--- USA News Stories ---
By David Rieder
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 28. SWIMMERS representing the Florida LSC won half of the races on the second night of long course meters racing at the Southern Zone championships, while another Floridian from the Gold Coast LSC ...
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 28. THE third night of the YMCA Long Course Nationals came to a close with some swift swims across the board, but the Y record books remained intact.
West Shore had a strong finish in the women's 800 free with a...
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Updated July 28 with a correction of inaccurate analysis that "Guidelines" would be voted on at the House of Delegates in September and potentially become "Policies".
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 27. TODAY, the U...
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 27. THE second night of swimming at the YMCA Long Course Nationals produced four YMCA records.
Countryside's Steven Zimmerman topped the men's 100 back in 56.38. That performance broke the Y national record ...
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By David Rieder
ATLANTA, Georgia, July 27. The Southern Zone Championships opened today with long course meters distance action. Rachel Harrington and Michael Reynolds opened the meet with victories in the only events for their respect...
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By David Rieder
AUGUSTA, Georgia, July 27. THE 2010 South Carolina Long Course Swimming Championships took place July 22-25 in Augusta, Georgia. Y-Spartaquatics dominated the meet, winning overall with 1384 points, while also capturing...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 27. THE latest swim club to take advantage of the Swimming World Elite Team Partnership program is Tiger Aquatics. Tiger Aquatics is located in Baton Rouge, La.
"We're thrilled to join forces with Tiger A...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 27. ACCORDING to the Associated Press, USA Swimming not only has a list of 46 people who have been banned for life from the organization, but also has a "flagged" list.
The second list is reserv...
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SAN DIEGO, California, July 27. RECENTLY, the Challenged Athletes Foundation was featured on Fox 5 in San Diego, Calif.
Alan Voisard and Alison Terry are a pair of coaches who...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 27. THE USOC, USA Swimming and BMW Group announced today that BMW will be the Official Mobility Partner of the USOC and USA Swimming from now through 2016. BMW Group will also be the Official Mobility Partner of US...
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 26. THE first evening of the YMCA Long Course Nationals featured men's and women's 1500 free competition.
Countryside's Breann McDowell claimed the women's 1500 free in 17:13.79, while Kishwaukee'...
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SANTA CLARITA, California, July 25. LILIAN Alvarez gave the Santa Clarita long course sectional championships a fine send-off with a meet record in the women's 100 breaststroke.
Alvarez, representing Marin Pirates, swam a 1:10.24 to win th...
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SANTA CLARITA, California, July 24. IN the penultimate day of long course meter swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Santa Clarita, Gretchen Jaques accomplished a double-gold outing.
Jaques claimed the women's 200 IM in 2:17.54, ...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 24. THE last night of action at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Mount Hood featured a podium double from YMCA Westside's Tyler Messerschmidt as long course meter swimming closed.
DU Hilltopper Mackenzie Stein, 1...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, July 24. THE USA Swimming Sectionals held in West Lafayette concluded with a final night of long course meter swimming.
Kingfish's Caroline Arakelian, 15, snared the women's 200 IM in 2:18.68. Firestone's Ka...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 24. THE last evening of long course meter racing went in the books at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Minneapolis.
Academy Bullet Olivia Scott won the women's 200 IM in 2:19.63, while Kathleen Patterson plac...
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 24. THE final night of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Columbia came to a close.
Rockwood's Haley Spencer claimed the women's 200 IM in 2:17.17, while Kansas City Blazer Shannon V...
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SANTA CLARITA, California, July 23. AS the only Sectional expanding to Sunday this weekend, the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Santa Clarita was bound to have a sparse night of long course meter competition. This evening, the 200 free and 400 IM...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 23. A pair of long course meter records fell during the fourth night of the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Mount Hood.
Colorado Stars' Missy Franklin, 15, lowered the meet record in the women's 100 back with a ...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 23. THE third night of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Minneapolis is in the books.
St. Charles' Emma Smith was listed as having won the women's 200 back with a 1:45.14, howev...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, July 23. THE third evening of long course meter racing at the USA Swimming Sectionals in West Lafayette featured a few close calls as well as some equally dominant performances.
Northern Kentucky Clipper Caitlyn Forman ...
