Sean Murphy, Author at Cronkite Sports

ASU Swimming: Sun Devils open day one of NCAA Championships

by Sean Murphy - March 22, 2017March 25, 2017

(Photo: Ali Cline/WCSN) The Arizona State men’s swimming and diving team kicked off competition tonight at the NCAA Championship at Indiana University Purdue University of Indiana with the men’s 800 freestyle relay. The Sun Devils put up a time of 6:17.57, just .13 seconds off of their school record relay earlier this

ASU Swimming: Men win the Art Adamson Invitational

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by Sean Murphy - November 19, 2016November 19, 2016

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) On the last day of competition in Mansfield Texas, the Arizona State men continued to dominate in the pool and earn enough overall points to win the Art Adamson Invitational. ASU scored 969.5 points while Texas A&M took 2nd with 917.5 points. The women finished in 4th place

ASU Swimming: Bowman announces recruiting class for next season

by Sean Murphy - November 13, 2016November 17, 2016

(Photo: Blake Benard/Blaze Sports) The ASU swim team announced last week its new recruiting class for the 2017-18 season. In his second year as head coach, Bob Bowman is looking to dramatically improve his team through the newcomers. Bowman said the first step to building a program to compete in the

ASU Swimming: Women suffer defeat while men grab win over USC

by Sean Murphy - November 4, 2016November 5, 2016

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) In the fourth meet of the season for both teams, the 24th ranked Arizona State men’s team beat USC Friday afternoon, 156.5-149.5 to remain undefeated, while the Sun Devil women’s team performed well, but did not have the same luck, suffering a 169-104 defeat at the hands of

ASU Swimming: Sun Devils get ready for first home meet of the season

by Sean Murphy - October 28, 2016October 29, 2016

(Photo: Blake Benard/Blaze Sports) The Arizona State men’s and women’s swimming teams are both getting ready to face Denver tomorrow for the first home meet of the season at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. After both teams started the season at 2-0 in Utah this past weekend, the Sun Devils returned

ASU Swimming: Team goes back to work after strong performance in intrasquad meet

by Sean Murphy - October 13, 2016October 17, 2016

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIHiOl3WYSM The Sun Devils did nothing but impress in the annual Maroon vs. Gold Intrasquad Meet last week, putting up many impressive performances. This week, ASU returned to practice at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center to build on their strong performances before their first dual meet on October 21 in