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Tufts Associate Joe Acquaviva Named New Head Coach At Franklin & Marshall

Acquaviva joins the Diplomats after spending five seasons as the head assistant and associate head coach at Tufts University.

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Ontario Claims Double Gold In Open Water To Close 2022 Canada Summer Games

Ontario’s Olivier Risk and Bailey O’Regan swept the 3km open water events as the province finished atop the medal table with 24 gold and 52 total medals.

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Board Relay, Run-Swim-Run Winners Crowned At USLA Lifeguard Championships

The United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) National Lifeguard Championships kicked off the first day of professional competition on Thursday.

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Brousseau Ties Medal Record, Laon Kim Nears NAG Record At Canada Summer Games

14-year-old Laon Kim won the 50 free in a time of 24.04, just seven one-hundredths shy of the Canadian boys’ 13-14 NAG record set back in 2000.

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University of Hawaii Announces Four Additions To New-Look Coaching Staff

Head coach Michael Stephens has retained Marcus Guttmann and brings on three new names, including associate head coach Kevin Blum.

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William & Mary Women’s Swimming Adds 10 Newcomers To Roster

The class features five swimmers from Virginia with other student-athletes representing New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. 

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Leslie Whittemore Steps Down As Head Coach of Redlands Swimming & Diving

Whittemore was first named head coach of the program in 1996, and led the men’s program to seven SCIAC titles and the women’s team to three.

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Cassie Churnside Named Head Water Polo Coach At Michigan

Churnside comes to Ann Arbor after eight seasons as the assistant coach at Harvard University.

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Clark Adds Two More Golds, Brousseau Tops 200 Free On Day 4 of Canada Summer Games

Clark, who recently set a new Canadian National Age Group Record and broke the 1:00-barrier, won the women’s 100 fly in a time of 1:01.37.

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Pair of Vanderbilt Swimmers Receive Postgrad Scholarships

Hanako Batt and Abby Burke have received prestigious scholarship awards that will enable them to build on the degrees they earned from Vanderbilt in May.

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Watch Bentley University Swimmer Emily Sweet On CBS Sports’ “Defying the Odds”

Sweet, one of three finalists for the 2022 Honda Inspiration Award, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in January 2021 and was back competing in October.

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Gobeil Sets 50 Back National Record On Day 3 of 2022 Canada Summer Games

Alisson Gobeil broke the Canadian record twice in the women’s S5 50 backstroke, finishing with a time of 56.90 in the final.

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Kongrong Li Named New Diving Coach At James Madison

Li joins the Dukes after a season at Illinois, and prior to that he was the head diving coach with Miami (OH) for 13 years.

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Junior Guards Competition Highlights Day 1 of 2022 USLA National Lifeguard Champs

The Jersey Mike’s United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) National Lifeguard Championships kicked off in Hermosa Beach, Calif. Wednesday.

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Maxine Clark Claims Two Gold Medals On Day 2 of Ontario Summer Games

Swimming for Team Alberta, Clark won the girls’ 100 freestyle (56.76) and contributed on the victorious mixed 400 medley relay on Monday in St. Catharines.

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