Read moreUSA Diving Announces FINA World Championship Team19 May 2022 USA Diving Announces FINA World Championship Team Sixteen divers are set to represent the United States at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary next month. The team includes a mix of veterans and emerging athletes. Three Olympians – 2020 Olympic silver medalist Delaney Schnell (Tucson,...
Read morePei Lin Named Cal Diving Coach28 April 2022Pei Lin, a three-time NCAA runner-up and a Chinese national champion, has been named head diving coach at California, men's and women's swimming & diving head coaches David Durden and Teri McKeever announced Thursday. "I'm honored and grateful to have this opportunity to be part of the Cal men's and...
Read more1A Brief History of Diving in the United States18 April 2022From the April issue of Swimming World Magazine, historian Bruce Wigo examines the history of USA Diving. Get Swimming World Magazine and Swimming World Biweekly FREE When You Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame New! 30 Day Membership to ISHOF AND Digital Swimming World Subscr...
Read moreDoug Shaffer Retires After 20 Seasons as LSU Diving Coach14 April 2022Doug Shaffer Retires After 20 Seasons as LSU Diving Coach On Wednesday, Doug Shaffer was named the SEC’s Women’s Diving Coach of the Year. On Thursday, Shaffer called time on his long and prosperous coaching career at LSU. Shaffer declared his retirement after 20 seasons as the Tigers’ head diving c...
Read moreMeaghan Benfeito, Three-Time Olympic Medalist Diver, Announces Retirement08 April 2022Meaghan Benfeito, Three-Time Olympic Medalist Diver, Announces Retirement Meaghan Benfeito, a three-time Olympic diving medalist from Canada, announced her retirement at age 33 this week. Benfeito made the announcement via Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meaghan Benfe...
Read more2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Purdue's Tyler Downs Claims Platform Diving Title, Heads to Oscars (VIDEO)26 March 2022The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championship last night continued from the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, with the final individual event, platform diving. After prelims, three divers were ahead of the field, but within three points of each other....
Read more2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Three Divers Within 3 Points of Lead Heading into Platform Finals26 March 20222022 NCAA Men's Championships: Three Divers Within 3 Points of Lead Heading into Platform Finals The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championship completed its final preliminary event from the McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, with the platform diving ev...
Read more2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Texas A&M's Kurtis Mathews Top Seed in 3-Meter Diving25 March 2022The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the 3-meter diving prelims from McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Texas A&M senior Kurtis Mathews took the top seed on the 3-meter board with a dominating 447.30 score. Mathews won the 1-me...
Read more2022 NCAA Men’s Championships: Wait is Worth It for Texas A&M's Kurtis Mathews In Diving24 March 20222022 NCAA Men’s Championships: Wait is Worth It for Texas A&M's Kurtis Mathews In Diving If you anticipated a battle of seniors in 1-meter diving at the 2022 NCAA Men’s Championships, you were right. You might not have picked the upperclassmen on top. But the one who ended up getting the win had eno...
Read more2022 NCAA Men's Championship: Indiana's Andrew Capobianco Earns Top Seed in 1-Meter Diving24 March 2022The 2022 NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the 1-meter diving prelims from McAuley Aquatic Center on the campus of Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Indiana senior Andrew Capobianco has the top seed after prelims, finishing with 405.30 points. Just one other diver was ove...
Read more2022 NCAA Women's Championship: Indiana's Tarrin Gilliland Claims Platform Diving Title19 March 20222022 NCAA Women's Championship: Indiana's Tarrin Gilliland Claims Platform Diving Title The last individual event of the 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships was platform diving. Indiana’s Tarrin Gilliland won the championship in the event, building a score of 372.95 points...
Read more2022 NCAA Women's Championships: Delaney Schnell Takes Top Seed in Platform; Texas Makes Move with 3 in Finals19 March 20222022 NCAA Women's Championships: Delaney Schnell Takes Top Seed in Platform; Texas Makes Move with 3 in Finals The 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the prelims of the platform diving. Texas put a tree in the top eight, which will provide huge points for t...
Read more2022 NCAA Women's Championships: Minnesota's Sarah Bacon Repeats as 3-Meter Champion18 March 2022Minnesota senior Sarah Bacon repeated as NCAA Champion on the 3-meter board on Friday, the final individual event on Day 4 of the 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. Bacon was the lone diver to surpass 400 points, winning the event with 409.25 points. Bacon won the Honda ...
Read more2022 NCAA Women's Championships: Delaney Schnell Leads Sarah Bacon After 1-Meter Prelims17 March 2022The 2022 NCAA Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships continued with prelims for 1-meter diving. Through the preliminaries, Arizona junior Delaney Schnell holds the lead with 334.10 points. Minnesota senior Sarah Bacon, who swept the NCAA championship on both boards last year, is in sec...
Read moreAfter Big 12 Bounce Back, Texas’s Janie Boyle Ready to Dive Into NCAAs16 March 2022After Big 12 Bounce Back, Texas’s Janie Boyle Ready to Dive Into NCAAs Janie Boyle wasn’t quite sure what happened when she hit the water, but she knew it wasn’t right. The Texas junior had just missed the fourth dive of her platform program at the Big 12 Championships, a front three-and-a-half pike...
Read moreColin Zeng, NCAA Champion, Rejoins Tennessee as Diving Graduate Assistant14 January 2022A three-time NCAA champion and two-time CSCAA Diver of the Year honoree, Colin Zeng has rejoined the Tennessee diving program as a graduate assistant coach, diving coach Dave Parrington announced Friday. "Any time you have the opportunity to bring someone of the caliber of Colin Zeng onto your staff...
Read morePassages: Ian Matos, Brazilian Olympic Diver, Age 3224 December 2021Passages: Ian Matos, Brazilian Olympic Diver, Age 32 Ian Matos, a Brazilian diver who competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has died after a lung infection. Matos was 32 years old. News of Matos’ death was confirmed by the Brazilian Olympic Committee on Dec. 21. View this post on Instagram A po...
Read moreSwimming World Names China's Shi Tingmao and Xie Siyi Divers of the Year22 December 2021Swimming World Names China's Shi Tingmao and Xie Siyi Divers of the Year With 2021 winding down, Swimming World is naming its athletes of the year across a variety of aquatic sports. On the boards, China had both the Male and Female Divers of the Year in Shi Tingmao and Xie Siyi. Shi and Xie excelle...
Read moreUSA Diving Winter Nationals: Tyler Downs Sweeps Springboard Events18 December 20212020 Olympian, Tyler Downs earned his third National Title of the event after winning the 1-Meter Springboard Final at USA Diving Winter Nationals. Downs, who became the first to sweep the Men’s Springboard events since it’s inception in 2010, found himself once again competing against Olympic teamm...
Read moreDiving Winter Nationals: 14-Year-Old Joshua Hedberg Qualifies for Worlds17 December 2021Diving Winter Nationals: 14-Year-Old Joshua Hedberg Qualifies for Worlds Joshua Hedberg booked a spot in next year’s FINA World Championships on Friday at the USA Diving Winter Nationals, the 14-year-old becoming the youngest American male ever to do so. Hedberg scored 832.10 points to finish second...