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Swimmer Katie McGraw transfers

[LINK] Arkansas Democrat

Former Georgia Tech swimmer Katie McGraw has transferred to Arkansas.

Three on Womens S&D make All-ACC Academic team

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Georgia Tech's Stephanie England, Ashley Kracke and Elizabeth Stowe were all named to the inaugural All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Women's Swimming and Diving Team, announced by ACC Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Seven make All-ACC Academic S&D team

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Georgia Tech's Noah Copeland, Peter Doblar, Ofer Finkler, Jason Howard, Teemu Kettunen, Rob Miller and Alex Williams were all named to the inaugural All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Swimming and Diving Team, announced by ACC Commissioner John D. Swofford.

Auburn wins 4th S&D title in a row at Tech

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On Saturday, Auburn was plenty good enough — more succinctly, deep enough — to win its fourth straight NCAA team championship. A week earlier in Athens, the Tiger women had won their fourth title in five years.

Auburn won the NCAA women's title last week at Georgia.

Auburn won the NCAA title with 480.5 points, followed by Arizona (440.5), Stanford (362.5), Texas (307), Florida (268.5), California (250.5) and USC (223). Georgia finished 9th.

Tech still has a ways to go to leverage its Olympic-quality facilities (now enclosed) to attract top talent and become a top competitor.  But, we did have some good personal performances, as noted in earlier posts.

All sessions at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center (which hosted the 1996 Olympics) were sold out.

Stowers first GT All-American in Diving

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In front of a sold out crowd in the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, sophomore Evan Stowers became the first Georgia Tech diver to earn All-America honors, finishing seventh on the platform with a score of 310.70 to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 33rd-place finish (12 pts.) at the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships [hosted by GT] on Saturday night.

The NCAA Championship meet had 10, 289 swim fans for all six sessions, one of the highest turnouts in NCAA history. Auburn captured its fourth consecutive national title with a final score of 480.5 points. Arizona finished second (440.5), Stanford third (362.5), Texas fourth (307) and Florida fifth (268.5).