Paris, Jul 24 (AP) Maggie Steffens and the US women’s water polo team hope to follow in Taylor Swift’s footsteps at the Paris Olympics. Steffens and her teammates attended one of Swift’s Eras Tour concerts at Paris’ La Défense Arena in May. The last three rounds of the men’s and women’s water polo tournaments are going to be held at the same venue. Also Read | Chelsea vs Wrexham, Club Friendly 2024 Live Streaming Online in India: How To Watch Pre-Season Football Match Live Telecast on TV & Football Score Updates in IST?. The US women’s program is going for…

HONOLULU — The University of Hawai’i women’s water polo team placed 15 players on the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Women’s All-Academic team for the 2024 season. The All-Academic list includes three tiers according to grade-point average — Outstanding (4.0-3.71), Superior (3.70-3.41) and Excellent (3.40-3.20). Five UH players earned recognition in the Outstanding category, six were named to the Superior list, and four made the Excellent category. The Rainbow Wahine had 15 players earn All-Academic honors for the second consecutive year. They also earned All-Academic recognition as a team with a collective GPA of 3.40 while going 23-4 and…

Growth Mindset Has Led Max Irving to Water Polo Stardom One wakeup call occasioned another for Max Irving. It was 2017, and Irving’s star was rising fast. He’d gone from a redshirt season at UCLA in 2013 to an All-American. That June brought his first U.S. national team call—in the FINA Intercontinental Tournament in Australia. In the fall, his outstanding season powered the Bruins to their third NCAA water polo championship in four years. Amid that whirlwind, Irving had a sit-down with UCLA coach Adam Wright. The two had known each other for a long time, both hailing from Long…

The women’s water polo tournament at the Olympic Games promises to be an exciting event as the teams have grown closer over the years. Fukuoka proved that the United States are not unbeatable, but in Doha they are back on top. Interestingly, the same three countries that finished on the podium at the World Aquatics Championships – Doha 2024 are the same three that finished on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics. Image Source: Al Bello/Getty Images The USA is the only team to win a gold medal at the last three Olympic, and since women’s water polo made its…

Flavor Flav decided he had somewhere more important to be than the ESPYs this year – supporting the U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team ahead of the Olympics! The Public Enemy hip-hop legend hosted a celebratory dinner for the team on Thursday night (July 12) at famed restaurant Craig’s LA in West Hollywood, Calif. Flav joined U.S. Team captain Maggie Steffens and met up with restaurant owner Craig Susser while hyping up the team for their upcoming trip to Paris. For the night out, Flav wore custom 5-hour ENERGY Cufflinks, which he filled with a shot of his favorite flavor, Grape…

Exclusive Flavor Flav Scores Twice On Star Goalie … Trains With Team USA Water Polo 7/12/2024 10:15 AM PT Flavor Flav isn’t just promoting the U.S. women’s water polo team by serving as their official hype man, he’s literally helping them train … as they head to Paris in a matter of days, in search of another Olympic gold medal! What’s even crazier … Flav scored twice on Ashleigh Johnson! NBD, right? She’s just arguably the best goalie in the world. TMZ Sports caught up with Flav — who recently signed on to promote Team USA WP for five years…

USA Women Water Polo Team (Photo Credit: Twitter/@maggiesteffens) Paris, July 12: Hungary is the winningest program in men’s water polo with nine golds, but its bronze in Tokyo was its first medal since its run of three straight Olympic titles from 2000 to 2008. Gergo Zalanki and company are hoping to get the country back in the final in Paris. Croatia is the reigning men’s world champion after a dramatic 15-13 victory over Italy in February. It is looking for a second gold medal at the Olympics after it also won in London. A roadmap to follow for the water…

A roadmap to follow for water polo at the Paris OlympicsJuly 12, 2024, 4:34 AM ET• 3 min readA roadmap to follow for the water polo competition at the Paris Games:Athletes to Watch—Maggie Steffens, United States: The decorated attacker was banged up at the Tokyo Olympics, but she still helped the U.S. to an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal. She is the highest scoring woman in Olympics history with 56 goals.—Alvaro Granados, Spain: The 25-year-old Granados rallied Spain to a dramatic 11-10 victory over Croatia in January for the country’s first European championship. He scored a team-high 18 goals when…

Photo: Albert ten Hove/Orange Pictures Montenegrin water polo player Aleksa Ukropina has been suspended for two years, it was confirmed by “News” from the Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro. Ukropina will thus not play until February 2026, after the Anti-Doping Section of the Court of Arbitration for Sport imposed a sentence on him. The left-handed water polo player tested positive for an illegal inhalant drug and was tested before going to the World Championships in Doha in February. The results arrived during the World Cup, before the quarter-final clash with Spain, which is why Ukropina missed the games…

Jeffrey Runyan, new Crean Lutheran Director of Aquatics and water polo coach. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran High School). Crean Lutheran High School officials announced that Jeffrey Runyan, a former Concordia University Irvine water polo standout, has been named Director of Aquatics and head boys and girls water polo coach. “We are very excited for Coach Runyan and our entire aquatics program,” said Crean Lutheran Athletic Director Eric Olson in a statement. “Jeffrey’s extensive experience in the water, organizational skills, strategic vision and commitment to both athletic and academic excellence align perfectly with our mission of Proclaiming Jesus Christ through Excellence…