Morgan Burke Named McCaffree Award-Winner

Longtime Purdue Athletic Director Morgan Burke has been selected for the Charles McCaffree Award by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.   The McCaffree Award is presented annually to an individual connected to the sport of swimming and diving who has achieved outstanding success outside of the pool.  Burke will be recognized at the CSCAA's 57th Annual Awards Banquet on May 8th at the Bahia Resort in San Diego.

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Scholar All-America Applications Available

Applications are now available for the Spring 2017 CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams.  The Scholar All-America award is presented to college and university swimmers and divers, who have achieved both academic and athletic excellence over the semester/quarter coinciding with their respective NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

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NAIA All-Americans Named

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) selected their NAIA All-America team..  In total, 75 female and 72 male students were selected.  The SCAD-Savannah men and women each had a dozen selections while the National Champions of Olivet Nazarene placed eleven students on the team.

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5 Reasons Swimmers Need Strength Training

The sport of swimming has accelerated at an incredible rate over the past 30 years, particularly in the last decade. As important findings from exercise physiology research surface, swimmers and coaches have adjusted their training methods to maximize performance.

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Endowing a Program

Over the past couple of days this video, unveiling the campaign to endow the scholarships of the Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving, has been circulating on the internet. The video is tremendous, featuring legendary coaches, athletes and moments to remind us of the special elements of our sport.  While the video is great, it doesn’t tell the whole story.

Behind the scenes there is significant work and planning to produce a fundraising campaign of this magnitude.

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Cal Closes Dual Season at #1

With a 136-105 win over Pac 12 Rival Stanford, the California men's swimming and diving team was voted to the top spot in the final CSCAA / TYR Top 25.  Cal ended the season 5-0. Seniors Ryan Murphy, Hunter Cobleigh, Jon Fiepke, Dillian Williams and Long Guiterrez going a combined 27-1 over their four year careers with the lone setback being a 148.5-19.5 loss to USC last season.

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Assembling Teams - it IS Rocket Science

In assembling your team are you looking beyond times and height?  What about the psychological role an athlete can add to your team?  That's how NASA thinks.  “…We assume that astronauts are
intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some
teamwork skills. What’s tricky is how well individuals combine.”

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Drury Women, Queens Men Close Dual Season #1

A week out of the conference championships, the Queens University of Charlotte Men and Drury University Women remained atop the CSCAA/TYR NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Poll.  The Royals have held onto the top spot in the men's poll since November 16th while the Panther women have held onto number one since the season's first poll

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