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Cincinnati Track and Field Notches a Program Record Five Individual All-Americans at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

By: Zac Swain Story Links EUGENE, Ore. — University of Cincinnati track and field graduate student Amanda Ngandu Ntumba (Discus) notched First Team All-America honors, while sophomore Juliette Laracuente-Huebner (Heptathlon) secured Second Team All-America recognition on Saturday to close out the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.   The Bearcats achieved […]

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EUGENE, Ore. — University of Cincinnati track and field graduate student Amanda Ngandu Ntumba (Discus) notched First Team All-America honors, while sophomore Juliette Laracuente-Huebner (Heptathlon) secured Second Team All-America recognition on Saturday to close out the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
 
The Bearcats achieved a program milestone with five Individual All-America honors at the national championships, punctuated by standout final-day performances from both Laracuente-Huebner and Ngandu Ntumba.
 
Ngandu Ntumba strengthened her hold on the discus school record with a personal-best throw of 60.77m, securing fifth place at nationals. The Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes native became the first Bearcat in program history to earn First Team All-America honors in the discus. Only one other Bearcat has earned All-American status in the discus – Macklin Tudor, who received Second Team All-America recognition in 2017.
 
Following two days of intense competition, Laracuente-Huebner established a new program record in the heptathlon while earning her All-America recognition.
 
After scoring 3,474 points through the first four events on Friday, the Marengo, Ohio, native scored 2,229 points in the last three events to reach a point total of 5703 to claim 11th overall.
 
She started day two of the heptathlon by leaping 5.93m in the long jump, scoring 828 points and placing 11th overall in the section. Laracuente-Huebner followed up that performance by recording a mark of 31.73m in the javelin and added 509 points to her total.
 
The multi-athlete rounded out her day, placing 10th in the 800m section with a time of 2:15.07, adding 892 points, which eclipsed the school record and secured her All-American status.  
 
In total, she placed inside the top 15 in five of the seven events, including finishing fourth in the high jump (1.75m), seventh in the 100m hurdle (13.65), 10th in the 100m, (24.56) 10th in the 800m (2:15.07) and 11th in the long jump (5.93m).
 
// RACKING EM UP! ALL-AMERICA X 5
Laracuente-Huebner (Heptathlon) and Ngandu Ntumba (Discus) joined Fred Moudani-Likibi (Shot Put), Ryan Rieckmann (Javelin), and Macaela Walker (400m Hurdles) as All-America honorees, bringing Cincinnati’s total to five All-Americans for the season — the most in program history for either indoor or outdoor competition.
 
The achievement marks a historic milestone for the Bearcats, surpassing any previous single-season total of individual All-Americans in the program’s indoor or outdoor track and field history.
 
On Wednesday, Moudani-Likibi and Rieckmann earned All-America recognition, while Walker earned All-America honors on Thursday.
 
Moudadni Likibi earned his fourth First Team All-America award, joining an elite group as just the fifth Bearcat to earn at least four First Team All-America honors alongside program legends – Adrian Valles, Al Lanier, Annette Echikunwoke, and Loretta Blaut.
 
Rieckmann became the first Cincinnati javelin thrower in program history to earn All-American honors, placing 13th overall in the competition. The Cheney, Wash., native concluded an impressive 2025 campaign, where he claimed the UC javelin school record with a throw of 71.02m at the Texas Relays.
 
Walker, an Oxford, Pa., native, delivered an impressive 57.75 performance in the 400m hurdles to claim 16th place and secure second-team All-America recognition. Her achievement marks a historic double first for the Bearcats program. She became both the first Cincinnati athlete to qualify for nationals in the 400m hurdles and the first to earn All-America honors in the event
 
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Leon Marchand in All 4 Events

World Championships Entry List Released: Leon Marchand Entered in All Four Gold-Medal Events World Aquatics has released the entry list for the 42 pool swimming events that will be contested at the organization’s upcoming signature event in Singapore. These entries contain the swimmers entered in each event in alphabetical order by country, not in order […]

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World Championships Entry List Released: Leon Marchand Entered in All Four Gold-Medal Events

World Aquatics has released the entry list for the 42 pool swimming events that will be contested at the organization’s upcoming signature event in Singapore. These entries contain the swimmers entered in each event in alphabetical order by country, not in order of seed times. The pool swimming competition will take place July 27-August 3 at a special venue at the Singapore Sports Hub.

