Articles by Karl Ortegon

Auburn Picks Up In-State Distance Freestyler Mason Mathias for Fall 2021

At the 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Champs – East, Mathias scored in the 200 free (23rd), 500 free (24th) and mile (12th).

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Ellesmere Breaststroker Maia Hall Sends Verbal to Nebraska for 2021

At the 2019 Scottish SC Nationals in December, Hall finished in fourth place at all three breaststroke distances. 

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UCLA Receives Verbal Commitment from New York HS State Runner-Up Joanie Cash

At the 2019 New York HS state champs, Cash clocked a 23.15 to finish second in the 50 free final. She was also 50.95 to finish third in the 100 free

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Two-Time Utah 5A Champion Elliott Howe Verbals to Kansas for Fall 2021

Howe has won the last two Utah 5A state titles in the 100 back. Representing Bountiful High School, she was also the 2020 runner-up in the 50 free.

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National HS Record-Holder Torri Huske, #2 in the Class, Chooses Stanford

Last summer, Huske broke a 38-year-old NAG record in the 15-16 100 fly with a 57.80 in long course meters at the 2019 U.S. Summer Nationals.

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Ohio State Picks Up Phoenix Swim Club’s Mia Rankin for Fall 2021

Rankin is a versatile distance specialist with a great 400 IM, a swimmer archetype that has had a lot of success at OSU in the last few years.

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Virginia Tech Snags World Juniors Semifinalist Luan Grobbelaar

He has been to World Junior Champs in 2017 and 2019, representing South Africa in 2017 and then switching to New Zealand for 2019.

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NAG Record-Holder and OT Qualifier Meghan Lynch Verbally Commits to Stanford

Lynch’s age group career has been no joke; she holds 110 team records with the Greenwich YWCA Dolphins and 68 Connecticut LSC records.

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MN Freestyler Will Whittington Sends Verbal to Mizzou for Fall 2021

Last summer, Whittington placed top 20 in the 200 free, 400 free, 800 free and 1500 free at the 2019 NCSA Championships.

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LSU Picks Up Two-Time NC High School Champion Jenna Bridges for Fall 2021

Bridges has won the 100 fly at the last two North Carolina 1/2A State Championships representing Chase High School. She was 55.84 in 2019 and 54.52 in 2020.

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CSCAA Elects Five New Coaches to Board of Directors

In addition to these new faces on the board of directors, Utah head coach Joe Dykstra has officially begun his two-year term as the association’s president.

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KHSAA 100 Free Runner-Up Caroline Pape Verbals to Georgia Tech for Fall 2021

Pape should be an immediate boost to the Yellow Jacket program. She would’ve been their top 100 freestyler last season.

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Big Ten 200 Fly A-Finalist Kai Bathurst Announces Transfer from Indiana to Cal

At the 2020 Big Ten Championships, Bathurst made the 200 fly A-final and placed eighth overall, while adding B-final appearances in the 200 and 500 free.

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2020 Georgia 6-7A Runner-Up Reagan Sweeney Verbals to LSU for Fall 2021

This past winter, at the 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Champs – East, Sweeney scored in the 200 fly B-final with a lifetime best 2:01.02. 

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2019 CIF Southern Section D2 Runner-Up Marly Lough Verbals to Penn State

Most recently, Lough competed at the Pro Swim Series stop in Des Moines, where she made the 200 back C-final (2:19.90) to finish 19th overall. 

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