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Editor’s Note: erroneous reports out of Puerto Rico said that Harry Hauck, considered by most to be the grandfather of water polo on the island, had passed away after a lengthy illness. Swimming World inadvertently published an obituary to this effect. In fact, Coach Hauck is alive and—even though h...

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 17. THE NUMBER 9 Texas women's swimming and diving team claimed its third-consecutive conference team title on Saturday night by winning the 2001 Big 12 Championships at the Jamail Swim Center. The Longhorns scored 930.5 points, a Big 12 meet record, and outscored Nebraska (5...

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 15. THE NO.9 Texas women's swimming and diving team, the defending Big 12 Conference champions, won all six events during the second day of competition at the 2001 Big 12 Championships at the Jamail Swim Center. The Longhorns (364) currently hold a 125-point lead, outpacing T...

STANFORD, California, June 11. PATRICK Jeffrey has been named the head diving coach at Stanford University, Bernard Muir, The Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics, announced Wednesday. Jeffrey comes to The Farm from Florida State where he spent the last 15 seasons leading the Seminoles’ diving ...

AUSTIN, April 1. FORTY-FOUR swimmers--20 women and 24 men--were named to the US team that will compete at the World Swimming championships in Fukuoka, Japan in July. The members of the team are listed below, along with their hometown, swim club, and the events in which they will compete: WOMEN Linds...

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 2. THE No.1 University of Texas men's swimming and diving team extended its lead to 543 points in the second day of the Texas Invitational, held at the Jamail Swim Center. Trailing the Longhorns are No. 7 California (201), No. 5 Arizona (365), No. 25 Wisconsin (309), No. 22 H...

AUSTIN, TX - University of Texas junior Colleen Lanné (Tucson, Ariz. / Salpointe Catholic), sophomore Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif. / Buena) and freshman Kristen Marquis (San Juan Capistrano, Calif. / Santa Margarita Catholic) were all honored as Big 12 Conference swimmers and divers of the month for...

AUSTIN, TX - Prep standouts Ashlee Fotinakes (Marietta, Ga. / Lassiter HS), Heidi Hendrick (Saginaw, Mich. / Nouvel Catholic Central HS) and Michelle Thomas (Marshfield, Mass. / Noble and Greenough School) have signed National Letters-of-Intent to enroll at the University of Texas and swim for women...

In a devastating blow to the tight-knit community of water polo players on the island of Puerto Rico, Jorge Gonzalez passed away last Friday at the age of 75. Among the first players to be recruited by Head Coach Harry Hauck to compete on the island’s nascent men’s team, Gonzalez was notable as one ...

Harry Hauck, universally acknowledged for establishing competitive water polo on the island of Puerto Rico, passed away Saturday at the age of 91. “Harry Hauck no doubt is the grandfather of the sport of water polo in Puerto Rico,” said Carlos Steffens, who represented the island in the 1975, 1979 a...

AUSTIN, Texas. Feb. 15. BOTH the men's and women's Texas diving teams dominated the first day of competition at the Big 12 Championships as Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif./Buena) and Kristen Marquis (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic) captured the one-meter springboard titles...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, February 24. CHINA completed a sweep, pocketing the eight gold medals on offer at the second meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2014, taking place in Rostock (GER) from February 21-23. Other nations climbing the podium in Rostock were Germany, France, Australia, Ukraine, Mexic...

Divers from a total nine nations – Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Romania– occupied the podium at the sixth stop of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2015, held in Bolzano (ITA) on July 3-5. Wei Zhong of China significantly progressed from his third place at last leg i...

AUSTIN, Texas. Jan. 23. THE University of Texas women's swimming and diving team faces another tough challenge as they battle No. 3 Arizona on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 26-27 at the Jamail Swim Center. The meet will be held in three sessions beginning on Friday at 6 p.m., and then concluding on Satu...