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Dakar 2022 Dates Announced As Two New Sports Join Youth Olympic Games Program

The International Olympic Committee Executive Board has approved the period of Oct.2-Nov.9, 2022 for the 4th edition of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar.

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Engagement, Israeli National Titles Highlight Michal Liberman’s Incredible Week

An incredible week at the Israeli SC Championships for Michal Liberman included two individual wins and an engagement to Aaron Greenberg.

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Cal Women’s Water Polo Lay Foundation With Impressive Recruiting Class

The Cal women’s water polo program made a statement for its future by signing a nine-member recruiting class.

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Virginia Claims Three of Four ACC Weekly Awards

Virginia’s Kate Douglass, Sydney Dusel and Walker Creedon claimed three of four weekly ACC awards, with Pitt’s Blaise Vera taking the other.

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Wakefield Named CCSA Diver of the Week, Breaks Decade-Long Freshman Record

Florida Gulf Coast freshman Reese Wakefield has been named CCSA Diver of the Week for a record fifth time.

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UMBC Sweeps Week 10 America East Awards

UMBC took home all of this week’s awards as the men’s team brook four pool records in their win against Howard on Saturday afternoon.

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Keiner Named CCSA Women’s Swimmer of the Week

After a standout weekend in Florida, Liberty junior Payton Keiner has been named the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Women’s Swimmer of the Week.

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SMU Hosts Texas A&M Thursday, Travels To Rice Saturday

The Mustangs compete in a pair of dual meets this week, first hosting the Texas A&M Aggies Thursday at 5 p.m., before traveling to face Rice on Saturday.

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Milwaukee Sweeps Horizon League Weekly Awards

Dane Van Allen and Bri Zablocki were named Horizon League Swimmers of the Week, and their teammates Jared Kleczka and McKenzie Sanchez are Divers of the Week.

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WVU Men, Pitt Women Earn Victories As Teams Split Backyard Brawl

The Mountaineer men topped the Panthers 179.5-120.5, while the Pittsburgh women defeated WVU 175-125 at the 2020 edition of the Backyard Brawl.

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“Swim Sisters Reunite At West Virginia”: A Poem

2020 WVU commit Kate Beckish cannot wait to reunite with older sister Lauren in college, writing a poem for her English class outlining how excited she is.

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US Women’s Water Polo Heads To Australia For First Competition Of 2020

Currently riding an overall 68-game winning streak, the USA Women will meet the Australian National Team in a three-game series on January 14, 16 and 18th.

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Pool Records Fall As UMBC Sweeps Howard At Home

The UMBC women placed first in every event while the Retriever men won 12 of 14 as the teams swept Howard at home after returning from their training trip.

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Liberty Women Sweep Matchups With FGCU, Illinois State & Tulane

The Liberty Lady Flames defeated the host FGCU and Tulane by matching 131-93 scores while topping Illinois State 188-30.

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UC San Diego Sweeps CSU Bakersfield, Triton Women Top Loyola Marymount

The UC San Diego men and women both earned victories over CSU Bakersfield on the weekend, and the women also topped Loyola Marymount.

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