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New Mexico Brings In Two Recruits For 2018-19 Season

The University of New Mexico women’s swimming and diving team added two signees during the early signing period, including swimmer Raine Gavino (pictured to the right) and diver Daphne Scheck (pictured to the left).

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Alabama To Host Second Crimson & White Intrasquad Meet

After a fast fall, the Alabama swimming and diving teams will hold its second Crimson and White Intrasquad of the semester Saturday morning starting at 8 a.m. in the Alabama Aquatic Center.

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ASU’s Christian Lorenz Named Men’s Pac-12 Swimmer Of The Month

The Conference office announced today that Christian Lorenz of ARIZONA STATE was named Pac-12 Men’s Swimmer of the Month and USC’s Henry Fusaro was voted Pac-12 Men’s Diver of the Month for November.

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Katie Ledecky Selected As November’s Pac-12 Swimmer Of The Month

The Conference office announced today that Katie Ledecky of STANFORD was named Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Month and UCLA’s Ciara Monahan was voted Pac-12 Women’s Diver of the Month for November.

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Michigan Men Picks Up Swimmer/Diver Of The Week Accolades

Placed first in the 200 (1:33.69), 500 (4:12.02) and 1,650 freestyle (14:43.76) as well as helped his team to a second place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay

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Michigan’s Haughey Named Big Ten Women’s Swimmer Of The Week

Recorded three first place finishes and NCAA A Standard times for the Wolverines over the weekend at the UGA Fall Invitational

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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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