The report says while events such as the grand prix, FINA World Swimming Championships and 2006 Commonwealth Games "undoubtedly" deliver economic benefit to the state, the government needed to improve its economic assessments of them.

WINNIPEG'S Vaughan Baird has won the inaugural Allen G. Rae builder award for 2007 from Ottawa-based Sports Officials Canada for his contribution to the development of sports officials and the advancement of the sports officiating profession. In a statement Tuesday, SOC called Baird a true leader in sport and the man mostly responsible for separating amateur aquatic sports into individual organizations such as swimming and diving. He was also founding president of the Canadian Amateur Diving Association (now Diving Canada) in 1968.

I was the second-best diver. The coach asked us to show up for uniforms. I couldn't wear that uniform. I wore Hang Ten shorts. He said part of our grade on

Former Texas A&M men’s swimmer Alex Dawson was hired as the new director of operations for the Aggie men’s and women’s swimming & diving programs on Monday.

"What I am doing now is just for fun. Diving is no longer my whole life and my family takes priority," Gao told China Daily....She remains the only female diver to surpass the 600-point mark on the springboard, and her record of 635 remains beyond the reach of most of today's international crop.

Fort Collins CO - Conifer's Ben Grado saved his absolute best for last.- With a state title on the line, the defending Class 4A diving champion went to his biggest and best dive (a front one-and-a-half with a triple twist;...."I love twisting, and that's my dive," said Grado, who will dive at the University of Arizona next season. "It's the best dive in my list."

"My initial reaction was `Oh no, this can't happen to him. He's amazing,' " Dashiell said. "But then I thought `Oh my God, where does that put me?'...The former varsity cheerleader quickly distanced herself from Taft's Melissa Hymes (299.30), Palisades' Ashley Baele (289.20), Birmingham's Allison Gillis (258.75) and Granada Hills' Kristina Fivecoat (229.55).

A broken wrist brought a premature end to the gymnastics career of Danny Gruen. Shoulder surgery limited Jamie Flynn's prospects as a cheerleader.But the injuries wound up being a saving grace for the future of the diving program at El Camino Real of Woodland Hills

Velma Dunn Ploessel, a platform diver who won a silver medal at the 1936 Olympics and went on to teach physical education in the Los Angeles Unified School District for nearly 40 years, has died. She was 88.

"A lot of people are fairly litigious, and school districts are sometimes thought of as having deep pockets," Toohey said. "They have to be careful." ...."You know, I just don't buy it," said Shane Butler, diving coach at Los Alamitos. "Some schools pull out the liability card, but in the 16 or 17 years, I've been coaching, I've seen maybe three accidents."

Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
Bob Sales, the Robertsons' diving coach at San Lorenzo Valley High, said going from the trampoline to the diving board was a natural progression. ...

University of South Dakota Coyotes - Vermillion,SD,USA
Smolczyk, a junior All-American diver from Omaha, Neb., was named for the second straight season. Other Coyotes.

GamesBids.com - USA-The greatest demand is for tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, followed by the basketball and diving competitions.

It appears that La Vista fifth-grader Morgan LaRandeau has inherited a particular talent, a distinct genetic code not yet isolated by scientists, but best understood for now as "the ability to dive and somersault with beauty and grace from awesome heights into deep water." Morgan's a talented girl," said Michael Lee Retelsdorf, her instructor and Midwest Diving Academy's head coach. "She came up through the system very fast."

Bryce Lerman, Lake Balboa Birmingham's diving coach the last eight years, will leave the position at season's end to take a nursing job at Scripps Memorial ...

MOULTRIE — Colquitt County’s Ryan Helms, who won his third straight state high school diving championship in February, has been selected as the Region 1-AAAAA co-Athlete of the Year.

The Thailand SEA Games organizing committee yesterday threatened to shut down yet another of the Philippines' SEAG gold mines after it decided to drop four events in diving—three of which were ruled by Filipinos in competitions held two years ago in Los Baños, Laguna. "They maybe trying to use it as a trading card for events they really want to pull out," said aquatics chief Mark Joseph, who is also the Philippines' top SEAG Task Force official.

Rong Jun, head of the Olympic Ticketing Centre, said seats for the opening ceremony, basketball and diving competitions were top sellers so far, ...

Howard Racer Suffers Legal Blow Teen Wants Points In Wheelchair Events to Count

Over the past two years, McFadden's struggle to count equally in meets against able-bodied runners has divided the track community. Some think McFadden, a Paralympian, is being mistreated; others believe that, by treating McFadden equally and awarding her points in four races held with essentially no opposition, Maryland would create unbalanced competition.

Back to School. This film would without a doubt make a run for number one if it weren’t for one small little detail: it’s actually about diving.  BUT, since the NCAA holds the “Swimming AND Diving Championships” every year, for the purposes of the countdown it will be stand.  Who could forget the Triple Lindy, the greatest dive in the history of diving?  I am still waiting for the Chinese to bust this one out at the Olympics.

Daniel Martin, hails from Fairfax, Va., where he attended Woodson High School. Martin is the 2007 AAA Virginia High School Champion. A 2006 AAU National Qualifier, he has experienced great improvement over the past two years...Ron Piemonte, Tech's head diving coach, said. "He is a strong diver who possesses skill much beyond his experience level.

