BEIJING — Three Auburn swimmers earned medals Saturday night without breaking a sweat.

BEIJING — Former Auburn track and field athlete Marc Burns of Trinidad and Tobago placed seventh in the finals of the men’s 100-meter dash Saturday at the Olympic Games.

BEIJING — The women’s 200m backstroke and men’s 50m freestyle at the 2008 Olympics turned into a big advertisement for Auburn University’s swimming program.

BEIJING — Auburn University athletes’ successes in the pool at the 2008 Olympic games continued Thursday.

The Auburn soccer team was picked to finish second in the SEC’s Western Division behind 2007 West Champion LSU in vote of the league’s 12 head coaches, it was announced Thursday. 

BEIJING — Earning the final spot in Wednesday night’s final, Cesar Cielo took off out of lane eight and never looked back as the former Auburn swimmer and Brazilian native tied for third in the 100-meter freestyle with a South American Record time of 47.67, earning his first career Olympic medal.

Joe-Joe Petrone, a 25-year veteran with collegiate and NFL experience, has been named Auburn’s Director of Sports Medicine, athletic director Jay Jacobs announced Wednesday.

BEIJING — For the second night in a row, Auburn swimmers earned two medals in the same event at the 2008 Olympic Games on Monday night.

BEIJING, China - Former Auburn swimmer Kirsty Coventry advanced to her third semifinal of the 2008 Olympics on Monday morning as she finished eighth in the preliminary of the women’s 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:12.18.

BEIJING — Former Auburn swimmer Kirsty Coventry broke the world record in the 100-meter backstroke semifinal Sunday night and two Auburn swimmers earned medals in the men’s 400-meter freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics.