Marcelo Chierighini

Texas Sweeps Auburn in Austin; Youngquist and Cox Lead Longhorns

Texas’ Clay Youngquist was an impressive in the 200 free as Texas swept Auburn on Thursday.

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2013 Swammy Awards: Latin American Male Swimmer of the Year

Cesar Cielo, winner of two individual golds this past summer, is the 2013 Latin American Male Swimmer of the Year

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Margalis, Bechtel, Chierighini, and Rousseau Win SEC Swimmer of the Week Honors

Auburn’s Marcelo Chierighini was one of four swimmers to win the SEC’s Swimmer of the Week Award for impressive invite performances.

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Auburn Fall Invitational: Georgia and Auburn Split Invite Titles In Night 3

The Georgia women looked very good in the final night in Auburn, to seal the invitational win for the Bulldogs. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Auburn Fall Invitational: 8 ‘A’ Standards Achieved In Day Two Finals

Subirats and Margalis had strong swims to lead headlines in Day 2 in Auburn (Photo Credit: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Auburn Invite Night One: 10 ‘A’ Standards Achieved Tonight

Night number one went underway at Auburn tonight; great competition for all teams in attendance. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Smoliga Scorches 50 Free in Prelims of Auburn Fall Invitational

Jack Bauerle’s latest star could be Olivia Smoliga, who was a season-best in prelims at the Auburn Invitational.

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Danny Tucker Shines, Leads Boilermakers To Comfortable Home-Opener Win

Danny Tucker had a phenomenal meet for the Purdue Boilermakers at the Indiana Intercollegiates invite as he claimed two individual events and posted a 19.09 anchor split on a 200 freestyle relay that ultimately was disqualified.

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The SEC and Mountain West Conferences Announce Weekly Award Winners

The SEC and Mountain West conferences released their weekly swimming and diving awards. Marcelo Chierighini (pictured above) was the SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Week after swimming a 19.93 and 44.09 in the 50 and 100 freestyles.

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Brazilian Sprinter Bruno Fratus Will Be Joining Auburn’s Post Grad Group In January

Brazilian sprint freestyler Bruno Fratus will be joining the Auburn University Post-Grad group, AU Aquatics, under head coach, Brett Hawke, in January. The 24 year-old is recovering from a shoulder surgery in May.

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2013-2014 College Swimming Previews: Can Auburn’s Chierighini 2014 top Morozov’s 2013?

Marcelo Chierighini is the fastest man left in the NCAA. How far can he lead the Tigers?

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Femke Heemskerk Breaks Meet Record to Close 2013 Jose Finkel Trophy in Brazil

Femke Heemskerk (above) broke the Championship Record in the women’s 100 free and Julia Sebastian broke her 3rd Argentina National Record to close the Jose Finkel Trophy. (Photo: Satiro Sodre/SSPress)

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Jose Finkel Trophy Day Three

The swimming performances suffered on another cold evening (9C or 48F) at the Jose Finkel Trophy… (Photo: Satiro Sodre/SSPress)

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Okimoto Breaks Brazilian Record on Day 1 of Jose Finkel By Over 5 Seconds

Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto crushed the National Record in the women’s 1500 free on Monday after not swimming the race at Worlds. (Photo: Satiro Sodre/SSPresse)

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Latin America Report Day 6: Cielo, Bovell In; Chierighini, Garcia Out

George Bovell III of Trinidad and Tobago qualified for his third 50 free World Championship final. He’ll battle it out with seven others tomorrow night, including Cesar Cielo, defending World Champion and fellow Auburn Tiger.

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