Kylie Sellers will come to the program from Ralston Valley High School in Arvada, where she was the team captain her senior season. A three-time All-Conference selection, and All-State selection her senior season for the Mustangs, Sellers has also won the Region VI championship on the 3-meter board.

...... 9100 tickets were given away free during the 16-day event, meaning that a total of 152,547 tickets were sold to members of the public, school groups or sponsors...The 2005 championships in the Canadian city of Montreal reportedly sold 160,000 tickets, yet the event was still considered to be an economic disaster, posting a deficit of 4.8 million Canadian dollars.

LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire, May 10. ACCORDING to a press release posted on the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) web site, Todd Smith has been named as the organization's Executive Director.

''Roofers and divers -- it's hilarious but that's our boy,'' said Randy Ableman, a longtime friend of Tarantino's and the University of Miami's diving coach. ``I'm sure he's the only Olympic hopeful diver running around delivering roofing tile.''

Houston,TX,USA, The Russian duo were teamed together by their coach, Jane Figueredo, who is the University of Houston diving coach. "They did awesome for only practicing ...

4) The outcome must be determined by the participants instead of an observer. Referees, officials, and judges must enforce the rules, but they can't decide the outcome. This is where gymnastics and diving drop out, and it's also where most people stop agreeing with me. Think about this, though: without Rule Four, the TV show "So You Think You Can Dance" qualifies as a sport.

Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... I mean personally, and that was (1984 and 1988 Olympic gold medalist Greg) Louganis," said Ken Armstrong, Wilkinson's longtime diving coach. ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — Before each dive off the 3-meter springboard, Boca Raton's Jevon Tarantino turns his back to the pool so he can't see what the diver before him does. Two years ago, Tarantino momentarily turned his back on the sport he had excelled at since childhood.

Two divers, Jordan Weber (St. Petersburg, Fla./Northeast) and Haley Holmquist (Coral Springs, Fla./Coral Glades), complete Kraus' recruiting class. Weber is the Northeast High School record holder in the one-meter event. She placed fifth at the Florida State High School Class 2A Championships.

Neenah senior Nick Foulks was named diver of the year and his father, Tim Foulks also of the Rockets, was named diving coach of the year during the Wisconsin Swimming and Diving all-state banquet Sunday in Hartford.

Montreal Gazette (subscription) - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
"There are lots of similarities between acting and diving," said Despatie, starring in his first film. "Pretty much all my life, I've been told what to do, ...

"Diving Prince" Tian Liang, who earned two Olympic golds and three world championship titles, announced his retirement in March. He plans to open a diving school and enroll in graduate school......... "We would get up at 4 in the morning in the summers and 5 in the winters. We would run up and down hills, sometimes 40 miles a day," Guo said. "For food we ate rotten vegetables and rarely any meat. We got to go home only once in five years. No one dared to complain for fear of being beaten."

The Pirates scored 601 points, while second-place Ventura finished with 530. OCC's Justin Taylor won the 1-meter diving event with 418.35 points and was named state's Co-Diver of the Year. The Pirates' Bryan Franzen was named the state's Diving Coach of the Year.

GREGORY-PORTLAND - The Gregory-Portland school district has settled a discrimination lawsuit with the parents of a state champion diver. As part of the settlement, the parents got nearly $120,000 for legal fees, but they said they wanted fair play, not a payday.

Diver Molly Carrignan from St. Charles, Ill., is a three-time sectional champion and a three-time state qualifier out of St. Charles East High School.

Four people have been arrested in connection with the death of an aspiring elite diver (Gavin Brown) who died after a hit-and-run collision in Southampton...He was due to compete for the first time in the World Cup High Diving Contest this summer.

Adham is a native of Orlando, Fla. and attends Dr. Phillips High School. She is a member of Team Orlando Diving and coached by Wendy and Jay Lerew. Adham was runner up at the 2007 FHSAA diving finals and a Two-Time High School All American. She is also a member of the National Honor Society, and an Academic All American.

While baseball and track remain among this season's most popular sports, few people ever consider spring's least-known high school sport — diving. Four high school divers met on Monday to compete in the one and only Rio Hondo League diving meet of the season, held at San Marino High School.

Randy Ableman,Head diving coach at UM since 1989...named NCAA Coach of the Year nine times...had a steak of 11 straight years when at least one Hurricanes diver won an NCAA title.

"I call him a freak," said Phil Tonne, Ipsen's coach with the Diablo Divers, "but in a loving way......At 8, he became the youngest diver to make the finals on all three events -- 1-meter and 3-meter spring boards and the platform -- at junior nationals. By the time he was 10, Ipsen was a national champion.

From the diving platform 10 metres above Montreal's Olympic Pool, Alexandre Despatie can see to Beijing. The 2008 Olympics in China are merely 15 months away, a heartbeat in a high-performance athlete's life, and beginning now, the pulse will quicken.

PETALING JAYA: Doha Asian Games bronze medallist Elizabeth Jimie will skip the Canadian leg of the FINA World Diving Grand Prix in Montreal this weekend.