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Pacific Swimming Adds 14 Newcomers Ahead of 2024-25 Campaign

“This is the largest and most diverse recruiting class we’ve had in over 5 years, being our most talented recruiting class in that time.”

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Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic Age

BOOK EXCERPT: “WHEN THE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM landed in France on June 25, 1924, they were in good spirits and relatively healthy…”

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The Walsh Sisters: Managing Celebrity and Olympic Expectations

They’ve been a well-known duo for a few years, but with the excitement the Olympics in Paris, their popularity is soaring beyond swimming fans.

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Adriana Owen Named Head Swim & Dive Coach At Wheaton College

Owen is already familiar with coaching in the NEWMAC conference after spending the last five years on the coaching staff at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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Daryn Wright Named to U.S. Olympic Diving Team In Women’s 10-Meter

Wright was surprised by friends and family at Purdue University’s aquatic center on Thursday morning after she hadn’t locked in a spot at the Trials.

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Swimmer Shelby Fortin Named To Penn Athletics Hall of Fame Class XIII

Fortin was a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier and a seven-time Ivy League champion individually during her career at Penn.

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Lee & Bent-Ashmeil Put Aquatics GB On Top Of European Champs Diving Medal Table

Robbie Lee soared to victory in the Men’s 10m Platform on Sunday, registering near to 500 points to go one better than his 2023 silver.

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Quincy University Announces 2024 Swimming Recruiting Class

Quincy has brought in 17 in the Class of ’24 (eight women and nine men). From year two to year three the program has now grown from 37 to 54 in total.

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Liz Germonprez Named Head Coach At College of Saint Mary

Most recently, Germonprez was the assistant coach at Westside High School while also working as a national group head coach for iNspire in Omaha.

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Dawn Dill Named Head Swimming & Diving Coach at Wellesley College

Dill returns to Wellesley after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Harvard University.

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USA Water Polo To Showcase Men’s & Women’s National Teams On Bally Sports This Week

Less than two months before the Olympic Games, water polo fans will have a chance to get a closer look at the US men’s and women’s teams on Bally Sports.

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‘Malevolent’ Traits May Be Key To Athletic Success, Study Finds

A study has found that ‘malevolent’ traits can be important for athletic success – but could hinder athlete-coach relationships.

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CSCAA Announces 2024 Spring Scholar All-America Teams

To qualify for Scholar All America status, teams had to earn a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 during the Spring 2024 semester.

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University of Victoria Coach Peter Vizsolyi Announces Retirement After 41 Years Leading Vikes

Ryan Clouston, who has spent the last 14 seasons as the assistant coach alongside Vizsolyi, has been appointed the program’s new head coach.

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Shouts From The Stands: A World Without Ribbons

“Imagine if we took all the time we spend handling ribbons and applied it towards teaching kids to be gracious to their opponents.”

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