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…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AlabamaNews.Net)— Auburn football is a program undergoing change like bringing in a new defensive coordinator in Kevin Steele and a starting quarterback that right now has yet to be decided. But what do former Tigers think of the current state of the team? “I’m excited to see what the defense is going to do. I think we’ve got a good…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Auburn junior outfielder Anfernee Grier was selected 39th overall Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the compensation A round of the 2016 MLB First-Year Player Draft. “Anfernee is a homegrown talent from right down the road in Phenix City,” Auburn head coach Butch Thompson said. “He came to Auburn and developed not only into first team All-American,…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Emily Carosone’s grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted Auburn to a stunning 11-7 victory over Oklahoma on Tuesday night to force a deciding Game 3 for the NCAA softball championship. Oklahoma led 7-0 after scoring six runs in the top of the second, but Auburn scored five runs with two outs in the…
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AlabamaNews.Net) Monday afternoon, Auburn University announced the passing of former legendary football player Tommy Lorino. Lorino is said to have died Sunday at his Panama City home, a cause of death has yet to be revealed by the university. Lorino was an integral part of Auburn’s first national championship winning team in 1957, as a running back,…
