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SAMMAMISH, Washington, January 3. KOMO-TV is reporting that inspirational 2008 U.S. Paralympic swimmer Marin Morrison passed away on Friday at the age of 18.
Morrison, who competed at the Paralympics in Beijing after "a near fatal stroke ...
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AUBURN, Alabama, December 30. SWIMMING World has just been informed that Auburn head coach Richard Quick has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor today.
Quick, who recently underwent an MRI that found a growth in his brain, had a ...
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Feature by Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, December 28. TWO years ago, swim coaches Tom Topolski and Butch Briggs sat in a pub in Grand Rapids, Mich., and got to talking about the need for an inner-city swim program in the area. ...
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, December 24. YESTERDAY, members of The Associated Press named Michael Phelps its Male Athlete of the Year as well as Phelps' record haul of eight gold medals at the Beijing Games as its top sports story of 2008.
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SEWELL, New Jersey, December 22. GCIT Swimming, a USA Swimming-affiliated program located in Sewell, N.J., will now be known as Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club (GPAC). The team will continue to train out of the Gloucester County Institute of Tec...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, December 22. MINNESOTA's Roxane Akradi completed a daily double with a pair of victories at the Chesapeake Elite-Pro-Am's final day of swimming.
Minnesota's Roxane Akradi topped the women's 200 back with...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, December 20. LONGHORN's Tanica Jamison pocketed a pair of event titles during the third night of swimming at the Chesapeake Elite Pro-Am held in Oklahoma City.
Jamison opened the evening with a dominant victory in t...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, December 19. WHILE representing Schroeder YMCA, Adam Mania garnered a pair of individual event titles during the second evening of competition at the Chesapeake Elite Pro-Am.
Tanica Jamison of Longhorn grabbed the women...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, December 18. THE first night of swimming witnessed primarily distance freestyle events on the center stage at the Chesapeake Elite Pro-Am short course yards meet held in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Oshkosh YMCA's Siri Smi...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, December 17. SHEILA Taormina added another feather to her cap, claiming a spot in the inaugural class of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place on Jan. 17, 2009 in Colorado Springs, Col...
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CHICAGO, Illinois, December 15. CHICAGO 2016, the bid committee in charge of trying to acquire hosting duties for the 2016 Olympic Games, announced some plan changes over the weekend according to the United States Olympic Committee.
The committ...
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, December 15. FOLLOWING a U.S. national age group record in the 15-16 800 free relay as the second leg, North Baltimore Aquatic Club's Elizabeth Pelton, 15, came back with another at the NBAC Annual Christmas meet held at t...
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, December 13. AT the North Baltimore Aquatic Club's Annual Christmas meet held at the U.S. Naval Academy, NBAC set a National Age Group record in the 15-16 group.
The foursome of Felicia Lee, Elizabeth Pelton, Andi Stau...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 13. THE third night of swimming at the USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals featured some strong performances, including Arden Hills' Katie Edwards earning promotion to six-star status in the Swimming World...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 12. DURING the second night of finals of the USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals, North Bay's Deborah Roth, 16, checked in with a sterling time in the women's 100 back.
Roth's performance of 53.55 woul...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 11. THE first night of finals featured a double triumph from Salmon Bay's Amber McDermott, 15, at the USA Swimming Short Course Junior Nationals held in Austin, Texas.
Women's 200 free relay
Baylor's ...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, December 11. USA Swimming today announced the promotion of Matt Farrell to Chief Marketing Officer. Farrell has served as managing director of business development with the organization since 2005.
"Matt Farrel...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, December 11. EARLIER this week, Bruce Stratton, the chair of the USA Swimming Rules & Regulations Committee, sent out a letter to various officials and chairs within the organization clarifying rules on the breaststroke...
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Feature by Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, December 11. NATIONAL Team members Elaine Breeden, Scott Spann, Caroline Burckle and Nick Thoman have all found success in the sport of swimming. Elaine, Scott and Caroline were members ...
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Updated December 7, 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 4. WELL, it's time for another Swimming World Virtual Meet. From time-to-time, when enough strong meets are going on during the same weekend across the world or country, we...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 6. THE third day of finals came to a close with Mary DeScenza winning a pair of titles at the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals held in Atlanta.
