Articles by Karl Ortegon

Cal Freshman Nicholas Hart Retires from Diving

Nick Hart, a freshman at the University of California-Berkeley, announced last month on Instagram his decision to retire from the sport of diving.

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Federico Burdisso Hits 22.81 50 Free at Senior Midwest Open in Evanston

Northwestern hosted the Senior Midwest Open this weekend, giving their team and club swimmers in Illinois the chance to swim an LCM meet in the Olympic year.

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2016 Olympic Trials Finalist Cassidy Bayer to Take Time Off from Swimming

According to her Instagram post on Saturday, she is going to take time off from the sport to focus on treating an eating disorder.

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McHugh Splits 51.9 Breast as Minnesota Survives Hawaii by Four Points

McHugh clocked a 51.95 breast leg on Minnesota’s 400 medley relay, along with a 52.60 in the 100 and a 1:55.56 in the 200.

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Odgers, Hansson Down Pool Records, Aroesty Returns as USC Beats WSU

USC sophomore Isabelle Odgers won three events, breaking the WSU pool record in the 200 breast by over a second with a 2:13.04.

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Georgia Claims Win Over Texas A&M In SEC Clash

Courtney Harnish won thrice for the UGA women, while Camden Murphy swept the butterfly races and split a 20.9 on the medley relay.

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Beata Nelson Takes 100 Back/100 Fly Double as Wisconsin Women Down Hawaii

Wisconsin’s women and Drury’s full team competed with Hawaii last night, with the Badgers winning against both teams and Hawaii prevailing over Drury. 

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Raena Eldridge Wins Two as Texas A&M Takes Out SMU

The Aggies were led by senior sprinter Raena Eldridge, who clocked a 54.64 in the 100 back and a 50.88 in the 100 free. She also led off both winning relays.

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Winter Junior Champs A-Finalist Matthew Segal Commits to Wisconsin

Breaststroker Matthew Segal of Club Wolverine will stay in the midwest for college and join the Wisconsin Badgers in 2021.

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South African National Champion Duné Coetzee Verbals to Georgia for 2021

At the 2019 South African National Championships in April, Coetzee won national titles in the 400 free (4;14.27) and 200 fly (2:10.89).

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Guilherme Costa is Hitting 100K Meters/Week Leading Up to Tokyo

He’s reportedly been training 16,000 meters a day, divided up in two 8,000-meter sessions, which can surpass 100,000 meters some weeks. 

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NU Women, ASU Men Prevail After Tight Dual in Tempe

Miriam Guevara took victories in both butterfly events as the Northwestern Wildcats finished their Arizona road trip on top.

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Northwestern Women Take Down Arizona, NAU; Arizona Men Defeat Northwestern

After taking the 100 back and 200 IM yesterday, Calypso Sheridan led NU to huge wins with victories in the 200 breast and 400 IM.

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Burdisso Debuts for Northwestern, Grevers Time Trials a 53.2 100 BR in Tucson

Burdisso, the 200 fly Italian record-holder, split a 46.8 on NU’s winning 400 medley relay. Matt Grevers, meanwhile, surprised with a quick 100 breast.

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Crow Canyon Backstroker Jessica Davis Verbals to Cal for 2021

Most recently, Davis competed at the 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West, where she reached the 200 back B-final and 100 back C-final.

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