Alena Kraus

College Swimming Previews: Strong Recruiting Paying Off for #6 Louisville Women

More top-ranked recruits have been heading to Louisville, and they’ve been making quick impacts at both the conference and NCAA levels.

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Louisville to Have 1 Fifth Year on Both the Men’s and Women’s Teams Next Season

Louisville had a total of 8 fifth years on their men’s and women’s rosters this past season but will only have 2 for next season.

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2022 ACC Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

All seven individual events tonight at the 2022 ACC Championships will each feature the defending champion trying to defend their titles.

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2022 ACC Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The 2022 ACC Championships kicks off tonight with timed finals of the 800 free relay, and finals of the women’s 1m and men’s 3m diving.

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2022 ACC Women’s Fan Guide: NC State Aiming to Prevent UVA Three-Peat

The Virginia Cavaliers have a star-studded roster, but don’t expect the NC State Wolfpack to let UVA to earn a third-straight title without a fight.

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2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 4: What It Does It Take to Make it Back?

We came within a tenth of a second of seeing it take a sub-49 to make semi-finals of the men’s 100 free, as Dean Farris took 16th in prelims with that time.

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2020-2021 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: Final Edition

The Virginia Cavaliers continue to lead the way into NCAAs, led by five top-ranked relays and a dominant roster from top to bottom.

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2021 ACC Women’s Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

UVA’s Paige Madden will aim for her 3rd ACC title this meet in the 1650 free, after previously sweeping the 200/500 free.

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2021 ACC Women’s Championships: Day 4 Ups/Mids/Downs

The UVA Cavaliers are on track to defending their 2020 ACC team title, yet the NC State Wolfpack outscored UVA in prelims with 351.50 projected points.

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2021 ACC Women’s Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

This morning, Kate Douglass will swim the 100 free over the 200 breast. The prelims of the 200 back and 200 fly will also take place.

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2021 ACC Women’s Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

UVA’s Alexis Wenger broke the 100 breast ACC record at 57.67. However, tonight NC State’s Sophie Hansson will aim to defend her 2020 title against Wenger.

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2021 ACC Women’s Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

This morning, the prelims of the women’s 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back will take place. UVA’s Kate Douglass leads the 100 fly.

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2020-2021 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Power Ranks: February Edition

We’re kicking off the NCAA conference swimming season with our updated Power Ranks – including one big question we’d like to see answered for each team.

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Louisville’s Kraus, Albiero Named ACC Swimmers of the Week

Alena Kraus and Nicolas Albiero won three events apiece in the Cardinals’ sweep of Cincinnati.

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Kraus Hits 1:44.9 200 Free, Wheeler Splits 26.6 BR in Louisville Win Over Cincy

Kraus won the 200 free by over three seconds, registering a 1:44.97 for a lifetime best by over a second. She now ranks #7 nationally this year.

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