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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 will be broadcast on NBC on December 27 from 2-4 p.m. ET, will star Olympic gold medalists Michael Phe...
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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 Director, Onken was promoted to his new position in preparation for the upcoming 2009-2010 swimming season.
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Updated with USA Swimming press release
FULLERTON, California, August 17. IN an exclusive conversation with
Swimming World, KING's Sean Hutchison revealed that he would be heading to Fullerton, Calif., to open a United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Post-Graduate Center as part of the Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team (FAST).
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By Jacob Kittilstad
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 17. ENTHUSIASTIC, positive and energetic have been the words most frequently repeated when describing the late U.S. National Team Coach for Paralympic swimming and all-around outstanding member of the swimming community, Jimi Flowers.
"When I worked with him, people would say when y...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 20. ON the heels of a photo finish win in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay last summer in Beijing, Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones joins forces with the USA Swimming Foundation and ConocoPhillips in an effort to reduce the drowning statistics among minority youth. Jones will spread the message with a six-city event...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 16. THE third evening of long course meter swimming at the Charlotte UltraSwim featured a dominant sprint performance and a breakout star's third gold medal.
Fred Bous...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13. TODAY'S live edition of
The Morning Swim Show previewed this week's Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix meet with SwimMAC-Carolina head coach David Marsh and
Swimming World Magazine senior writer John Lohn.
In case you missed our live show (airing each weekday at 10:30 a.m. MST), you can watch the video...
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AUBURN, Alabama, February 20. THE Auburn women's swimming and diving team stormed back to within eight points on day three of the SEC Championship, cutting Florida's lead by 33 points and passing Georgia in the process. The Auburn men's team continued to dominate, watching their lead grow to
182.5 over second-place Florida.
The d...
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Updated with new Prayer Pager number on January 6
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 biopsy today that confirmed the growth was ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, January 6. ONE of the perks of being a premium subscriber to
Swimming World Magazine is the 10 percent discount on select items in the Swim Shop.
As part of our 50+ anniversary celebration, we're giving premium members 10 percent off virtually our
entire Swim Shop inventory in the month of January!
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, October 28.
SWIMMING World five-star prospect
Heather Holtom has made her collegiate decision.
Holtom, who swims for David Marsh at SwimMAC-Carolina, made Arthur Albiero of Louisville a happy camper when she chose to be a Cardinal. Holtom ha...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 23. TOP high school recruit Matt Thompson and renowned coach David Marsh highlight Thursday's edition of
The Morning Swim Show.
Marsh, who led the Auburn Tigers to 12 NCAA titles, is now the head coach at MAC-Carolina. Marsh came to the Nelson Vargas coaches clinic in Mexico City recently to help Mexico enter...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 13. EAMON Sullivan, Alain Bernard and six of the fastest men in the world will step up for the 100 freestyle final in Beijing. As part of our special Olympic sale, we're offering a discount on sprint freestyle instructional DVDs.
While at Auburn University, David Marsh cultivated a large crop of talented sprinters th...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 13. EAMON Sullivan, Alain Bernard and six of the fastest men in the world will step up for the 100 freestyle final in Beijing. As part of our special Olympic sale, we're offering a discount on sprint freestyle instructional DVDs.
While at Auburn University, David Marsh cultivated a large crop of talented sprinters th...
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By Sarah Eckersley
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. TODAY, Eddis Singleton (SwimMac-NC), 26, will attempt to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. At the Charlotte UltraSwim, Singleton qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 50 free (23.16).
Singleton was born and raised in East Cleveland, Ohio. "What do you think when you hear of East...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 18. HEATHER Holtom, a five-star breaststroker who swims for David Marsh at SwimMAC-Carolina, is the next swimmer featured in the
Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series. Holtom calls Charlotte home, and is a member of the Class of 2009.
Holtom, who keeps her own
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PHOENIX, Arizona, June 10. RACE footage of a new world record and an American record in two different races highlight Tuesday's edition of
The Morning Swim Show.
Host Peter Busch talks about the world record set in the men's 200 breast by Kosuke Kitajima as well as the American record set by Natalie Coughlin in the 200 IM.
F...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 6. THE Tuesday edition of
The Morning Swim Show features a new host and an interview with the newest American Olympian.
To view this show
click here.
New host Peter Busch opens the show with a rundown of the top fi...
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, March 29. THE Arizona Wildcats ended the NCAA Division I Men's Championships with an exclamation point when Joel Greenshields put together a monster anchor leg to win the 400 free relay title. The win also completed an awe-inspiring run by the Wildcats during which the team won its first men's NCAA title.
Alber...
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, March 29. ARIZONA completed the meet with a tally of 500.5 to claim its first men's NCAA title in swimming and diving. Meanwhile, Texas finished 94.5 points behind with a second-place 406. Stanford (344), California (332.5) and defending champs Auburn (316) rounded out the top five.
The rest of the top 10 went as ...
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