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2014 AAC Championships: De Lucca cruises to 1:32.2 on dominant night 3 for Louisville men

Joao de Lucca was dominant in his signature race, while the Louisville men were suffocating, sweeping the top 4 spots in two different events.

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2014 AAC Championships Day 3 prelims: Kylliainen fast, breaststroker Cottrell sub-minute

Tanja Kylliainen broke another pool record and leads the 400 IM. Her teammate Andee Cottrell went 59.35 to take the top 100 breast seed.

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2014 AAC Championships Day 2: 7 pool records fall in 8 swimming events, Louisville in full control

Tanja Kylliainen was a high point for the dominant Cardinals, winning the 200 IM in 1:56.34 to annihilate the old pool record.

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AAC Prelims Day 2: Louisville men quadruple every A final

In third place after one night, the heavily-favored Louisville Cardinal men kicked it into gear this morning, nabbing the top seed in every event and qualifying exactly 4 men for each A final 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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Louisville sweeps all 4 relays on AAC’s day 1 to nab women’s lead, SMU 1-2-3s men’s diving

Carlyle Blondell split 18.8 for the Louisville men on the 200 medley relay, which broke a pool record. Despite winning both relays, the Cardinals trail SMU by 28 after day 1.

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2014 AAC Men Championship Fan Guide: Louisville Looks to Go Out with a Bang

The men of Louisville look to paint the pool red in hopes of a dominant AAC Championship.

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2014 AAC Women’s Championship Fan Guide: Louisville looks tough at home conference championships

Tanja Kylliainen and the loaded Louisville Cardinals host the brand-new conference’s first-ever championships.

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Louisville’s Blondell, UCONN’s Pedersen win final AAC weekly awards of 2013-2014 season

Carlyle Blondell of Louisville and Christine Pedersen were named AAC Swimmers of the Week in the final set of weekly awards to be given out this season.

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Tough Vrooman double powers Indiana to wins over Louisville

Lindsay Vrooman went back-to-back to open the meet, winning the 1000 free and 200 free to set the tone for Indiana’s wins. Eric Ress won three on the men’s side to overcome Louisville’s sprint dominance.

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VIDEO: Louisville men’s swimming and diving wins school talent show

The men’s swimmers and divers won the Louisville talent show this week by getting in touch with their animal natures for a sketch that ranged from Lion King tributes to a zoo animal overthrow.

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Aaron Greene Excels in the Pool and Speed School

Swim Video is Courtesy of the University of Louisville Swimming and Diving.

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A Pair of Louisville Cardinals Win AAC Swimmer of the Week Honors

Tanja Kylliainen (above) and her teammate Joao de Lucca have both earned Swimmer of the Week honors from the AAC.

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Rivalries, Television Bring Big Passion, Energy, and Record Attendance to College Swim Meets

The Cal swim team had at the very least a crowd of 1,500 at their meet against Arizona on Saturday, with hundreds more turned away at the gate.

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University of Louisville Sweeps Kentucky, Kylliainen wins three

Tanja Kylliainen was all over the in-state rival Wildcats, winning the 200 fly, 200 back and 200 IM. Joao de Lucca, Kameron Chastain and Kelsi Worrell all won two events apiece for the Cardinals.

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