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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

ASU Swimming: Park shines as one of ASU’s top swimmers

by Ryan Curry - December 2, 2015December 2, 2015

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) As the first half of the season starts to wind down, the Arizona State swim team is looking to wind up the intensity of its practices. The swimmers strive to build on the momentum they’ve gained this season and one in particular, sophomore Patrick Park, wants to do

ASU Swimming: Men record the fastest 400-yard and 800-yard relay times in the nation

by Ryan Curry - November 24, 2015December 2, 2015

(Photo: Blake Benard/WCSN) Over the weekend the ASU swim team participated in the annual Art Adamson invitational at Texas A&M. This invitational swim meet marks the halfway point of the 2015-2016 season. Since ASU won’t have a swim meet till January, Coach Bowman gave his team some rest and made them