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By Kelsey Mitchell, Swimming World College Intern. Santa Clara Futures Day Four offered more competitive races and exciting finishes. Even with athletes battling the fatigue and exhaustion built up over the meet, some familiar names continued to rock the final results. The meet took place in Santa C...

With the start of a new decade, the Big West Conference Women’s Water Polo has made significant changes to its conference: First, it has added a seventh member in UC San Diego, as the Triton's athletic department was invited to join the Big West Conference as a part of their four-year transition fro...

By Bryan Gu, Swimming World Intern The last night of competition began with the remaining uncontested distance events. Alexander Nikolaev of Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics took first in 8:19, while Noah Vial of Corvallis Aquatic Team took second in 8:20.58. Winner of the men's 1500 freestyle Scott Pek...

The first full weekend of NCAA women's varsity water polo action saw a theme repeated from the men’s season, when a string of early upsets portended an upending of the usual hierarchy of teams—a scenario that continued throughout the 2019 campaign. [Notes from a Memorable Start to the 2019 NCAA Men’...

Santa Clara Futures day three offered us many close races and tight finishes from some of the most talented young athletes in the western US. With one day left to go, the athletes will be battling not just the clock, but fatigue and exhaustion also. The meet will be held from August 2-5 in Santa Cla...

The boys’ 200 freestyle relay for the 2014-2015 U.S. high school season resulted in a close virtual race, as the top five teams all notched times within four tenths of each other. But for Carmel High School on the girls side, it was a runaway as the team scored a national record and outpaced the fie...

As is often the case, the Barbara Kalbus Invitational Tournament on the UC Irvine campus is an opportunity for a re-ordering of the nation’s top teams, and the 2019 version did not disappoint. USC and Stanford—which faced off in last Sunday’s Kalbus final—remain first and second in the most recent C...

By Kelsey Mitchell, Swimming World College Intern. The Santa Clara 2018 Futures Championship Series dives into action this week from August 2-5. Skilled age group and collegiate swimmers from all over the western U.S. will gather in Santa Clara, Calif. to compete. Here are five swimmers to keep your...

Editor’s Note: The 2019 NCAA women’s water polo season officially opened on Saturday, January 12th with the ASU Invitational at Arizona State. Action continued last weekend for numerous NCAA varsity programs. Swimming World will provide previews of the seven varsity conferences—Big West, Collegiate ...

By Kelsey Mitchell, Swimming World College Intern With the second day of finals complete at Santa Clara Futures, swimmers are gearing up for the back half of the four day long meet. The results from tonight's session feature many young talents, large time drops, big leads, and close finishes. The me...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor With all six teams ranked in the Collegiate Water Polo Associations top 20 poll—and three in the top 10—the Big West Conference is among the strongest in NCAA women’s water polo. With the season winding down, #5 Hawai’i appears to be the best in the Bi...

Despite all the drama surrounding their former coach, the sun WILL continue to come up on the USC season. In fact, it will certainly rise (and set) over the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Center in Honolulu—one of the country’s most beautiful spots for polo—where the Trojans will play on Saturday night. [c...

NEW COMMIT: Duke has recently gained a new verbal commitment for the fall of 2019, this time from two-time U.S. Open qualifier Sarah Snyder. The Palo Alto, Calif. native will join the Blue Devils as part of the class of 2023. Snyder does her club swimming with Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics where she i...

The Duke swimming & diving program and head coach Dan Colella announced Friday the addition of twenty new Blue Devils for the 2019 recruiting class. Swimmers and divers in the women's group of signees hail from California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Sing...

By Kelsey Mitchell, Swimming World College Intern. The first day of swimming is complete at the 2018 Santa Clara Futures Championship meet. The meet began with alternating heats of the men's 1500 free and women's 800 free, followed by the 4x200 free relay for both the men and women. The meet will be...

After the distraction—as well as an expected loss—produced from a visit last Saturday by the top-ranked Trojans of USC, Hawai’i can get back the business at hand: extending an impressive regular season win streak against Big West opponents. The Rainbow Wahine—#5 in the latest Collegiate Water Polo A...