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UNLV Set To Host CSU Bakersfield In Season Opener

UNLV swimming and diving will be hosting its 2017-18 season opener against CSU Bakersfield at the Jim Reitz Pool on Saturday.

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Colorado State Set To Host Denver For First Home Meet Of Season

The Colorado State Rams will host their first dual meet of the 2017-18 season on Saturday, with the Denver Pioneers visiting Moby Pool.

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Stanford Men Back In Action With Dual Meet At Utah

Stanford’s men’s swimming and diving team starts its 2017-18 season this upcoming weekend when it travels to Salt Lake City for a coed conference dual meet at Utah.

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#12/6 Louisville Set To Host #16/7 Michigan

The University of Louisville men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams open their home slate at the Ralph Wright Natatorium this weekend with a dual meet against the University of Michigan.

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Florida Prepared To Take On Texas, Indiana

The Florida Gators’ swimming & diving program welcomes Texas and Indiana into the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium on Friday for the third annual meet between the three schools.

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Pac-12 Network To Provide Live Coverage For USA College Challenge

Pac-12 Networks this weekend will provide live coverage of the second edition of the USA College Challenge, a two-day dual meet as members of the USA Swimming National Team square off against swimming stars from the Pac-12 at USC’s Uytengsy Aquatics Center. 

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Penn State & Michigan Pick Up Big Ten Men/Women Swimmers Of The Week

Recorded an NCAA B Standard qualifying time in the 100 breaststroke (54.20), the fastest 100 breaststroke time in the nation this season

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USC Men Retain #1 Water Polo Rankings

The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the Men’s Varsity National Top 20, Division III Top 10, Northeast Water Polo Conference (NEWPC) Top Five and Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Top Five Week 7/October 18 Polls for the 2017 season.

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Illinois Adds Elliott McGill As Assistant Coach

Illinois head swimming coach Sue Novitsky has announced the hiring of Elliott McGill as assistant coach.

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Triathlon Coach Matt Dixon Reveals Fast-Track Ironman Training Program

In Fast-Track Triathlete, elite triathlon coach Matt Dixon offers his plan of attack for high performance in long-course triathlon—without sacrificing work or life.

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Bryant’s Matthew Mays Earns MAAC Swimmer Of The Week

Freshman Matthew Mays (St. Croix, Virgin Islands) was honored with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week after his record-setting performances against Bucknell on Friday night at the Chace Athletic Center Pool.

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Sacred Heart’s Lauren Somers Named NEC Co-Swimmer Of The Week

Sacred Heart University sophomore Lauren Somers was tabbed as the Northeast Conference Co-Swimmer of the Week on Tuesday for her performances in the Pioneers opening weekend of competition.

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CN Sabadell Make Water Polo Champions League Main Round For 1st Time

CN Sabadell has made the Champions League main round for the first time, doubling the number of Spanish participants in the world’s top water polo club competition. OSC Budapest (HUN) will return to the big stage, just as Brescia (ITA) and – after being absent in the last season – Jadran Herceg Novi (MNE).

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Marist Men & Women To Face Off Against Fordham In Home Opener

The Marist women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams will compete in their home opening meet of the 2017-18 campaign when they take on Fordham at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 in McCann Natatorium.

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Ghouls, Ghosts And Goggles

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays.  As a young child, I awaited October 31st with the kind of reverence that most little kids reserve only for their birthdays or Christmas morning.

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