AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com)– Zane Grothe will swim in lane 2 of the finals of the men’s 1500-meter freestyle on Sunday with a spot in Rio on the line. The Auburn record-holder for the 500-, 1,000 and 1650-yard freestyles, Grothe clocked the fifth-fastest time (15:11.72) in the 1500m freestyle on Saturday afternoon during prelims at the USA Swimming Olympic Trials in…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn sophomore Kelli Murphy was named an All-American Scholar by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association, the WGCA announced Tuesday. Murphy was one of 828 golfers nationwide to receive the recognition. She was also named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll last week and the SEC Community Service team earlier this year. It marked Murphy’s second-straight recognition as…
Five individuals were arrested over the past two weeks after being indicted and charged with prescription drug distribution offenses, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. The individuals arrested were: Bradford A. Blount, 25, of Vestavia Hills, Alabama; Dennis Michael Elder, 26, of Vestavia Hills; Saxon R. Monk, 25, of Washington, D.C.; Randolph D. Ogburn, 64, of Valley, Alabama; and Lewis Michael James, 57,…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – A total of 105 Auburn student-athletes were named to the 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll, the conference office announced Wednesday. Women’s track and field led the way with 29 selections, while the NCAA runner-up softball team totaled 24 honorees. The 2016 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2015 Summer, 2015…
OMAHA, Neb. (auburntigers.com)– There were just three prelims events on the schedule on Wednesday morning at the USA Swimming Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Neb. Auburn had a representative swim in each of the men’s 100-meter freestyle, the women’s 200-meter butterfly and the men’s 200-meter breaststroke. Kyle Darmody (50.05/30th), Zach Apple (50.18/35th) and Colin Bone (50.68/56th) each swam in the…
OPELIKA, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – The home field advantage in the Barbasol Championship may go to Auburn’s Michael Johnson and Matt Gilchrest. Johnson and Gilchrest have joined the field of the PGA TOUR’s Barbasol Championship with sponsor exemptions. The Barbasol Championship will be July 13 – 17, 2016 on the Lake Course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Grand National site…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Zane Grothe, Micah Lawrence and Annie Lazor each advanced to the semifinals of their respective events on Tuesday at the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha. Grothe would finish 16th in the 200-meter freestyle while Lazor and Lawrence would finish 10th and 15th, respectively, in the 100-meter breaststroke. Grothe, who finished fourth in the 400m freestyle on…
AUBURN, Ala.(auburntigers.com) —The Auburn football team will play a home-and-home series with Penn State in 2021 and 2022, Director of Athletics Jay Jacobs announced Monday. Auburn will travel to State College, Pa., to face Penn State in Beaver Stadium on Sept. 18, 2021, before hosting the Nittany Lions in Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 17, 2022. “This is another great opportunity for our…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Former Auburn senior Michael Johnson has been named a Golfweek first-team All-American and a PING second-team All-American following a sensational senior campaign that saw him win a school record three tournaments and break the single season scoring average school record at 70.37. Johnson, a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus Awards, becomes Auburn’s seventh…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn will play Oklahoma, a Final Four team this past season, in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Birthday of Basketball at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on Dec. 21, 2016. It will be the first meeting between the Tigers and Sooners since the 1988 NCAA Tournament. The Auburn-Oklahoma matchup is part of…
