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North Florida Cuts Women's Swimming and Diving from swimmingworld.com The University of North Florida announced on Monday the discontinuation of the Women's Swimming and Diving program. UNF Athletic Director Lee Moon attributes the strategic restructuring to a number of factors, including the level of competition, financial impact to UNF, facilities and conference membership. Al... Full Story!

USA Swimming Sectionals, Fort Lauderdale: Elizabeth Beisel Doubles; Ryan Lochte Posts Strong Prelim Times from swimmingworldmagazine.com By David Rieder FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, March 21. ON the final night of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Fort Lauderdale, Olympians Elizabeth Beisel and Ryan Lochte clocked world-class times; Beisel's... Click Here To Read The Full Story!

USA Swimming Sectionals, Fort Lauderdale: Elizabeth Beisel Breaks Own Sectional Record March 20, 2010 FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, March 20. DURING the third night of long course meter action, Bluefish's Elizabeth Beisel lowered her sectional record in the women's 200 IM at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Fort Lauderdale. Mexico's Fernanda Gonzalez Ramirez touched out Beisel, 1:02.11 to 1:02.21 to win the women's 100 back. Gator... Full Story!

NCSA Junior Nationals: Rachel Naurath Caps Great Meet With Another Title March 20, 2010 For information on how to watch On-Demand archives from this event, click On-Demand Pass (Expires March 31st). ORLANDO, Florida, March 20. THE final night of short course yard swimming came to a close at the N... Full Story!

Florida Wins One of Closest Meets in NCAA History 1650 Freestyle Nikki White of Indiana took charge from start to finish in heat one of the mile, giving the others a time to chase in 16:08.52. It didn’t take long for that to be matched as Melanie Costa-Schmidt of Florida dominated her way to a clocking of 16:01.72 in heat two. Heat three proved to be the ‘slow’ heat with Samantha Vanden Berge of UCLA overcoming an early lead by Eleanor Doran of USC to finish in 16:09.40. Heat four...

NCAA Division I Women's Championships: Florida Wins Team Title; Stanford Claims 400 Free Relay WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 20. WHILE Stanford claimed the final event title, the Florida Gators had the ultimate victory for the NCAA team title thanks to an unbelievable comeback triumph after an amazing morning of qualifying. Stanford's Kate Dwelley, Sam Woodward, Betsy Webb and Julia Smit did what they had to do to try to give Stanford the overall title by winning with a pool record 3:12.32. That performance beat the 3:13.56 set by Georgia...

Amended Lawsuit Filed Alleging Widespread Abuse Within USA Swimming from swimmingworldmagazine.com SAN JOSE, California, March 19 SAN JOSE attorney B. Robert Allard alleges widespread abuse within USA Swimming in an amended lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court. According to an article... Click Here To Read The Full Story!

NCSA Junior Nationals: Day Four in the Books For information on Swimming World's pay per view streaming and on-demand archives from this event, click here . ORLANDO, Florida, March 19. THE fourth day of short course yard action is in the books at the ... Full Story!

Update: Amended Lawsuit Filed Alleging Widespread Abuse Within USA Swimming; USA Swimming Releases Statement SAN JOSE, California, March 19 SAN JOSE attorney B. Robert Allard alleges widespread abuse within USA Swimming in an amended lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court. According to an article written by Linda Goldston of the San Jose Mercury ... Full Story!

USA Swimming Sectionals, Fort Lauderdale: Ryan Lochte Puts on Show FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, March 19. RYAN Lochte, representing Daytona Beach Speed, put on quite the show at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Fort Lauderdale. The meet took place in long course meter format. Lochte started off with a 1:50.08 to win the men's 200 free. Fernando Santos (1:52.64) and Mexico's Gerardo Banuelos Sandoval (1... Full Story!


