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WATCH: World’s Best Cliff Divers Take Flight From Oslo’s Opera House

The first half of the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series season wrapped up over the weekend with the fourth stop of the year in Oslo, Norway.

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“Team Thunderdome” Wins The 56th Around The Island® Swim

“Team Thunderdome” completed the 22.75mi (36.6km) course around Absecon Island, and the cities of Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, and Longport, in 8:02:51.

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USA Crowned Overall Winner At FINA World Youth Artistic Swimming Championships

The second edition of the FINA World Youth Artistic Swimming Championships concluded with the host United States of America crowned as the overall winners.

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Air Force Promotes Anthony Boettcher To Associate Head Coach of Men’s Team

The 2022-23 season marks Boettcher’s 12th season on the Air Force staff, bringing over 30 years of club coaching experience to the team.

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LA County Holds Off California State To Win Their 46th USLA National Championship

LA County Surf Life Saving Association capped off the 2022 USLA National Championships by hoisting the coveted Howard Lee Trophy.

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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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