View the full entry list here.

Little new information can be gleaned from these initial entries as each national federation had staged selection meets or announced their rosters heading to Singapore. However, these lists do confirm that Leon Marchand is entered in all four individual events in which he won Olympic gold last summer in Paris. It was unclear if he would attempt both the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke in addition to the individual medley events. Previously, he skipped the 200 breast at global meets in 2022 and 2023.

Marchand did not race at the French Championships in June, but he did post some reminders of his 2024 dominance at the Longhorn Elite Invitational in May, where his times included the world’s best 400 IM this year.

Summer McIntosh is the headliner on the women’s side, with the 18-year-old Canadian set to swim five individual events following her historic performance at Canadian Trials. McIntosh will be the top seed in both medley events, the 400 free and 200 fly and the No. 2 seed behind Katie Ledecky in the 800 free.

One unresolved entry was cleared up with this release: James Guy will be the second British representative in the 200 free along with 2023 world champion Matt Richards. Guy had tied with Duncan Scott for the win in the event at the British Championships, but only one spot was available with Richards pre-selected by virtue of his Paris Olympic silver in the event. Guy receives the nod while Scott has several other individual events and relays on his Singapore slate.

For the United States, this list confirms several adjustments to the roster that took place following U.S. Nationals. Bobby Finke has opted out of the 400 IM to focus on the distance freestyle races, ceding his spot to Rex Maurer, while both Katie Ledecky and Torri Huske declined spots in the 200 free, putting Erin Gemmell in position for the individual nod alongside Claire Weinstein.

While the pool events are still more than two weeks away, the World Championships officially begin Friday with water polo action taking place over two weeks (July 11-24). Open water swimming will follow with competition starting July 15.



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U.S. Women’s National Team Stops Dominican Republic at 2025 VNL

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 10, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s National Team earned its second win as many nights with a 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-20) victory over the Dominican Republic in a key Volleyball Nations League (VNL) matchup on Thursday at the UT Arlington College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The U.S. (6-4) will […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 10, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s National Team earned its second win as many nights with a 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-20) victory over the Dominican Republic in a key Volleyball Nations League (VNL) matchup on Thursday at the UT Arlington College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.

The U.S. (6-4) will have a day off before meeting Canada on Saturday, July 12, at 5:30 p.m.

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“Bunch of good things,” said U.S. head coach Erik Sullivan. “Loved that we got some production out of players off the bench. I feel like it’s a total group effort right now, both last night and tonight. We need to find some consistency. We still have too many periods of times when we’re just giving easy points away. We need to shore that up a little bit. But I’m overall very happy with how we’re competing right now. Playing a team that’s a little bit slower in their offensive tempo (compared to Thailand) gave us an opportunity to get in front of them a little bit more. Our middles did a really nice job of closing up the block and getting straight up and over.”

The U.S. led in each major statistical category, including 50-41 in kills, 14-10 in blocks and 6-4 in aces.

Outside hitter Avery Skinner again led the U.S., scoring 18 points on 15 kills, two aces and a block. Middle blocker Tia Jimerson made her VNL debut and shared the match-high with four blocks to go with nine kills and an ace for 14 points playing the first three sets.

“It’s just about us being in system and (Jordyn) Poulter being able to see the other side and feeding it to me. We have been working really hard in the gym and today we wanted to show our chemistry and hard work, and I think we did that,” stated Jimerson, who appreciated making her debut before the home crowd. “It’s amazing, and I am just so grateful for the opportunity to be out here and compete with these women.”

Poulter finished with 39 assists and an ace in leading the effective U.S. offense. Avery Skinner and fellow outside hitter Logan Eggleston helped the U.S. stay in system often with eight and five successful receptions, respectively. Libero Morgan Hentz led all players with 13 digs, many in spectacular fashion, and opposite Stephanie Samedy added 11 digs.

Eggleston ranked second on the team with 10 kills. Samedy scored eight points on six kills and two blocks, while middle blocker Brionne Butler shared the team lead with four blocks while also contributing a pair of kills. Madi Skinner scored five points on four kills and a block, and middle blocker Dana Rettke scored four points on two kills, a block and an ace while only playing the fourth set. Outside hitter Sarah Franklin also totaled four points with three kills and a block as seven different U.S. players recorded at least one block.