Women's 1650 freestyle
Florida's Laurabeth Guenthner u...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 6. THE third day of prelims came to a close at the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals held in Atlanta.
Women's 200 backstroke
Auburn's Julianne McLane topped qualifying in 1:55.12, while Athens Bulldo...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 5. THE second night of finals witnessed the continued emergence of Dagny Knutson at the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals held in Atlanta.
Knutson, who has had a meteoric rise within the ranks of U.S. women's sw...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 5. AFTER a strong first night of swimming, the second day of preliminary action took place at the USA Swimming Short Course National Championships held in Atlanta.
Women's 200 medley relay
KING's fours...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 4. THE first night of finals action provided some quick swims at the USA Swimming Short Course Championships held in Atlanta, Ga.
Amanda Weir of SwimAtlanta notched several quick times in the women's 50 free as a...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, December 4. IN the first major competition for the U.S. since an incredible run at the 2008 Beijing Games, some of the best swimmers in the nation have come to Atlanta, Ga., for the USA Swimming Short Course National Championshi...
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, December 2. A day after breaking the record for most career World Swimmer of the Year titles with five from Swimming World, Michael Phelps transcended to an even higher level to become the first swimmer to be named Spo...
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Feature by Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, November 26. GARRETT Weber-Gale became a household name this summer, first after winning both the 50 and the 100 freestyles at the U.S. Olympic Trials and then later as a member of the inf...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, November 26. TOP American swimmers, including seven members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, will compete in Atlanta at the 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course National Championships. The competition will be hel...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, November 25. OVER the weekend, Gray Umbach of The Woodlands College Park High broke the 13-14 U.S. National Age Group record in the 200-yard IM previously set by Michael Phelps. The swim took place at the TISCA-Gulf Champio...
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Feature by Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, November 20. THE Golden Goggles were held on Nov. 17, in New York City. Besides being a banquet to honor the memorable swimming events and athletes of 2008, the Golden Goggles were also a...
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, November 19. MICHAEL Phelps truly ascended into mainstream greatness this month as he has been named one of GQ's Men of the Year.
Alongside president-elect Barack Obama, superstar actor Leonardo DiCaprio and 2008...
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NEW YORK, New York November 17. OLYMPIC champions Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.) were in attendance to accept top honors tonight at the USA Swimming Foundation's Golden Goggle Awards. Phelps and Coughlin...
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By Jason Devaney, Universal Sports
BETHESDA, Maryland, November 17. U.S. Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin, who won six medals - including a gold - in Beijing, recently sat down with Universal Sports for an exclusive interview before she ...
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, November 17. WHILE not as dramatic of a coaching move as various other world-class swimmers have made of late since she will still represent the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC), Katie Hoff has decided to make a coaching c...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 16. MARY DeScenza of Athens Bulldog took two more titles at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Minnesota to complete a perfect run at the meet.
First, she cruised in the women's 200-yard back with a time o...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 15. MARY DeScenza of Athens Bulldog picked up another title double during the second night of swimming at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Minneapolis.
DeScenza walked away with the women's 100 back crown...
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ISLAMORADA, Florida, November 15. AFTER missing a berth on the 2008 Olympic Team during the U.S. Olympic Trials, Gary Hall Jr. famously said that "it was his last race…until his next race."
Well, according to an article by Sports ...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 14. THE first night of the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Minneapolis, Minn., took place with Mary DeScenza pocketing a pair of gold medals during the evening.
DeScenza of Athens Bulldog first claimed the 200 ...
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Feature by Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, November 13. ONE of the favorite subjects of many swimmers is food. During a long Saturday workout, thinking of having a breakfast feast of chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, bacon and fruit...
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MADISON, New Jersey, November 11. GARY Hall, Jr., a 10-time Olympic medal-winner, will host a swim clinic in conjunction with Drew University's World Diabetes Day Swim-A-Thon on Saturday, November 15, 2008. The event, which begins at 10 AM wit...
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EAST LANSING, Michigan, November 10. THE Lansing State Journal posted an obituary following the passing of Michigan Swimming's Rick Edwards due to pancreatic cancer.
Richard Alan Edwards East Lansing Richard Alan Edwards, age 58...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, November 7. USA Swimming will honor the NCAA with the Impact Award at the fifth-annual USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards, a black-tie event celebrating the accomplishments of top American swimmers in 2008. Th...
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