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 23. THE USA Swimming Sectionals held in Columbia brought forth a pair of performances that cleared listed long course meter regional records.
Chelsea Franklin lowered the listed regional record in the women's 400 fr...
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NEW YORK, New York, July 23. ACCORDING to the Associated Press, Mike Saltzstein has been added back to the USA Swimming Officials List after an American Arbitration Association hearing came to a conclusion recently.
Saltzstein, who is a ...
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SANTA CLARITA, California, July 22. THE USA Swimming Sectionals held in Santa Clarita nearly showcased a meet record in long course meter format. Meanwhile, Ally Howe turned in a pair of podium performances.
Casey Mims just missed the meet rec...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 22. THE third evening of the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Mount Hood produced a long course meter meet record.
Colorado Stars' Missy Franklin earned a victory in the women's 200 free with a 2:00.71, while KIN...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 22. THE second night of racing at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Minneapolis featured some swift times in the 100 backstroke events.
Wisconsin's Maggie Meyer dominated the women's 100 back with a 1:01.2...
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 22. THE USA Swimming Sectional held in Columbia produced a podium double from Kansas City Blazer Shannon Vreeland this evening. The meet is taking place in long course meter format.
Vreeland topped the women's 200 ...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, July 22. THE second evening of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in West Lafayette featured a double by Kingfish's Caroline Arakelian.
Arakelian won the women's 200 free in 2:03.70, wh...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 21. The second night of long course competition at the Mount Hood sectionals saw Missy Franklin notch two more victories to add to her 800 freestyle win on Tuesday.
Franklin, representing the Colorado Stars, started the...
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SANTA CLARITA, California, July 21. THE first night of long course competition at the Santa Clarita sectionals featured distance races, with Megan Rankin and John Mendoza picking up the meet's first wins.
Rankin won the women's 1500 fre...
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21. THE host club enjoyed a victory on the opening night of long course competition at the Columbia sectional championships.
The 800 freestyles kicked off the competition, and the University of Arkansas took the top fou...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 21. THE opening night of long course competition at the Minneapolis branch of the USA Swimming sectional championships featured winners in eight championship finals.
Olivia Scott of Academy Bullets opened the meet w...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, July 21. NCAA champion Josh Schneider and incoming college freshman Margo Geer set meet records on the opening night of the West Lafayette sectional championships.
Geer, representing Springfield Family YMCA and an incom...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 21. RYAN Lochte's participation in the individual medleys at the 2010 USA Swimming national championships is in jeopardy, as the world record holder announced today during the taping of an interview for The Morning S...
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MOUNT HOOD, Oregon, July 20. THE first night of a jam-packed weekend of USA Swimming Sectional action took place with a Mount Hood kick-start. This meet is taking place in long course meter format.
Corvallis' Logan Storie cruised to victor...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 20. SWIMMINGWORLD.TV and Pacific Swimming have partnered to bring the Far Western Long Course Championships to Swimming World's international community as part of a SwimmingWorld.TV live broadcast. The meet will t...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 20. TODAY, USA Swimming National Team Head Coach Mark Schubert sent a letter to coaches and athletes in the U.S. to warn against potential positive tests heading into this summer's qualification period.
Swimming Wo...
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By Carrie Moore
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 20. FROM a distance, Marcus Titus and Kristin Ates may look like any other swimmer at a meet. They've practiced, tapered, and long-prepared for their upcoming race. But Titus and Ates are diff...
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By Sharon Robb
PLANTATION, Florida, July 20. THE South Florida Aquatic Club made history in the Florida Gold Coast.
The newly-formed club won its first major team titles Sunday night at the Florida Gold Coast 14-and-under Junior Olymp...
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By Reed Shimberg
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 19. ERIKA Erndl had an illustrious high school and college career but had decided that she would retire from swimming more than 10 years ago. Well, she is back in the sport and succeeding at a grea...
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By David Rieder
ATHENS, Georgia, July 18. WORLD Record-holder Cesar Cielo wrapped up a strong meet at the USA Swimming Sectionals in Athens with a win in the men's 100 free, while U.S. Olympian Amanda Weir won the women's 100 fre...
