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Cynthia Potter, 1987 ISHOF Honoree and 28-time National Champion as a Diver is special. She is One in a Thousand! When asked why she wanted to join the International Swimming Hall of Fame’s One in A Thousand Club, Potter said, “The Hall of Fame is so special and important to all of us. We have a his...

By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern The PAC 12 Networks have just announced a fourth year of coverage for the swimming and diving programs with former Olympians Rowdy Gaines, Amy Van Dyken, Cynthia Potter, and Michele Mitchell coming in to offer their unique expertise and unique insight fo...

Passages: Legendary Diving Coach Hobie Billingsley Dies at 94; Left Impact on the World Hobie Billingsley, a 1983 International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Diving Coach, and one of the most beloved diving coaches of a generation, passed away early this morning, July 16, 2022. He was 94. Hobie was th...

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 13. THIS week's reveal of the nominees for the James E. Sullivan Award, given to the best "amateur" athlete in the United States, includes three aquatic sport athletes. One of them is diver David Boudia, who could join an impressive list of divers that previously won this awa...

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 4. THE February issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download to Total Access Subscribers! On page 8 of the February Swimming World Magazine, Publisher Brent Rutemiller shares some of the comments from around the world expressing support of the Open Letter...

AUSTIN, Texas, April 7. THE National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association bestowed its annual awards on several prestigious names in the swimming and diving community, including an Olympic diver and the coach of several championship swimming squads. SwimmingWorld.TV was at the banquet in Austin,...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Feb. 19. THE third-ranked University of Texas men's swimming and diving team is favored to win the men's Big 12 Championships, to be held Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 20-23, at the Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. The preliminaries will start at 10...

EAST MEADOW, NY., Oct. 21. TEAM Stars & Stripes won the first-ever Novo Nordisk Sprint Cup, held yesterday at the Nassau County Aquatic center in East Meadow, NY. The meet offered $310,000 in prize money: the largest one-day payday in the history of swimming, The meet was sponsored by Novo Nordisk, ...

By Phillip Whitten EAST MEADOW, N.Y., March 15. SIX teams are very much in the hunt for a national title after the first day of competition at the Women's Division I NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, being held at the Nassau Aquatic Center on Long Island, New York. The surprise leader afte...

Nancy Duty Cunningham passed away on October 11, 2016 at the age of 90 after a short illness. She led an active life that was full of accomplishments and adventure. She loved to travel and was very active in the First Methodist Adelphi class at her church. In 2011, Nancy was inducted into the Texas ...

Each day through August 4, Jeff Commings will take you back 30 years to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, highlighting one of that day’s swimming events that continues to be a benchmark for the current culture of the sport. A full list of medalists from that day’s competition follows at the end of t...

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, June 13. NCAA champion diver Nick McCrory has followed his longtime coach Drew Johansen to Indiana University, making the move as he begins his postgraduate chapter on the road to 2016. McCrory won multiple NCAA titles at Duke under Johansen's watch, taking the platform titles ...

Honorees and Olympians launch the "One In a Thousand" Challenge for the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF).  Many ISHOF Honorees such as Mark Spitz, Janet Evans, Dara Torres, Vladimir Salnikov, Jason Lezak and Rowdy Gaines, water polo player Brenda Villa, diver Greg Louganis, synchro swimme...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Feb. 19. THE No. 3-ranked University of Texas women's swimming and diving team looks to defend its 2001 conference title this week at the 2002 Big 12 Championships on Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 20-23, at the Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. For the f...

For the third year in a row, FOX Sports Net will telecast the women's championships nationally. Ron Thulin will call the action with Mel Stewart providing swimming analysis and Cynthia Potter adding diving coverage. All times listed are CST. Thursday, Feb. 25 Network Time Sunshine Network 3 a.m. MSG...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 6. SWIMMING legend John Naber is among the six NCAA Silver Anniversary Award recipients announced today by the NCAA Honors Committee. The Silver Anniversary Award recognizes former student-athletes who have distinguished themselves since completing their college athletics careers ...