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Swimming & Diving Archive
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Local high school athletes finding their way back home
Grand Canyon University is stocking up again on local athletes, but most of them are finding their way back to the Phoenix school after starting their college careers elsewhere. GCU is looking for athletes to help start a new track and field program at the school. The program’s first coach, Tom Flood, feels he found a [...] -
Wildcats snag national swim titles, Devil divers finish strong
They say there’s strength in numbers. The adage seems to have worked for University of Arizona swimmers. The Wildcats, who qualified the maximum number of swimmers (18) for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships just concluded, pulled off a third-place finish this year, scoring 387 points, and brought back a couple of individual titles as well. Arizona [...] -
NCAA swimming championships swamped by a bug
Riley McCormick was on a roll heading into the men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships this week. Now he sits and waits. The Arizona State diver had come from an impressive performance in the 10-meter competition at the Pac-10 Championships, literally destroying the rest of the field, and anxious to get on the board high atop [...] -
Amanda Beard’s UA swim record falls during Nationals
Annie Chandler worked toward one goal through her four years at University of Arizona. She wanted a national title in the 100 Breaststroke event. Chandler, an All-American swimmer and NCAA relay champion, finally captured the individual NCAA title in the 100 Breast and broke the NCAA and NCAA meet record in the process with an impressive [...] -
‘Lopes gather All-America swim honors on first trip to NCAAs
Grand Canyon University established a couple of milestones for its young swim program last week. Both will provide a huge boost to its recruiting efforts. The Antelopes swim program is just in its third year, but decided this was the year to make its first trip to the NCAA Swimming Championships. And that gave Artem Tretiakov [...] -
UofA men’s swim team makes long climb to No. 1
One week at a time. That’s how the Cats clawed their way to the top of the polls. It took wins over the top three men’s college swimming and diving teams, but University of Arizona has gradually ascended to the top of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) national poll. The Wildcats finished [...] -
ASU divers deliver at Pac-10 Championships
ASU’s diving team got off to an impressive start at the Pac-10 Championships in Washington. The men’s 3-meter diving crown seems to have found a semi-permanent home at Arizona State University. For the eighth consecutive year, a Sun Devil has won the 3-meter conference championship. And it was a sophomore who won the title at yesterday’s first [...] -
GCU swimmers set records enroute to qualifying for NCAAs
Grand Canyon University will be sending more swimmers to the national championships next month. And the ‘Lopes set some records in the process. The Antelopes finished third at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference swimming championships, but added four more swimmers who will be eligible for the championships. Freshmen Johan Ivarsson and junior Artem Tretiakov qualified for the [...] -
Local swimmers give depth to GCU program
A handful of local high school grads are taking a prominent role in the success of Grand Canyon University’s swim team. The GCU women’s swim team has moved up to No. 12 in the latest CollegeSwimming.com rankings, thanks to an impressive win over No. 25 Mesa State and Pacific. The Antelopes won 13 of 14 events [...]