The Dominican Republic led 15-12 in the first set before the U.S. scored the next two points. From that point forward, neither team led by more than two points in the set. An Avery Skinner kill off a free ball set up by a strong Jimerson serve tied the set at 18 and a Butler block evened the score at 19.

Avery Skinner put a ball down on a back row attack after a good pick up by Hentz to finally give the U.S. the lead back, 23-22, but the Dominican Republic scored the final three points to take the set. Avery Skinner led the U.S. with seven points on six kills and a block.

Behind strong serving from Madi Skinner, the U.S. jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the second set. Avery Skinner scored on another back row attack, Jimerson scored on a slide, and back-to-back blocks by Franklin and Jimerson stretched a 6-2 lead to 10-2.

Trailing 12-3, the Dominican Republic successfully challenged asking for a block touch and it started a 7-2 run that cut the lead to four points, 14-10. After a U.S. timeout, Samedy scored to stop a four-point streak, but the U.S. gave up the next four points to shrink the lead to one, 15-14.

A Butler kill stemmed the tide and sent the U.S. on its own four-point run. A great cover by Samedy led to a kill by Eggleston, who had recently entered the match, and another Jimerson block put the lead back at five points, 19-14.

Two Jimerson kills, one on another slide and the second on an overpass made it 22-16 and a great Hentz dig set up Avery Skinner to tool the block for a seven-point lead. Avery Skinner again paced the U.S., this set with six points on four kills and two aces, while Jimerson contributed five points on three kills and a pair of blocks.

Another great Hentz dig set up an Eggleston kill down the line that staked the U.S. to a 7-3 lead to start the third set. A Poulter ace stretched the lead to six at 14-8 and a 6-2 run from that point, culminating with a Roni Jones-Perry ace off the tape, gave the U.S. a double-digit lead, 20-10.

The Dominican Republic scored the next five points but could get no closer. Strong serves by Eggleston on the final two points led to a Madi Skinner kill on an overpass and Jimerson’s fourth kill and seventh point of the set. Eggleston added five kills.

It was the Dominican Republic’s turn to start quickly in the fourth set as it took a 7-4 lead behind some sterling defense. The U.S. scored the next four points with a Butler block tying the score. Another Butler block capped a 7-1 run that put the U.S. ahead 11-8.

The lead was cut to one, 15-14, before the U.S. scored three consecutive points, the last when Rettke and Madi Skinner each got their hands on a block that forced the Dominican Republic to call its final timeout. Avery Skinner scored on back-to-back kills, the second against a triple block, to make it 22-17.

Great defense on the following point eventually led to a back row attack by Eggleston to extend the lead to six, 23-17. The Dominican Republic scored the next three points before a service error followed by an Eggleston kill ended the match.

U.S. Women’s Week Three Roster for 2025 VNL

No. Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, College, USAV Region)
2 Jordyn Poulter (S, 6-2, Aurora, Colo., Illinois, Rocky Mountain)
3 Avery Skinner (OH, 6-1, Katy, Texas, Kentucky, Lone Star)
6 Morgan Hentz (L, 5-9, Lakeside Park, Ky., Stanford Univ., Pioneer)
7 Lexi Rodriguez (L, 5-5, Sterling, Ill., Univ. of Nebraska Great Lakes)
8 Brionne Butler (MB, 6-4, Kendleton, Texas, Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
9 Madisen Skinner (OH, 6-2, Katy, Texas, Univ. of Kentucky and Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
11 Taylor Mims (Opp, 6-3, Billings, Mont., Washington St., Evergreen)
15 Rachel Fairbanks (S, 6-0, Tustin, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)
16 Dana Rettke (MB, 6-8, Riverside, Ill., Univ. of Wisconsin, Great Lakes)
18 Asjia O’Neal (MB, 6-3, Southlake, Texas, Texas, North Texas)
20 Danielle Cuttino (Opp, 6-4, Indianapolis, Ind., Purdue, Hoosier)
21 Roni Jones-Perry (OH, 6-0, West Jordan, Utah, BYU, Intermountain)
22 Sarah Franklin (OH, 6-4, Lake Worth, Fla., Univ. of Wisconsin, Florida)
25 Tia Jimerson (MB, 6-3, Sugar Hill, Ga., Univ. of Ohio, Southern)
33 Logan Eggleston (OH, 6-2, Brentwood, Tenn., Univ. of Texas, Southern)
34 Stephanie Samedy (Opp, 6-2, Clermont, Fla., Minnesota, Florida)