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By David Rieder
ATHENS, Georgia, July 17. AUBURN swimmers Tyler McGill and Mark Gangloff, both members of last year's U.S. World Championship team, posted world-ranked times in their signature events during the third night of long c...
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ATHENS, Georgia, July 16. THE second night of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Sectionals in Athens featured a hometown swimmer putting up a world-class time on the scoreboard.
Athens Bulldog Morgan Scroggy ripped off a swift time o...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 16. USA Swimming today announced the hiring of Guillermo Rojas as Director of Marketing & Business Development. Rojas joins USA Swimming from the U.S. Olympic Committee, where he most recently served as Associate D...
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HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 16. BOBBY Brewer, who served as an assistant swimming coach at ‘Iolani in 2001, has been named senior coach of the ‘Iolani School Swim Club. Brewer will oversee all the senior swimming operations in consultation with the clu...
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By Reed Shimberg
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 16. NICK Thoman is a backstroke star in the U.S. While he has only made a few international teams, he still is the current world record holder in the 100 SCM backstroke. He missed out on making the...
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By David Rieder
ATHENS, Georgia, July 16. THE first long course meter final session of the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Athens, Ga., featured a showdown between heavyweight Auburn training partners in the men's 50 free, with Olymp...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 15. THE Swimming World Elite Team Partnership continues to grow with the addition of each amazing new team member. Curl-Burke Swim Club, based in the Washington, D.C. corridor, has joined our Elite Team Partnership p...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 15. THE USA Swimming Foundation today announced that current USA Diving President and CEO Debbie Hesse will be named Executive Director of the USA Swimming Foundation, effective November 15, 2010. As the Foundation...
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By Reed Shimberg
TAMPA, Florida, July 13. ELIZABETH Beisel, a great friend of the Swimming World family, is a teenage phenom. Since breaking out onto the scene at the age of 13, where she made her first international team, she has...
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ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 12. ACCORDING to sources in the area, two-time Olympic gold medalist Tom Dolan is recovering from a severe concussion suffered July 2 in Virginia.
Dolan slipped and fell outside a friend's house in Gaithersburg, Md...
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 12. THE last night of long course meter action is in the books at the NBAC Mid Summer Classic held in Baltimore.
Chase Kalisz cruised to victory in the men's 200 breast with a 2:25.70, while Mike Thomas took second...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 12. PHOENIX Swim Club hosted the Arizona Senior Long Course State Championships this weekend.
Amanda Beard continued her return from maternity leave this weekend. Beard, with husband Sacha Brown, son Blaise and even acto...
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GRESHAM, Oregon, July 12. WHILE USA Swimming as a whole is still working on developing a policy to protect swimmers from sexual abuse, the Western Zone has jumped ahead to begin instituting some of its own reporting and protection structures for ...
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By Carrie Moore
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, July 12. THE age group Independence Day Swimvitational concluded with big wins for local South Dakota teams, including host team Rapid City Racers. The long course event took place July 2-4 at ...
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 12. THE Kansas City Blazers swim team is pleased to announce the hiring of Gardner Howland as its next head coach. Howland will join the team on August 23.
The Blazers is a competitive swim team sponsored by the Joh...
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Column by John Lohn, Swimming World senior writer
BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, July 12. THEY rose to international acclaim together, many times known by the mention of only their first names. Kate and Katie. Katie and Kate. They were the f...
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LOS ANGELES, California, July 11. THE last night of action of the USA Swimming Grand Prix circuit featured a top-ranked swim by California's Dana Vollmer in the women's 100 fly. The final swims took place at the Los Angeles Grand Prix, pr...
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GAINESVILLE, Florida, July 11. DAYTONA Beach's Ryan Lochte put a cap on the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Gainesville with a double that included a top-15 time in the men's 200 back. The meet took place in long course meter format.
L...
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 11. DURING the third evening of long course meter swimming at the NBAC Mid Summer Classic, Michael Phelps put up another quick time on the scoreboard for the fans in attendance.
Phelps nearly cleared his season best in...
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 11. THE Texas Senior Circuit meet held in Austin came to a close with long course meter action on display.
Aaron Peirsol, fresh off a sterling time in the men's 200 back last night, cruised to victory in the men's 10...
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LOS ANGELES, California, July 10. AN incredible amount of world-class times went up on the scoreboard during the third night of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Los Angeles.
