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ASU Swimming: Simonovic to compete in the Olympics

by Ryan Curry - June 27, 2016August 11, 2016

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) At an Italian International meet in Rome this past weekend, Kat Simonovic, who swims internationally for Serbia, swam under the Olympic A cut for the 200-meter freestyle. In European swimming, when a swimmer gets a time under that standard, they qualify for the Olympics. Simonovic made the

ASU Swimming: Richard Bohus qualifies for the Olympic Games

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

(Photo: Ali Cline/WCSN) This week was probably one of the most successful weeks for Richard Bohus, the star ASU swimmer and Hungarian international. At the LEN European Championships in London, Bohus swam a 48.92 in the 100-meter freestyle, which is under the Olympic A qualifying standard of 48.99. Only two swimmers

ASU Water Polo: Sun Devils lose to Michigan in final the seconds of the game

by Ryan Curry - May 13, 2016May 13, 2016

(Photo: Jonathan Diego/WCSN) Michigan’s Allison Skaggs scored with under five seconds left in the game to the give the Wolverines the victory over the Sun Devils 5-4 in Los Angeles. Goalie play was the key to this game as both Mia Rycraw of ASU and Julia Campbell of Michigan had several saves

ASU Water Polo: Sun Devils get ready to play Michigan in the first round of the NCAA tournament

by Ryan Curry - May 13, 2016

(Photo: Jonathan Diego/WCSN) The first round of the NCAA tournament starts today with fourth seed Arizona State (19-7) taking on fifth seed Michigan (29-6) at the Spieker Aquatic Center in Los Angeles, CA. Both teams have played each other once this season with ASU winning that matchup 8-5. The Sun Devils were

ASU Water Polo: Sun Devils prepare for the NCAA tournament

by Ryan Curry - May 12, 2016May 12, 2016

(Photo: Jonathan Diego/WCSN) The long season that started back in January is coming to an end, and No. 4 Arizona State will look to finish its season by making a strong run at the National Championship. Only three teams have shared the title – UCLA, Stanford and USC – but with ASU,

ASU Water Polo: Sun Devils get ready for toughest opponent of the season

by Ryan Curry - April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

(Photo: Jonathan Diego/WCSN) The No. 4 Sun Devil women’s water polo team is at the Spieker Aquatic Center today to take on No. 2 UCLA. ASU has won 10 of their last 11 games this season and they look to challenge one of the best teams in the county. In fact

ASU Swimming: Sun Devils to compete in Mesa Grand Prix this weekend

by Ryan Curry - April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) The USA Swimming Grand Prix circuit makes its annual stop in Mesa, AZ this weekend, and a large number of high profile athletes are expected to swim. Olympians such as Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin, Ryan Lochte, Katie Ledecky and others headline the meet, but a large number of

ASU Water Polo: Sun Devils win in quadruple overtime

by Ryan Curry - April 2, 2016May 3, 2016

(Photo: Jonathan Diego/WCSN) No. 5 Arizona State hosted No. 7 California for an intense water polo showdown at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. Six of the last eight times these two teams met, the games ended with a one goal differential. Today, on senior day, that stat increased when ASU beat

ASU Swimming: Sun Devils prepare for NCAA Championships

by Ryan Curry - March 23, 2016

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) Following a fifth place finish at the Pac-12 championships three weeks ago, the ASU men’s swim team is gearing up for the biggest meat of the year at the NCAA Championships. ASU will be sending six swimmers to the big dance this year, compared to last year when

ASU Water Polo: Sun Devils go undefeated in second straight tournament

by Ryan Curry - March 20, 2016

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) The Arizona State women’s water polo team won all four games this weekend at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. The ninth ranked Sun Devils increase their win streak to seven games after the loss to USC. On Saturday, ASU played two games with the first one against No.22