Articles by Karl Ortegon

Stanford Women Wreak Havoc on USC, Eastin Drops 1:55 IM

Eastin also won both backstrokes as Stanford put down a bunch of eye-popping times today during their senior meet.

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NCAA Weekly Preview #11: What College Meets to Watch to This Week

The Longhorns host NC State and Arizona this weekend.

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Queens (NC) Women Remain on Top of D2 Rankings, Men Climb to #1

The Queens men, who moved from #4 to #2 in the last rankings, have now climbed to #1.

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Time Standards Softened for Upcoming Des Moines Pro Swim Series

While USA Swimming doesn’t explicitly say this, they may be trying to make room for more entrants after a very dismal showing at the Knoxville stop.

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Michigan Receives ’24 Verbal from Jr National Runner-Up Jake Mitchell

A junior at Carmel High School, Mitchell is also the defending IHSAA 500 free state champion.

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Stjepanovic and Tarasevich Crack Meet Records at GP Malmö Day 2

Grigory Tarasevich, one of the top backstrokers out of Russia right now, won the 50 back (25.56) to set a new meet record.

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Pumputis Wins Twice as Georgia Tech Defeats Denver in Two-Day Dual

Pumputis won the 100 and 200 free against Denver this weekend.

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Texas A&M Defeats Vanderbilt, Houston at Home

Claire Rasmus hit the wall first in both of her individual events on Saturday for A&M.

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Martinenghi Drops a 59.3 100 Breast, Hosszu Wins 3 at Euro Meet Day 3

Since coming back to racing in November after a groin injury sidelined him for almost a full year, Italian breaststroker Nicolo Martinenghi is looking as good as ever

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Indiana Men Give Up Just 1 Event to Purdue in Men’s and Women’s Sweep

Zach Apple won all three of his individual events yesterday.

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Kentucky Men Beat Louisville for First Time in Almost a Decade

The Kentucky women also took down the Cardinals, doing so for the second year in a row.

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Three Meet Records Fall at Grand Prix Malmö Night 1

Erik Persson, the Swedish record holder in the 100 and 200 breast, won the 50 and 200 breast tonight, setting a meet record in the latter event.

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Sjostrom Wins 1 of 4 Events, Hosszu Goes Winless at Euro Meet Night 2

Ben Proud, meanwhile, set a new meet record in his 50 free win.

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Federico Burdisso Drops 1:56.8 200 Fly on Night 1 of Euro Meet

Burdisso was less than a second off of his best time (1:55.97), and this is his third-best performance ever; a very good swim for January.

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Rice Owls Pick Up Finnish Breaststroker Sini Koivu for 2019-20

Koivu has represented Finland at several international junior championships over the last few years, including the 2015 European Games and the 2016 European Junior Championships.

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