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Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center Chosen As 4th Site For Futures Champs

USA Swimming has selected Stanford University’s Avery Aquatic Center as the fourth site for USA Swimming Futures Championships, August 4th – 7, 2016.

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Australia’s Open Water Youth Talent to Test the Water for Tokyo 2020

A group of eight talented open water youth swimmers have been selected to represent Australia at the Junior Open Water international events for this year; the FINA World Junior Championships and the Oceania Championships.

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USA Women Beat CAN 14-7 To Win At Olympic Qualification Tournament

The USA Women’s National Team held off a couple of rallies from Canada before pulling away for a 14-7 victory on day two of the Olympic Qualification Tournament.

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NBC Sports To Televise USA’s Quarterfinal Match Of Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament

The USA Water Polo Women’s National Team – the world’s top ranked women’s water polo team – will attempt to qualify for the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympic Games this Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, as NBC Sports Group provides unprecedented coverage of the FINA Women’s Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament.

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Osborn Breaks 2 Short Course Canadian Deaf National Records

University of Manitoba Bisons swimmer Thomas Osborn broke two short course Canadian deaf national records this past weekend at the Manitoba/Saskatchewan Short Course Championships.

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USA Women Open Olympic Qualification Tournament With Win Over Japan

The USA Water Polo Women’s National Team delivered a convincing victory to open play at the 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament topping Japan 18-1 earlier today at Groenhovenbad in Gouda, Netherlands.

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DWS 2016: China remains invincible in Dubai (UAE)

The team of China totally dominated the gold medal chart in the second leg of the FINA/NVC Diving World Series, organised in Dubai (UAE) on March 17-19, 2016.

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Michigan Water Polo Ends Nonconference Slate With Two Wins

The No. 5 Michigan water polo team downed No. 13 Pacific and No. 23 Marist on Sunday (March 20) at the Arizona State Invite to close out its nonconference portion of the schedule with a 19-6 record.

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Synchronised Swimming Rio Quota Place Confirmed

British Swimming and the ASA have received official confirmation of the quota place achieved by the Duet that competed in Rio at the Olympic Games Test Event.

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Kelsi Worrell Sets NCAA Meet Record with 2nd Fastest 200 Fly Ever

Louisville’s Kelsi Worrell slipped under the NCAA meet record in the women’s 200 fly this morning, clocking a 1:50.61 to take the top seed after prelims. The previous record was held by Stanford’s Elaine Breeden. Breeden held the mark at 1:50.98 from NCAAs in 2009.

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757swim Sweeps Virginia Small Team Titles in First Year of Team

The 757swim team rode the strength of 2 Meet Records and 3 Event Champion swims to lock down the Small Team Top Points honors at the Virginia Swimming Age Group Championships, held this past weekend in Christiansburg, Virginia.

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Thorpe to Announce Swimming Legends to Join Dolphins in Adelaide

Australia’s greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe was back on pool deck at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Adelaide today in the countdown to next month’s 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships – for the Race To Rio.

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USA’s Boudia, Johnson Win Synchro 10m Bronze at Diving World Series

David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) and Steele Johnson (Carmel, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) won the bronze medal in synchronized 10-meter Thursday at the FINA Diving World Series in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sam Dorman (Tempe, Ariz./Coral Gables, Fla.) and Kristian Ipsen (Clayton, Calif./Stanford, Calif.) were sixth in synchronized 3-meter.

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PROP Approves Stricter Penalties for Misconduct in Water Polo

Harsher penalties to deter misconduct fouls are coming to men’s and women’s water polo during the 2016-17 academic year.

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Water Polo National League Week 2 Rosters Announced

For the first time the USA Water Polo Men’s National League leaves the state of California as Week 2 action heads to Henderson, Nevada and the Henderson Multigenerational Pool this Saturday and Sunday. The New York Athletic Club and USA Blue lead the standings tied for first place after Week 1 competition.

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