Articles by Riley Overend

LIVEBARN Race of the Week: Rex Maurer Blazes 4:12.70 500 Free for New National HS Record

Loyola senior Rex Maurer lowered the national high school record in the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:12.70 at the CIF-SS Division I Championships on Friday.

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Alexa Wong, Ella Bettencourt Win Section Titles in New CIF Central Division II Records

Coalinga junior Alexa Wong clocked a winning time of 2:04.25, lowering the previous record of 2:05.02 set by Tulare Union senior Ava Olson last year.

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Germany’s Wellbrock, Beck Sweep 10Ks as Cunha Returns From Injury at 1st World Cup Stop

Germany’s Florian Wellbrock held off France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier by just a tenth of a second across from the nearly two-hour-long race. 

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Rex Maurer Headlines Stacked Field Set for 2023 CIF Swimming & Diving Championships

Rex Maurer is listed atop the psych sheets in both the 200 and 500 free after breaking the national high school record in the latter event last week.

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Hannah Marinovich Downs 100 BR Record as Clovis West Girls Claim CIF Central D-I Title

Tennessee commit Hannah Marinovich is now just .11 seconds off the overall Central Section record of 1:01.14 set by Mallory Korenwinder back in 2014.

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Logan Noguchi Sets 100 Fly Meet Record, Lifts Torrey Pines to CIF San Diego Title

Princeton commit Logan Noguchi also pulled off a three-peat in the 100 back (48.46), though he missed his own meet record from last year by a tenth.

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Ethan Harrington Lowers CCS Meet Record in 50 FR (19.57), Leads Palo Alto to Team Title

Ethan Harrington lowered his own meet record in the 50-yard freestyle with a 19.57 to lead his Palo Alto squad to a Central Coast Section (CCS) title. 

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Gattnar Sets NCS Meet Record in 50 FR, Smith Scares Coughlin’s Legendary 100 Back Mark

In the 100 back, Campolindo junior Adriana Smith came just .01 seconds shy of breaking the legendary NCS meet record set by Natalie Coughlin back in 1999.

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Cal Assistant Jesse Moore Leaving Swimming to ‘Pursue Coaching in a Different Capacity’

Cal assistant Jesse Moore is leaving the college coaching ranks to “pursue coaching in a different capacity outside of swimming.”

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Alabama NCAA Qualifier Kacper Piotrowski Enters Transfer Portal: ‘This One Hurts’

NCAA qualifier Kacper Piotrowski has entered the transfer portal, becoming the fifth Alabama swimmer to explore alternatives this offseason. 

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CIF-SS Division I Recap: Teagan O’Dell Breaks Her Own 100 Back Meet Record (51.45)

Teagan O’Dell took down her own 100 back meet record from prelims and helped break another in the 200 free relay on Friday night.

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Rex Maurer Takes Down Grant Shoults’ National HS Record in 500 Free with 4:12.70

Making Stanford commit Rex Maurer’s double even more impressive is the fact that he was coming off the flu this week, unshaved, and not fully rested.

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Notre Dame’s Top NCAA Scorer, Jack Hoagland, Enters Transfer Portal to Explore Options

Notre Dame’s Jack Hoagland has entered the portal to explore his options for next season as a postgraduate student with two years of eligibility left.

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Former U.S. Olympic, Yale Coach Frank Keefe Passes Away

Former U.S. Olympic coach Frank Keefe has died, leaving behind a legacy within the Pennsylvania community as well as at Yale University and beyond.

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16-Year-Old Alexia Sotomayor Lowers Her Own Peruvian 50 Fly Record to 28.04

16-year-old Alexia Sotomayor lowered her own Peruvian record in the women’s 50-meter butterfly on Thursday in Lima, Peru.

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