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Ohio vs. Toledo
November 7, 2009
TOLEDO, Ohio, November 7. FOR a second-straight day, the University of Toledo swimming and diving team unseated a conference power, as the Rockets took 10 of 16 events en route to a 180-114 win over Ohio University in front of a raucous crowd at the Student Rec Center Pool. The victory pushed the Rockets to 8-1 on the season, 4-0 in MAC action, and...
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TOLEDO, Ohio, November 6. THE University of Toledo swimming and diving team tallied one-two-three finishes in five events, and the Rockets cruised to a 174-124 dual meet win over visiting Miami (Ohio) University, the defending MAC Champions.
"It's exciting because everyone swam so well," said junior co-captain Jacy Dyer (Lebanon, ...
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OXFORD, Ohio, April 6. AT the 5th Annual ASA U. National Championships at Miami University this weekend, Colorado swept the team titles, more than doubling the points of its nearest competitors in the women's and overall divisions.
The outcome was less than certain on the men's side, with the University of Florida putting up a formidab...
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OXFORD, Ohio, April 5. COLORADO University finds itself in a familiar position after day one of the American Swimming Association University League National Championships. The three-time defending championship team leads the University of Florida, 969.5 to 452, atop a field of 25 student-run swim clubs from across the country. Penn State, Miami Uni...
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, February 27. MIAMI University took a slight 31.5 point leads over second place Ohio University after day three of the 2009 Mid-American Conference women's swimming and diving championships.
The RedHawks won the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:39.65, setting a championship record, and also received an individual title in...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, February 12. EVERYONE in the U.S. swimming structure knows who Chuck Wielgus is, same with John Leonard. Both are at the top of the administrative food chain at USA Swimming and the American Swim Coaches Association, respectively, and are known to be some of the most dedicated and strident proponents of the sport of swimming...
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ATHENS, Ohio. November 7. A home meet turned out to be all the Ohio swimming and diving team needed to pick up its first dual-meet win of the year, as the Bobcats defeated Bowling Green (1-2, 1-2 Mid-American Conference), 150.5-135.5, in the team's first home contest of the year.
"This team has a lot of pride and a lot of character and ...
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, November 1. AFTER a tough loss to Eastern Michigan last night, the BGSU Falcons (1-1) triumphed over the Ball State Cardinals (0-2), this afternoon winning the meet 160-140.
The Falcons took first place finishes in ten out of the 16 events and were never beaten out of the top three places in the remaining events.
The Fa...
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Ohio vs. Akron
October 31, 2008
AKRON, Ohio, October 31. THE UA swimming and diving team used a string of career best performances and nine first place finishes in tonight's contest to defeat MAC favorite Ohio University, 150-132. Akron and Ohio were tied at 65 points a piece heading into the 1-meter diving events before claiming a lead they would not relinquish. Akron stretc...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 22. THE College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) recently announced its academic success rankings for the Division I level.
As they have so often in the past, the two Ivy League schools battled for the number one ranking. This time, Yale, coached by Frank Keefe, took the women's crown with a 3.608 ...
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STOCKTON, California, June 3. UNIVERSITY of the Pacific Director of Athletics Lynn King has announced the hiring of Adam Kennedy as men's and women's swimming head coach. Kennedy takes over the reigns of Pacific's swimming after spending the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy. ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 19. HOBIE Billingsley, legendary diving coach, joins the Ready Room to talk about his extraordinary career that spans more than 60 years.
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Billingsley, 81, is a five-time Olympic coach, former ...
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BUFFALO, New York, February 22. THE Ohio swimming and diving team moved into first place at the 2008 Mid-American Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Championships Friday evening. For the third consecutive day the Bobcats used their depth and a complete team effort to move in front of Toledo in the team standings heading into the final day o...
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MUNCIE, Indiana, February 2. IN its final tune-up before the 2008 Mid-American Conference Championships, the Ohio swimming and diving team defeated Ball State, 165-135, at the Lewallen Aquatic Center. The Bobcats end their dual-meet season on a seven-meet winning streak with the victory and finish the season 12-1 overall and 6-1 in MAC competition....
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 26. THIS past year has been one of the best ever seen in the history of the sport of swimming. Only the most high-profile news, however, is
Flash!-tagged on our site. With that being said, we will be presenting the
Flash!-tagged stories for 2007 over the coming days before ...
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Ohio vs. Toledo
November 10, 2007
TOLEDO, Ohio, November 10. SOPHOMORE Megan Reissig broke her own record that she set last night in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:03.63 in a big win over the second-place Ohio University on Nov. 10. The Rockets came away with a 184-116 win, pushing their record to 7-1, 4-0 in the MAC.
"This was a good weekend for us overall with b...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 29. FIVE years ago, the Big Green swimming team of Dartmouth University stood on the edge of the abyss, one small shove away from extinction. After fielding a swim team for nearly a century, the administration of the Ivy League school had decided to axe the team. But an unlikely coalition of swimmers, alumni, student gove...
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WASHINGTON, D.C., August 23. GEORGETOWN University Head Swimming and Diving Coach Steven Cartwright announced the addition of Bob Schneider as the diving coach to the program. Schneider brings a wealth of coaching experience to the program, including stints at Yale, Emory, Kenyon College and the Diving Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. His speci...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 7. THE week following an incredible week of competition at the FINA World Championships still had plenty to write about at SwimmingWorldMagazine.com.
Libby Lenton decided to spark discussion throughout the online swimming community as she broke the women's 100-meter freestyle record with a 52.99 in a head-to-head rela...
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ATHENS, Ohio, April 6. ACCORDING to the
Athens News, a complaint has been filed against Ohio University with the Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education claiming that the school violated Title IX when it decided to eliminate the men's swimming and diving program. The complaint was filed March 13.
Jim Bradsh...
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