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MISSION VIEJO, California, April 27. THE last session of competition at the TYR Swim Meet of Champions nearly boasted an American-record performance from Jessica Hardy in the women's 100 breast.
Ashley Evans, 16, opened the final night of ...
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MISSION VIEJO, California, April 26. JESSICA Hardy took down a 1989 pool record set by Dara Torres in the women's 50 free to highlight the third night of swimming at the TYR Swim Meet of Champions.
Dana Vollmer began the evening with a vict...
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MISSION VIEJO, California, April 25. THE second night of swimming at the TYR Swim Meet of Champions held in Mission Viejo, Calif., featured several longstanding pool records.
Jessica Hardy opened the second night with a pool record in the women...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 25. RECENTLY Tim Arango from the New York Times reported that a "dispute has grown lately between the press and organized sports over is...
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MISSION VIEJO, California, April 24. A pair of distance freestyle events opened the meet at the TYR Swim Meet of Championships held in Mission Viejo, Calif.
Fans were fortunate enough to witness Kate Ziegler take down the women's 1500 frees...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 24. THE United States Olympic Committee announced the television broadcast schedule for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming along with various other upcoming Trials.
Below is a list of aquatics-based ...
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RICHMOND, Virginia, April 24. THE Poseidon Swimming Foundation announced that it has purchased the two pools that will be used during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. Swimmers hoping to make the U.S. Olympic team and represent the Unite...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 22. THE second annual Swimming World Magazine Cactus Classic has seen a rise in the international flavor of its attendees after a successful inaugural event as hosted by the Scottsdale Aquatic Club and Sun Devil Aqua...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 17. THE summer swimming and diving camp season is fast approaching. The first camp date listed in the Swimming World Camp Directory takes place as early as the first weekend of May.
If you are still looking into...
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CHICAGO, Illinois, April 15. THE United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced the Class of 2008 for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. The class, which will be inducted June 19 in Chicago, includes Amy Van Dyken and Paralympic swimmer John Morga...
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FULLERTON, California, April 10. FULLERTON Aquatics Sports Team's (F.A.S.T.) head coach Kevin Perry has succumbed to a year-long fight with cancer at the age of 56 according to an article in the OCRegister.
According to the article:
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STANFORD, California, April 6. ONE last night of swimming gave the fans something to cheer about at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Stanford. On top of the plethora of pool records, Natalie Coughlin matched what used to be a world record in ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 6. THE last night of action at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Columbus featured plenty of the top stars in the country doing what they do best.
Men's 1500 free
Peter Vanderkaay of Club Wolverine cut an inc...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 6. THE U.S. Paralympic Team held its Trials over the weekend at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Overall, 38 swimmers earned berths as six world records fell during the meet.
On the first night of swim...
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STANFORD, California, April 5. THE second night of swimming at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Stanford provided plenty of pool records, while Natalie Coughlin and Klete Keller posted some swift swims.
Women's 200 IM
After shaki...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 5. KATIE Hoff of North Baltimore kept up her strong year as she nearly broke the U.S. Open record in the women's 400 IM at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Columbus. Peter Vanderkaay also took a run at a U.S. Open sta...
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Updated April 5, 2008
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 4. WILLIAM Forrest "Buck" Dawson of Fort Lauderdale died of heart failure and complications due to Parkinson's disease on April 4, 2008, in Fort Lauderdale. Known as &q...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 4. SARASOTA defended its title from last year as the club picked up the team title at the YMCA National Championships held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Team Scores
Sarasota tallied 1036.5 points for the combi...
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STANFORD, California, April 4. THE first night of swimming at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Stanford featured several pool records. Additionally, Natalie Coughlin popped a big time in the 100 free from the consolation heat.
Women'...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 4. AFTER a few weeks off, the USA Swimming Grand Prix series returned with swimming taking place in Columbus, Ohio.
Women's 800 free
Katie Hoff of North Baltimore dominated the event with a winning time of 8:19...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 3. TWO YMCA records fell during the third night off swimming at the YMCA National Championships, including one that stood for 13 years.
Women's Meet
Kelly Ann Baird, 16, of Winston-Salem won the 1000 ...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 2. THE second night of the YMCA National Championships came to a close with a few near misses as a few national records almost fell.
Women's Meet
Haley Lips, 14, of Middle Tyger claimed the 100 fly ti...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 1. THE first night of swimming at the YMCA National Championships held in Fort Lauderdale featured a pair of YMCA national record swims.
Women's Meet
Candace Cooper of the Triangle Area and Lauren Sol...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 31. ACCORDING to a press release sent out by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), the organization has accepted a deal to remain in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Here is the press release:
The United Stat...
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INDIANPOLIS, Indiana, March 31. THE early season of the USA Swimming Sectional schedule came to a close with Mike Alexandrov winning a pair at the IU Natatorium at IUPUI. The rest of the sectional schedule will pick back up in July.
Women&#...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 29. THE second-to-last day of swimming came to a close at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Indianapolis at the IU Natatorium at IUPUI.
Women's Meet
Kate McNeilis, 15, of Westerville Aquatics snatched ...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 28. JILLIAN Altenburger of Berkeley Aquatics won a pair of titles on the second night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectional held at the IU Natatorium at IUPUI.
Women's Meet
Jillian Altenburger of Be...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 27. AT the IU Natatorium at IUPUI, some of the Midwest's best took to the pool to open the USA Swimming Sectionals in Indy.
