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Malaysia, Spain, and Germany Will Host Three Diving Events In The Next Six Months

Malaysia will host in November, Spain will host in December, and Germany will host in January 2024, as World Aquatics announced its three recognized events.

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Trinity Swim Coach John Ryan and Diving Coach Stan Randall to Retire

Division III Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas will search for a new head swimming as well as a head diving coach as John Ryan and Stan Randall retire

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Ukraine Tops European Diving Championships Medal Table

Synchronized diving partners Oleg Kolodiy and Danylo Konovalov of Ukraine won the 3M springboard event while in Poland.

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ASCA And Fitter & Faster Name Top 50 Age Group Coaches for 2023

The American Swimming Coaches Association and Fitter & Faster have named the 2023 top 50 age group swimming coaches. See the full list here.

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USA Men Take World Cup Bronze; Down Hungary Following Appeal

Hungary originally beat the US on a shootout 18-16 but the US appealed and the game was replayed from the 4:24 mark. The US won 14-13.

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Westchester Aquatic Club Graduates Largest Class With 12 Seniors

Westchester Aquatic Club out of New Rochelle, New York graduated 12 high school seniors this year. See where they are headed to college here.

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USA Men Rally To Defeat Serbia On Day One Of World Aquatics World Cup (Water Polo)

The US scored two goals by Hannes Daube in the finals three minutes of competition to beat Serbia 10-9 in the quarterfinal of the water polo World Cup.

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28.5-Mile Swim Around Manhattan Aims to Raise Awareness for 3 Life-Changing Charities

Christopher Harris will swim 28.5 miles around Manhattan, New York this week on July 6th with proceeds going to three charities.

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Spain Claims Gold At 2023 Women’s U15 European Water Polo Championships

The Spanish team finished off a spectacular run with a 10-4 downing of Greece in the final, earning six victories in as many games on the way.

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Danielle Galyer Named To Kentucky Athletics 2022-23 Hall of Fame Class

Galyer was the first and remains the only Kentucky swimmer to win an NCAA title, claiming the women’s 200 backstroke in 2016.

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St. Bonaventure Announces Matthew Lowe As New Associate Head Coach

Lowe joins the Bonnies coaching staff after spending the past season as the assistant coach and director of operations at Army West Point.

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U.S. Masters Swimming To Run “Try Masters Swimming” Campaign In July

The campaign will kick off Saturday and will allow adults to try at least two free workouts with a participating club in the month of July.

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Phoebe Bacon Named Wisconsin Female Athlete of the Year For 2022-23

Bacon is coming off a standout season with the Badgers that saw her finish second in the 200 back, fourth in the 100 back and fifth in the 200 IM at NCAAs.

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IUPUI Swim & Dive Announces 2023-24 Slate

The Jags and the IUPUI Natatorium will play host the House of Champions, Horizon League Championships and the NCAA Men’s D2 Championships this season.

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German Divers Claim Two Golds on Penultimate Day of European Games

Timo Barthel’s firstmajor individual gold medal in the 10m platform final also secured his nation a place in the event for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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