Articles by Robert Gibbs

2023 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The 2023 Women’s Big Ten Swimming & Diving Championships kick off tonight at Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, MI.

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2023 ACC Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The first night of the 2023 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships will featured six events, including the promise of some historically-fast relays.

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2023 ACC Men’s Champs Fan Guide: NC State Primed to Start New Win Streak

NC State is still the cream of the crop of an increasingly-competitive conference, but the ACC looks a bit different with new coaches and missing swimmers.

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Youssef Ramadan Improves NCAA Season-Best 100 Fly Time With 44.42 at Hokie Invite

The Cavalier Invite isn’t the only show in town in the Old Dominion this weekend, as Ramdan and teammate Carles Coll Marti both put up top-notch swims.

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Aimee Canny Clocks 1:42.7 200 Free, Ella Nelson 1:53.6 200 IM, at Cavalier Invite Day 2

UVA’s Aimee Canny (200 free), Ella Nelson (200 IM), and Noah Nichols (100 breast) all recorded top-four times nationally tonight at the Cavalier Invite.

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Kate Douglass Breaks Gretchen Walsh’s Pool Record With 50.47 in 100 Back Prelims

The hyper-versatile Kate Douglass set a new lifetime best and broke the pool record, as there was plenty of fast swimming this morning in Charlottesville.

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Hokies Break Five Pool Records in Opening Night of Virginia Tech Invite

Youssef Ramadan was part of three pool records, including a 45.4 opening 100 split in the 200 back, on the first night of the annual Virginia Tech Invite.

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Carson Foster Goes 1:53.7 in the 200 Breast, Lifetime Bests Abound, as Texas Sweeps SMU

Foster, and several other Texas stars, hit lifetime bests in some “off” events as the Longhorns largely swam altered lineups against the Mustangs.

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Alex Walsh Passes Douglass for Best 200 IM This Season with 1:51.95 at Cavalier Invite

Alex Walsh moved past teammate Kate Douglass for the fastest 200 IM time of the season with a 1:51.95 tonight at the Cavalier Invite.

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Ohio State Women Post A Pair of Top 2 Relay Times; Buckeyes Sweep Tim Welsh Classic

Both the Ohio State men and women dominated the Tim Welsh invite, with the Buckeye women putting up a pair top two times nationally in the free relays.

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NC State Men Rip 1:22.73 Medley Relay, But Texas Men Win By Ten On Day One

National age group records, nation-leading times, personal bests from elite swimmers…tonight’s session in Austin had it all.

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Unsuited NC State Men Nearly Get Under 1:24 in Medley Relay During Day 2 Dominance

The Wolfpack men swam also cracked two pool records as they defeated ACC rivals UNC and UVA by wide margins to wrap up Day 2 of competition.

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Mason Mathias Breaks Zane Grothe’s Auburn Record; Bama Women Secure Win On Final Relay

While not quite mind boggling as what we saw at other dual meets this weekend, both Auburn and Alabama both put up some strong times in Auburn yesterday.

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NC State Men Rock 1:16.31 200 Free Relay On First Day Of Showdown Against UVA and UNC

The NC State men won seven of eight swimming events on the first day of competition and recorded their official fastest times this season in both relays.

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Ramadan’s 45.5 Fly and 42.6 Free Leadoff Help Propel Virginia Tech Men Past Virginia

While swims fans didn’t see the same level of time as on the women’s side, there were plenty of exciting races between the UVA and Virginia Tech men today.

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