Category: Swimming & Diving (W)

Tide swimmers take on the NCAA championships

Three Alabama swimmers will travel to Indianapolis, Ind., over the next two weeks to compete in the NCAA championships. Alabama will be competing against schools across the country in hopes to achieve career-high performances. From the women’s team, senior Jenna Gallo and sophomore Kaylin Burchell will represent Alabama in the upcoming championship meet. Junior BJ Hornikel will be the sole [...]

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Tide looks to qualify for championship

The University of Alabama Crimson Tide swim team looks to the Bulldog Invitational in hopes of qualifying for the national championship meet after competing in the Southeastern Conference Championship last weekend. Both the men and women had strong performances in the SEC meet in College Station, Texas. Both teams finished in tenth place in the meet with junior BJ Hornikel [...]

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Swimming and diving team advances to conference championship

After a successful year for the Alabama swimming and diving team, they will travel to College Station, Texas, to compete in the SEC Championships. Alabama will face all conference schools over the course of the week in hopes to gain conference practice and improved personal times. This season was a building season for Alabama, which started off the year with [...]

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Despite improvements, Tide comes up short against Tiger

Despite improvements, Tide comes up short against Tiger

The Alabama swimming and diving team lost its first meet of the new year to Missouri on Saturday. Though the Crimson Tide came close to out-swimming the Tigers, they fell short, with the men losing 168-132 and the women losing 162-138. “I was real pleased,” head coach Dennis Pursley said. “I think this was by far our strongest meet. We [...]

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Women’s team gets a W

The Alabama women’s swimming and diving team nabbed its second win of the season and first in Southeastern Conference competition, beating Vanderbilt 158-103 in Nashville, Tenn.. The Crimson Tide (2-1, 1-1 SEC) won the 400 medley relay to open the meet and closed things out by winning the 200 freestyle relay, winning seven individual races in between. Junior Stephanie Kinsey, [...]

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