Coaches
Head Coach: Erik Sullivan
Assistant Coach: Mike Wall
Second Assistant Coach: Brandon Taliaferro
Second Assistant Coach: Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Second Assistant Coach: Joe Trinsey
Team Manager: Rob Browning
Team Doctors: William Briner, James Suchy, Chris Lee, Andrew Gregory
Physiotherapist: Kara Kessans
Physical Trainers: Shawn Hueglin, Shannon Boone
Mental Performance Coach: Andrea Becker, Katy Stanfill
Performance Analyst: Virginia Pham

Week 3 Schedule: Arlington, Texas (all times PDT)
Matches will be shown on VBTV, Big Ten Network and/or CBS Sports Network. Please check listings for BTN and CBSN.

July 9 USA def. Thailand, 3-1 (28-26, 21-25, 27-25, 25-15)
July 10 USA def. Dominican Republic, 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-20)
July 12 at 5:30 p.m. USA vs. Canada
July 13 at 5:00 p.m. USA vs. China

Week 1 Results: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 4 Italy def. USA, 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 30-28)
June 5 Brazil def. USA, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19)
June 6 Czechia def. USA, 3-2 (23-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-20, 27-25)
June 8 USA def Korea, 3-0 (25-13, 28-26, 25-17)

Week 2 Results: Belgrade, Serbia
June 18 USA def. Serbia, 3-2 (25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 22-25, 15-11)
June 19 Poland def. USA, 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-18)
June 21 USA def. Netherlands, 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-19)
June 22 USA def. France, 3-2 (25-22, 26-24, 20-25, 21-25, 15-13)



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Alcorn State Volleyball Announces 2025 Season Schedule

Story Links 2025 Volleyball Schedule 2025 Volleyball Roster LORMAN, Miss. — The Alcorn State University volleyball team is set to return to action with an exciting 2025 campaign, featuring a competitive mix of non-conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) match ups. […]

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LORMAN, Miss. — The Alcorn State University volleyball team is set to return to action with an exciting 2025 campaign, featuring a competitive mix of non-conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) match ups. The Lady Braves will play a total of 30 matches, including 14 home contests at the Davey L. Whitney Complex.

The season kicks off on August 30 with a home opener against Nicholls State University at 2:00 PM. Alcorn will host early-season match ups against Louisiana Tech (Sept. 2) and University of Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 11) before hitting the road for a string of away games across Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

Notable non-conference highlights include a multi-match series in Memphis on September 19–20, where the Lady Braves will face Christian Brothers University, LeMoyne-Owen College, and University of Arkansas Monticello.

Conference play begins at home on September 28 versus Texas Southern, followed by a key SWAC battle against Prairie View A&M (Sept. 29). Alcorn will also host SWAC rivals Southern (Oct. 3), Florida A&M (Oct. 10), Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 12), and close out the regular season with a home stand against Grambling State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Alabama State, and Alabama A&M in November.

The regular season concludes with the SWAC Tournament, held November 21–23 in Tallahassee, Florida, where the Lady Braves aim to make a strong postseason push.

All home matches will be held at the Davey L. Whitney Complex. Game times are listed in Central Time.

To view the full schedule, visit www.alcornsports.com or follow us on social media for the latest updates.

2025 Alcorn State Volleyball Home Schedule Highlights

  • Aug. 30: vs. Nicholls State – 2:00 PM
  • Sept. 2: vs. Louisiana Tech – 3:00 PM
  • Sept. 11: vs. UL Lafayette – 6:00 PM
  • Sept. 28: vs. Texas Southern* – 3:00 PM
  • Oct. 3: vs. Southern* – 6:00 PM
  • Oct. 10: vs. Florida A&M* – 6:00 PM
  • Nov. 9: vs. Grambling State* – 3:00 PM
  • Nov. 16: vs. Alabama A&M* – 3:00 PM

*Indicates SWAC Conference Match

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West LA volleyball team wins championship despite Palisades Fire – NBC Los Angeles

Six months after losing a gym and some of their homes to the Palisades Fire, a volleyball team from West Los Angeles brought home the national gold.  The SMBC Shack volleyball team’s 16-year-olds clinched victory after six hours of play at the AAU Boys’ Junior National Volleyball tournament in Orlando, completing an undefeated season. “We’ve […]

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Six months after losing a gym and some of their homes to the Palisades Fire, a volleyball team from West Los Angeles brought home the national gold. 

