Ivy Martin

2014 W. NCAA Picks: Don’t Blink Or You’ll Miss A New NCAA Champ

The women’s fifty free hasn’t seen this much speed in a while and it could by anybody’s race Thursday night.

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2014 W. NCAA Picks: Fast and Furious Freshmen Bring New Depth to the 100 Free

Half of the top eight in the 100 free are freshmen, the entire top eight is seated under 48.00, which makes for one very fast event.

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2014 Big Ten Women’s Championships: Minnesota three-peats on Kierra Smith 200 breast win

The Golden Gophers won the conference at home on a big final night that saw conference records from Wisconsin’s Ivy Martin and Indiana’s Gia Dalesandro.

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2014 Big Ten Women’s Championships: Ivy Martin 48.0 on day 3 prelims, will showdown with Ackman

Ivy Martin and Alyson Ackman were 48-low in prelims, making for a great finals showdown tonight. Indiana qualified 10 A finalists in trying to cut down Minnesota’s big team lead.

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2014 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Vrooman crushes 500 but Minnesota leads by 47

Lindsay Vrooman defended her 500 free title with a giant final 100, but her Hoosiers trail Minnesota by over 47 after two days.

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2014 Women’s Big Ten Championships: Martin’s 50 Highlights Morning

Kiera Janzen of Minnesota is the #2 overall seed in the 500 free heading into tonight.

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2014 Conference Championship 2/19 Notes: Duke Qualifies First NCAA Relay

Duke senior breaststroker Christine Wixted will have more than individual events to swim at this year’s NCAA Championships, as the Blue Devils have qualified their first ever women’s relay for the meet.

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2014 Women’s Big Ten Championship Fan Guide: Minnesota Looks To Repeat, But Will Be Challenged

Minnesota will look to three-peat this weekend at the 2014 Big Ten Championships. Kiera Janzen is key for the Gophers, and will take part in one of the more anticipated races of the weekend, the 500 freestyle.

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2014 Women’s Big Ten Championship Psych Sheets Are Out! Snodgrass Only in 2 Individuals

Indiana sophomore Haley Lips has dropped the 200 fly from her Big Ten schedule, and will instead swim the 1650 free on the meet’s final day.

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Ohio State grabs three of six Big Ten weekly awards, Minnesota’s Keefer wins 15th Diver of Week honor

The intense Ohio State-Michigan rivalry dual meets produced four of the six weekly Big Ten award-winners, with the Buckeyes taking three of those honors. In addition, Minnesota’s Maggie Keefer won Diver of the Week for the 15th time in her career.

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Minnesota beats back Boilermakers, Badgers in Big Ten triangular

CJ Smith and Kiera Janzen combined to dominate the distance events for the Golden Gophers in the two-day triangular at Purdue.

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Virginia Rolls with 11 Wins on Day 2; Virginia Tech Men Grab Victory

Virginia picks up 11 wins on Day 2, yet the Virginia Tech men get their first dual win against UVA since 1981.

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Virginia Women, Virginia Tech Men Lead the Way Day 1 of Five-Team Dual Meet

The women of UVA and men of Virginia Tech take the reigns on day one.

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Mercer and Martin are co-Swimmers of the Week in Big Ten women’s action

Purdue had a share of all three conference awards after beating Michigan and Michigan State on consecutive nights to remain undefeated.

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Wagner, Carlson, #6 USC overpower Wisconsin

The 6th-ranked USC men rode relay prowess to a win over Wisconsin, while the #6 Trojan women won 13 of 15 events to down the #20 Badger women.

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