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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 5. TODAY's Paralympic Spotlight features Mark Barr. Barr is an all-around athlete who has not only competed at a pair of Paralympic Games, but also swam at Cal Poly as a Division I athlete.
In 2004, Barr first com...
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By Brian Savard
YUCAIPA, California, November 5. THE exoskeleton from the multimillion dollar 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials facility has found a new home, but it is not quite where the average swim fan would expect to look.
Always in the s...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 28. THIRTY-six top American swimmers, including 17 Olympians, will battle against a squad of European swimmers at the 2009 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool in Manchester, England December 18-19. The event, which...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 21. USA Swimming today announced that Shaun Anderson (Norfolk, Va.) and Ben Sheppard (Oakland, Calif.) will join the USA Swimming staff as Sport Diversity Consultants. Both Anderson and Sheppard have extensive e...
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HOLLYWOOD, California, October 20. LAST night, Natalie Coughlin danced the paso doble as part of her stay on the Dancing With The Stars television show.
She scored a 22/30, which is among the bottom three, but has certainly had a strong fan fo...
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HOLLYWOOD, California, October 19. CALLING all voters! Here's another nudge to remind our readers to vote for Natalie Coughlin tonight as part of the Dancing With The Stars competition.
This evening, she dances the Paso Doble, which she ...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 16. THE USA Swimming Foundation today released the nominations for the Golden Goggle Awards, a star-studded awards gala celebrating the accomplishments of top American swimmers in 2009. The event will take place...
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WIMBERLEY, Texas, October 14. JAY McDonald, 52, from Wimberley, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 10. He died having a heart attack while playing tennis.
McDonald began coaching swimming in the late 1970s at the Woodway Country Club in Co...
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HOLLYWOOD, California, October 13. DANCING With The Stars has finished its fourth night of competition, and Natalie Coughlin continues to impress, but still needs your votes! She showed off her flexibility and grace in the Bolero last night en rou...
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HOLLYWOOD, California, October 12. AS we have been doing throughout the season, here's a gentle reminder to our readers that Natalie Coughlin needs your vote tonight as part of the Dancing With The Stars competition.
Tonight, she does the B...
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LAGUNA HILLS, California, October 11. OLYMPIAN Kaitlin Sandeno might not be coming back to the pool as a swimmer anytime soon, but she's returned as a coach at her old club team according to the OC Register.
The ...
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CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, October 9. ACCORDING to a report by the Associated Press, Dara Torres will be looking at a 12-18 month recovery from major knee surgery.
Previously believed to just need a minor surgery, Torres has learned that s...
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HOLLYWOOD, California, October 6. NATALIE Coughlin kept on rolling in this season's Dancing With The Stars. Last night, she put together a steamy Rumba en route to a total score of 26. She's become one of Carrie Ann Inaba's favorite ...
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HOLLYWOOD, California, October 5. JUST a friendly reminder to our readers that Natalie Coughlin needs your help to keep rolling on the Dancing With The Stars competition. Tonight, she does the Rumba, which she already ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30. SWIMMINGWorld.TV is pleased to bring you one of the most exciting events of the year – the American Swimming Coaches Association's 2009 USA Olympic Swimming Head Coaches Reunion Dinner – in a streaming broadcast...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, September 30. THE USA Swimming House of Delegates, consisting of 438 coach, official and athlete members, voted to implement new swimsuit requirements, beginning on October 1. While this earlier implementation date has ...
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, September 30. TYR is proud to announce a multi-year partnership with Ariana Kukors, the 2009 World Championship gold medalist and world record holder in the 200m Individual Medley out of Orange County, Ca.
"I ...
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HOLLYWOOD, California, September 29. NATALIE Coughlin made it through the first cut last week, and earned herself a spot in the week two performance show.
Coughlin had the chance to dance the quickstep, which is oftentimes one of the toughest t...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, September 24. AFTER announcing that Oct. 1 would be the effective date for a speedsuit ban during the USAS Convention recently, USA Swimming has been fielding plenty of phone calls and e-mails about the specifics of the...
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HOLLYWOOD, California, September 23. LAST night, Natalie Coughlin began her hopefully long and successful journey as a ballroom dancer on the ABC show Dancing With The Stars.
Last night she scored a 19 out of 30 on her salsa, and took second i...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 23. IF you weren't able to attend the United States Aquatic Sports annual banquet last week in Chicago, Swimming World.TV is bringing you the full ceremony today through a 155-minute streaming Internet broadcast and...
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, September 23. LAST summer, word filtered out from Philadelphia that the Valley Swim Club allegedly discriminated against the Creative Steps day care center, a group comprised mostly of minorities.
Tuesday, the Penns...
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CHICAGO, Illinois, September 20. THE winners of awards in swimming, synchronized swimming and diving were announced at last night's ceremony that concluded the 2009 United States Aquatic Sports convention.
Two awards presented previously we...
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CHICAGO, Illinois, September 19. AT its annual Convention on Saturday, more than 400 USA Swimming Delegates, representing swim clubs from all 50 states, voted overwhelmingly for early implementation of a ban on high-tech swimsuits. The legislation...
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By Jeff Commings, The Morning Swim Show associate producer, originally posted on SwimmingWorld.TV
CHICAGO, Illinois, September 18. AL...
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CHICAGO, Illinois, September 18. FORMER USA Swimming National Team Coordinator and U.S. Paralympics National Team Manager and Coach Jimi Flowers was honored today as the 2009 Disability Swimming Coach of the Year at the Aquatic Sports Convention i...
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LOS ANGELES, California, September 16. U.S. Olympian Amanda Beard welcomed her first son into this world yesterday as Blaise Ray Brown was born at 10:50 a.m., according to People.
Blaise is the first son of Beard and husband Sacha Brown...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, September 15. THE American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA), at its annual Awards Dinner last Friday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., named Eddie Reese its Coach of the Year.
Reese was cited for his 2009 work with men'...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, September 11. BRETT Hawke, the head coach of Auburn University, became a U.S. Citizen yesterday after completing all of the naturalization requirements.
"I'm thrilled to be an American citizen because it open...
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, September 11. CHAD Onken has been named the new Head Coach/Director of Competitive Swimming at the YMCA of the Triangle Area Swim Team in Raleigh, N.C. effective August 31.
After serving 3 years as its Assistant Direct...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, September 10. USA Swimming today announced the promotion of Lisa Wemhoff to National Team performance support coordinator. Wemhoff, who first joined USA Swimming in the summer of 2008, recently completed a one-year Coac...
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AUSTIN, Texas, September 9. RunTex Fish out of Water (former University of Texas swimmer, Matt Lowe, and University of Wisconsin alums Dale Rogers and Jackie Vavrek) teamed up to win the World Championship of Texas 3-on-3 Swimming Tournament, pres...
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