FAST's Ariana Kukors put together a...
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By David Rieder
GAINESVILLE, Florida, July 10. TWO University of Florida-trained World Champions and world record-holders took wins in one of their stronger events on the third evening of long course meter racing at the USA Swimming Sec...
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 10. THE first two nights of swimming at the NBAC Mid Summer Classic held in Baltimore produced a pair of world-class times for the hometown crowd. The meet is being held in long course meter format.
Michael Phelps con...
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 10. THE third evening of long course meter action at the Texas Senior Circuit in Austin featured a blazing time by Aaron Peirsol in the men's 200 back.
Peirsol scorched the men's 200 back with a superior time of 1:57...
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 10. THE first two nights of the Texas Senior Circuit held in Austin featured a one-night double by Karlee Bispo. The meet is taking place over long course meters.
Laura Sogar cruised to victory in the women's 200 breast...
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LOS ANGELES, California, July 9. THE second evening of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Los Angeles had some of the fastest times in the world.
Trojan's Katinka Hosszu thrilled the crowd with a splendid time i...
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By David Rieder
GAINESVILLE, Florida, July 9. THE second night of long course meters action at the Sectionals meet in Florida featured a strong swim by world champion Ryan Lochte in the men's 400 IM.
Daytona Beach's Lochte, s...
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By David Rieder
GAINESVILLE, Florida, July 8. THE first night at the USA Swimming Sectionals meet hosted by Gator Swim Club featured long course racing in the women's 1500 free, men's 800 free, and two relay events for both wome...
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By David Rieder
LOS ANGELES, California, July 8. THE first evening of long course meter racing at the Los Angeles Grand Prix, previously the Janet Evans Invitational, featured prelims of the women's 800 free and men's 1500 free. ...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 8. IN the next step of the recent realignment going on at the USA Swimming Foundation, organization head Chris LaBianco has resigned as its Chief Development Officer. USA Swimming media relations confirmed LaBianco...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 8. MANY of our readers are taking issue with USA Swimming's handling of the recent sexual abuse controversy, and they have asked us for ways they can implement change in the process.
The best way of taking hands-on ...
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BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, July 1. VARIOUS news outlets across the country reported about an attempted robbery involving eight-time Olympic gold medalist Jenny Thompson on Monday night.
Thompson told media members that while riding her scooter o...
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GRESHAM, Oregon, July 1. THE facts are sobering: children from non-swimming households are eight times more likely to be at-risk for drowning; in ethnically-diverse communities, the youth drowning rate is 2-3 times higher than the national average...
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WACO, Texas, June 30. THE Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee, comprised of media members around the state and chaired by Dave Campbell of Texas Football Magazine fame, has set the final ballot of nominees to be voted on for induction in...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 29. ERIK Vendt has settled his counter claim against TYR after winning a summary judgment in TYR's original claim against Vendt for breach of contract. The settlement amount was not disclosed.
In a decision handed dow...
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 28. RYAN Murphy, who swims for the Bolles School, demolished the U.S. National Age Group record for 13-14 year olds in the 100-meter backstroke this weekend.
At the TYR Summer Classic, Murphy turned in a blazing fast...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 28. THIS weekend, U.S. Paralympics honored its fallen leader, Jimi Flowers, with the inaugural Jimi Flowers Swim Classic held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. During the two-day long course...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 28. SWIMMING World is proud to announce that Mount Hood Aquatics has joined our Elite Team Partnership program.
"Mt. Hood Aquatics is extremely excited about our partnership with Swimming World," M...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 28. OVER the weekend, the San Jose Mercury News disclosed documentation showing that USA Swimming elected to ignore a sexual abuse complaint against Andy King as early as 2003. King is a former coach of San ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 25. OUR latest Poll of the Week features Nick Thoman, the man portrayed on the cover of the July 2010 issue of Swimming World Magazine.
Our poll question, featured on our SwimmingWorld.com home page, wants to know ...
