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Pepperdine’s Taylor Basin Named PCSC Athlete Of The Week

Taylor Basin of the Pepperdine women’s swim and dive team has been named the Pacific Coast Swim and Dive Conference Division 1 Athlete of the Week.

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Olympic Water Polo Champs Craig/Mathewson To Retire From Team USA

It is the end of an era in women’s water polo as Olympic champions Kami Craig(Santa Barbara, CA/USC/NYAC) and Courtney Mathewson (Anaheim Hills, CA/UCLA/NYAC) have announced their retirement from the USA Water Polo Women’s National Team.

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UCLA Claims Top Spot Of CWPA Water Polo Rankings

The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the Men’s Varsity National Top 20 Week 14/December 6/Final Poll for the 2017 season.

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Three Olympians To Compete At 2017 USA Diving Winter Nationals

Olympians Michael Hixon (Amherst, Mass./Indiana University), Jessica Parratto (Dover, N.H./Indiana University) and Katrina Young (Shoreline, Wash./Florida State University Diving Team) will all be in attendance at the 2017 USA Diving Winter National Championships, set to take place in Greensboro, N.C., December 13-19.

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The Swim Parents We Don’t Want To Be

Most swim parents are amazing. They’re encouraging, helpful, and ready to volunteer wherever they’re needed. They are fun to be around and we all like having them in our circle of friends.

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Houston Inks Eight For 2018-19 Season

The University of Houston Swimming & Diving program, coming off of its first ever American Athletic Conference Championship, announced an eight-member class – five swimmers and three divers – during the early signing period for the 2018-2019 season.

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Shouts From The Stands: I Don’t Care What Time You Go

One of the things I like to remind parents of age groupers is that swimming is a really tough sport. Pretend that you have to don a speedo, stand up on a platform in front of hundreds and hundreds of people you don’t know, dive into a cold pool and willfully hurt yourself.

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Georgia’s Jay Litherland Named SEC Male Swimmer Of The Week

Litherland was Georgia’s top competitor during a third-place team effort in the UGA Fall Invitational at Gabrielsen Natatorium.

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Notre Dame Announces Signing Of Two For 2018-19 Season

University of Notre Dame men’s and women’s head diving coach Caiming Xie has officially announced two signees as future members of the Irish diving team.

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UNLV’s Gonzales Set Pair Of School Records In 1650 Free

Two new school records by a UNLV freshman highlighted the final day of action at the Texas Invite for the UNLV swimming programs.

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Iowa’s Hannah Burvill Posts School Record 100 Free At Minnesota Invite

Junior Kenneth Mende won the 200-yard backstroke with a season-best time and sophomore Hannah Burvill set a school-record in the 100 free to help the University of Iowa swim team close out competition at the Minnesota Invitational at the Jean Freeman Aquatic Center. 

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Four TCU Swimmers Broke School Records At Texas Invite

Four swimmers set new TCU records on Friday during the second day of the Texas Invitational, all of which earned them NCAA B Marks. Six Horned Frogs finished the day with B Standard marks.

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Vanderbilt Swims To One Point Victory Over Marshall

The Commodores found the podium early and often Wednesday night, using the final event of the night to secure a 103-102 win over the Marshall Thundering Herd at the Centennial Sportsplex.

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Wagner Women Repeat At ECAC Winter Champions

The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) concluded the 2017 Winter Swimming and Diving Championships on Sunday, with Emmanuel College claiming the men’s team championship.

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Liberty Downs Campbell 237-94, Winning 14 Of 17 Events

Liberty downed Campbell, 237-94, in the two-day Central Virginia Duals, which wrapped up on Saturday at the new Liberty Natatorium.

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