Articles by Karl Ortegon

UT Invite Night 2: Kate Douglass Rules, Brownstead & King Pop 18-Second Splits

Kate Douglass went the fastest 50 fly relay split in history tonight, then became the seventh woman ever to break 50 seconds in the 100 fly.

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Luca Urlando Breaks 17-18 NAG Record in 200 Fly – 1:40.67

His time of 1:40.67 clears the old mark of 1:40.85 done in 2018 by Nicolas Albiero when he was a freshman at Louisville.

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UGA Invite Night 3: Jake Magahey Drops 17 Seconds in 1650 Free to Hit 14:33.78

Magahey’s time would’ve gotten him second at the 2020 SEC Championships and fourth at the 2019 NCAA Championships. 

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Tennessee Invite Day 2 Prelims: Kate Douglass Hits Lifetime Best 50.18 100 Fly

That’s a lifetime best by .18, moving her up one spot to #10 in history, and bringing her less than a second off of the fastest time ever done (49.26).

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Mizzou Invite Day 2 Prelims: Danny Kovac Goes PR 45.17 100 Fly

The junior eclipses his old best of 45.29, the time he swam at the 2020 SEC Championships to take the conference title.

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UGA Invite Day 3 Prelims: Bulldog Bradley Dunham Goes Another PR: 1:42.0 200 BK

This weekend, Dunham has achieved lifetime bests in the 50 back (22.11), 100 back (46.59), 200 free (1:34.90) and now the 200 back.

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Auburn Fall Invite Day 1 Finals: Kieran Smith’s 1:41.72 Paces Florida Sweep

Smith was 24.2, well ahead of Dressel (25.01) in his American Record 1:38.13 and Casas (24.2) on his #3 all-time 1:38.95 from tonight in Texas. 

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Acevedo Splits 18.8 as Georgia Men Annihilate 200 Free Relay School Record

This swim is a triumphant sign that UGA sprinting is now a force to be reckoned with after years of struggling with their sprints.

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Texas A&M Adds In-State Sprinter Hadley Beeson to Launch 2026 Recruiting

Beeson has won the 200 free TAPPS (Texas private high school championships) title in 2019 and 2020, while she won the 500 free in 2019 as a freshman, too.

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Kevin Houseman Hits PR 1:55.9 200 Breast, Splits 23.0 BR at NU Intrasquad

His split today was over an entire second quicker than he was on NU’s 200 medley relay on the first night of the 2020 Big Ten Championships.

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U.S. Open – Des Moines Thursday PM Recap: McKendree’s Dalu Hits PR 8:05.98

Dalu recently competed at an Italian regional championship meet in August, which is where his old best of 8:10.29 is from. 

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U.S. Open – San Antonio Thursday PM Recap: Jack Collins Wins 800 by 12 Seconds

He was 8:04.07 tonight in the 800, coming within five seconds of his lifetime best 7:59.28 from the 2019 U.S. Summer Nationals. 

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U.S. Open – Greensboro Thursday PM Recap: Caroline Pennington Hits First OT Cut

Pennington touched second in the 800 free tonight at 8:44.45, a five-second drop that gives her her first Olympic Trials cut.

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2020 U.S. Open – Indy Thursday PM Recap: El Kamash Hits 800 Free PR

He had the only sub-8:00 time of 7:52.19, a lifetime best by over three seconds. That brings him within three seconds of the Egyptian national record.

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Reigning Texas 5A 100 Back Champion Kaitlyn Owens Commits to Texas A&M (2021)

Owens is the reigning Texas HS 5A State Champion in the 100 back, where she clocked a 53.85 to take the crown.

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