By A serious spinal injury to their senior leader has produced an outpouring of support by the Lindbergh High School water polo community. The Missouri team is augmenting successful outcomes in the pool with temporary tattoos and t-shirts honoring Brad Bauer while he recovers from the freak accident suffered during a
Hawaii Prep Dominates BIIF Championship | West Hawaii Today
For the first time in a decade, the girls of Hawaii Prep secured its first Big Island Interscholastic Federation (BIIF) championships on Saturday. Ka Makani cruised to a 15-5 victory over Kealakehe, which pulled off a semi-final upset over perennial island powerhouse Kamehameha to reach the final. With the win
By Women’s Water Polo in Gotham: A Critic’s Delight
Water polo is undeniably a California-based phenomenon. Plentiful access to expansive outdoor pools coupled with brilliant weather simply makes the sport better, and more popular, out West. But polo is expanding across America, as recently documented by USA Water Polo with growth in Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, Washington, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Bittersweet Senior Day for Ashleigh Johnson, Princeton Water Polo
Senior Day provides one last chance for athletes at the end of their college careers to be recognized in the final home contest of the season. Last Friday at Princeton’s DeNuzio Pool saw a bittersweet scene as four graduating members of the Tigers’ women’s water polo team, including Olympian Ashleigh
The Veazeys of Dallas: How A Swim Family Fell for Water Polo
Originally published on Swimming World. Liam Veazey was once considered one of the best young swimmers in the state. A top finisher at Texas Age Group Swimming (TAGS) Championships in 2001 and 2002, by 2010, Liam—despite endless hours in the pool in a futile quest to “drop time”—had hit a
Historic Wins for Olympia Girls, Ransom Boys in Florida Championships
The girls of Olympia High School became the first Orlando-area team to win Florida’s high school water polo champions on Saturday. They completed a perfect season defeating traditional power Gulliver Prep of Miami 7-4 to become their area’s sole titleist since the FHSAA sanctioned water polo playoffs 13 years ago. The Titans
On The Record: Marcelo Leonardi of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI. Since arriving in Ann Arbor in 2014, Michigan head coach Marcelo Leonardi has directed one of the country’s top women’s water polo programs to even greater heights. Last year the Wolverines went 30-8, beat U Cal Berkeley for the first time and — following a fourth-place finish
Ohio’s Wittenberg U. to Add Women’s Varsity Water Polo
Two years after Notre Dame College eliminated its varsity water polo programs, Ohio is back on the NCAA map. Wittenberg University in Springfield has announced it will begin a varsity women’s program to begin play in the spring of 2018. The Tigers will become members of the CWPA and compete
Hundreds Celebrate Life of Santa Barbara High Poloist | Noozhawk
The untimely death of a Santa Barbara High School senior has brought together the community who celebrated the young man’s life on Saturday. Connor O’Keefe, a long-time member of the school’s water polo team, was struck and killed by a train on March 11. He was 18 years old. More than 800
INTERVIEW: Chris Vidale, Marist Water Polo Head Coach
Chris Vidale is a man on the go. When he’s not at home in Rhinebeck, New York, with his wife Betsey Armstrong—a two-time Olympic medalist (gold in 2012; silver in 2008)— and son Frankie, he’s commuting to Poughkeepsie where he is the head coach for the Marist College women’s water
