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Women swimmers place fifth on national stage

Graduating swimmer Emmalina Corriveau finished eighth in the 200 backstroke. (Photo by David Moll via University of Calgary)

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • March 8, 2013

Olympian David Sharpe wins three medals

Dal once again makes the biggest splash

Dal won gold in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay. Middle four, clockwise from top left, Mary Claire Lynch, Michelle Campbell, Ceilidh MacPherson, Molly Wedge. (Photo by Shelley Ebbett via UPEI Athletics)

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • February 15, 2013

Swimmers convincingly take AUS crown

2013 Most Eligible Tigers

Molly Wedge. (Chris Parent photo)

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • February 8, 2013

What’s that, you say? You’re single? And ready to mingle?
Well, aren’t you in luck. We at the Gazette thought you may want to meet …

Video: 2013 Most Eligible Tigers preview

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • February 6, 2013

The idea: take Dalhousie’s hottest varsity athletes and put them in a room together. Ask them about
their love lives. Then document it for the …

Tigers drown out the competition

Rookie Jeremy Ryant and the Tigers swimming team was a force in the pool. (David Munro photo)

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • January 25, 2013

Dalhousie’s domination in the pool continued this past weekend at the AUS invitational meet at the Dalplex.
Dal was on top of the podium for …

Dal swimmers smash records

The Dalhousie record-breakers: Molly Wedge, Katie Webster, David Sharpe and Keisha Mills. (David Munro photo)

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • November 21, 2012

 
Multiple Dalhousie records were broken at the swimming team’s first at-home meet, the AUS invitational.
This past weekend David Sharpe smashed the records for both …

Sharpe graduates to Olympic pool

Dal now has an Olympian in its pool, David Sharpe. (Calum Agnew photo)

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • September 21, 2012

In Grade 1, David Sharpe decided that he wanted to be a swimmer.
He was already playing soccer and gymnastics but he soon turned his …

Aidan Knight comes to Halifax

Aidan Knight press

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • March 16, 2012

Aidan Knight is wandering around a grocery store in London, Ont. He’s with his band, and they are trying to find something to eat.
The …

Dal swimmers head for unchartered waters

Ready to roar. Photo by Pau Balite

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • March 9, 2012

Dalhousie swimming is a big fish in a small pond.
They don’t just win, they crush everyone else.
Both the men’s and women’s teams take home …

Swimming coach retires

David fry

By Paula Sanderson, Staff Contributor • March 2, 2012

David Fry, the head coach of the Dalhousie swimming team, is retiring after a 30-year run with the program.
Fry joined the team in 1981, …