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Sports' Best Rivalry Meets Swimming This Weekend

Commentary by David Rieder DURHAM, North Carolina, January 30. YANKEES-Red Sox. Lakers-Celtics. Manning-Brady. Nadal-Federer. Michigan-Ohio State. Phelps-Lochte. All are outstanding rivalries that bring out hoards of fans and cameras that any other regular game or race just wouldn’t draw. Some of th...

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Virginia Tops ACC Rival Duke

DURHAM, North Carolina, January 24. THE University of Virginia swimming and diving team won 23 of 32 events en route to a sweep of ACC rival Duke on Friday night. It was a total team effort for the Cavaliers, as 19 different athletes picked up individual wins. Parker Camp and Laura Simon both double...

NCAA Div. I: Duke, William & Mary Split

DURHAM, NC., Feb. 2. THE Duke women's swimming and diving team closed out its dual meet season with its fourth victory of the year, defeating William & Mary 143-100 on Saturday afternoon. The Duke men fell to the Tribe, 121.5-101.5. Sophomores Lauren Hancock and Lauren Cornet were both double-wi...

NCAA Div. I: Virginia Sweeps North Carolina State

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Jan. 13. VIRGINIA swept the NC State Wolfpack yesterday at the AFC. The men rebounded from their loss to Tennessee, winning 196-92, raising their record to 4-1, 2-0 in the ACC. The women also had a convincing win, 178-110, raising their record to 5-0, 2-0 in the ACC. Virginia is now...

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ACC Countdown: Rich DeSelm and Stephanie Peacock

DURHAM, North Carolina, February 12. CONFERENCE championship season begins next week, and the ACC Championship meets are among the first and perhaps the most competitive. The University of Virginia Cavaliers have won the past six conference titles for both the men and women, but they will face a hea...

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What Do Times at Arena Grand Prix in Austin Tell Us?

Commentary by David Rieder DURHAM, North Carolina, January 22. ON Friday, the one-time face of American women’s swimming took to Twitter to share her thoughts on the just-beginning Arena Grand Prix in Austin. Now attempting a comeback, Katie Hoff wrote what she called a “rant” on the tendency to qui...

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Lifeguard Shortage Raises Safety Concerns in Pools Across the Country

By Danny Whirlow, Swimming World College Intern.  As June gives way to July, Americans will continue to find ways to enjoy the scorching summer sun. Many families will turn to their community pools to cool down amidst the heat. But as more and more pools across the country find themselves with fewer...

Duke Receives 10 Committments for Swimming & Diving

DURHAM, N.C. -- The Duke men's and women's swimming and diving teams have accepted 10 recruits for early decision to attend the university in the fall of 2002, as announced by assistant coach Whitney Greene Wednesday. Joining the Blue Devils on the men's side will be Andy Storm (Lewisbur...

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Duke Announces Class of 2014 Recruits

DURHAM, North Carolina, January 28. DUKE University swimming and diving head coach Dan Colella and the Blue Devil coaching staff are set to welcome another standout recruiting class for the 2014-15 campaign. The group includes 14 swimmers and divers hailing from seven states as well as the country o...

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Gabi Shishkoff Triples As Penn State Sweeps Navy

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, January 26. GABI Shishkoff tripled while five other Penn State swimmers won two individual events each as the Nittany Lions topped Navy on Saturday. Penn State won all 16 events in the women's meet and 10 out of 16 in the men's meet to complete the sweep. Penn State Women's Pres...

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North Carolina Sweeps Duke on Senior Day in Durham

DURHAM, North Carolina, December 1. THE North Carolina Tar Heels travelled north to Durham and came away with a sweep of the Blue Devils in both teams’ final dual meet action of the season. On the women’s side, the ninth-ranked Tar Heels triumphed 157-234, while the 16th-ranked men won 172-120 as Du...

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Men's NCAA Championship Predictions

NCAA Championship editorial coverage is proudly sponsored by Competitor Swim. Visit CompetitorSwim.com for more information on our sponsor. For all the latest coverage, check out our event coverage page. By David Rieder DURHAM, North Carolina, March 26. JUST hours remain until the men's NCAA Champio...

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ACC Countdown: Christine Wixted and Nick McCrory

Teams from all across the eastern seaboard have descended to one of the hottest locales in swimming, Greensboro. Host to some sort of meet pretty much every weekend, the Greensboro Aquatic Center will be the home to the women's and men's ACC Championships once again and also house the 2015 women's N...

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Navy Completes Patriot League Domination

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, February 23. NAVY crowned eight more champions on Saturday evening to close the 2014 Patriot League Swimming & Diving Championships much as they started it on Wednesday night. It turns out that the lighter schedule on the opening night at Lejeuen Hall was just a tuneup for the M...

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ACC Countdown: Augie Busch

DURHAM, North Carolina, January 28. ONLY weeks remain until the ACC Swimming and Diving Championships get underway in Greensboro, and the meets figure to be among the most competitive conference championships in the country. The University of Virginia has won five straight ACC titles for both the wo...

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South Carolina Drops Duke

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, January 12. THE University of South Carolina swimming and diving teams picked up two wins Saturday afternoon, sweeping the Duke Blue Devils at the Carolina Natatorium behind wins in 19 of 32 events. South Carolina Press Release  In their first meet in 49 days, both the Sout...