Huntington Beach, Calif. – June 5, 2012— Terry Schroeder, Head Coach for the U.S. Olympic Men's Water Polo Team, today announced the final 14 athletes in training to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games this summer in London, England at a press conference at the LA84 Foundation in Los Angeles, CA. LA84 Foundation Chairman, Bob Graziano and President, Anita DeFrantz welcomed the team to open the press conference. Only 13 athletes will compete for Team USA, the final 13 will be announced at a later date. Featuring eleven returners from...

Order of Events for Istanbul 2012 Short Course World Championships LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--In mid-May, the event order for the 2012 Short Course Worlds was posted on the FINA website. The meets is December 12-16, and in Istanbul, Turkey. Event order can be found here: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2911&Itemid=1307

U.S. women snatches 7th World League title The U.S. women's water polo team successfully defended their fourth consecutive title (and seventh overall) at the 9th FINA Women’s Water Polo World League Super Final, organised in Changshu, China, from May 29 to June 3. In the decisive match, the Americans proved too good for the Australians, who lost by two goals, 4-6. In the battle for the minor medal, Greece overran host China by one goal for a 8-7 victory. The final ranking of the FINA Women’s Water Polo World League...

WESTMOORINGS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO--The 2012 Trinidad & Tobago Nationals begin today and continues through Sunday (May 31-June 3) in Westmoorings. A psych sheet for the meet can be found on the website of the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad & Tobago (ASATT) here: http://www.swimtt.com/portal/RecordFiles/Documents/1996992157431256/NOLC%20Psych%20Sheet%20Update.pdf

To: Members of the UANA Executive Committe, Chairs & Secretaries of Technical Committees, Zone Presidents & FINA Bureau Members from the Americas Re: UPDATE from UANA May 12th meeting & National Federations affiliated to UANA NATIONAL FEDERATIONS AFFILIATED TO UANA -- The attached document reflects the excellent work of Brenda Adams, of the UANA office in Colorado Springs, CO. All UANA National Federations were asked to provide updated and current information. About 25 responses were received in April & May. We will continue to follow up with the 15 NF's...

USA WATER POLO ANNOUNCES 2012 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN'S WATER POLO TEAM Huntington Beach, Calif.– May 17, 2012— Adam Krikorian, Head Coach for the U.S. Olympic Women's Water Polo Team, today announced the 13 athletes that will compete at the 2012 Olympic Games this summer in London, England at a press conference at the LA84 Foundation in Los Angeles, CA. Featuring seven returners from the 2008 team that won the Silver Medal, and eight athletes overall with Olympic Games experience, the team clinched a berth to the 2012 Olympic Games by...

The United States Olympic Committee today announced that swimmers Gary Hall Jr. and Jenny Thompson will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 2012. The class, partially determined by fan voting, is comprised of six Olympians, one Paralympian, one team, and three additional individuals: a coach, veteran and a special contributor. In addition to Hall and Thompson, the list of inductees includes Gail Devers (track & field), Jean Driscoll (Paralympic track & field), Lisa Fernandez (softball), Kristine Lilly (soccer), Dan O'Brien (track & field), the 2004...

Minutes UANA Congress 17 October 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico Presidente Inter Continental Hotel Agenda: Accreditation of delegates Declaration of quorum and opening remarks by the President of UANA Reading and Approval of the minutes of the previous congress Report by the Executive Committee Report by the Secretary – Treasurer Report by the Standing Committees and Special Commissions Consideration and discussions of proposals previously submitted and included in the summons Election of the Executive Committee Election of the candidates of the Americas to the FINA Bureau Other matters of urgency, with the...

UANA President Coaracy Nunes Filho has scheduled a spring 2012 meeting of the UANA Executive Committee for Saturday, May 12th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. UANA Secretary Fernando Canales has also extended invitations to the chairs of the 6 UANA Technical Committees to meet with the UANA Executive Committee on May 12th. The UANA meetings are scheduled for 8am until 5pm in the Willam E. Simon Board Room at the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Meeting Participants: UANA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2011-2015: President: Coaracy NUNES FILHO (BRA) Secretary-Treasurer: Fernando CANALES (USA) Vice...

Tustin, CA - May 10 - The USA Men's National Team opened the FINA World League Prelims with a convincing 14-1 win over Brazil at Foothill High School. Jesse Smith (Coronado, CA/Pepperdine/NYAC), Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, CA/Stanford/NYAC), and Brian Alexander (Santa Ana, CA/UCSB/Olympic Club) scored three goals each to pace the offense. Andy Stevens (Villa Park, CA/LMU/NYAC) went the distance in net turning aside 10 shots. The match was dominated by the United States early and often as Smith started the scoring a little over two minutes into the period...