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LOS ANGELES, California, January 5. KNOWN for his desire to learn from a variety of coaches as well as experiencing different cultures, world-traveling South Korean Tae Hwan Park has moved to the U.S. to train according to the Korean Times...
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LOS ANGELES, California, January 2. ROY Saari, a former world record-holding swimmer who won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics and captured nine NCAA individual titles at USC, died Tuesday (Dec. 30) in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. He was 63.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 31. HEADING into the first day of 2009 tomorrow, Swimming World takes a look back to the soon-to-be-gone 2008, and honors those that have passed on within the last year.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, January 1. SWIMMING World superfan Bill Bell is back with a pair of his all time lists. Today, it's the women's short course yard top 50s.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 18. IN a reflection of the moving target that dictates what is good or not in recruiting, Swimming World has updated its USA Swimming Long Course Junior National Cuts within the College Recruit Rankings powered b...
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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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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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Column by Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 22. WITH just more than a week left in the insane year that was 2008 within the swimming community, I just have ONE tiny, simple request for the swimmers of the world.
Can you pl...
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FREDERICK COUNTY, Maryland, December 29. ACCORDING to a report by the Gazette, the Frederick County Public Schools is contemplating cutting swimming from its district that encompasses nine high schools in the area.
According to the repor...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 23. ONE super-stud age grouper continues to grow into an elite level recruit as North Baltimore Aquatic Club's Felicia Lee, now 16, has joined th...
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SYDNEY, Australia, December 19. SWIMMING Australia has joined the recent calls from USA Swimming and ...
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MADRID, Spain, December 21. ASCHWIN Wildeboer provided the swimming community with its 108th world record of 2008 when he downed the short course meter global standard in the 100 back as part of a 400 medley relay.
Wildeboer clocked a swift tim...
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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, December 19. THE Dutch foursome of Hinkelien Schreuder, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Inge Dekker and Marleen Veldhuis gave the swimming community its 106th world record of the year at the Dutch Short Course Nationals.
Schreu...
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ISTRES, France, December 20. IN a short course meter meet held in Istres, a French foursome obliterated the world record in the men's 400 free relay. The mark is the 107th global standard set in 2008.
Gregory Mallet (47.41), Fabien Gilot ...
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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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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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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 17. A discussion on the impact of swimmers finding loopholes to maximize the effect of the new swimsuit technology is the focus of today's edition of The Morning Swim Show.
Host Brent Rutemiller moderates t...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 17. IN an exclusive interview with Swimming World, NCAA Swimming and Diving Committee Chair Tracy Huth, Oakland's Director of Athletics, spoke about the potential impact that any FINA ruling would have on NCA...
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FRANKFURT, Germany, December 15. ACCORDING to The Associated Press, German company adidas has elected to cancel its contract with the German Swimming Federation immediately.
According to the article, German swimmers have been asking for...
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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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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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TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, November 30. AFTER writing a world and American record on her resume over the past two days at the Canada Cup, Smit nearly clipped another global standard on the final night.
Smit clocked a lightning fast time of 58.9...
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RIJEKA, Croatia, December 12. THE second night of finals at the European Short Course Championships held in Rijeka, Croatia featured a pair of world records along with a relay world best.
Italy's Alessia Filippi demolished the women's 8...
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RIJEKA, Croatia, December 14. THE swimming world witnessed the 105th world record of the year as Russia's Stanislav Donets blasted the men's 100 back standard at the European Short Course Championships.
Donets clocked a blazing time of ...
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RIJEKA, Croatia, December 14. THE women's 200 free world record fell by the wayside as Italy's Federica Pellegrini blistered the pool at the European Short Course Championships.
Pellegrini recorded a stunning time of 1:51.85 to smash Co...
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RIJEKA, Croatia, December 13. NOT long after Amaury Leveaux posted the 100th world-record setting performance of 2008, Croatia's Sanja Jovanovic gave the swimming world its 101st effort with a global standard in the 50 back at the European Sho...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 12. IT took a couple of days for the NCAA to cross the Ts and dot the Is, but the governing body of collegiate athletics in the U.S. has released a memo regarding its conference call regarding the use of speedsuits earl...
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RIJEKA, Croatia, December 12. KATE Ziegler's short course world record in the women's 800 free could not hold a candle to the pair of performances set by Italy's Alessia Filippi and France's Coralie Balmy.
Ziegler set the global...
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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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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 12. OVER the past week, three more high school swimmers have ascended to the top of the ladder in the Swimming World College Recruit Rankings powered by Take Your Marks. ...
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RIJEKA, Croatia, December 11. THE first night of finals came to a close at the European Short Course Championships held in Rijeka, Croatia with a pair of world-best times being posted on the scoreboard in bookend fashion.
Amaury Leveaux of Fran...