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Column by Garrett McCaffrey
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 25. AT the core of USA Swimming's proposed Athlete Partnership Agreement (APA) is financial support for the professional swimmer. Being a pro swimmer is not a part-time job, and it&#...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 23. SWIMMING World Magazine received copies of a document verifying that USA Swimming did give a positive recommendation for former national team director Everett Uchiyama's employment with the Country Club of Colorado a...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
SANTA CLARA, California, June 20. THE 43rd annual Santa Clara Grand Prix came to a close with many more top-25 swims in long course meters. Cal's Nathan Adrian and Australia's Y...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 20. THE Texas Senior Circuit stop in College Station came to a close with KING's Andie Taylor turning in a world-ranked time while also winning a pair of event titles.
Taylor jumped into 25th in the world with a...
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SANTA CLARA, California, June 19. THE third evening of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Santa Clara featured some swift times going into the ledger.
Bluefish's Elizabeth Beisel won the women's 400 IM in 4:...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 19. THE second night of long course meter action at the Texas Senior Circuit meet in College Station featured a double by KING's Andie Taylor.
Taylor cruised in the women's 200 free with a time of 2:02.12 An...
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SANTA CLARA, California, June 18. CALIFORNIA's Dana Vollmer put together the most impressive evening during the second night of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Santa Clara.
Vollmer checked in with a meet reco...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 18. THE first night of long course meter swimming at the Texas Senior Circuit meet held at Texas A&M is in the books.
Caroline Kuczynski won the women's 50 fly in 27.76, just touching out Candace Blackman's ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 18. SWIMMING World is proud to announce that the North Baltimore Aquatic Club has joined our Elite Team Partnership program.
Elite Team Partnerships, which head coach Bob Bowman signed up with us for, guarantee tha...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 17. NIGHT one of long course meter swimming is in the books at the Phoenix Summer Invitational, and Tucson Ford earned both the 1500 freestyle titles.
Tucson Ford's Susana Helms claimed the women's 1500 freestyle ...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
SANTA CLARA, California, June 17. THE first night of long course meter racing at the 43rd annual Santa Clara International Grand Prix featured just the women's 1500 free and men'...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 17. SPORTS Publications International, publishers of Swimming World Magazine and SwimmingWorld.com, are seeking qualified individuals for multiple internships including editorial and multimedia positions.
We are se...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 14. The North Baltimore Long Course Championships came to a close with the host club's Felicia Lee and Todd Patrick posting impressive victories in the 100 ...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
TUCSON, Arizona, June 13. AS the home-pool swimmers from Tucson Ford and visiting Australians wrapped up the final night of long course meters swimming, four-time U.S. Olympian won her ...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 13. SWIMMING superstar Michael Phelps highlighted his club's annual June meet with a victory in his signature event during the third evening of long course ...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
TUCSON, Arizona, June 12. SWIMMERS from the University of Arizona or Australia took gold in all but one of the individual finals on the third night of long course meters racing at the H...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 12. THE North Baltimore Long Course Championships featured appearances by members of the North Baltimore, elite squad, including Olympians Michael Phelps, Allis...
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TUCSON, Arizona, June 11. THE second day of long course meter swimming at the Southwest Classic featured the Australian and Tucson Ford contingents trading victories. Meanwhile, Olympic gold medalist Amanda Beard returned to the sport.
Austra...
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TUCSON, Arizona, June 10. THE first evening of long course meter swimming at the Southwest Classic came to a close with titles in the women's 800 free and men's 1500 free being awarded.
Bolles' Ashley Neidigh won the women's 800...
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DOVER, New Hampshire, June 4. AFTER the swimming community in New Hampshire mobilized, the city council decided to continue funding the Jenny Thompson Pool and the Indoor Pool in the city of Dover. The move is part of an overall $107 million budg...
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NORWALK, Connecticut, June 2. OLYMPIC gold medalist Marie Corridon Mortell, 80, passed away last week. Corridon Mortell claimed a gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics as part of the U.S. 400 free relay.
She also swam for Marymount College in...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
IRVINE, California, May 30. THE final night of long course meter racing at the Speedo Grand Challenge featured three swims that rank in the top 10 in the world: Rebecca Soni and Kosuke K...
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By David Rieder, Swimming World high school intern
IRVINE, California, May 29. THE second night of long course meter racing at the Woollett Aquatic Center featured a strong double by Trojan's Katinka Hosszu, while Trojan's Thiago...
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