Women's Meet
Eva Lehtonen, 16, of the Oakland Live Y'ers dominated the...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 22. THE National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior National Championships put to bed the fifth night of swimming in Orlando.
Girls
Rachel Bootsma of Aquajets Swimming walked away with the 50 back title in ...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 21. THE National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior Championships completed the fourth night of swimming in Orlando.
Girls
Rachel Bootsma of Aquajets touched out Shara Stafford of Topeka Swim, 1:03.20 to 1:0...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 20. THE National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior Championships completed the third day of competition.
Girls
Teammates Colleen Fotsch and Liv Jensen walked away with the 1-2 in the 50-meter fly with times...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 19. THE second day of swimming witnessed yards in prelims and long course meters in the evening at the National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior National Championships.
Girls
In the 100-meter free, Liv Jen...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 18. THE National Club Swimming Association (NCSA) Junior National Championships began with a vengeance on the first night of swimming as three meet records fell in Orlando.
Emily Kelly, 15, of Long Island Aquatics knocke...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, March 17. BRITISH Olympian Gary Binfield, who competed for Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in the backstroke, passed away this weekend.
Binfield, who had been in a leadership role of the Pool Management Group, passed away d...
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STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania, March 17. NOAH Stewart of the YMCA of York & York County broke the boys 10 & under YMCA Age Group record in the 100-yard IM at the YMCA East/West State Championships this weekend.
Stewart clocked a time of 1:05.05 ...
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 16. FOR the second night in a row, North Baltimore Aquatic Club grabbed a 13-14 division U.S. National Age Group record at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in College Park.
Women's Meet
North Baltimore ...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 16. THE final night of swimming came to a close at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Orlando with Ryan Lochte clearing a pair of meet records.
Women's Meet
Chelsea Britt, 13, of Fort Lauderdale claimed anot...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 16. THE third night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectional held in Orlando featured some world-class talent as names like Dara Torres, Ryan Lochte and Leila Vaziri graced the heat sheet.
Women's Meet
Leila...
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 15. DURING the third night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in College Park, North Baltimore Aquatic Club added another U.S. National Age Group record to its coffers.
Women's Meet
The NBA...
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 14. THE second night of the USA Swimming Sectionals held in College Park featured some of the Northeast's best as big names such as Kate Ziegler, Felicia Lee and Pat Mellors were in action.
Women's Meet<...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 14. DURING the second night of competition at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Orlando, Ryan Lochte completed a double victory in the 200 free and 100 fly to grab center stage at the meet.
Women's Meet
Jam...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 14. IN response to the alarming statistic that nine people drown each day in the United States, the USA Swimming Foundation has teamed with the YMCA of the USA to provide free/low-cost swim lessons for at-risk chi...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 13. THE United States Olympic Committee has named William J. Kuprevich, D.O., Bloomsburg, Pa., as the Chief Medical Officer for the U.S. Team in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
As Chief Medical Officer, h...
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ORLANDO, Florida, March 13. THE first night of swimming came to a close at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Orlando.
Jenna Gallo opened the meet with a win in the women's 1500 free when the swimmer from Saint Andrew's hit the wall in...
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, March 13. KATE Ziegler and Matt Benecki of The Fish swept the distance freestyle events on the first night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in College Park.
Ziegler, mostly swimming by herself, cruised to...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 12. FOR the fifth consecutive year, Longhorn Aquatics, based in Austin, Texas, has earned the top spot in USA Swimming's Club Excellence Program, scoring 51,568 points. Each year, the voluntary program recogni...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 12. USA Swimming is pleased to announce the hiring of three exceptionally talented people to its staff. Rick Bishop, who began in February, joins the staff as a Sport Performance Consultant. Jack Roach will serve ...
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DAPHNE, Alabama, March 12. KIRSTY Coventry was named the United States Sports Academy Female Athlete of the Month for February.
The 24-year-old Coventry broke the second oldest record in swimming (16 years) when she swam the 200-meter backstro...
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PHOENIX, Arizona March 12. TWO days ago, we presented Bill Bell's latest update of his all-time top performers and performances lists over short course yards ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, March 10. FROM time-to-time, swimming super fan and former contributor to Swimming World Bill Bell sends us his latest updates of his all-time top performers and performances lists.
Today, we present his unedited list ...
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MISSION VIEJO, California, March 9. THE final night of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Mission Viejo, Calif., featured the 1500 freestyles – the domain of the host club.
Chloe Sutton, 16, of Mission Viejo posted a strong metric ...
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, March 9. THE USA Swimming Sectional held in Federal Way, Wash., put the finishing touches on the meet with swimmers from Brophy East and Scottsdale Aquatics picking up the bulk of triumphs on the final night.
Ariana Kuk...
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 9. THE final session of swimming at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Nashville, Tenn., came to an end with Doug Van Wie of SwimMAC-Carolina walking away with two more titles.
In the final night of competition, Rac...
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EAST MEADOW, New York, March 9. A night after winning four titles, Elizabeth Beisel of Bluefish did it again to finish with nine golds on the weekend at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in East Meadow, N.Y.
Bluefish opened the night with a win ...
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 9. WITH the All-American Long Course Championships put in the books this year, many of the top swimmers in the nation remained an extra day to participate in the charity SCM-meet called Encore Swim, put on by the Texas Pros. ...
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