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2025 AAC Championship Comes Down to the Wire as Rice Dethrones FIU by 1.5 Points

The 2025 AAC Championships lived up to the hype, coming down to the very last event.

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Florida International’s Emma Becker Swims Meet Record 59.02 100 Breast on Day 3 of AAC Champs

Florida International junior Emma Becker won the 100 breast in meet record fashion, clocking a 59.02.

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Freshman Ava Portello Wins 500 Free to Help Rice Vault into Lead on Day 2 of AAC Championships

Day 2 of the 2025 AAC Championships saw Rice jump in the rankings, moving all the way up to 1st by a considerable margin.

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FIU Cracks Conference Record in 200 Medley Relay on Night 1 of 2025 AAC Championships

The meet kicked off with the 200 medley relay, where FIU ripped a new AAC conference record of 1:36.60.

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2025 AAC Fan Guide: SMU No Longer in Conference, FIU Attempting to Repeat as Champions

Florida International won the AAC title last season, winning the meet by a considerable margin.

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North Texas, Rice Earn AAC Swimming and Diving Weekly Honors

Rice’s Amelia Kane earned a win in the 1650 free at the UH First Chance Meet in Houston with a time of 16:21.03, earning her Swimmer of the Week honors.

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Noor El Gendy Nears 200 Fly School Record, NCAA Cutline Time At Houston First Chance Invite

El Gendy was just 18 one-hundredths shy of the Houston Record in 1:56.08, also falling just two-tenths outside of the 2024 NCAA cutline.

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Olivia Bray, Spencer Aurnou-Rhees Highlight Competition At The Sterkel Classic In Austin

Bray swam the 200 free for the first time this season since returning in December from foot surgery she had over the summer.

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ASU Women Break 200 Medley Relay School Record For Fourth Time This Season In Win Over Rice

Miriam Sheehan, Iza Adame, Julia Ullmann, and Caroline Bentz broke ASU’s 200 medley record for the fourth time this season to lead a dominant win over Rice.

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Henrietta Fangli Swims 59.19 100 Breast On Night 2 Of Phill Hansel Invite

Fangli was one of two Houston women under 1:00 tonight in the 100 breast. Fangli was 14th in the 100 breast at 2024 NCAAs.

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Rice’s Hayon, Portello Collect AAC Weekly Swimmer of the Week Honors

Arielle Hayon was named AAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week, while teammate Ava Portello earned Freshman Swimmer of the Week honors.

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16-Year-Old Kelsey Zhang Puts Up 4:48.82 400 IM on Day 2 of Sacramento Futures

Zhang’s previous best of 4:51.14 was set back in May at the PC SCSC George Haines International meet.

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2024 CIF State Swim Championships: Finals Live Recap

Foothill freshman Luka Mijatovic is living up to the hype so far at his first CIF State meet as the top seed in the 200 free (1:36.69) and 500 free (4:20.25).

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2024 CIF State Swim Championships: Prelims Live Recap

ASU commit Quin Seider is one of three swimmers entering the 2024 CIF State Championships as the top seed in two individual events (100 free/200 free).

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Jada Duncan Takes Down CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Record in 50 Free; Davis Boys Dethrone Jesuit

With her 50 free win in 22.64, Whitney junior Jada Duncan erased the CIF Sac-Joaquin section record of 22.68 set by Amalie Fackenthal in 2018.

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