Articles by Karl Ortegon

Lilly King Hits Quickest-Ever 200 Medley BR Split at B1Gs – 25.36

She just gets by what was the old fastest split, which was her 25.38 from the 2018 NCAA Championships.

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Wisconsin Adds to Class of 2024 with 2017 IHSA Runner-Up Cal Dunn

Dunn swam to a 5th place finish in the 200 IM at the 2018 Winter Jr Champs – West in December.

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2018 FHSAA 4A 100 Fly Runner-Up Abby Gibbons Verbals to Auburn ’24

Gibbons is coming off of a great junior high school season with Oviedo, where she swam to a runner-up finish at the 2018 FHSAA 4A Champs in the 100 fly (53.45) and a 4th place finish in the 50 free (23.29).

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Erika Brown Rips 21.33 50 Free in SEC Prelims to Set Meet Record

rown’s time cleared the old meet record by just a hundredth, erasing the 21.34 meet record set in 2011 by former Auburn swimmer Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace.

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Houseman Downs Pat Fowler Record, Leads Bainbridge to Wash. 3A Title

Houseman took down Fowler’s 21-year-old record this weekend with a quick 53.43 to take the 100 breast 3A title.

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2019 B1G Women’s Champs Fan Guide: Michigan v. Indiana Battle Set

2019 B1G WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS When: Wednesday, February 20th to Saturday, February 23rd | Prelims 11am | Finals 6:30pm (6pm Saturday) Where: Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center,…

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Jesuit Boys and Girls Win Oregon HS 6A Titles

One of the bigger swims of the weekend came from Aloha’s Kaitlin Dobler, who clocked a 1:00.92 to win the 100 breast.

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2019 SEC Women’s Champs Fan Guide: Tennessee Eyeing First-Ever Title

Led by NCAA title contender (in multiple events) Erika Brown, Tennessee’s women could be on a path to their first-ever SEC title.

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Punahou Wins Hawaii State Titles, Petrides & Horner Excel

Michael Petrides dropped a 1:35.3 200 free to win the 200 free, while Jaek Horner split a 24.70 as Kamehama smashed the state record in the 200 medley relay.

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Fairview Breaks Fossil Ridge’s 2018 Points Record, Wins Colorado 5A

2019 COLORADO 5A CHAMPIONSHIPS Chatfield High School February 9th, 2019 Results Fairview defeated Fossil Ridge in a big way, just…

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Baylor Defeats Harpeth Hall by 6 Points, G. Walsh Drops 51.5 100 Back

Gretchen Walsh moved to #6 in the 15-16 age group rankings with her time in the 100 back, and she dropped another sub-22 split on a relay.

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NCAA Weekly Preview #12: What College Meets to Watch This Week

Andrew Seliskar leads the Cal Bears to Los Angeles for a dual meet against USC on Friday.

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Gophers Top Purdue, NU, McHugh Splits 22.99

Bowe Becker swept the sprint freestyle races, including a 43.07 relay lead-off to close out the meet.

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Cal Women Defeat UCLA as Abbey Weitzeil Drops 21.2 Anchor

Weitzeil also won the 200 free today against UCLA.

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