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Bryant’s Alyssa DiFiore Nominated For NCAA Woman of the Year

The senior from Connecticut medaled in all three of Bryant’s NEC Championship victories over her final three seasons in Black & Gold.

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TCU Men’s Swim & Dive Welcomes 2020 Recruiting Class

TCU swim and dive welcomes 11 young men in its 2020 recruiting class, head coach James Winchester announced today. 

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AAU Is Hosting 17,000-Strong Volleyball Tournament in Litmus Test for Sports

While most sports remain away from competition, the AAU will be hosting their 2020 National Volleyball Tournament in Florida with 12,000 athletes this week.

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He Swam for Eastern Michigan, Then East Carolina; Ben Gingher Transfers Again

Having to transfer schools because the swim team got cut is emotional and difficult; Ben Gingher is doing it for the second time in his NCAA career. 

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NCAA D1 Council Votes to Allow Stacking of Merit/Need Aid and Athletic Aid

The NCAA passed legislation to allow equivalency sports such as swimming and diving to stack need-based aid and/or merit aid with athletic aid.

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Polish Junior National Team-er Mateusz Dubas Joins Florida for 2020-21 Season

In 2019, Dubas qualified for the 200m breast semifinals at the Euro Summer Junior Champs and finished 10th overall with a lifetime best of 2:15.50.

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St. Thomas Approved for Historic Move from NCAA Division III to Division I

While we’ve seen programs make the switch from Division II to Division I, this will be the first transition from Division III in modern history.

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IUP Athletics Staff Gives Back Through Department’s Emergency Fund

The IUP Department of Athletics announced a plan for its coaches and staff to give back through the University’s athletic fund.

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D3 Powerhouse Kenyon Among the Latest Wave to Cancel Fall College Athletics

While the NCAC has said that it will allow limited competition in the fall, Kenyon administrators have chosen a more restrictive route.

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USC Adds Local Breaststroker Chris O’Grady for Fall 2021

O’Grady, a breaststroker with solid speed in the 200 free and 200 IM, will be part of USC’s breaststroke group revival.

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Barton CC Relay Hero Carlon McClerkin Will Continue His Career at Lindenwood

McClerkin ran down two swimmers in a filling 200 medley relay anchor last season to give Barton Community College its first-ever relay national championship.

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Carroll University Swimming and Diving Names Guy Gniotczynski Next Head Coach

Gniotczynski returns to Carroll after numerous head coaching stints in the area, including the head coach at the YMCA at Pabst Farms Swim Team in Oconomowoc.

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Loras College Brings In 17 Swimmers For 2020-21 Season

“These incoming students fit very well with our philosophy and I am very excited to welcome them to the family,” said head coach Nick Wyllie.

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Bucknell Picks Up Summit (NJ) Breaststroker Will Hedges for Class of 2025

At the 2019 Y-Nats in long course, Hedges was 12th in the 50 breast (30.32), 13th in the 100 breast (1:07.09) and 18th in the 200 breast (2:27.19).

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Florida State Lands World Juniors Finalist Arijus Pavlidi for Fall 2021

At the 2019 European Junior Championships last summer, Pavlidi just missed the podium with a fourth-place effort in the 200 back (1:59.82).

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