Articles by Lauren Neidigh

Ella Smith Breaks 23-Year-Old 100 Breast Meet Record at Massachusetts D1 States

Sophomore Ella Smith lowered the record to a 1:02.98. The former record of 1:03.63 stood for 23 years, as Kerry Charpentier had set it in 1997.

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Radford Boys Top Virginia High by 1 Point at Class 2 States; Glenvar Girls Win

In a tight team battle on both the boys’ and girls’ sides, multiple Class 2 Records went down at the Virginia Class 2 State Championships.

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East Carolina Men Defeat Cincinnati, Houston Women Win 4th-Straight AAC Title

The East Carolina and Cincinnati men battled closely, with ECU winning an exciting match up by single digit points. Houston extended their women’s streak.

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Princeton Women Win 2020 Ivy League Title as Venema, Marquardt Sweep Freestyles

There were 3 freshmen who came up with 9 wins. Of those freshmen, 2 were Princeton swimmers who combined to win every freestyle race.

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2020 CCSA Champs Day 4: Halmai Crushes CCSA Record with 2:07 200 Breast

That knocked over 4 seconds off the FGCU school record, CCSA Championship Record, and CCSA Conference Record of 2:11.51 that was set by Katie Armitage in 2016

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2020 SECs: Florida’s Bobby Finke Demolishes American Record with 14:12 Mile

Finke smashed the NCAA Record by over 10 seconds and the American Record by over 6 seconds tonight as he won his 2nd-straight SEC title in the mile.

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2020 SEC Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap

Florida’s Bobby Finke, the 500 free and 400 IM bronze medalist, set the SEC Record in the mile last season and narrowly missed the NCAA Record.

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Tennessee Women Win First SEC Title in History, Edge Out Florida by 28.5 Points

The Tennessee women have made history, winning their first ever team title at the 2020 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships.

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Florida Men Extend Streak to 8-Straight SEC Titles

Khader Baqlah returned to the top of the SEC podium in the 200 free as the Florida Gators earned their 8th-straight title.

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Erika Brown Sets SEC Record with 45.8, Hopkin Swims 46.2 to Become #3 All-Time

Brown remains the 2nd fastest performer in history behind only American Record holder and Olympic Champion Simone Manuel.

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Shaine Casas Breaks Lochte’s Meet Record, Swims 1:37.2 200 BK for #5 All-Time

With that, he took down Florida Olympic Champion Ryan Lochte’s SEC Meet Record, which stood as a 1:38.29 set back in 2005.

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2020 SECs: Rhyan White Swims 8th Fastest 200 BK Ever to Claim Backstroke Sweep

White put up a 1:48.15 to win the title in the 200 back, marking the 8th fastest performance in history. She was just 9 hundredths shy of her record.

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2020 SEC Champs: Florida Women Cement 5 Scoring Swims in Early Mile Heats

The Florida women are guaranteed to have 5 swimmers from the early mile heats score, and that’s without including their 3 swimmers in finals.

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2020 SEC Up/Mid/Downs: Florida, Kentucky Women Chasing Tennessee on Final Night

Based on diving and the mile, there is an outside shot that Kentucky or Florida could close the gap on the Volunteers tonight.

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2020 SEC Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

The Florida men, led by Head Coach Anthony Nesty, look to cement their 8th-straight victory on the final day of the 2020 SEC Championships.

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