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Lyle Yost Bridges Rivalry Divide as New Michigan Assistant Coach

Lyle Yost Bridges Rivalry Divide as New Michigan Assistant Coach Ohio State’s NCAA champion diver Lyle Yost is bridging the classic Big Ten rivalry, hired on Thursday as an assistant diving coach by Michigan. Yost’s college career ended in 2024. He spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at h...

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Dallas O'Haver Named Diving Coach at UNLV

Dallas O'Haver Named Diving Coach at UNLV UNLV swimming and diving head coach Pat Ota announced the hiring of Dallas O'Haver to his coaching staff as the head diving coach on Thursday. Most recently, O'Haver served on the Illinois State coaching staff from 2022-24 as the head diving coach. Overall,....

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LA 2028 Organizers Propose Move of Olympic Diving to Pasadena

LA 2028 Organizers Propose Move of Olympic Diving to Pasadena The organizers of the LA 2028 Olympics on Wednesday proposed moving the diving competition from Los Angeles to Pasadena. Diving was originally slated for the 1932 Pool in Exposition Park, located near the University of Southern California...

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West Virginia Hires Matt O’Neill as Head Diving Coach

West Virginia Hires Matt O’Neill as Head Diving Coach West Virginia has hired Matt O’Neill as the head diving coach, returning to his alma mater, the school announced this week. O’Neill has spent the last six years at Harvard, powering the Crimson to 15 NCAA qualifiers and three All-Americans. Harva...

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Former Texas A&M Swim Coach Jay Holmes Joins Arizona

Former Texas A&M Swim Coach Jay Holmes Joins Arizona Arizona has added Jay Holmes as an assistant coach, a year after Holmes retired from coaching at Texas A&M. Arizona made the announcement on Monday. Holmes has 40 years of experience with the Aggies, including 21 seasons as the head coach from 200...

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World Championships: Chen Yiwen, Chen Jia Go 1-2 in 3-Meter Springboard

World Championships: Chen Yiwen, Chen Jia Go 1-2 in 3-Meter Springboard China’s Chen Yiwen and Chen Jia went 1-2 on women’s 3-meter springboard on the penultimate day of diving at the World Aquatics Championships. Chen Yiwen bested her countrywoman with a score of 389.70 points, winning by 33.30 poi...

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World Championships: Osmar Olvera Upstages Chinese to Win 3-Meter

World Championships: Osmar Olvera Upstages Chinese to Win 3-Meter Mexican diver Osmar Olvera outperformed the front-running Chinese duo to interrupt their diving dominance at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. Olvera overcame a bad third dive to surge late, scoring 529.55 points over six dives. ...

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World Championships: Chen Yuxi Wins 9th Gold with Platform Title

World Championships: Chen Yuxi Wins 9th Gold with Platform Title Chen Yuxi is just 19 years old, but she won her ninth career World Championships gold medal on Thursday by triumphing in the women’s platform event. Chen scored 430.50 points in the five-dive final. She blew away the field, with German...

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Mexican Twins Lia Cueva, Mia Cueva Win Worlds Medal at Just 14

Mexican Twins Lia Cueva, Mia Cueva Win Worlds Medal at Just 14 They’re 14. They’re twins. Their names rhyme. And they’re World Championship medalists. That’s the introduction that the global aquatics community has gotten to the Mexican synchro diving pair of Mia Cueva and Lia Cueva, which added some...

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World Championships: China Sweep Golds, with Bronze for U.S. Men

World Championships: China Sweep Golds, with Bronze for U.S. Men China picked up two more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The men’s 10-meter synchro involved a final-round lead change, a winning margin of less than a point and a spot for the American men to on the podiu...

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World Championships: China Takes Both Golds, led by Zheng Jiuyuan

World Championships: China Takes Both Golds, led by Zheng Jiuyuan China won both gold medals on offer on Day 2 of diving at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday, via the mixed synchro platform duo of Zhu Yongxin and Xie Peiling and men’s 1-meter champ Zheng Jiuyuan. Yan Siyu of China took bron...

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World Championships: American High Diver James Lichtenstein Wins Gold

World Championships: American High Diver James Lichtenstein Wins Gold American James Lichtenstein was crowned the world champion in the men’s high diving event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, sealing it with a sensational final dive. Second place went to Spain’s Carlos Gimeno in the 27-met...

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World University Games: China Wins 12 of 15 Diving Golds

World University Games: China Wins 12 of 15 Diving Golds China won gold in 12 of the 15 diving events at the World University Games, held this week in Berlin, Germany. The Chinese athletes took 20 total medals, with eight silvers, at the Europe SportsPark Aquatics Center. The other three medals went...