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ECU, Houston, SMU Collect AAC Weekly Honors

The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving honors for the week: ECU’s Jacek Aretnewicz, SMU’s Andrea Podmanikova and Houston’s Katie Deineiger.

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JMU’s Zhang Named First CAA Swimmer of the Week of 2018

Following a stellar opening weekend, junior Bonnie Zhang has been tabbed the first Colonial Athletic Association Swimmer of the Week of 2018.

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NEC Names Sacred Heart’s Lauren Somers Swimmer of the Week

Sacred Heart junior swimmer Lauren Somers was named the Northeast Conference Swimmer of the Week after registering three individual wins over the weekend.

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Champions League Main Round Action Begins Wednesday

Another season of tremendous excitements is set to begin on Wednesday when the Champions League main round kicks off with eight encounters.

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More Than 30 Colleges Participated in Swim Across America Charity

In 2018, more than 30 college programs volunteered their time by participating in a Swim Across America charity swim.

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MIT Set for 5 Home Duals in 2018-19

The MIT men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs have released their schedules for the 2018-19 season which will feature five home dual meets, the annual three-day Winter Invitational and the 2019 NCAA Division III Northeast-North Diving Regional.

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Vazaios, Comerford Named ACC Swimmers of Week

NC State’s Andreas Vazaios has been selected as the ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Week, and Virginia Tech’s Ben Schiesl has been named the Diver of the Week. On the women’s side, Louisville’s Mallory Comerford has been tabbed as the ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Week, and the Virginia’s Sydney Dusel has been named Diver of the Week.

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Kansas Women Top South Dakota, Missouri State at Tri-Duals

The Kansas women’s swimmers defeated South Dakota 252-98 and Missouri State 219-128 at the Tri-Duals Friday and Saturday.

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OSC, Marseille Remain Unbeaten in Men’s Euro Cup Qualifying

Three of the four group-winners from the first qualification round have made the quarter-finals: OSC (HUN) and Marseille (FRA) finished atop once again with three big wins and Primorac (MNE) also advanced.

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 SwimMom Musings: Loss, Laughter and Learning

Any parent who is raising or has raised a swimmer, knows there are many hidden gems lurking beneath those hours swimming before the sun rises, unexpected twists of fate, and countless moments spent with crazy friends who become more like family than teammates.

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UNC Wilmington Splits Dual with Old Dominion

UNCW opened its swimming and diving season with a road split at Old Dominion as the Seahawk men topped the Monarchs, 161-120, while the women fell, 163-37.

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Split Croatia Set to Host 2022 European Water Polo Championships

At its meeting in Amsterdam, the LEN Bureau allocated the 2022 edition of the European Water Polo Championships for the city of Split (Croatia).

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 SwimMom Musings: Endings and Beginnings

Here are four real world lessons you learn during setbacks.

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Swim With Mike Scholarships Awards 50 Physically-Challenged Athletes

The scholarship fund that effectually began as a drop in support of USC All-American swimmer Mike Nyeholt, has rippled into its 38th year totaling $21 million raised to grant scholarships to 50 physically challenged athletes at universities from California to New Hampshire.

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Akron Picked to Win 2018-19 MAC Women’s Title

The Mid-American Conference Women’s Swimming and Diving head coaches unanimously selected the Akron Zips to repeat as 2018-19 MAC champions this season.

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