Read moreLyle Yost Bridges Rivalry Divide as New Michigan Assistant Coach30 August 2025Lyle 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...
Read moreDallas O'Haver Named Diving Coach at UNLV28 August 2025Dallas 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,....
Read moreLA 2028 Organizers Propose Move of Olympic Diving to Pasadena27 August 2025LA 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...
Read moreWest Virginia Hires Matt O’Neill as Head Diving Coach27 August 2025West 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...
Read more1ElliReese Niday and Sophie Verzyl Lead USA Divers with Gold at Junior Pan American Games20 August 2025ElliReese Niday and Sophie Verzyl Lead USA Divers with Gold at Junior Pan American Games U.S. divers won seven medals – three gold, two silver and two bronze – at the Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay. The U.S. women won gold in all three individual events. Sophie Verzyl (Columbia, S.C...
Read more1Former Texas A&M Swim Coach Jay Holmes Joins Arizona06 August 2025Former 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...
Read more‘I Don’t Know if I’m Going to Be Alive’: Ukraine Diver Oleksii Sereda Returns to Uncertainty04 August 2025‘I Don’t Know if I’m Going to Be Alive’: Ukraine Diver Oleksii Sereda Returns to Uncertainty Ukrainian diver Oleksii Sereda knows how to handle pressure. That’s true on the boards, where the 19-year-old has competed internationally since he was 13. And it applies to his life in a home county at war ...
Read moreWorld Championships: Cassiel Rousseau Wins Platform in China-Free Podium03 August 2025World Championships: Cassiel Rousseau Wins Platform in China-Free Podium Cassiel Rousseau finished strong Sunday on the final day at the World Aquatics Championships, the Australian grabbing gold on men’s 10-meter platform. The shocker of the event was that neither Chinese diver medaled, a down note...
Read moreWorld Championships: Chen Yiwen, Chen Jia Go 1-2 in 3-Meter Springboard02 August 2025World 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...
Read moreWorld Championships: Osmar Olvera Upstages Chinese to Win 3-Meter01 August 2025World 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. ...
Read moreWorld Championships: Chen Yuxi Wins 9th Gold with Platform Title31 July 2025World 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...
Read moreWorld Championships: Italy’s Matteo Santoro, Chiara Pellacani Win Thrilling Synchro30 July 2025World Championships: Italy’s Matteo Santoro, Chiara Pellacani Win Thrilling Synchro The Italian duo of Matteo Santoro and Chiara Pellacani won a thriller of a final in mixed 3-meter synchro Wednesday at the World Aquatics Championships. Santoro and Pellacani finished with 308.13 points, 0.87 ahead o...
Read moreMexican Twins Lia Cueva, Mia Cueva Win Worlds Medal at Just 1429 July 2025Mexican 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...
Read moreWorld Championships: China Sweep Golds, with Bronze for U.S. Men29 July 2025World 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...
Read moreWorld Championships: Veterans Wang Zongyuan, Chen Yuxi Add Synchro Golds28 July 2025World Championships: Veterans Wang Zongyuan, Chen Yuxi Add Synchro Golds Chinese veteran divers Wang Zongyuan and Chen Yuxi have adapted to new partners well, adding synchro diving gold medals Monday at the World Aquatics Championships. Wang teamed with 1-meter gold medalist Zheng Jiuyuan to win 3-m...
Read moreWorld Championships: China Takes Both Golds, led by Zheng Jiuyuan28 July 2025World 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...
Read moreWorld Championships: American High Diver James Lichtenstein Wins Gold27 July 2025World 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...
Read moreWorld Championships: Rhiannan Iffland Wins Women’s High Diving; American Maya Kelly in Bronze26 July 2025World Championships: Rhiannan Iffland Wins Women’s High Diving; American Maya Kelly in Bronze Rhiannan Iffland of Australia won the women’s high diving gold medal on Saturday at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Bronze went to American Maya Kelly, the first American female high div...
Read moreWorld Championships: Maddison Keeney Wins 1 Meter; Americans Open with Two 4th26 July 2025World Championships: Maddison Keeney Wins 1 Meter; Americans Open with Two 4th Maddison Keeney started the diving competition at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships with a gold medal on 1-meter springboard, while the U.S. finished fourth in both of the opening day’s events in Singapore. Keeney sco...
Read moreWorld University Games: China Wins 12 of 15 Diving Golds25 July 2025World 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...