Articles by Riley Overend

British World Champ Liam Tancock Appointed Chair of LEN’s Athletes’ Committee

The 50 back LCM world record holder for almost a decade, Liam Tancock will lead the LEN’s Athletes’ Committee made up of seven former and current athletes.

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Freestyle, Butterfly Specialist Nia Bowrin Commits to Carnegie Mellon

Nia Bowrin’s best 50 free time would have qualified for the “B” final at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships in February.

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CCS Champ Jeremy Tan Sends Commitment to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags

This past weekend, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps commit Jeremy Tan won a Central Coast Section (CCS) title in the 100 back and placed second in the 100 fly.

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7 Things We Learned From Nathan Adrian’s AMA

Olympic star Nathan Adrian isn’t ruling out a return to competitive swimming after narrowly missing out on his fourth Olympics at last year’s Trials.

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Is NIL Really Threatening Olympic Sports Like Swimming?

At last week’s annual Pac-12 spring meetings, Arizona athletic director Dave Heeke warned of the existential threat that NIL poses to sports like swimming. 

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Israeli SCM World Championship Finalist Eitan Ben-Shitrit Commits to Michigan

Israeli junior record holder Eitan Ben-Shitrit is taking his rapidly-improving IM times to the University of Michigan this fall.

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Women’s Water Polo: Stanford Rallies Past USC to Become Winningest Program Ever

With its eighth national title, the Cardinal became most decorated program in women’s college water polo history, breaking a tie with UCLA (seven).

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Women’s Water Polo: Stanford, USC Punch Tickets to National Championship

Another championship chapter of the fiercest rivalry in women’s college water polo will be written Sunday when Stanford takes on USC for the national title.

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Worlds Newbies: Evaluating Each Team Member Who Missed the Tokyo Olympics

From up-and-comers to established veterans, this list of the 15 U.S. World Championships team members who weren’t on the Tokyo Olympic squad has them all. 

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A Look At Every American Tokyo 2020 Olympian Left Off The 2022 Worlds Roster

Here’s a look at all 27 Tokyo 2020 Olympians who missed the cut at International Team Trials last week in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Olympic News Roundup: Changes at the USOPC; Next American Track Star Emerging

The latest Olympic roundup features changes within the USOPC, Erriyon Knighton taking the track world by storm, and cricket’s bid to be included in LA28.

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Bell, Humphries, Warner Headline ASCA Hall of Fame Class of 2022

Former youth coach Franke Bell, Georgia program coordinator Harvey Humphries, and former Rutgers coach Chuck Warner will be honored by the ASCA.

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Serbia Wins World League European Finals; Spain Qualifies for Super Final

Serbia took home the gold medal from Podgorica, Montenegro, handing Italy a 12-9 defeat in a rematch of last summer’s Olympic quarterfinals. 

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Italy, Serbia Punch Tickets To Super Final With Semifinal Wins

Italy and Serbia punched tickets to July’s Super Final on Day 2 of the Water Polo World League European finals in Montenegro. 

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Fly Specialist Ariana Yeh Signs With D1 Pepperdine University

Ariana Yeh, a butterfly specialist from San Jose, California, signed a National Letter of Intent with Pepperdine University on April 13.

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