The SMBC Shack volleyball team’s 16-year-olds clinched victory after six hours of play at the AAU Boys’ Junior National Volleyball tournament in Orlando, completing an undefeated season.

“We’ve been through so much. We worked so hard, and we finally won. We could finally just let everything out,” said Sam Schwartz, a player who lost his home in the fire.

The last match lasted about two hours, the longest Coach Ethan Marshall said he’d ever seen.  

The disaster gave Schwartz and fellow teammates a drive to overcome, which he said they used to rally in the second set. 

After a nail biting third set, the team secured a 29-27 win. 

The Palisades Fire began on Jan. 7 in a Santa Ana windstorm, ravaging thousands of businesses and homes along the Los Angeles Coast. 

Among the damaged structures was the team’s main practice facility, Palisades Charter High School’s gym, forcing the team to find new practice facilities. 

Despite the improvisation, Marshall said the team remained “fluid and adaptable.”

Marshall scheduled practices and care packages in hopes of providing a distraction from the things the fire took from them.

“We tried to do as much as we could to take their minds off of it,” he said. 

Like many of his teammates, Schwartz said he found comfort in volleyball. 

“I still have volleyball, That could have been gone too, I still have a school. I still have friends,” he said. “It really gives me the mindset of (being) grateful for what I have right now because you never really know what happens.”



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Women’s Volleyball Reveals 2025 Schedule

Story Links BABSON PARK, Mass.— After finishing last season with a 23-7 overall record and advancing to the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament semifinals, Babson College women’s volleyball 15th-year head coach Eric Neely officially released his team’s 2025 schedule on Thursday. The Beavers, who made six consecutive NCAA Tournament second […]

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BABSON PARK, Mass.— After finishing last season with a 23-7 overall record and advancing to the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tournament semifinals, Babson College women’s volleyball 15th-year head coach Eric Neely officially released his team’s 2025 schedule on Thursday.

The Beavers, who made six consecutive NCAA Tournament second round appearances from 2017-23 and earned eight NCAA berths in a nine-year stretch from 2014-23, will play a 26-match slate in 2025. The ledger includes 11 NEWMAC contests and nine encounters against programs that competed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

Babson tips off the season at the Greg “Gio” Giovanazzi Memorial Tournament in Baltimore, beginning with the opener on August 29 against host Johns Hopkins, an NCAA Tournament quarterfinalist a year ago. The tourney continues for the Green and White with matches against Capital (Ohio) and Rowan (N.J.) on August 30.

After the home opener vs. Keystone (Pa.) in Staake Gymnasium on September 6, the Beavers will compete in the New England Fall Classic on September 12-13; Babson will host local rival Brandeis on the 12th before taking on Bowdoin and NCAA Tournament team Colby on the 13th in Northampton, Mass. The Green and White will meet another NCAA Tournament opponent Lasell in nearby Newton on September 19 before hosting the University of New England on September 20.

The NEWMAC portion of the schedule begins with five straight conference matches over the next two weeks. It starts with road tilts at Wheaton on September 23 and defending champion Smith on September 27, followed by home clashes against Wellesley on September 30 and Coast Guard on October 4, and winding up with a road encounter at Emerson on October 7. After a non-conference meeting at NCAA Tournament foe Endicott on October 10, three more NEWMAC matches follow: home contests against WPI on October 14 and defending runner-up MIT on October 21 sandwiched around a trip to Mount Holyoke on October 18.

The Green and White will compete in the annual New England Challenge in Springfield, Mass., on the final weekend of October against three teams from the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC); Babson will face NCAA Tournament opponent Middlebury on the 24th before back-to-back matches vs. Williams and Tufts on the 25th.

After a conference tilt at Salve Regina on October 28, the Beavers will travel to Schenectady, N.Y., to battle NCAA Tournament team William Smith as well as Union on November 1. The regular season winds up with a pair of NEWMAC matches, hosting Clark on November 4 and visiting Springfield on November 8.

