Emma Sticklen

NCAA ‘A’ Cut Qualifiers Through Midseason Invites – Individual Events

Gretchen Walsh leads all swimmers with five NCAA ‘A’ cuts through the midseason invite portion of the 2023-24 campaign.

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2023-24 NCAA Recap, Week 9: What We Learned From the First Weekend of Midseason Invites

Rachel Stege went a huge PB in the 500 free at the Georgia Invite. She ranks #2 in the NCAA and is one of 17 women who have broken 4:40 this season.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Reigning NCAA champ Emma Sticklen blazed a nation-leading 200 fly time of 1:51.50 in prelims, but teammate Kelly Pash could challenge her in tonight’s final.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Texas freshmen Erin Gemmell is slated to face off against USC graduate student Vasilissa Buinaia and USC freshman Minna Abraham in the 100 free on Saturday.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Emma Sticklen is the top seed in the women’s 100 fly after a dominant morning by the Texas Longhorns where they earned the top six seeds.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

USC’s Kaitlyn Dobler will take on Texas’ Anna Elendt in the women’s 100 breaststroke on the third day of the 2023 Texas Invitational in Austin.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Luke Hobson, the defending NCAA champion, will take on freshmen stars Krzysztof Chmielewski and Rex Maurer in the 500 free on Thursday in Austin.

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2023 Texas Invitational: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

The USC women have been rolling through early season meets, now they’ll get a chance to show off their relays on Day 1 of the 2023 Texas Invite.

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Texas A&M Men Beat Texas for 2nd Time in 61 Years

A&M sophomore Baylor Nelson earned wins in the 200 back (1:42.34), 200 free (1:33.97), and 400 IM (3:46.13) to lead the No. 13 Aggie men past No. 6 Texas.

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Did Virginia’s Gretchen Walsh Just Have the Best Dual Meet Performance Ever vs. Texas?

Gretchen Walsh racked up a 22.54 50 backstroke (American record), 20.95 50 freestyle, 49.11 100 fly, 20.78 50 free split, and 46.42 100 free win vs. Texas.

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2023 Virginia Vs. Texas Dual Meet: Day 2 Live Recap

Texas and Virginia return to action this morning in Charlottesville in a shorter format with no “super finals,” but still plenty of chances for fast swims.

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2023 Virginia vs. Texas Dual Meet: ‘Super Finals’ Live Recap

Texas (No. 2 women/No. 7 men) visits Virginia (No. 1 women/No. 15 men) for a weekend matchup that starts with some winner-take-all “superfinals” on Friday.

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Cal Transfer Alicia Wilson Debuts for Texas; Longhorn Men and Women Sweep Horned Frogs

Despite a good chunk of their roster being absent for the Pan American Games, the Longhorns didn’t miss a beat, sweeping every event against the Horned Frogs.

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SwimSwam’s 2024 Women’s NCAA Pre-Season Champion Picks

It was nearly unanimous among the nine writers contributing to this report that the Virginia women will again sweep the relays at the NCAA Championships.

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2025 “Best of the Rest” Sprinter Ella Mongenel Verbals to In-state Longhorns

Ella Mongenel, a 22.6/49.7 sprint freestyler from Cedar Park, Texas, has indicated she plans to remain in-state to swim for the University of Texas.

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