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CHICAGO, Illinois, September 18. TODAY'S edition of
The Morning Swim Show features interviews from coaches and athletes from the Paralympic community, the pool swimming community and a Navy SEAL master chief at the 2009 United States Aquatic Sports convention.
Garrett McCaffrey and Brent Rutemiller talked to Paralympic gold medalist a...
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By Jacob Kittilstad
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 28. FOR most swimmers, selecting a racing suit is as easy as choosing a brand and a size. Aside from adjusting between small, medium, large, or numbered sizes, each suit can be worn as soon as it is taken out of the box.
This, however, is not the case for all swimmers.
Jarrett Perry,...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 20. IN a regular series to appear on
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com in the coming year, we will be featuring some of the top American Paralympian swimmers. We start today with one of the leaders of the Paralympic national team: Erin Popovich.
A 2005
Swimming World Magazine World Disabled Female Swimmer of the Year...
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CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 5. THE 6th Annual GTAC Disability Open will host more than 75 competitors from the U.S. and as far away as Nigeria, at the University of Cincinnati Natatorium from May 16-17.
The U.S. Team's Head Coach Jimi Flowers is delighted.
"This is exciting because since Beijing this is the one meet I have stressed to the...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida, March 5. ACCORDING to a release this morning, the Amateur Athletic Union has named Dara Torres, the U.S. Olympic Men's 400 Free Relay Team and Erin Popovich as sem...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, January 22. OLYMPIANS and U.S. National Team members Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin were named the 2008 United States Olympic Committee SportsMan and SportsWoman of the Year Thursday. Paralympic swimmer Erin Popovich was also named the USOC Paralympian of the Year.
This is the second time Phelps has been selected...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 27. MICHAEL Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) was named USA Swimming Athlete of the Year and Mutual of Omaha Senior Vice President of Brand Management and Public Relations John Hildenbiddle received the prestigious USA Swimming Award. The USA Swimming Award recognizes exceptional contributions to the sport of swimming.
Phelps...
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BEIJING, China, September 14. THE next-to-last night of swimming at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics featured another run on the world-record books.
Enh...
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BEIJING, China, September 13. TODAY witnessed the largest one-day assault on the world record books at the Paralympics thus far. By the end of the day...
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BEIJING, China, September 11. ERIN Popovich of the U.S. and Daniel Dias of Brazil are putting together a pair of impressive meets at the 2008 Beijing P...
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BEIJING, China, September 9. THE third night of swimming was just as action-packed as the first two at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. On top of Erin P...
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BEIJING, China, September 8. THE 2008 Beijing Olympics might have had the fastest meet ever with Michael Phelps at the helm, but the 2008 Beijing Para...
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BEIJING, China, September 7. THE swimming portion of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics got off to a splendid start with swimmers lighting a torch to the record book. In sum, 13 world records were set on the first day out of 16 events that featured gold medals being awarded in the Water Cube.
Quite possibly the most famous Paralympian in Beijing thi...
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BEIJING, China, September 5. WATCH the Opening Ceremonies LIVE on September 6th on UniversalSports.com
Universal Sports is proud to announce the multiplatform broadcast coverage of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. The groundbreaking U.S. broadcast will premiere September 6th on UniversalSports.com and October 8th on Universal Sports TV, follow...
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, September 5. NC State head swimming and diving coach Brooks Teal announced on Friday, Sept. 5 that Christopher ‘Woody' Woodard has been elevated to associate head coach for men's swimming. Woodard, who has been serving as an assistant coach for both the men's and women's programs since 2005-06, will continue...
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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 swimming, Susan Beth Scott set the S10 division world record in the women's 400 free with a time of 4:4...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, February 19. APPROXIMATELY 150 athletes are expected to compete at the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials, April 3-5 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
Preliminaries will begin at 9 a.m. on all three days, with finals starting at 5 p.m. The athletes nominated to the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team will be announce...
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COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, December 6. DAY one of the U.S. Paralympics Open Swimming Championships concluded Thursday at the University of Maryland's Eppley Recreation Center, highlighted by a world-record performance in the morning and two excellent races during the evening finals.
Cortney Jordan ended the morning on a high note with a world-b...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 15. RECENTLY, the Women's Sports Foundation named Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long as a finalist for the 2007 Sportswoman of the Year award. The foundation evaluated nominations from various sports organizations and individuals based on nominees' performances from Aug. 1, 2006 to July 31, 2007.
Past swimming-rel...
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Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 11. WITH the eyes of the world-wide Paralympic swimming community fixed firmly on Durban, South Africa – the site of this year's International Paralympics Committee Swimming World Championships held from Dec. 2-8, a pair of swimmers shined far g...
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