Sports
Updated June 24, 2008 4:04 PM
After deliberating for over a month, Penn State named John Hargis as the new head coach of the men and women's swimming and diving programs. Hargis was an assistant coach for the Nittany Lions from 2003-2006, and is currently the head coach of both the women's team at Arkansas-Little Rock and the Little Rock Arkansas Dolphins swimming club. Updated 4:04 PM
Updated May 1, 2008 12:49 AM
At the end of practice Tuesday, the members of the Penn State swimming and diving teams slowly pulled themselves out of the pool and gathered their bags.
Updated April 2, 2008 12:49 AM
After spending six months in the pool, Vincent Reydams is appreciating the time off.
Updated March 28, 2008 12:50 AM
Four of the five men representing the Penn State swimming and diving team at the NCAA championships competed in the tournament's opening races yesterday, but none made it past the preliminary rounds and into the finals.
Updated March 27, 2008 12:50 AM
Assistant coach Jake Shellenberger compared the five Penn State men's swimmers who made the NCAAs to first-round draft picks in football.
Updated March 17, 2008 12:44 AM
On Wednesday night, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team found out on the NCAA Web site that six team members would travel to Federal Way, Wash., to compete in the national championships.
Updated March 13, 2008 11:10 PM
Five swimmers will represent Penn State at the men's NCAA championships at the end of the month. Updated 11:10 PM
Updated March 7, 2008 12:45 AM
McCoy Natatorium may not be a state-of-the-art facility, but it has what the Penn State men's swimming and diving team needs to compete.
Updated March 3, 2008 12:46 AM
At the Big Ten championships, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team did just what it had hoped -- it swam the fastest it has all season.
Updated February 28, 2008 12:50 AM
For most students, missing a week of classes is unimaginable. For the Penn State men's swimming and diving team, it is just another part of the package.
Updated February 20, 2008 12:52 AM
As they sat down for breakfast and opened the paper, the Penn State swimming and diving teams learned that a university professor had died in the same place they practice.
Entering this season, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team set a goal for itself: Place in the top three at the Big Ten championships.
Updated February 12, 2008 12:49 AM
Kevin Rybicki refers to his teammate, Sean Biedermann, as a homeless man.
Updated February 4, 2008 12:41 AM
The Penn State men's swimming and diving team let itself down after losing all three meets this past weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Updated February 1, 2008 12:39 AM
Yesterday morning, freshman Matt Cox joined 21 other Penn State swimmers as they boarded the bus for their final meet of the season.
Updated January 28, 2008 12:46 AM
Halfway through the meet Friday, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team found itself a little worried. The Nittany Lions had only won two of the first seven events against West Chester and were leading by a mere three points.
Every member of the Penn State men's swimming and diving team dressed in their warm-ups and lined up on the edge of the McCoy Natatorium pool. One by one, the senior members of the team walked down and shook hands with each teammate with their family or close friends in tow.
Updated January 27, 2008 1:13 PM
Men's swimming and diving
At 3 p.m. today in the McCoy Natatorium, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team will not only compete in a meet against West Chester, but they will compete against themselves.
Updated January 23, 2008 12:50 AM
When walking into the McCoy Natatorium, people often do a double-take when they see the same person diving off two different springboards simultaneously.
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