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Swimming & Diving Archive
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UA men bring home national swim titles, set new records
The University of Arizona men’s swimming team got off to a good start at the NCAA Championships over the weekend, as five Wildcats recorded individual top-10 finishes, and the team’s 118 points were the best first-day scoring in four years. But that was just the start for the Arizona squad, considered one of the favorites [...] -
GCU’s new sports programs on fast track to nat’l success
When it comes to developing new sports programs, Grand Canyon University seems to have found the fast track to success. The Antelopes’ track & field program just returned from Minnesota with a national championship in tow – in just the second year of the program’s existence. About the same time, the wrestling team was wrapping [...] -
GCU swimmers have good argument for being nation’s #1
If you knock off No. 1, shouldn’t you be the new No. 1? That’s the question the Grand Canyon University men’s swim team has to be asking after beating the country’s top-ranked University of California San Diego squad last week in one of the top dual meets in Division II this season. “We accomplished pretty [...] -
GCU swim records fall, both teams ranked No. 3 in nation
There is probably no better measuring stick for Steve Schaffer‘s success the past three years at Grand Canyon University than the progress of the women’s swim program. The men’s and women’s head coach took over in July of 2008, becoming the swimming and diving program’s second head coach. Since then, the Antelopes have begun a [...] -
UA men’s swim team now No. 1 after wins at Texas Invite
Cory Chitwood now owns the fastest swim times in the country in three different events, and his Wildcats team now owns the nation’s No. 1 ranking. The University of Arizona men’s swimming team earned a unanimous No. 1 ranking following its performance at the Texas Invitational, highlighted by Chitwood’s individual wins in the 200 IM [...] -
Salpointe boys win first-ever swim title; Brophy wins 34th
OK, let’s get the suspense out of the way first. Brophy Prep and Xavier Prep won the Division I state swimming and diving championships. Gee, what a surprise. It was Brophy’s 24th consecutive boys’ state title. Xavier claimed its 26th girls’ championship all-time, just eight off the pace of Brophy’s 34 overall. Mountain View High [...] -
Brophy, Xavier swimmers deep in talent again this year
Entries were down somewhat at the annual Brophy/Xavier Swim & Dive Invitational this year. But, hey, the organizers are lucky anybody wants to come since the outcome is pretty much determined before the first swimmers hit the water. Of course, if you apply that strategy to the full season, there wouldn’t be any events to [...] -
UA’s Annie Chandler is Pac-10 Woman of Year for 3rd time
No one is more deserving of being named the NCAA Woman of the Year than Annie Chandler, the dominating swimmer from the University of Arizona. After all, she just won her third straight Pac-10 Woman of the Year honor. (Update Aug. 17: Chandler won a Gold medal in the 50-meter breaststroke at the World University [...] -
Coaching carousel spinning in UA swim & dive program
Like his father before him, Augie Busch has left the University of Arizona swimming pool for fresh water. Frank Busch, a six-time NCAA Coach of the Year who led the Wildcat swimming and diving program for 22 years, announced his resignation in February to accept a new position as National Team Director for USA Swimming. [...] -
UA taps Big-10′s Eric Hansen to take over swim program
This afternoon, the University of Arizona will formally introduce their answer to replacing the long-time face of the Wildcat swimming & diving program. Arizona has lured Eric Hansen from his 12-year career as the University of Wisconsin head coach to fill the vacancy left by Frank Busch, the Cats’ boss for the past 22 years. [...]