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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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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 11. TWO Masters world record holders talk about their fast swims from last weekend on this edition of The Morning Swim Show.
First, host Peter Busch talks to Olympic bronze medalist Erik Hochstein, who set thre...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 8. SWIMMING World would like to extend a congratulatory note to both Matt Thompson and ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 10. THERE seemed to be some confusion during USA Swimming's Short Course National Championships in Atlanta, Ga., regarding national high school records being set. Swimming World always strives to help bring c...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 10. LAST week, the swimming community lost one of its champions as Don McKenzie, 61, passed away after a lengthy fight against brain cancer.
McKenzie, who was honored by the International Swimming Hall of Fame with i...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 10. LARA Jackson, the new American record holder in the 50-yard freestyle, returns to The Morning Swim Show to talk about her fast swims from last weekend.
Jackson, a senior at the University of Arizona, tells ...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 5. THE second night of finals featured an American record from David Walters at the Texas Invitational held in Austin, Texas.
Walters ripped off a blistering time of 1:31.83 in the men's 200-yard freestyle to give t...
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Updated December 9
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, December 8. ACCORDING to NCAA Director of Championships Wayne Burrow, the NCAA will discuss the potential reintroduction of the high-tech speedsuit moratorium within its organization during a pr...
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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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ANGERS, France, December 7. ALAIN Bernard provided the third world record of the French Short Course National Championships to close down the show that also featured a drastic rewriting of the French national record books.
Bernard clocked a bli...
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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 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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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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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 30. WITH a superior mobilization effort that could rival the "Get Out The Vote" machinery built by the Democrats and Republicans in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Brazil's online community gave a hom...
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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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Updated December 5, 2008
FEDERAL WAY, Washington, December 4. IT didn't take long for Matt Grevers to move back to third-best American status in the men's 50-yard freestyle as Nathan Adrian of California posted a blazing fast ti...
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EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, December 5. WHILE plenty of short course action is going on across the world, the Eindhoven Cup is providing some long course meter competition.
Randall Bal took full advantage of the opportunity by smashing the wo...
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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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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 3. ALMOST two years to the day since Tito Morales penned the following article for Swimming World, Michael Phelps was named S...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 4. KIM Brackin, head coach of the women's swim team at the University of Texas, talks about her great recruiting season and what she hopes to see from her swimmers at this weekend's Texas Invitational on this edi...
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 3. OLYMPIC swimmer George du Rand led the charge for gold and championship records as the continent's stars continued to shine brightly on third evening of finals at the 9th African Swimming Championships h...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 27. ACCORDING to an article in the Washington Post, USA Swimming delegates at the United States Aquatic Sports convention held in Atlanta, Ga., elected to ban high tech suits for age group swimmers 12 years old a...
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LONDON, England, November 29. ACCORDING to an article in the London Times, adidas might wind up going the way of Nike by leaving the most elite levels of the sport due to issues regarding high-tech suits.
The Times reported the f...
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, November 24. NAVY women's swimmer and two-time Academic All-American Kelly Zahalka was one of three Midshipmen to be named as recipients of a Marshall Scholarship, the Marshall Commission announced over the weekend. The a...
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HAMBURG, Germany, December 1. ACCORDING to several media reports out of Germany, former women's 100 back world champion Antje Buschsculte has announced her retirement from the sport.
Buschschulte, 29, has decided to focus on her post-gradu...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 24. THE Brazilians pulled it off last year by getting Thiago Pereira the Swimmers Choice World Male Swimmer of the Year award, and they look to be doing it again this year with a superior mobilization effort on behalf o...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, November 21. TEXAS A&M senior Triin Aljand (Tallinn, Estonia) lit the Student Rec Center Natatorium pool on fire on Friday night with what was thought to be the fastest 50-yard freestyle in NCAA history on the first of thre...
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By Stefan Lackner
ESSEN, Germany, November 30. DURING the final day of swimming at the German Short Course Championships, Paul Biedermann wiped out the men's 400 free European record.
Biedermann clocked a time of 3:34.98 to claim...
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 30. ARENA and Svenska Simforbundet – the Swedish Swimming Federation have announced with satisfaction their new partnership agreement that will see Arena as the Federation's Technical Sponsor and Official Supplier f...
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TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, November 29. A day after posting a stunning world record in the 400 IM at the Canada Cup, a short course meter event in Toronto, Julia Smit crushed the American standard in the 200 IM.
Tonight, Smit clocked a time of ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 22. THANKS to some strong mobilizing forces within the Brazilian online swimming community, Cesar Cielo is closing the gap on Michael Phelps for Swimming World's second annual Swimmers Choice World Male Swimm...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 28. HEADING into the weekend, when Swimming World will announce the American and Swimmers Choice awards before honoring the World Swimmers of the Year on Dec. 1, we are proud to announce this year's Pacific Ri...
