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All content by Marilyn Vaughn

Tide eager to get their feet wet

Marilyn Vaughn February 16, 2011

A typical televised Southeastern Conference Championship game for a football team may run about four hours, maybe five. The typical span of time it takes to complete a Southeastern Conference Championships...

UA sprinter hits world record

UA sprinter hits world record

Marilyn Vaughn February 8, 2011

There are a lot of things people may not know about Kirani James. James is a sophomore, hails from the Caribbean nation of Grenada, is an All-American, and at the moment, he has the fastest 400-meter time...

Seniors post big marks on Senior Day

Marilyn Vaughn January 24, 2011

For some Crimson Tide swimmers and divers, last Saturday was their last home meet of the season. But for 16 team members it would be the last home meet of their Alabama swimming careers. This past Saturday...

Bama begins season with SEC opener

Marilyn Vaughn January 13, 2011

While most students spent the winter break relaxing at home, student athletes with competitive seasons in the spring continued to prepare both physically and mentally during their time away from classes....

Tide finishes seventh in regionals

Tide finishes seventh in regionals

Marilyn Vaughn November 18, 2010

The Alabama women’s cross country team can call this past weekend’s NCAA Regional meet a success for two reasons. Firstly, the Crimson Tide came into the tournament ranked 10th in the region, but...

Teams still optimistic for NCAA Regionals

Marilyn Vaughn November 5, 2010

Equipped with just five runners each, the men’s and women’s cross country teams headed to Columbia, S. C., earlier this week to compete at the Southeastern Conference Championships. The men had their...

Bama regroups before SEC Championships

Marilyn Vaughn October 20, 2010

The final placing order of the women’s cross country meet last weekend is misleading.  the Crimson Tide finished 35th out of 39 teams, but all was not lost. Three Tide runners finished the meet last...

Bama breaks 18-year drought

Bama breaks 18-year drought

Marilyn Vaughn October 12, 2010

The last time the Alabama football team beat Auburn? Last year. The last time the Alabama men’s swimming and diving team beat Auburn? 1993. But last weekend Alabama’s losing streak snapped when the...

Tide starts season with Auburn meet

Marilyn Vaughn October 8, 2010

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams begin practice at 6 a.m. most days of the week. This is early, considering both teams are more concerned with peaking later in the season than in the...

Swedish senior keeps Tide under par

Swedish senior keeps Tide under par

Marilyn Vaughn September 29, 2010

Senior Camillia Lennarth has improved since she arrived at the University three years ago from Stockholm, Sweden. She has evolved from a freshman who mentally weighs every shot, to a senior who shoots...

Tide hosts weekend conference series

Marilyn Vaughn April 15, 2010

The softball team will host Ole Miss in a three-game series starting at 2 p.m. The weekend series also marks the return to conference play for the Crimson Tide. “We have 12 SEC games left,” said head...

Tide wraps up spring season

Marilyn Vaughn March 31, 2010

From March 25 to 27, the men’s swimming and diving team wrapped up its last meet of the season in Columbus, Ohio, at the NCAA Championships. The team qualified three swimmers for the meet, where two...

Tide earns sixth at Indoors

Marilyn Vaughn March 3, 2010

Although they walked away with an eighth-place finish, the Alabama women’s track and field team put together a solid performance at the SEC Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., finishing just...

Tide has busy weekend ahead

Marilyn Vaughn February 24, 2010

After winning their first road victory of the season against No. 73 Oregon last week, the women’s tennis team returns home to face two teams in two days, No. 27 TCU and Eastern Kentucky. Although Eastern...

How much does celebration matter?

Marilyn Vaughn January 15, 2010

Alabama won its 13th national title this year, and I couldn’t be happier for the University. The only thing is – I’m left to wonder – would my victory celebration have been that much sweeter if...