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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor PALO ALTO, CA. Three years after Johnny Hooper led his Santa Barbara “Polo Pals” to the 2015 18U title, the “Cozy Boys” of United Water Polo—another all-star team of friends made through various U.S. national team training programs—held on for a 9-7 wi...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor As water polo’s popularity rises in the East, a critical component is surfacing: identifying coaches who not only can grow the sport but also create opportunities for Eastern clubs to achieve success at the national level. [caption id="attachment_29592...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor When Sasa Branisavljevic and Uros Dzelebdzic broke away from Huntington Beach Water Polo Club five years ago to form Vanguard Aquatics, it’s likely they never expected to enjoy immediate success. But, given their experience with Southern California's a...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Among a number of new head coaches hired the past few months are Dustin Litvak in Princeton and Brett Lathrope at MIT, young, up-and-coming assistants with pedigrees from major West Coast programs who are just beginning their climb up the coaching ladd...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Correspondent BROOKLYN, NY. If it can be said that all politics are local, I would argue that all writing is personal. That is, both in motivation and intent, a writer’s focus is on subjects near (and often dear) to his / her thinking. Such was the case with your ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor The 2018 NCAA men’s season begins next month, with reigning NCAA champion UCLA opening play on September 1 with a match against Fresno Pacific at Spieker Aquatic Center. Starting next week, Swimming World will preview the six conferences that will send...