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DENVER, Colorado, May 16. -- The Western Athletic Conference today announced that it will add the sport of men's swimming and diving beginning with the 2013-14 season.
Next year's WAC membership includes three full-time members that sponsor men's swimming and diving; CSU Bakersfield, Grand Canyon and Seattle. Joining these schools will be affiliate members Air Force, UNLV, ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16. KRISTEN Cunnane, the associate head coach of the women's swimming team at UC-Berkeley, will get $2.85 million in a settlement reached with the Moraga School District over allegations that the district covered up reports that Cunnane was sexually abused by former teachers in the 1990s.
The settlement, announced Tuesday, puts an end to a lawsuit ...
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WILMINGTON, North Carolina, May 15. THE University of North Carolina-Wilmington's swimming and diving programs are in danger of disappearing, as a committee is recommending that the teams be dropped in addition to three others at the NCAA Division I school.
An article in the Wilmington StarNews reports that the university's Board of Trustees could vote on the recommendation of th ...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, May 15. LAST month, the East Coast Collegiate Club Championships took place last month at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center with Colorado ending up victorious yet again. The meet, which is made up of swimmers connected to college club teams, but not their NCAA counterparts, has emerged as one of the more enjoyable fan experiences within the sport.
For the second year in ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13. SWIMMING World is proud to announce its seventh annual Sports Information Director of the Year award. Southern California's Paul Goldberg and Tennessee's Amanda Pruitt are the 2013 honorees for the distinction. The Swimming World SID of the Year is an editor's award chosen solely by General Manager of Media Properties Jason Marsteller, a ...
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 9. JOE Suriano, who this spring completed his 35th season as the diving coach at the Naval Academy, has announced his retirement from the position.
It is with mixed emotions that we learn of Joe's intention to retire after 35 years of excellence as a coach and educator at Navy, said Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk. I know he and Patty have ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 7. DRURY University head swimming coach Brian Reynolds has been given what the NCAA is calling a public reprimand for an error that involved entering an ineligible swimmer into this year's NCAA Division II swimming and diving championships.
According to the NCAA, a student-athlete was listed as part of the 400 free relay for Drury at the meet, despite not being e ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 7. IN the aftermath of American professional basketball player Jason Collins announcing he is gay, the media has turned its focus recently on the plight of openly gay athletes in other sports. This week, two swimmers who represent major universities in the United States shared their perspectives of being accomplished athletes who also happen to be gay.
In a post today ...
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 7. FLORIDA State Director of Athletic Randy Spetman announced Wednesday the hiring of Frank Bradley as the head coach for men's and women's swimming and diving programs at FSU. Bradley, who swam for the Seminoles from 1994-1997, has been the associate head coach at Auburn for the past three seasons and previously served as head coach at Indian River Commun ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 7. THE College Swim Coaches Association of America is proud to announce the 2012-2013 CSCAA All-America Teams, supported by Speedo.
All-America Honors are conferred upon those athletes who finish in the top 8 of an individual or relay event at their respective NCAA Championship. Athletes who finish in places 9-16 in the consolation finals of individual or relay event ...
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DETROIT, Michigan, May 6. JUNIOR Connor Jaeger (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven) of the University of Michigan men's swimming and diving team was announced as the 2013 Michigan Male College Athlete of the Year by the Detroit Athletic Club (DAC) on Monday (May 6). Jaeger will officially receive the honor at the 17th Annual DAC Athletic Awards next Monday (May 13).
He is the third ma ...
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 4. A new era of Tulane swimming and diving began on Thursday as 11-time collegiate All-American Katie Robinson was named head coach, Green Wave Director of Athletics Rick Dickson announced.
Robinson brings an impressive r?sum? to the Tulane program after serving as an assistant to the Rutgers women's team the last two years, as an assistant with both the me ...
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AKRON, Ohio, May 4. BRIAN Peresie was named head coach of The University of Akron women's swimming and diving team, Director of Athletics Tom Wistrcill announced on Thursday. The appointment is pending approval by the University's Board of Trustees.
We are excited to welcome Brian and his family into the Zips Athletics family, Wistrcill said. He brings great passion to our progr ...
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EVANSTON, Illinois, May 4. NORTHWESTERN head coach Jimmy Tierney announced today (May 3) the addition of seven-time All-American Anna Miller as an assistant coach with the Wildcats women's swimming and diving program.
