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Downs Becomes First to Sweep Men’s Springboard Events at Winter Nationals

2020 Olympian Tyler Downs earned his third National Title of the event after winning the 1-Meter Springboard Final.

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Women’s LEN Super Cup Final: Olympiacos On The Olympus

Olympiacos won the women’s Super Cup for the second time after 2015 as they beat Kinef Kirishi 14-11, thanks to a 5-0 blast in the second period.

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Bacon, Downs Dominate Springboard At 2021 USA Diving Winter Nationals

Four-Time NCAA Champion Sarah Bacon (Minnesota) earned her ticket to the 2022 World Championships after earning victory in the Women’s 1-Meter Finals.

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LEN Super Cup Finals Preview: Recco Goes For Another Record

Recco has five wins through the first five rounds, and will take on the Hungarian squad Szolnok in the final.

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Texas Men, UVA Women Keep Number One Spots In CSCAA Top 25 Polls

The committee unanimously agreed that Texas is the best dual meet team for men, while the Virginia women received 11/14 first-place votes.

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Downs & Duncan, Schnell & Gilliland Victorious On Day 3 of Diving Winter Nats

Olympian Tyler Downs and Purdue teammate Greg Duncan earned their spot at the 2022 World Championships by winning the men’s 3-meter synchro.

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LSU’s Gutierrez Lavenant Wins One-Meter on Day 1 of Auburn Diving Invitational

LSU diver Montserrat Gutierrez Lavenant closed out the first day of the Auburn Diving Invitational with a win on one-meter, scoring a 304.45 in the final.

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Missouri State Concludes 2021 Slate With Drury

The Bears close out their 2021 slate by welcoming cross-town foe Drury for a dual at Hammons Student Center on Friday.

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College Swimming Weekly Preview: Dec. 15-19, 2021

There are a few dual meets this week, including a C-USA matchup between FIU and Marshall.

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USA Swimming Board of Directors Elects Its Officers

The USA Swimming Board of Directors elected Kathy Fish to the position of Vice Chair while re-electing Kenneth Chung as Vice Chair Fiscal Oversight,

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USA Swimming Launches Million-Dollar Grant To Grow Aquatics Programs at HBCUs

The initiative’s goal is to develop learn-to-swim and competitive opportunities in communities served by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Cornell Women’s Swimming & Diving Welcomes Eileen Bringman as Assistant Coach

Bringman joins the Big Red women’s swimming and diving staff after spending the last 10 years coaching on both the high school and club scenes.

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Recco, Marseille & Jug Sailing Away In LEN Champions League, Group ‘B’

Unlike the other group which didn’t stop producing thrillers round by round, Recco, Marseille and Jug already proved they were a class apart from the others.

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Jack Bauerle to Give Fall Commencement Address At UGA

Currently in his 43rd season as Georgia’s head coach, Bauerle is the dean of SEC coaches and the winningest active swimming and diving coach in the NCAA.

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Nebraska’s Haebig, Troyer & Opacic Sweep Weekly Big Ten Awards

Nebraska senior Autumn Haebig won both the women’s 50 back (26.50) and 100 back (56.66) in a victory over Omaha.

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