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UTRGV Signs First Two Divers In Program History

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros head swimming & diving coach Betsy Graham announced the signing of Manou Meulebeek and Delaney Murphy.

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Four Nations Align To Form International Federation of Swimming Coaches Associations (IFSCA)

The swimming coaches associations from the world’s major aquatic powerhouses – USA, Australia, Canada and Great Britain—have come together.

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Richmond Swim & Dive Announces Addition of Freya Rayner To Coaching Staff

Rayner enters her career with the Spiders after spending a year at Dartmouth as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s programs.

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Trip Breen Stepping Down After 25 Seasons As Wilmington College Head Coach

Breen will be resigning to accept a Director of Competitive Swimming position at the YMCA in Lebanon, Ohio.

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Cal’s Isabel Williams, Nikolaos Papanikolaou Sweep 2024 Cutino Awards

Papanikolau became just the second male to win the award three times, while Williams became the first woman in Cal program history to win it.

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Army’s Aurelie Migault Caps Historic Career With Prestigious AAA Award

The AAA trophy is awarded to the male and female athletes who display the “most valuable service to intercollegiate athletics during a career as a cadet.

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USA Men’s National Team To Host Montenegro In Two-Game Set; Jesse Smith To Be Honored

The USA Men’s National Team will begin their final push to the Paris Olympic Games with a two-game series against Montenegro in Southern California this June.

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Virginia Tech Announces 2024 Sports Hall of Fame Inductees

The eight-member class includes Heather Savage, a two-time ACC champion in the 100 fly, and Logan Shinholser, Virginia Tech’s most decorated diver.

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32 Named To 2024 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Division III All-America Team

Augustana College leads the conference with five All-America nods, while Austin College (two) and Macalester College (two) also record multiple honorees.

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2024 U.S. Olympic Women’s Water Polo Roster Announced

The roster for the three-time defending Olympic champions features six returners from the Tokyo Games, five of which also earned gold at Rio 2016.

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Howard Hinds Named Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach At Springfield College

Hinds, a 2000 Springfield graduate, takes over for John Taffe who retired after a 35-year tenure on Alden Street.

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Pitt’s Jerry Chen Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Chen earned a degree in Computer Science & Rehabilitation Science and is currently training for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials in June.

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Kinney Natatorium to Continue As Host of PIAA Swimming & Diving Championships Through 2028

Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium has served as the home of the PIAA championship meet every year since 2005 (other than 2021 due to COVID restrictions).

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Tufts Alumna Katelin Isakoff Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Isakoff was a two-time NCAA Division III champion with the Jumbos, contributing to the winning 800 free relay in 2022 and the 400 free relay in 2023.

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Women’s Finalists For 2024 Peter J. Cutino Award Announced

Bia Mantellato, Isabel Williams, and Lauren Steele are the women’s finalists for the award given to the best NCAA water polo player of the year.

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