Nick Thorne

Freshmen Iida, Fail Double Down as Arizona Beats Utah

Arizona freshmen Brooks Fail and Sam Iida picked up 2 wins each to help the Wildcats beat Utah.

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2017 College Challenge: Saturday Night Live Recap

The top stars from the USA National Team and the Pac-12 Conference square off tonight and tomorrow in the 25 yard pool at the 2017 USA College Challenge.

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2017 Arena PSS- Mesa Prelims Scratches: Taylor Ruck Will Swim on Day 3

The big news for the morning is that Canadian Olympian and age group wonder Taylor Ruck is slated to swim the 100 back, after sitting out the last two days of the meet. Meanwhile, 2nd-seed Conor Dwyer has scratched the 200 IM, after swimming on Thursday and missing yesterday.

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2017 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The Stanford men, led in part by freshman Grant Shoults (pictured), took the Pac-12 team title tonight.

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2017 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

One of the top races to watch this morning will be the men’s 100 free, as USC’S Dylan Carter and ASU’s Cameron Craig will go head-to-head in heat 6.

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2017 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Olympic gold medalist and World Record holder Ryan Murphy will take on the 100 back tonight.

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2017 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

Cal’s Andrew Seliskar will look to set up a sweep of the IM events, while teammates Ryan Murphy (100 back) and Justin Lynch (100 fly) seek their first individual titles of the meet.

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2017 Men’s Pac-12 Championships Fan Guide: Cal, Stanford to Battle

Stanford is one of the best teams in the country this year, but they’ll be battling a tough Cal team that also ranks among the best of the best.

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Arizona Women Beat ASU; Wildcat and Sun Devil Men Tie

The Arizona Wildcat women pulled off a victory over in-state and Pac-12 rival ASU at home on Saturday. The men’s meet, however, ended in a tie between the Wildcats and Sun Devils.

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2016 Texas Invite: Townley Haas Outside Smokes 200 Free in Day 3 Finals

It was all outside smoke in the men’s 200 free final. Texas’ Townley Haas, who squeaked into the top 8 this morning, and Stanford’s Grant Shoults, who got scratched in after taking 9th in prelims, were the fastest 2 swimmers tonight.

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2016 Texas Invite Day 3 Prelims: Clark Smith’s 1:34.2 Leads 200 Free

Olympic gold medalist Clark Smith followed up his fast 500 free victory last night with the top 200 free time in this morning’s prelims at the 2016 Texas Invite.

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2016 Texas Invite Day 2 Finals: Cox Downs School Record with 1:52 200 IM

Texas standout Madisyn Cox was on fire tonight, breaking Kathleen Hersey’s former school record in the 200 IM with a 1:52.83. That also makes her the 10th fastest performer of all time.

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2016 Texas Invite: Stanford Men Step Up Big In Day 2 Prelims

The Stanford men were on a roll this morning, putting 4 swimmers into the final of the 500 free and 5 swimmers into the final of the 200 IM.

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Arizona Men and Women Take Road Win Over Utah

The Arizona men and women were on the road again this weekend, taking their 2nd-straight away meet victory against Utah in Salt Lake City.

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Arizona Men Grab Verbal From Olympic Trials Qualifier Sam Iida

The Arizona Wildcat men have picked up a verbal commitment from Olympic Trials qualifier Sam Iida, an IMer from Glenview, Illinois.

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