I am thrilled to welcome Anna Miller to the Wildcats Swimming and Diving family, Tierney said. Anna will bring a tremendous skill set to NU, one that she has honed as a ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 3. The College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) is proud to announce the 2012-2013 CSCAA All-America Teams, supported by Speedo. All-America Honors are conferred upon those athletes who finish in the top 8 of an individual or relay event at their respective NCAA Championship.
Athletes who finish in places 9-16 in the consolation finals of individual or rela ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 2. THE NCAA Division II A and B cut Qualifying Standards have been released for the 2013-14 season.
Click links below to be redirected to the time standards pages:
Women's 2013-14 NCAA Division II Time Standards
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 2. THE College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) is proud to announce the 2012-2013 CSCAA Division III All-America Teams, supported by Speedo USA.
All-America Honors are conferred upon those athletes who finish in the top 8 of an individual or relay event at their respective NCAA Championship. Athletes who finish in places 9-16 in the consolation finals of ...
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ATHENS, Georgia, May 2. ALLISON Schmitt, who led the Georgia women to the national championship last month, has been named the Honda Sports Award winner for swimming, according to an announcement by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards on Monday.
By virtue of her win, Schmitt becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Award and the 2013 Honda Cup, to be presented live on ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 1. THE University of Tennessee will have a major talent join the women's team in Knoxville this fall, as Lauren Driscoll announced that she will be transferring from the University of California-Berkeley.
In her one season as a Golden Bear, Driscoll made an impact for Teri McKeever's squad at the Pac-12 championships, qualifying for the NCAAs in the 500 free ...
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, May 1. AFTER inking 12 in the early signing period, first-year Alabama swimming and diving head coach Dennis Pursley and his staff have added another bumper crop of student-athletes in the late signing period, adding nine swimmers and a pair of divers.
This group of student-athletes is really going to help us take a leap forward next year, Pursley said. I feel like th ...
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LOS ANGELES, California, April 29. EARLIER this evening, USC's Sizzling Siberian Vlad Morozov made his intentions known that he is going pro via Twitter. Last month, the Russian sprint star put on a clinic at the NCAA Division I Men's Championships where he cleared the 18 second barrier in the 50 free in relay duty, and also set the NCAA record in the 100-yard free.
While the j ...
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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, April 29. VICE President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass announced today that 2012 U.S. Olympic Team coach and 2013 ACC Coach of the Year Drew Johansen has been named head diving coach at Indiana University.
Johansen joins the Hoosiers from Duke University where he has served as head coach since 2007.
We believe we have hired the best diving coach in America ...
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, April 23. THE CSCAA Executive Board of Directors takes great pleasure in announcing the 2013 recipients of our five major awards. The awards will be presented at the CSCAA Annual Banquet on Thursday, May 16, 2013 held in conjunction with the CSCAA Convention at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort.
The Collegiate and Scholastic Trophy: Matt Kredich, The Univ ...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 22. RYAN Mallam, former head coach at perennial powerhouse Indian River State College (Fla.), has been named men's associate head swimming coach at Texas A&M, head coach Jay Holmes announced on Monday.
Mallam, a four-year swimming letterman at the University of South Carolina, brings a wealth of swimming expertise to Texas A&M, which recently posted its 1 ...
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By Cici Zhang
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 21. THE last day of the East Coast Collegiate National Swimming and Diving Championships proved nothing but the best. Fast swims started from the 1st heat of the day to the last.
Darton College certainly proved itself strong in the competition again in swimming and in diving. Anna Macht and TJ Bland of Darton College started off the evening ...
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For full coverage of the ECC Club Championships, check out our event coverage page.
By Cici Zhang
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 20. FROM Gangnam Style to Harlem Shake, swimmers marched out on deck of the exciting second day of the East Coast Collegiate Swim Club Na ...
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For full coverage of the ECC Club Championships, check out our event coverage page.
By Cici Zhang
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 19. THE first day of the 2013 East Coast Swim Club Championships got off to a fast start as five meet records were broken. Icelandic Olym ...
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By Elle Meinholz, Swimming World intern
Denison University's men's and women's swim programs recently put together sensational efforts at the NCAA Division III Championships. Its men's team took home second place honors after a two-year stint on top, while the women placed third in Shenandoah, Texas.
With those types of efforts, and the bulk of its history a ...
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