Tag: Gustavus swimming and diving

  • Women’s Swimming & Diving Sits Ninth After Day Two Of NCAA Championships

    Women’s Swimming & Diving Sits Ninth After Day Two Of NCAA Championships

    Shenandoah, Texas – Following two complete days of non-stop action at the 2015 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the Gustavus Adolphus women sit in ninth place with 64 points. Head Coach Jon Carlson was impressed with the team’s performance this evening after what was an up-and-down start to the day.  “We were able to turn…

  • Thursday Prelims Complete, 200-Free And 400-Medley Relays Move On

    Thursday Prelims Complete, 200-Free And 400-Medley Relays Move On

    Shenandoah, Texas – The Gustavus Adolphus women’s swimming and diving team will have a pair of relays competing in Thursday night’s finals at the NCAA Championships thanks to their swims this morning at the Conroe ISD Natatorium. The 200-free relay kicked off the day’s schedule by earning a place in the championship final, while the 400-medley…

  • Lone Star State Of Mind: Thursday Prelims

    Lone Star State Of Mind: Thursday Prelims

    8:47 a.m. – Good morning everyone and welcome back to the swimming and diving travel blog! I am currently sitting in the media room located poolside at the Conroe Natatorium. The team was wide-awake at 7:00 a.m. for its morning walk and breakfast. If you aren’t currently following “gusties” on snap chat, you should. I’ve…

  • Women’s Swimming & Diving’s Search For Six Begins Thursday

    Women’s Swimming & Diving’s Search For Six Begins Thursday

    St. Peter, Minn. – When the Gustavus Adolphus swimming and diving team steps onto the deck of the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center on Thursday morning for the opening day prelims of the 2015 MIAC Championships, it will once again have a target on its back.  This year, that target is bigger and more glaring…

  • Men’s Swimming & Diving Set To Compete At MIAC Championships

    Men’s Swimming & Diving Set To Compete At MIAC Championships

    St. Peter, Minn. – After missing the podium by 37.5 points last season in the third place finish with a score of 498.5, the Gustavus Adolphus men’s swimming and diving team enters the 2015 MIAC Championships gunning for a return to the top three. “A return to the top three is something that the men…

  • Men’s Swimming & Diving Falls 189-91 To St. Thomas In Season’s Final Dual

    Men’s Swimming & Diving Falls 189-91 To St. Thomas In Season’s Final Dual

    St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus men’s swimming and diving suffered a 189-91 loss to the University of St. Thomas on Saturday afternoon at the Vic Gustafson Pool. In what was the final dual and home meet of the 2014-15 season for the Gusties, they turned in a four individual event wins. Swimming in…

  • Women’s Swimming & Diving Cruises Past St. Thomas 182-116 In Home Finale

    Women’s Swimming & Diving Cruises Past St. Thomas 182-116 In Home Finale

    St. Peter, Minn. – In its final dual of the season, the Gustavus Adolphus women’s swimming and diving team took care of business against one its chief MIAC title contenders on Saturday afternoon at the Vic Gustafson Pool. The Gusties won a total of 12 events and kept their unblemished dual record intact by defeating…

  • Women’s Swimming & Diving Moves Up To No. 11 In CSCAA Rankings

    Women’s Swimming & Diving Moves Up To No. 11 In CSCAA Rankings

    St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus Adolphus women’s swimming and diving team moved up to a No. 11 ranking in the most recent College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) NCAA Division III Poll released Wednesday, Jan. 21.  The Gusties were ranked No. 12 in the CSCAA’s last poll released on Dec. 10. The College…

  • Zac Solis Earns MIAC Weekly Honor

    Zac Solis Earns MIAC Weekly Honor

    Bloomington, Minn. – Gustavus Adolphus swimmer Zac Solis (Sr., Centennial, Colo.) has been named the MIAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Athlete-of-the-Week for the second time this season.  Competing in the final preliminary-final format meet of the season at the Grinnell Invitational last weekend at the Grinnell Natatorium in the Charles Benson Bear Recreation and Athletic…

  • Men’s Swimming And Diving Uses Strong Finish To Place Second At Grinnell Invite

    Men’s Swimming And Diving Uses Strong Finish To Place Second At Grinnell Invite

    Grinnell, Iowa – The Gustavus Adolphus men’s swimming and diving team used a strong finish to move ahead one spot into a second place standing with a two-day total of 976 points at the 2015 Grinnell College Invitational held over the weekend at the Grinnell Natatorium in the Charles Benson Bear Recreation and Athletic Center.…