Everything you need to know about the upcoming week in Butler sports.
Butler swimmers break school records at ten team meet
GRANT ANSCHUETZ | STAFF REPORTER Photo courtesy of butlersports.com Butler women’s swimming finished sixth out of the 10 teams competing at the House of Champions Meet hosted by IUPUI last weekend. The Hinkle Fieldhouse of swimming. Ready for a great meet! #GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/Xk2TcRVEZ8 — Butler Swimming (@ButlerSwimming) November 20, 2015 On Friday evening, Emma Green and Audrey…
Women’s Swimming Season Preview
ERIC ROBINSON | CO-SPORTS EDITOR The Butler women’s swimming team is excited to have ten seniors to rely upon for leadership this season. It is something new for the team, a refreshing change from the past. Senior Sarah Gibbons said that because swimming in a non-scholarship sport, swimmers in recent years have often quit the…
Dive in to the Big East Championships
WESLEY BRYANT | STAFF REPORTER The Butler women’s swimming team is heading to the 2015 Big East Swimming and Diving Championship at Ithaca College this weekend. The Bulldogs will be competing against Georgetown University, Providence College, Seton Hall University, Villanova University and Xavier University for a shot at the title. The event, which begins tonight,…
Bulldogs aim for best before break
KELLY MURPHY | STAFF REPORTER Butler’s women’s swim team is hard at work preparing for its meet next weekend. On Saturday, the team will travel to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, for its last meet before tapering. Tapering is when athletes scale back their training — in this case, the swimmers will be swimming less…
Bulldogs prepare for pair of meets
MATTHEW VANTRYON | SPORTS EDITOR The Butler swim team will participate in a pair of races this weekend, competing in both the Indiana Intercollegiate meet and the Butler Double Dual meet. The team will face Indiana University-Purdue University and Eastern Illinois in the Butler Double Dual at IUPUI on Friday and travel to Lafayette Saturday…
Maurice Stewart: Making a Splash
ERIC ROBINSON | STAFF REPORTER Maurice Stewart’s resume speaks for itself, which boasts three swimming national championships. Success has followed him as he made the move north to Butler. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Stewart saw his first snapshot of success as an assistant swimming coach at Auburn University from 2003-05. There, he…
Bulldogs grab first win against Leathernecks
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter The Butler women’s swimming team received its first team win this season against the Western Illinois Leathernecks over the weekend. The Bulldogs posted a final score of 148 points across 29 events. The meet turned into a tango for two when Monmouth was unable to make the trip to the…
Butler Women’s Swimming
MARKO TOMICH | Contributing Reporter The Butler swim team hosted the fifth annual Butler Invitational and placed fourth of eight squads. Sunday’s meet was senior night for Butler seniors Kaitie Ring and Hayden Engstrom. “This was Kaitie and Hayden’s last home meet, (and) we wanted to make it as special and great as we could,”…