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By Lileana Pearson, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

OKLAHOMA CITY – The\u00a0NAIA Championships have been delayed by inclement weather. Ice storms and snow are expected to hit the Oklahoma City area\u00a0this evening.<\/p>\n

Due to the weather, the annual awards banquet\u00a0was canceled.<\/p>\n

The NAIA has since released the following statement:<\/p>\n

All Wednesday events at the 2015 NAIA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Swimming & Diving National Championships events (men\u2019s 3-meter diving and women\u2019s 1-meter diving) in Oklahoma City, Okla., have been postponed until Saturday, March 7 due to inclement weather. Times to be announced.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s preliminaries and finals have been pushed back to 10 a.m. CST and 6 p.m., respectively. All other events are as scheduled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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