Florida State Signs Huge Recruiting Class

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, November 17. HEAD swimming and diving coach Neil Harper announced this week that 18 recruits will officially join the Seminoles in the fall of 2012. "Our staff was

Cal Men’s Swimming Signs Seven to Letters of Intent

BERKELEY, California, November 17. THE California men's swimming and diving program, the defending 2011 NCAA team champions, has signed seven talented high school athletes, it was announced today (Nov. 16)

Kicking Drills for Open Water Swimming

LOS ANGELES, California, November 16. A strong kick is an important part of open water swimming technique. Powerful bursts of speed are needed at various points during a race. The

We Are All Homo Genuses In The Open Water

LOS ANGELES, California, November 16. CONNECTIONS develop when humans enter the open water that simply do not happen when homo sapiens are on land. While humans are adept at self-expression,

All-Time Greats In The Faros Maraton

ZAGREB, Croatia, November 16. VICKO Soljan, race director for the Faros Maraton, provided the all-time fastest times at the Croatian International Long Distance Swimming Championship between 1976 and 2011. Alexander

Saving Private Rhino With Theodore Yach

LOS ANGELES, California, November 16. 30 years ago, Paul Asmuth ruled the professional marathon swimming world and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim was a year away from starting in its

The Challenge of Pool Open Water

BAKERSFIELD, California, November 16. FAR from the coastlines of the West Coast, inland-located Bakersfield is still getting into open water swimming. Like their counterparts in pools from Portugal to Canada,

Source to Sea in the Breede River Is Completed

WESTERN CAPE, South Africa, November 16. AFTER 21 days and 309K, Craig Torr, Liz Webb and Richard Willmore successfully and safely completed their unprecedented stage swim, traversing the entire length