Articles by Annika Johnson

Intrasquad 100 Breast Swim is a New Futures Time for 16-Year-Old Gibson Holmes

At the Mason Rays Intrasquad last Friday, 16-year-old Gibson Holmes’ 58.61 100 breast broke the formidable 1:00 barrier and qualified for Futures.

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ASUN Conference Postpones Fall Sports

The ASUN Conference joins 15 other Division I swimming conferences in postponing fall sports. ASUN plans on holding a spring season for their fall athletes.

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Jean Hurring, Only New Zealand Woman with an Olympic Swimming Medal, Has Died

On Saturday Jean Hurring (above-right), the only New Zealand woman to win an Olympic medal in swimming, died at the age of 89. Pictured with husband Lincoln.

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New Pool Brings Water Polo to Kern County, CA

The opening of the new Kern High School Aquatics Center aims to increase the number of KHSD water polo programs from 2 to 8-10 this coming year.

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Conference Nominees for 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year

Silja Kansakoski (above) and Alison Gibson are among the 15 aquatic athlete conference nominees for 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year.

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Three-Time European Champion Sergei Mikhailovich Smiryagin Has Died

Russian Olympian and three-time gold medalist at the Friendship-84, Sergei Mikhailovich Smiryagin (above-center), died at 56 years old. Pictured with Rowdy Gaines.

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The First Olympic Pool in the Maldives Is Under Construction

By the end of this year, Maldives will have their first Olympic-sized swimming pool in Malé. Most of the country’s current training facilities are floating…

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University of Wyoming Names 2020 – 2021 Team Captains

Mitchell Hovis, Miller Browne, Katelyn Blattner, and Hannah McLean-Leonard were selected as team captains for the Cowboys and Cowgirls’ 2020 – 2021 season.

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