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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 Connecticut. He was the dynamic age-group coach for the City of Plano team from 1978 to 1982, then served...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 2. IF you are a subscriber to
Swimming World Magazine, you've likely received the September issue and already noticed our special Swim Shop sale, advertised on page 52.
To mark the September issue's comprehensive coverage of the world championships, we're offering five items at great discounts, feat...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 30. TODAY, we are offering our online readers a free preview of some of the content that is available to
Swimming World Magazine subscribers. In a never-before-published article, Wayne Goldsmith and Helen Morris present questions that every swimming parents has probably asked.
The Top Ten Questions Every Swimm...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 28. TODAY, we are offering our online readers a free preview of some of the content that is available to
Swimming World Magazine subscribers. In a never-before-published article, Michael J. Stott takes an in-depth look at team building.
Winning the Dry Deck
By Michael J. Stott
Lives there a successful...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 11. TODAY, we are offering our online readers a free preview of some of the content that is available to
Swimming World Magazine subscribers. In a never-before-published article, Michael J. Stott takes an in-depth look at training trips.
Accidental Tourists: The Benefits of Training Trips
By Michael J. Sto...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 10. THIS month's
Junior Swimmer section features Seth Beer, of Swim Atlanta's John's Creek, who set his first national age group record in the 50 yard backstroke for boys 11-12. Read about this well-rounded up-and-coming athlete in the
Junior Swimmer section of the August
Swimming World.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 7. NICK Nichols, head men's and women's coach at Amherst College, is the subject of this month's
Swimming Technique section Q&A interview.
In this feature, Nichols talks about a variety of subjects including; how he assists his athletes in balancing swimming with their rigorous academic schedules, recr...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 6. THE importance of relaxing and the crucial role it plays in allowing athletes to swim faster is explored in
Pool's Edge in this month's issue of
Swimming World Magazine.
The article sites six specific areas which if tense or stressed, can lead to a waste of precious energy and therefore make it ...
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Feature by John Lohn
PHOENIX, Arizona, August 5. SOME of the stars of the water world need only be identified by a first name. When we hear Michael and Natalie, there's no doubt the conversation is in reference to Phelps and Coughlin, two of the titans of the pool. But the Cher syndrome isn't limited to current athletes, simply be...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 5. IN the August issue of
Swimming World Magazine, premium members can go to the
interactive page of SwimmingWorldMagazine.com and view the interactive content that was embedded in the current digital issue. Members can click on the subject an...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 4. IN the second part of this exclusive technique series for
SwimmingWorld.TV, Steve Bultman, head women's swimming coach at Texas A&M University, describes the steps for effective underwater swimming for freestyle and butterfly.
As demonstrated by Olympian and All-American Triin Aljand, Bultman guides viewers...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 3. YOU have spent every waking moment of your swimming career working toward the ultimate goal of representing your country as an Olympian. You've conquered the pressure cooker of the U.S. Olympic Trials and have qualified to be a member of the U.S. Olympic team headed for Beijing and the 2008 Games. You test positive.
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 2. IN A Voice for the Sport in the August issue of Swimming World Magazine, publisher Brent Rutemiller writes about a U.S. Olympic Coaches Reunion as part of the International Swimming Hall of Fame inductions.
The United States has led the swimming world in Olympic gold winning performances for more than a century.
To...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 1. DAGNY Knutson, Minot High School in North Dakota, and Tom Shields, Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California, have been selected as
Swimming World Magazine's High School Female and Male Swimmers of the Year for the 2008-09 season.
Knutson has made her mark not only on the high school front, but on ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 17. AUGUST's issue of
Swimming World Magazine provides our readers a wide array of articles, including our annual National High School Swimmers of the Year honors
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 23. KITTEN Quick Grant, Richard Quick's sister, put together a tribute video that was shown at both Quick's Memorial Service and his Celebration of life.
Quick, Auburn's head swimming coach, passed away on June 11 after a six-month battle with brain cancer. Quick finished his collegiate coaching career as the win...
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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, June 22. AS the summer begins to heat up, and with the World Championships in Rome just around the corner, it seemed an appropriate time for some random musings about the sport.
**As successful as Richard Quick was as a coach, evident in his Olympic guidance and the record 13 NCAA championships...
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AUBURN, Alabama, June 16. FORMER All-Americans Aaron Ciarla and Carrie McCambridge have been promoted to assistant coaches in the Auburn swimming and diving program, announced head coach Brett Hawke on Tuesday.
Ciarla joined the team late in the 2008-09 season to help fill the void left by the late head coach Richard Quick, who stepped away from...
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 15. THE family of Richard Quick has shared the following information regarding Richard Quick's funeral arrangements and Celebration of Life.
Funeral arrangements and a Celebration of Life for Richard Quick will be held on June 19, in Austin, Texas. The funeral will be at noon CT followed by the Celebration of Life at appr...
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 12. THE Richard Quick Memorial Fund has been established by his family for those who choose to honor his life by making a donation. Coach Quick passed away on Wed., June 10.
Contributions to the Richard Quick Memorial Fund will be divided and distributed equally to three causes by Greg Bland, Pastor at Pedernales River Fello...
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