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Sophomore Cesar Castillo from Panama during an Augustana College men’s swimming and diving team practice in Lindberg.

Just warming up: men’s and women’s swimming win first meet

Medin Sehic October 26, 2023

The men’s and women's swimming teams won their season opener against North Central College on Oct. 14. The men won with a score of 150-24, while the women won with a score of 174-24. With their victory...

Members getting ready to swim on the starter blocks.

Swimming teams start season hungrier than ever

Gabo Luna November 10, 2022

The Augustana men’s and women’s swimming team had a strong start of the season. Both teams secured a dominant win over Monmouth College and are excited about what’s to come.  The season opener...

Patti Grod (’20) trains with a kickboard to get ready for the 2017 swimming season. Photo by Tony Dzik.

Men’s and Women’s Swim prepares for St. Ambrose Meet

October 19, 2017

After preparing for the start of the swim season for the entire fall term, the men and women’s swim team will have their first meet against St. Ambrose in Davenport on Oct. 27. Before the workouts started,...

Senior Aaron Holt swims the backstroke at practice Dec. 16. Holt is the team captain.
Photo by Ian Magnuson.

Holt sets goals high after back injury

December 18, 2014

Back stroke to back injury, Aaron Holt never let surgery break his moral or drive to make his senior year of swimming his best. “It was April 2013, the end of my sophomore year, and I was playing a...

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