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By Steven Munatones
SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico, October 11. MIKE Bottom of the University of Michigan kicked off the three-day VII World Swimming Clinic at the La Loma high-altitude training camp in San Luis Potosí, Mexico Friday to an overflow crowd of coaches, trainers and administrators.
Hosted by Professor Nelson Vargas for the seve...
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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, October 10. MOST parents want the best for their children, both academically and athletically. And, many parents push their children, both in school and on the playing field. It is widely acknowledged that too much pushiness can backfire psychologically. Is it possible that it can also backf...
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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, August 3. AFTER having been glued to the Internet and TV for the past week watching the meet, here are the impressions of one fan, in no particular order:
* I'm sick of the new suits. But I'm even sicker of hearing about them. Lost in all the publicity over the suits were a host ...
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Click here for the latest Swimming World coverage of the U.S. National Championships, including on-the-spot interviews!
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Guest editorial by John Craig
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 4. THERE's a big dichotomy right now between the official Masters records in the younger age groups and the unofficial ones. As the rules stand, in order to set an official FINA Masters world record you must do it in a Masters meet, or at least in a meet sanctioned by a Masters orga...
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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 Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year yesterday.
We thought it worthwhile to let our rea...
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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 took home the awards for Male and Female Athlete of the Year, respectively. The Golden Goggle Awards, ...
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ISLAMORADA, Florida, November 15. AFTER missing a berth on the 2008 Olympic Team during the U.S. Olympic Trials, Gary Hall Jr. famously said that "it was his last race…until his next race."
Well, according to an article by
Sports Illustrated, his next race will not come in the standard venue as he is retiring from competitive s...
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MADISON, New Jersey, November 11. GARY Hall, Jr., a 10-time Olympic medal-winner, will host a swim clinic in conjunction with Drew University's World Diabetes Day Swim-A-Thon on Saturday, November 15, 2008. The event, which begins at 10 AM with a two-hour clinic given by Hall, is followed by the swim-a-thon. All proceeds benefit the Gary Hall, ...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, November 7. USA Swimming will honor the NCAA with the Impact Award at the fifth-annual USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards, a black-tie event celebrating the accomplishments of top American swimmers in 2008. The awards show will take place Monday, November 17 at the New York Hilton. In addition to the Impact Awa...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 21. THIS special Ready Room edition of
The Morning Swim Show allows viewers to look back at some of the most memorable quotes from swimmers and coaches at the 2008 US Olympic Swimming Trials.
Among the swimmers featured in this piece are 2008 Olympians
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 6. THIS special Sunday edition
The Morning Swim Show features more video interviews from some of the fastest swimmers in the world, from Margaret Hoelzer and Gary Hall Jr. to Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps at the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Neb.
Here are the events recapped in today's show:
200 Back ...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 5. THE finest meet of Garrett Weber-Gale's career continued Saturday night, with the Longhorn Aquatics sprinter becoming the fastest man in American history. The 100 freestyle title already in his pocket, Weber-Gale set a domestic standard in the 50 free when he covered the splash-and-dash in 21.47, under t...
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By John Lohn
OMAHA, Nebraska, July 4. THE Fourth of July Fireworks didn't wait until after sundown. They were ignited during the semifinals of the 50 freestyle. Five of the eight qualifiers for tomorrow's championship final cracked the 22-second barrier, with Ben Wildman-Tobriner leading the way with a clocking of 21.65.
The reigning ...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29. U.S. sprint veteran Gary Hall Jr. addressed the media today at a press conference schedule by the United States Olympic Committee.
During the conversation, he spoke about doping issues, the swim suit controversy, and the sport becoming ever more professional.
He also talked about his continued presence in the sport a...
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 10. LATER today it is expected that the University of Michigan will announce that Mike Bottom has been named Bob Bowman's replacement as the head men's swimming for the Wolverines.
Although the move to a top-flight sprint coach is a bit of a departure from Michigan's usual distance-first mentality, Jon Urba...
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Updated June 9, 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 6. FROM time-to-time, when enough strong meets are going on during the same weekend across the world,
Swimming World likes to lump them together as if they were in the same meet. Here are the most updated available times from across the world. The top three finishers from each meet are...
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OMAHA, Nebraska, June 8. THE U.S. Olympic Trials test event, the Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational, came to a successful close with another strong night of swimming.
Kim Vandenberg began the final night of action with a triumph in the women's 200 fly. She hit the wall in 2:08.55, well ahead of Andie Taylor's second-place time of 2:11.97. ...
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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 victory in the women's 200 free when she clocked a 1:59.50 to claim a nearly two-second win over Erin R...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 21. MONDAY'S edition of
The Morning Swim Show features an interview with Gary Hall Jr. at the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
To view this show
click here.
Hall talks to ISHOF CEO Bruce Wigo about the ras...
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