The eight-team NEWMAC Tournament will begin with quarterfinal matches on November 11. The winners will travel to the highest remaining seed for the semifinal matches on November 15 and the tournament final on November 16. The NEWMAC champion receives an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.

 



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The World Aquatics Championships start Friday, but swimming fans have to wait

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. In a little over two weeks, Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh will take to the pool at the world championships in Singapore, where she’ll try to match a Michael Phelps […]

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In a little over two weeks, Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh will take to the pool at the world championships in Singapore, where she’ll try to match a Michael Phelps record by winning five individual gold medals.

The 18-year-old triple Olympic champion will be joined by around two dozen other Canadian swimmers, including three-time backstroke world champ Kylie Masse, who won her fifth career Olympic medal last summer; 20-year-old Ilya Kharun, who captured a pair of men’s butterfly bronze in Paris; and 21-year-old Josh Liendo, who took silver in the 100m butterfly. The international headliners are France’s Leon Marchand, who won four Olympic golds last year, and nine-time Olympic champ Katie Ledecky, who will take on McIntosh in the 400m and 800m freestyle events as she looks to add to her 21 career world titles.

WATCH | CBC Sports’ The Ready Room previews aquatics worlds: 

Everything you want to see at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships | The Ready Room

The world aquatics championships Singapore 2025 begin July 11th and run through August 3rd, and you can stream it all live on CBC Gem. The Ready Room host, Brittany MacLean Campbell breaks down the sports, besides swimming that you won’t want to miss when the championships begin.

So, that’ll be fun. But we’ll have to be patient as pool swimming is the last sport to get going at the World Aquatics Championships, which open tomorrow in Singapore. The program includes water polo, open-water swimming, artistic swimming, diving and high diving before McIntosh and company hit the water on the night of July 26 in Canadian time zones.

Here’s a glance at where Canada stands in the other sports:

Water polo (July 11-24): Despite placing eighth at both the world championships and the Olympics last year, the Canadian women’s team will not be competing after deciding to sit out last fall’s Pan American championships, which served as a qualifier for the worlds. The Canadian men’s team did not make it to the Paris Olympics, but they got into this year’s worlds by placing second to Brazil at the Pan Ams. Canada opens against the United States on Friday night and will also face host Singapore and the Brazilians in the group stage.

Open-water swimming (July 15-20): Canada’s lone Olympic qualifier in the two marathon swim events was Emma Finlin, who finished 23rd out of 24 in the women’s 10K. The world championships also include a 5K and a 3K “knockout sprint” for both men and women, plus a mixed 4×1,500m relay.

WATCH | Summer McIntosh scheduled to compete in 5 events at worlds:

Summer McIntosh set to join the ranks of the swimming greats at this summer’s world championships

The 18-year-old swimmer from Toronto is looking to win medals in five events at this summer’s world aquatics championships in Singapore. The world championships get underway on July 11 on cbcsports.ca and CBC Gem.

Artistic swimming (July 18-25): Last year in Doha, Jacqueline Simoneau won the women’s solo free event to become Canada’s first world-championship winner since 1991 in the sport formerly known as synchronized swimming. She also took silver in the solo technical before placing ninth in the duet at the Paris Olympics with Audrey Lamothe (there are no solo events on the Olympic program). Simoneau is now coaching and pursuing her medical degree, but Lamothe has had some solid results on the World Cup circuit both individually and with new duet partner Ximena Ortiz Montano. Lamothe also helped Canada to a sixth-place finish in the Olympic team event.

High diving (July 24-27): Whereas regular divers jump from either a 3m springboard or a 10m platform, these daredevils take the plunge from 27m (for men) or 20m (women). Canada’s three entries include Molly Carlson, who’s won two consecutive silvers at the worlds.

Diving (July 26-Aug. 3): Canada failed to win a medal at last year’s world championships, but Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray took bronze in the Olympic men’s 10m synchronized event for the country’s only diving medal in Paris. The duo also took bronze together at the 2022 worlds.

How to watch:

You can stream live action from the World Aquatics Championships on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem, starting with the Canadian men’s water polo team’s opening match against the U.S. on Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET. The CBC TV network will have additional coverage on weekends. See the full streaming and broadcast schedules for details.

For more on the worlds, watch this quick primer with CBC Sports’ Brittany MacLean Campbell.



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