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5 Types of Pre-Race Ritual Performers; Can You Relate? By Katlynn Emaus (From the Archive) Races and meets can be very nerve racking. Each athlete has their own way of getting in the zone. Pre-race rituals can be a wildcard in certain scenarios. The moments before a heat steps on the blocks, all the...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern Oh swimming how my body has taken your toll, From the underwater kick sets to the 400s pull, From the knots in my hair that cannot be undone, The battle of not smelling like chlorine just cannot be won, The endless time I have poured into you, however,...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern Going through the college recruiting process is a long, tiring, yet exciting process. From getting your first letter from a college your freshman year to the phone calls and unofficial visits junior year to the official visits senior year, all in all i...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming Word College Intern What defines success? Is success winning NCAAs? Or getting 100 percent on a chemistry midterm? Or is it meeting your seasonal goal time? Or maybe it's even missing the national cut. Success is a term commonly used. Everyone wants to be successful, but e...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern Swimming is a sport that requires a lot of outside help to make meets and practices run smoothly. Officials, timers, the people that hand out awards and people that set up the pool for meets, are all examples of crucial volunteer roles in the sport of ...

Oakland men win their 37th consecutive conference title and their women their 22nd. Oakland women sweep the 200 breast going 1,2,3,6. The Halverson brothers from Milwaukee go one two in their senior year 1650 as Brie Hines breaks the Horizon League record in the 1650. Women’s 1650 Brie Hines from UI...

Oakland’s Holly Morren breaks the Horizon League record in the 100 free with a time of 49.84. Emily Hayhow from Wright State won the 100 fly and broke the Horizon League record last night turned around to be the top seed in the 200 Fly. Women’s 200 Back Oakland claimed the top two seeds in this even...

Nikki Flynn from Oakland University ties Allison Schmitt’s pool record in the 200 freestyle and resets her own Horizon League record at the Horizon League Championships. Cleveland State’s Philipp Sikatzki breaks Horizon League record in the 100 fly and 100 back. Women’s 400 IM Oakland’s Patricia Asc...

Women’s 400 IM After winning the 200 IM last night, Oakland’s Patricia Aschan claims the top seed in the women’s 400 IM with a prelims time of 4:19.20. Aschan holds the league record in the event at a 4:16.84. Brie Hines from University of Illinois Chicago who won the 500 last night is seeded seco....

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern Day 2 of the Horizon League Championships yield 3 new meet records. Brie Hines from University of Illinois Chicago and Mitchell Stover from Wright State defend their Horizon League Titles and break their own meet records, while Oakland University's men...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern Oakland placed multiple swimmers in the top eight going into finals. Nikki Flynn tied the meet record of the women’s 50 free in the prelims of the second day of the 2016 Horizon League Championships. Women’s 500 Free Natalie Johnson from Milwaukee clai...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming Word College Intern Wednesday night at Oakland University’s aquatic center the first session of the 2016 Horizon League Championships took place.The meet started with both medley relay records being broken and the pool record in the men's 3 meter diving. Women’s 200 Medley...

The 2016 Horizon League swimming and diving championship is ready to take place at Oakland University February the 24th to the 27th. Oakland’s men’s and women’s are both the defending Horizon League champions; the men hope to win their 37th consecutive conference title in a row and the women 22nd. W...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern In mid-January, teams from around the Horizon League found themselves biting into limes to support one of their own swimmers. Madisen Tretter, a junior breaststroker from Cleveland State University, was diagnosed with Lyme disease in September 2015. “L...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern Training trip. Time to travel to a tropical place, splash around in the warm ocean water, and bond with teammates. Life is good. Oh, let's not forget the training part. Training is hard -- really hard. Some of the most difficult training of the year wi...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern There are several obvious differences between college swimming and high school and club swimming. Hours training, weights, cardio, coaches and teammates just to name a few. All of these play a huge factor on adjusting to the college swimming stage. The...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern The saying “failure is not an option,” along with being cliche and overused, is completely inaccurate. True, in some cases like in the battle for Sparta, failure is not an option. But in sports, swimming particular, failure is most certainly an option....

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. November 21st the MHSAA high school girls Division 2 state meet took place at Oakland University. Dexter Hig...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern College is intimidating for any 18-year-old, but when college athletics come into play, it is another story. New teammates, new coaches, new pools and new foods are all things that swimmers need to adjust to, and fast. But that is what makes athletes s...

By Katlynn Emaus, Swimming World College Intern The second law of thermodynamics states that when energy is transferred from one form to another it will decrease usable energy and increase entropy. By definition entropy is chaos or disorder and takes away from usable energy. There is a clear paralle...