The Pirates were involved with a variety of charitable activities this spring By Katie Dodge, ECU Media Relations Student Assistant Greenville, NC April 24, 2013 - Great American journalist Heywood Broun once said that sports do not build character, but reveal it. The community service activities performed by the East Carolina swimming and diving team during the 2012-2013 school year did more than just reve ...

Photo Album UNCW Athletic Awards Banquet Winners WILMINGTON, NC April 22, 2013 – Men’s basketball standout Keith Rendleman and senior swimmer Carly Tanner received the Thomas V. Moseley Awards as UNCW’s top student-athletes for 2012-13 during Monday’s annual athletic awards banquet at the Burney Center.   In other major awards, Kim Currie (women’s soccer) and Kosta Blank (men’s tennis) collected the Ch ...

Swimmer Whitney Avers and third baseman LB Dantzler will represent the Gamecocks for the final voting COLUMBIA, SC April 3, 2013 – South Carolina’s nominees for the 2013 H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year are Whitney Avers of the swimming team and LB Dantzler of the baseball team, the league office and the university announced today. As the Gamecocks’ selections, each will receive $7,500 to u ...

Carolina finishes 15th with a time of 6:24.54 INDIANAPOLIS, IN March 29, 2013 — The South Carolina men’s swimming and diving team capped Friday’s finals session at the 2013 NCAA Championships with a 15th-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay at the IU Natatorium, earning All-America honors for each member of the team. The Gamecock relay of Gerard Rodriguez, Michael Flach, Marwan El Kamash and Alex Fitton ...

Flach finishes 45th in 500 freestyle Results INDIANAPOLIS, IN March 28, 2013 - The South Carolina men's swimming and diving team wrapped up its first day of competition at the 2013 NCAA Championships on Thursday in the preliminaries at the IU Natatorium. The Gamecocks were unable to secure any spots in the finals of the three events they swam in during the morning session, which included junior Michael Flac ...

COLUMBIA, SC March 27, 2013 — Five swimmers are set to compete for South Carolina this week at the 2013 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Junior Michael Flach will swim in three individual events for the Gamecocks, while juniors Gerard Rodriguez, Alex Fitton and Jay Warner and freshman Marwan El Kamash will join Flach to swim the relay events Thursday through Saturday at the ...

Gamecock junior swam a time of 2:11.63 in Saturday's prelims INDIANAPOLIS, IN March 23, 2013 - South Carolina junior Amanda Rutqvist wrapped up her week at the 2013 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday morning with a 29th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke preliminary at the IU Natatorium. Rutqvist posted a time of 2:11.63, missing out on the top 16 by 1.58 seconds. It took a time of 2:10.05 ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana March 23, 2013 – Carly Tanner put her goggles on for the last time as a collegiate swimmer Saturday when the UNCW senior swam a personal best in the 100 Freestyle at the 2013 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships at the IUPUI Natatorium in downtown Indianapolis. The Manassas, Va., won her heat and finished in 50th place after touching in 49.76 during the preliminaries, but ...

Gamecock junior won bronze in 200-meter freestyle to earn roster spot PONTEVEDRA, Spain March 22, 2013 — South Carolina junior Gerard Rodriguez won bronze in the 200-meter freestyle on Friday at the Spanish World Championship Trials to earn a roster spot on the Spanish National Team for the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. A native of Badalona, Spain, Rodriguez needed to finish in the top ...

INDIANAPOLIS, IN March 22, 2013 — South Carolina junior Amanda Rutqvist swam her first event at the 2013 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships on Friday, finishing 31st in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.01. Rutqvist, who entered the event as the No. 40 seed, improved two spots from last year’s 33rd-place finish. Her time is also a career-best NCAA Championships time. “I was pleased with A ...