Articles by Lauren Neidigh

Bolles Makes it 30 Straight with 2017 Florida 1A State Title

The Bolles boys extended their winning streak to 30 straight state titles with a dominant 350 points. On the girls’ side, Bolles extended their streak to 28 with 333.5 points.

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Texas A&M Men Defeat Texas for the First Time Since 1962

The Aggies did something they haven’t done in 55 years when they faced the reigning NCAA champion Longhorns in dual meet action: They came out on top.

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Drabot Blasts Personal Best 1:54 200 Fly as Cardinal Dominates NC State

Drabot held a slight lead over defending NCAA champion Ella Eastin throughout the race, holding her off in the final 50 to win it 1:54.49 to 1:54.70. That’s a lifetime best for Drabot by 5 seconds per the USA Swimming database.

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Cordovi Pops 53.8 100 Fly as Gulliver Prep Girls Win Florida 2A States

Gulliver Prep’s Emily Cordovi secured back-to-back titles in the 100 fly, breaking 54 for the first time in 53.86 to come within half a second of the State Record.

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Florida HS 2A Roundup: Regional Meet Highlights & State Preview

Merritt Island’s Lucas Kravchenko, a class 1A finalist in 2016, could make a big impact at his first 2A state meet. With his best times, he’s already fast enough to have won both of his individual events last season.

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Florida HS 1A Roundup: Regional Meet Highlights & State Preview

The girls’ 100 fly should once again be one of the best races of the meet and will feature State Record holder Jessica Nava of Westminster Academy.

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Freshmen Iida, Fail Double Down as Arizona Beats Utah

Arizona freshmen Brooks Fail and Sam Iida picked up 2 wins each to help the Wildcats beat Utah.

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Newcomers Shine as Ohio State Tops Kenyon

Newcomers Nick Hogsed and Freya Rayner each won a pair of races for Ohio State.

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Sanchez Doubles to Lead USC to Victory over WSU

Butterfly specialist Catherine Sanchez was a major player in the win, sweeping her individual races.

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2017 Florida HS 4A Roundup: District Highlights & Region Qualifiers

Isabel Ivey, a 2-time class 1A champion last season, should have a big impact for Buchholz throughout the series. That was already evident as she claimed 2 titles in district 1.

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2017 Florida HS 3A Roundup: District Highlights & Region Qualifiers

In the 200 IM at the district 3 meet, Bartram Trail’s Summer Stanfield knocked a full second off her best time to win in 2:01.74. That’s almost 3 seconds faster than she went to take 2nd in the event last season and meets the Automatic All-American (AA-A) standard.

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Alabama Women Beat Auburn for the First Time Since 1996

On Friday, the Tide traveled to SEC and in-state rival Auburn for dual meet action. The women were victorious, giving them their first dual meet victory over Auburn since 1996. On the men’s side, however, Auburn prevailed.

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Florida Men, Georgia Women Win Rivalry Match Up in Gainesville

Florida’s Jan Switkowski was instrumental to the win, finishing 1st in all 3 of his individual races. His time in the 200 fly is 3rd in the NCAA this year and the fastest done by an NCAA swimmer outside of the USA vs. College Challenge.

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Lawless’ Distance Sweep Helps Gators to Victory over Alabama

Florida’s Ben Lawless, a 2016 NCAA scorer in the mile, led the way with 2 individual wins.

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Georgia Tech Women Win Nailbiter Over Northwestern

The women’s team came down to the final race, with the Yellow Jackets winning the 400 free relay to seal the deal.

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