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Updated December 1 with video
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, November 28. JULIA Smit of the U.S. shot down the short course meter world record in the women's 400 IM at the Canada Cup held in Toronto tonight.
Smit posted a time of 4:25...
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ESSEN, Germany, November 28. AT the German Short Course Championships, another European record fell by the wayside.
This time, Johannes Dittrich ripped off a time of 22.62 to set a European record in the men's 50 fly. During the prelimina...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 9. THURSDAY'S edition of The Morning Swim Show goes to Austin, Texas, for interviews with two of the most-discussed names in the sport in the United States.
First, Olympian Eric Shanteau talks about his reco...
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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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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 25. IF you call yourself a Phelps Phan, or even if you're just a casual admirer of the all-time greatest Olympian, you don't want to miss out on three new Michael Phelps posters available for sale in the Swim Sho...
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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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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, November 24. SWIMMING World has acquired a copy of a FINA legislation proposal from USA Swimming asking for swimsuit technology to be restricted.
Here is the actual verbiage as proposed by USA Swimming:
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WASHINGTON, D.C., November 24. AARON Peirsol recently hosted his first "Race for the Oceans" open water swim, which took place in Fort Myers, Fla. Race for the Oceans is a campaign started by Peirsol in 2007 to engage swimmers and swimm...
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KNOXVILLE, Tennessee. November 22. THE final day of the Tennessee Invitational concluded with UT in first place. It also saw Vols make 34 NCAA qualifying standards and break nine school records. The Vols were dominant winning all 18 events in the ...
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By Jason Marsteller
AUSTIN, Texas, November 21. THE Texas Longhorns protected their turf with a sweep of Washington in the SwimmingWorldMagazine.com Meet of the Week. The Texas men claimed a 142-115 triumph, while the Texas women...
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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 Sarah Eckersley
MANDAN, North Dakota, November 17. JUNIOR Dagny Knutson led her team (Minot) to a state title in the North Dakota Girls High School State Championships. Minot scored 331 points, followed by West Fargo (287) and Centu...
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MANDAN, North Dakota, November 14. AFTER an amazing summer of long course success, it was just a matter of time before junior Dagny Knutson of Minot made some serious noise on the high school circuit in short course yard swimming.
During preli...
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MANDAN, North Dakota, November 15. A day after setting a national high school record in the 200-yard free and a national public school standard in the 500 free, Minor junior Dagny Knutson was at it again at the North Dakota High School State Champ...
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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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By John Lohn
BEIJING, China, August 17. AS expected, Australia stormed to the gold medal in the women's 400 medley relay, setting a world record in the process. With four superb legs, the Australians were pegged as the favorites for gold lo...
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GOLDEN, Colorado, November 5. KATIE Johnson, a Swimming World five-star prospect who swims for North Jeffco and preps at Ralston Valley High, has made up her mind on whe...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, November 4. SEVEN cities have put in bids for the 15th FINA World Championships to be held in 2013. Those cities are Belgrade (SRB), Budapest & Belatonfured (HUN), Dubai (UAE), Hamburg (GER), Hong Kong, China (HKG), Madrid ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 3. THREE-TIME Olympic gold medalist Debbie Meyer is our newest Ready Room guest on The Morning Swim Show.
Meyer won three gold medals at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and once held world records in all the f...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 30. AS signing day approaches, more and more recruits are making their college choices. Another dozen have selected their college destinations since our last commitment roundup of the Swimming World College Recru...
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Column by Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, November 3. WHEN the NCAA Division I, II and III men's and women's qualifying standards were announced earlier this year, swimmers across the nation knew they'd be in for a tough chall...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 30. WE usually wait to feature recruits in our Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series until prospects are juniors or seniors and ranked four stars or above, but something about Juliana Bugatti of th...
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BALI, Indonesia, October 25. MOHAMMED Saleh of Syria and Natasha Tang Wing Yung of Hong Kong won the men's and women's 5K in the first Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia.
Mohammad, who finished 19th in the Beijing Olympic 10K Marathon...
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, October 28. THIS weekend, we feature a pair of contests in the SwimmingWorldMagazine.com Meet of the Week series. One of them is the Limestone/Wingate meet.
Here is a quick preview of the ...
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ZIMBABWE, August 30. ACCORDING to various media reports out of her home country, Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry has cashed in after her remarkable run at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Coventry, who set a world record in the women's 200 back to w...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 22. THE College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) recently announced its academic success rankings for the Division I level.
As they have so often in the past, the two Ivy League schools battled for the...
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By Rick Paine and James Robinson
LINCOLN, Nebraska, October 8. ALTHOUGH mental toughness is spoken of quite loosely among coaches, it goes mostly undefined, is frequently misunderstood and seldom viewed as a habit. A recent survey revea...
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