PHOENIX, Arizona, May 12. ANOTHER week down, another busy time on SwimmingWorldMagazine.com. Over the past week, both the Brazilians and the Swiss went at it in their respective championships. Thiago Pereira tore the house down in Brazil, while Flori Lang knocked down the 50 back national record in the Swiss meet.
In other items of interest, Aaron Peirsol spoke to SwimmingWorld.TV about Oceana, the company he now endorses that is trying to protect the world's oceans. Additionally, Steven V. Selthoffer looked at the attempts by Orjan Madsen to clean up the image of the German swim team after decades of suspicion harkening back to the 70s when the East Germans systematically doped their team.
Meanwhile, Laure Manaudou announced that she was leaving her coach Philippe Lucas in France to move to Italy as she desires to build her relationship with Italian swimmer Luca Marin.
Our Promising Seniors-To-Be series continued with six more entries as we profiled the next crop of recruits that will be available to sign on the dotted line with colleges throughout the country next season.
USMS, just a week out from its short course national championships to be held in Federal Way, Wash., announced the hiring of Todd Smith as its executive director. Smith comes to USMS after serving in a similar capacity at USA Diving.
Speaking of diving, the sport held the Canada Cup early in the week and continued with the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix this weekend. As usual, the Chinese dominated most of the gold-medal spots.
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Commentary
∙ Madsen's Mädchens Want To Shine; Wipe East German Records Off The Books — May 10, 2007 by Steven V. Selthoffer
SwimmingWorld.TV
∙ SwimmingWorld.TV Speaks with Olympian Aaron Peirsol About Oceana — May 7, 2007
World Channel
∙ Flori Lang Lowers Swiss Record in 50 Back at Swiss National Championships — May 11, 2007
∙ Two More Doping Suspensions Announced — May 10, 2007
∙ Day One Complete at Swiss National Championships — May 10, 2007
∙ Manaudou Comments on Decision to Move to Italy — May 8, 2007
∙ Roxon Sets Disability World Record in 1500 Freestyle — May 8, 2007
∙ Manaudou Reportedly Leaving Coach for Italy — May 7, 2007
∙ Thiago Pereira Closes Maria Lenk Championships With South American, Brazilian Record in 200 IM — May 6, 2007
∙ SwimmingWorldMagazine.com Spotlight on Aaron Peirsol Online — May 6, 2007
∙ Benoit Huot Breaks Men's 400 IM Disability World Record — May 5, 2007
∙ Felipe Lima Sets South American, Brazilian 50 Breast Record at Maria Lenk Championships — May 5, 2007
Masters Channel
∙ USMS Names Todd Smith New Executive Director — May 10, 2007
Club Channel
∙ Two More Teams Take Advantage of Swimming World Magazine's Team Partnership Program — May 9, 2007
∙ Swimming World Magazine Team Partnership Program Grows by Two — May 8, 2007
∙ Phelps to Lead Field at Namesnik Grand Prix — May 7, 2007
College Channel
∙ Lewis Joins McKeever's Staff at Cal — May 12, 2007
∙ Salem International University Reviving Aquatics Programs — May 11, 2007
∙ Xavier Signs 14 Recruits — May 10, 2007
∙ Duquesne Announces New Signees — May 10, 2007
∙ TCU Boasts Large Recruiting Class — May 10, 2007
∙ Caleb McDermott Takes Home The Money Box Cap 2k — May 9, 2007
∙ Missouri Bolsters Recruiting Class — May 9, 2007
∙ Dennis Pursley Named Director of Swimming Operations at Auburn — May 8, 2007
∙ Illinois Signs Three Recruits — May 8, 2007
∙ Lewis University Inks Huge Class of 18 — May 8, 2007
High School Channel
∙ Promising Seniors-To-Be 2007: Ricky Henahan — May 12, 2007
∙ Promising Seniors-To-Be 2007: Curtis Lovelace — May 11, 2007
∙ Promising Seniors-To-Be 2007: Jenny Connolly — May 10, 2007
∙ Two More Teams Take Advantage of Swimming World Magazine's Team Partnership Program — May 9, 2007
∙ Promising Seniors-To-Be 2007: Brian Alden — May 9, 2007
∙ Promising Seniors-To-Be 2007: Samantha Woodward — May 8, 2007
∙ Promising Seniors-To-Be 2007: Peter Geissinger — May 7, 2007
Polo-Diving-Synchro Channel
∙ Russian Duo Claims Women's Three-Meter Synchro Diving Title at AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix — May 11, 2007
∙ China Tops First Day of USA Diving Grand Prix — May 10, 2007
∙ China Reigns at Canada Diving Cup — May 6, 2007
∙ First Day of Canada Cup Diving Finals Complete — May 5, 2007