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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Feb. 23> TEXAS' women and men rolled to the Big 12 Conference Championshis at the Texas A&M Student Aquatic Center Pool here this evening -- which is akin to saying the sun rises in the east. The Longhorn men, with the cynical dismantling of the Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa ...

THE WOODLANDS, TX - In the end, Mark Ruiz came away with three national titles from the U.S. Summer National Diving Championships. In addition to his 1m and synchronized 3m titles this week, he won the final men’s event, the 10m platform, defeating silver-medalist Justin Dumais 621.18 to 611.04. He ...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Correspondent.  In March of 2000 Laura Wilkinson broke three bones in her foot. Six months later, she was competing at the Olympic Games, and the only American to make finals. She started the last round in eighth place. Wearing a sneaker on her right foot for support,...

From UT - AUSTIN, TX - The No. 13 ranked University of Texas women's swimming and diving team won five of eight events to take a 592-572 over No. 7 ranked Nebraska after the second day of finals on Friday at the Big 12 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Jamail Texas Swim Center. Texas ...

By Danielle Repper, Swimming World College Intern Picture yourself standing at the bottom of the steps of the diving board during a competition. Imagine the thoughts racing through your head, your palms becoming sweaty, and the sound of your heart beat. What may feel like an eternity waiting at the ...

China's young platform divers swept the top of the podium on the fifth day of diving competition at the World Championships, and the American women's medal drought in Olympic events is officially over. Women's 10-meter was the only final event to take place today, the fifth day of competition. Chen ...

Feb. 7. TRIPLE Olympic gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg is among the list of 10 finalists released by the Amateur Athletic Association today for the 71st Annual AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award. Narrowed from a field of over 30 nominees, the 10 first-round finalists will be reduced to five athlet...

The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced today that American diver, Laura Wilkinson, will become one of seventeen (17) honorees to enter the International Swimming Hall of Fame as the Class of 2017. Wilkinson is the eleventh individual to be named for ceremonies to be held August 25...

AUSTIN, TX - University of Texas junior Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas / Klein HS) overcame an 11-point deficit midway through the finals of the three-meter competition, but scored well on her final three dives to post a winning score of 530.80 points Wednesday night at the All-American Diving Invit...

University of Texas junior Laura Wilkinson, the defending NCAA platform diving champion and an eight-time All-American, has announced that she will forego her final year of collegiate athletic eligibility and will turn professional. Wilkinson recently signed with Gold Medal Management, based in Colo...

FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS - University of Texas junior Laura Wilkinson and UT freshman Troy Dumais both won springboard titles at the NCAA Zone "D" Regional Diving Championships at the University of Arkansas' HPER Natatorium. With their titles come automatic berths to their respective NCAA Swimming and...

AUSTIN, TX - The No. 11 Texas women's swimming and diving team, with the help of a 1-3-4-6 finish on the 10-meter diving platform led by junior Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas / Klein), won its first-ever Big 12 Conference Swimming and Diving team title. It is UT's first conference title in the sport...

From Penny Abrahams of UT - DALLAS, TEXAS- Exemplary performances during the past two months helped decide the inaugural Big 12 Conference Swimmers and Divers of the month for the month of December, and three University of Texas swimmers and divers were among the honorees, the Big 12 office announce...

From UT - AUSTIN, TX - The No. 13 ranked University of Texas women's swimming and diving team finished second to No. 7 ranked Nebraska, 868-818, Saturday night at the Big 12 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at the Jamail Texas Swim Center. Final team standings were: 1) Nebraska (868), 2) Te...

It's official: The International Olympic Committee has selected Los Angeles as the Host City of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The City of Angels has also hosted the Games in 1932 and 1984, spreading pride and tradition through American Olympic athletes for the last eight decades. Some of th...

A group of 22 swimmers, including Olympians and All-Americans, have signed an open letter urging Dartmouth to reinstate its swimming and diving teams. Dartmouth made the decision in August to discontinue swimming and diving with immediate effect, leaving it the only Ivy League institution without va...

AUSTIN, TEXAS - The 25th annual University of Texas Women's Athletics All Sports Banquet took place on Tuesday, April 27th at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. The banquet, which featured the awarding of 80 special honors and endowed scholarship awards, also was highlighted by the awarding of the 19...