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Liberty Announces Samantha Pickens As New Diving Coach

Pickens, a national champion and Team USA diver, has served as an Assistant Diving Coach for the City of Midland, Texas, since 2018.

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Synchronized Diving Titles Awarded on Day 1 of 2022 USA Diving Winter Nationals

Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon (pictured) teamed up to claim the women’s synchronized 3-meter national title on the opening day in Mylan Park.

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97 Athletes Named to 2022 USA Diving High Performance Squad

2020 Olympic medalists Andrew Capobianco, Michael Hixon, Jessica Parratto, Delaney Schnell and Krysta Palmer are among the Tier One Divers.

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Called Up From Reserve Role, Pickens Secures Olympic Diving Quota Spot For USA

Day 3 of the FINA Diving World Cup qualified 36 more Olympic quota spots across two events – with some lineup drama for Team USA.

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USA Diving Will Send 9 to Final Olympic Qualifier Event in Tokyo

The group will dive in Japan amid a third State of Emergency as new coronavirus cases in the Olympic host city are rising.

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Freeman, Pickens Advance To Women’s 3-Meter Final At FINA Puerto Rico Grand Prix

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Deidre Freeman (Grinnell, Iowa/Iowa City, Iowa) and Samantha Pickens (Murrysville, Pa./Tucson, Ariz.) have advanced to…

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Franklin, Manuel, McKeever among Pac-12 yearly award-winners

CALIFORNIA’s Missy Franklin was named the Women’s Swimmer of the Year, while STANFORD’s Simone Manuel was voted Women’s Swimming Freshman/Newcomer of the Year and Cal’s Teri McKeever was voted Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year.

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2015 Women’s NCAA Championships: SwimSwam Awards

Our picks for swimmer of the meet, diver of the meet, freshman of the meet, and coach of the year from the 2015 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving championships.

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Stanford with 1 diver up on Women’s NCAA 3-meter, none for Cal, Georgia

For the second day in a row, the diving event will have very little impact on the top of the team standings at women’s NCAAs.

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Day 1 Pac-12 Roundup: Manuel speeds into American history twice

Stanford’s Simone Manuel became the second-fastest 50 freestyler in American history, then topped her own feat by blasting the fastest 100 free split of all-time.

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2015 Women’s NCAA Championships: Quick Quotes From Day 1

200 Freestyle Relay Kaylin Bing, California –  On winning the national title: “It was my first individual national title, so…

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Former NCAA champ Pickens back on top of 1-meter dive prelims, Stanford to gain diving points

The Women’s NCAA 1-meter diving prelims have wrapped in Greensboro, and in terms of the team race, shouldn’t have much of an effect on tonight’s scores.

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Wisconsin men top Cordes-less Arizona in the desert, Wildcat women knock off Badgers

Kevin Cordes and Brad Tandy didn’t compete and the Wisconsin men took advantage, knocking off Arizona in the Wildcats home pool.

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College Swimming Previews: Stability arrives for #8 Arizona in first full year under DeMont

Bonnie Brandon lost most of her NCAA meet last spring to a devastating illness, but at full strength this season she’ll be the centerpiece of Rick DeMont’s Wildcats.

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