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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 19. UNIVERSITY of Minnesota co-head swim coaches Kelly Kremer and Terry Nieszner have announced that Jenna Howenstein (Belleville, Ill.) and Amelia Marsh (Haslett, Mich.) have signed National Letters of Intent and will join the Gopher swim program next fall. The two join swimmers and Minnesota natives Kaela Anderson...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 19. GOLDEN Goggles nominee Matt Grevers joins today's edition of
The Morning Swim Show to talk about the world championships and being a part of the USA Swimming national team.
Grevers also discusses his emotions behind giving Aaron Peirsol the slot to swim backstroke in the finals of the medley relay in Rom...
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Guest editorial by Rosemary Camera, LGAC Twister Assistant Coach
FLUSHING, New York, November 18. AS a new swim coach I was hoping to get more involved in my LSC, writing to committee chairs and envisioning a path toward incorporating more fun and pageantry into our championship meets with perhaps a Parade of Athletes and more team banner...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 16. OUR weeklong preview of the 2009 Golden Goggles Awards begins today on
The Morning Swim Show with an interview with USA Swimming Foundation Chief Development Officer Chris LaBianco. We'll also learn about an innovative freestyle drill from a top Australian coach.
LaBianco talks with host Peter Busch abou...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 15. THE final night of short course yard swimming at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Minneapolis featured three meet records including one of the individual variety.
Mission Viejo's Chloe Sutton edged her meet record in the women's 1650-yard free by the slimmest of margins with a 16:07.15. That time b...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 14. THE second evening of short course yard finals at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Minneapolis, Minn., featured a pair of meet records for the Trojan Swim Club.
Trojan's Rebecca Soni won the women's 400 IM in 4:14.41, finishing nearly a second back from Kaitlin Sandeno's meet record of 4:13.54....
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 13. THE first night of action at the USA Swimming Grand Prix held in Minneapolis, Minn., featured a pair of meet records.
Mission Viejo's Chloe Sutton set a meet record with a 9:33.72 in the women's 1000-yard free. That time cleared the 9:33.98 previously set by Flavia Rigamonti in 2007. The Fish's Ka...
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BERKELEY, California, November 13. CALIFORNIA, the defending NCAA and Pac-10 champion, signed a talented and diverse group of seven swimmers and one diver to National Letters of Intent, Cal head coach Teri McKeever and Cal diving coach Ben Herdt announced on Thursday. The swimmers include two Golden Bears - Samantha Shellem (La Verne, Calif./Luther...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, November 12. UNIVERSITY of Minnesota women's swim co-head coaches Kelly Kremer and Terry Nieszner have announced that Minnesota natives Kaela Anderson (Stillwater), Tess Behrens (Maple Grove), Erin Caflisch (Eyota), Monica Radecke (Stillwater) and Hailey Szews (Elk River) have signed National Letters of Intent and will j...
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Editorial by Jeff Commings, SwimmingWorld.TV associate producer
PHOENIX, Arizona, November 9. THIS week, 46 members of the USA Swimming junior national team will get some much-needed international experience as they race at the Stockholm and Berlin legs of the FINA World Cup.
Joining them on this mini-tour will be Michael Phelps, who w...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 6.
SWIMMING World CEO Brent Rutemiller looks at "Where is College Swimming at the Division I Level Headed?" in the latest
Voice for the Sport. This article is found in the November issue of
Swimming World Magazine, but is also re-printed below.
Recently, I listened to two great video ...
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EVANSTON, Illinois, November 6. The College Swimming Coaches Association of America learned today that the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will investigate a Title IX complaint filed on September 25, 2009 by Ron Neugent, a former swimmer at The University of Kansas.
The gender discrimination complaint alleges that Th...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 5. TYLER Clary, who many see as the future of USA Swimming once Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte call it a career, is featured in the November issue of
Swimming World Magazine.
Senior writer John Lohn gets Clary's thoughts on his past, present and future. He also dives into how Clary announced his presence in...
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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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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 experience in developing swimming in underserved communities and will continue those efforts in their ne...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 21. THE top swimmers from three European nations will gather to take on Team USA in the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool (known as the British Gas Duel in the Pool in Great Britain), December 18-19 in Manchester, England. The bi-annual Duel in the Pool is a made-for-TV event, designed to showcase the sport's ...
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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 Sunday, November 22 at the Beverly Hilton and will feature the 2009 U.S. World Championships swim team...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 12. EACH and every month
Swimming World Magazine provides a jam-packed issue of content for its readers and November is no different.
Order your copy today!
In the
World Swimming section, Steven Mu...
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SARASOTA, Florida, October 12. U.S. Masters Swimming released a statement to all of its members and select media members regarding a potential FINA techsuit ban within Masters swimming.
Here is the statement in full for our readers:
The FINA Masters Committee has recommended that the FINA Bureau, meeting in mid-January, approve its recomme...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 1. MISSY Franklin of the Colorado Stars had quite the meet at this summer's USA Swimming Junior Nationals. The fourteen year-old set five individual meet records and finished with a total of six gold medals.
As a result of her performances, Franklin has put herself squarely on the radar of those younger swimmers ...
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