David Burish, Staff Writer
March 28, 2013
The UW-Eau Claire swimming and diving team sent two athletes to the NCAA Division III Championships in Shenandoah, Texas last week. Junior Alex Card placed 10th in both the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke, receiving honorable mention All-American status in each of those events. Despite... Read more »
Courtney Kueppers, Copy Editor
February 20, 2013
After three days in the pool, the UW-Eau Claire swim and dive team took fourth overall at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships on both the men’s and women’s sides. The championships were held Feb. 14-16 at Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer... Read more »
Amelia Kimball, Staff Writer
October 11, 2012
A now famous cheer by the UW-Eau Claire 2012-2013 swimming and diving team kick-started an alumni meet on Oct. 6 where the Eau Claire blue team sunk the gold team. “Oh hell yes!” rang through the McPhee pool as the swimmers and divers prepared for a friendly opening competition with the alumni... Read more »
Emily Albrent
March 29, 2012
The men’s and women’s swim and dive teams took home several All-American honors at the 2012 NCAA Div. III meet on Saturday. The women’s team tied for 28th place overall, while the men tied for 32nd. Women Senior Nicole Dorvinen participated in five events at Nationals, two of which were relays.... Read more »
Alex Zank
February 16, 2012
Thursday marks the start of the biggest competition of the swimming and diving season for UW-Eau Claire, where both the men’s and women’s team will compete with the other schools in the conference. At the end of the season, the annual Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s and women’s... Read more »
Frank F. Pellegrino
February 2, 2012
The men and women’s swimming and diving teams hosted their final dual meets against UW-Whitewater last weekend. It was the last chance for graduating swimmers to compete in front of a home crowd at McPhee Center. Coach Art Brandt said everyone just wants to be in the best condition possible heading... Read more »
Martha Landry
December 15, 2011
A win against UW-La Crosse for the first time in 10 years leaves the UW-Eau Claire swimming and diving men feeling confident for conference. Although the Blugold women didn’t walk away with a win, Coach Art Brandt said they swam to the best of their ability and performed well. Men’s Going... Read more »
Martha Landry
December 8, 2011
The UW-Eau Claire men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both swam spectacular weekends at the UW-River Falls’ Falcon Invite, taking place at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center this past Friday and Saturday. Men Senior Alex Plaetzer said the highlight event for the men’s was the... Read more »
Emily Gresbrink
November 18, 2011
Wrestling The UW-Eau Claire wrestling team traveled for their second tournament of the season on November 12, playing three different dual matches at Concordia University (Wisc.). While the team had several successful matches, they ultimately fell to Concordia, UW-Platteville and the University of Chicago... Read more »
November 3, 2011
Nicole Dorvinen described herself as “crazy” more than once when she sat down for her AthElites interview. She is vice president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, the Mortar Board National Honor Society Treasurer AND Social Chair, and the National Society of Leadership and Success Membership’s... Read more »
