Arizona State, Signs with Alabama

Last weekend, Perez had a huge meet at the Wisconsin HS Div. I Championships, torching state records with titles in the 50 free (19.81) and 100 fly (47.27).

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2021: Women’s #75-51

No female swimmer has ever been as fast as Belarus’s Anastasiya Shkurdai in *both* the 100 fly (56.9) and 100 back (59.0), and she’s only 18.

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Texas A&M Lands 22.8 Sprinter Manita Sathianchokwisan of Bolles (2022)

At the 2019 and 2020 Florida HS 1A State Championships, Sathianchokwisan has finished runner-up in the 50 free and 100 free.

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Israeli National Champion Tomer Goldfaden Commits to Hawaii (2021)

Goldfaden, a 1:01.9 LCM 100 breaststroker, is a huge pickup for Hawaii head coach Elliot Ptasnik for next season.

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Track SEC Championships Data, Final Cut-Off Times & More With This New App

This tool maps trends over the last several years at SEC Championships and helps visualize what it takes to score at the meet.

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With a Conference Title-Worthy Mile Time, Philip Moldovanu Verbals to GW (2021)

With his best time in the mile, Moldovanu would’ve won the 1650 free A-10 conference crown last season by over two seconds.

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Florida HS 1A 200 Free Champion Sarah Lankford Chooses Texas A&M (2022)

At the 2020 Florida HS 1A State Championships, Lankford won the 200 free and placed third in the 500 free with lifetime bests.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 for 2021: Women’s #100-76

In addition to her impressive track record, Seebohm was a big ISL talent this past season, ranked T-24th overall in the MVP rankings.

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Grant Shoults Drops Fastest 500 Free Since July Surgery – 4:15.74

His 4:15 is better than the 4:20 and 4:18 he did at the two Stanford-Cal meets in November, and it’s only three seconds off his 2020 Pac-12 winning time.

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