Ryan Curry, Author at Cronkite Sports

ASU Water Polo: Sun Devils focus on strategy during tournament season

by Ryan Curry - February 12, 2016February 13, 2016

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) This weekend the ASU women’s water polo team will travel to San Diego, California to participate in the Triton Invitational at UC San Diego. After a strong performance in the games against Indiana, the sixth ranked Sun Devils will look to build on their momentum. While the bulk

ASU Swimming: Strong turnout leads to best times

by Ryan Curry - February 11, 2016February 11, 2016

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) The atmosphere at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center this past weekend was remarkable. The stands were so packed that fans were looking over the parking garage to see Arizona State take on Arizona. “I don’t think that has ever been achieved in the history of Mona Plummer,” sophomore Chrisitan

ASU Swimming: Women can’t keep up, but men dominate Wildcats in record breaking fashion

by Ryan Curry - February 6, 2016February 28, 2016

Photo: (Alli Cline/WCSN) The crowd at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center was sold out Saturday afternoon to see five ASU school records go down in a rivalry showdown featuring Arizona State and Arizona. At the start of the day many of the fans were peeking over the parking garage to watch Michael

ASU Swimming: Territorial Cup showdown featuring Michael Phelps

by Ryan Curry - February 5, 2016February 5, 2016

(Photo: Ross Leviton/WCSN) The Arizona State swim team will square off this weekend against bitter rival and swimming powerhouse Arizona. If the atmosphere of the Territorial Cup isn’t enough, then maybe the presence of 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will make the event more electric. Phelps and the rest of the

ASU Water Polo: Sverchek and Koopman shine as Arizona State beat Indiana in back to back games

by Ryan Curry - January 23, 2016January 24, 2016

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) Senior defender Katie Sverchek and freshman attacker Maud Koopman carried their team as No. 6 ranked ASU beat No. 14 ranked Indiana 10-5 in the first game and 13-8 in the second game. Koopman recorded only one goal in the first game, but bounced back in the

ASU Swimming: Sun Devils prepare for toughest opponents of the season

by Ryan Curry - January 21, 2016

(Photo: Ross Leviton/WCSN) The ASU men’s and women’s swim teams will travel to the Bay Area this weekend to take on two of the best teams in the country: Stanford and California. Both schools are at the center of the collegiate swimming world, and their reputations allow them to recruit the

ASU Water Polo: Sun Devils ready for start of the season

by Ryan Curry - January 20, 2016January 21, 2016

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) The intense preseason training came to a close this week for the ASU women’s water polo team. The past few weeks for Arizona State involved rigorous workouts that are designed to get a player in the right shape for the start of the season. This weekend, the

ASU Swimming: Sun Devils kick off second half of season with a women’s loss and men’s win

by Ryan Curry - January 16, 2016

(Photo: WCSN/Blake Benard) After missing the first half of the season, Richard Bohus had quite a homecoming Saturday against Wyoming. Arizona State started the second half of their swim season Saturday afternoon. Following six weeks of training, the Sun Devils faced the Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls in a nonconference dual meet to

ASU Swimming: Team ready for second half of the season

by Ryan Curry - January 12, 2016

(Photo: Blake Benard/WCSN) While Arizona State's campus may have been deserted for last few weeks, the Sun Devil swim team remained hard at work trying to get better for the second half of the swim season. Heading into December, the women’s team had a 2-3 record, and the men’s team had a

ASU Swimming: Michael Phelps to become assistant coach after Olympics

by Ryan Curry - December 26, 2015December 26, 2015

(Photo: Getty Images) The best Christmas gift the Arizona State swim team got this season was probably hearing that Olympic great Michael Phelps will become an assistant coach for 2016-17 swim season. Head Coach Bob Bowman told the Arizona Republic that Phelps will join the staff after the Olympic Games in