Diving

Sacred Heart Claims 9th Straight KHSAA Women’s State Swim and Dive Title

Sacred Heart Academy won its 9th-straight KHSAA women’s team championship led by Annabel Crush (above), who broke the state record in the 100 backstroke.

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Australia Pulls Out of Diving World Cup; Confident in Vaccinations Before Games

Diving Australia has pulled out of the last Olympic diving qualifying event, but have expressed confidence in Australia’s ability to vaccinate athletes before the Olympic Games.

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Minnesota’s Sarah Bacon Becomes First Diver to Win Honda Sports Award

The award honors Bacon as the top female swimming & diving athlete in the country during the 2020-2021 season after sweeping the NCAAspringboard titles.

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USA Diving to Send Nine Athletes to the 2021 FINA World Cup

The U.S. divers will look to secure an additional five Olympic spots after securing seven of the maximum 12 spots available at the 2019 World Championships.

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Binghamton’s Howard, Walters Sweep America East Dive Titles With Swim To Come

Binghamton seniors Sophia Howard and David Walters swept the women’s and men’s diving events to open the 2021 America East Swimming & Diving Championships.

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Indiana Announces Addition of Diving Coach Eric Best

Best will serve as the Indiana diving program’s volunteer assistant coach.

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Open Water Olympic Qualifier Relocated To Portugal; Dive Qualifier Rescheduled

The final Olympic qualifying event in open water swimming has been moved from Japan to Portugal, where it was held in 2012 and 2016.

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Cleveland State and Oakland Take 2021 Horizon League Diving Top Spots

Cleveland State’s Matthew Akers won the men’s 1-meter diving event and Oakland’s Bernadette Turchi took the women’s 3-meter diving title on Day 1.

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Team Ireland Divers Announced for Tokyo Olympic Games Qualifier

2016 Olympic finalist Oliver Dingley will lead the team. Clare Cryan, Tanya Watson and Ciara McGing will aim to be the first Irish female diver at the Games.

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UNCW and James Madison Top Diving Events at CAA Championships

The 2021 CAA Championships kicked off on Friday with diving where UNCW sophomore Kolbein Bjugan defended his CAA titles on both one-meter and three-meter.

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2021 NCAA Men: Ohio State, Purdue Load Up A Final in Platform Prelims on Day 4

Ohio State and Purdue accounted for 5 of the top-8 qualifiers in platform diving in Saturday’s prelims.

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UNCW’S Bjugan, Clausen Take Home Golds To Close Out CAA Diving Championships

UNCW’s Kolbein Bjugan won the men’s 3-meter diving event and Courtney Clausen was victorious in the women’s 1-meter diving competition.

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UNCW’s Bjugan, JMU’s Gross Win Gold Medals On Day 1 Of CAA Diving Championship

James Madison’s Emily Gross became the third straight Dukes’ diver to claim the 3-meter diving title winning the event with a score of 297.90.

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Olivia McNicholas Named NEC Diver of the Week For Second Straight Time

McNicholas earned her second Diver of the Week honor with first-place finishes in both the 1-meter dive (230.93) and 1-meter diving volume (167.47).

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MacNeil, Bacon, Chen, and Dorenkott Win Big Ten End of Year Awards

Maggie MacNeil, Sarah Bacon, Wenbo Chen, and Bill Dorenkott were named the Big Ten end of year award recipients following the conclusion of the NCAA season.

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