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Minnesota Swimming Great, NCAA Champion Virgil Luken Dies At 80

Luken became a national champion the first year he competed on the University of Minnesota swim team, winning the men’s 200 breaststroke at the 1962 NCAAs.

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James Madison Head Coach Dane Pedersen Inks Contract Extension Through 2026-27

Pedersen has been the Dukes’ head coach for the past nine seasons and been on deck at Savage Natatorium with the team for 16 years.

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Canada’s Jordan Tucker Withdraws From Para Worlds Due To Injury

The 21-year-old from Royal City Aquatics in Guelph, Ont., suffered a broken left radial head in her elbow due to a fall late last month.

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Former UCSB Gaucho Aaron Chaney Inducted into USA Water Polo Hall of Fame

Chaney becomes the eighth Hall of Famer associated with UC Santa Barbara Men’s Water Polo, and the fourth member of the 1979 National Championship team.

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Big Ten Conference Announces 2023 Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients

Northwestern’s Miriam Guevera was among four swimming and diving athletes to receive a $7,500 scholarship.

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John Fox Named New Head Diving Coach At Auburn

Fox will be replacing Jeff Shaffer, who announced his retirement in April after a decorated 24-year career leading the Tigers.

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USA Water Polo To Honor 3x Olympic Champion Melissa Seidemann Before USA-Greece Game

Seidemann returns to the campus of her alma mater, Stanford, where she was an NCAA champion and a recipient of the Peter J. Cutino Award.

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Australian World Championship Trials To Be Shown On 9Now

Watch the greatest female sprinters in the world of swimming go head-to-head live and free in Melbourne this month on streaming platform 9Now.

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UMBC Women’s Swimming & Diving Announces Team Captains For 2023-24

Seniors Shea Buirski, Roaa Farag and Nyah Stahl will lead the Retrievers next season.

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Unstoppable Recco Completes Historical Three-Peat At LEN Champions League

The Italians downed host Novi Beograd with an overwhelming performance in the final, maintaining a three-four goals gap throughout almost the entire game.

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Collegiate Water Polo Announces 2023 Women’s Division I All-America Teams

Aria Fischer of 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Champion Stanford University leads the team as the ACWPC Division I Player of the Year.

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Great Britain Names 12 To Artistic Swimming Team For 2023 European Games

The contingent features a mixture of those with international and Olympic experience and those who are making their major international debuts at the Games

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LEN Champions League: Novi Beograd Meets Pro Recco In The Final

Just as it was one year ago, Novi Beograd will be Recco’s challenger in the final.

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British Divers Confirmed For World Champions & European Games Double

Jack Laugher and Dan Goodfellow are among the 11 divers who have been named to the British team for the 2023 World Championships.

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