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Assuming leadership of the Puerto Rican Swimming Federation (FPN)—the island's national governing body for diving, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, water polo and competitive swimming—during a pandemic presents distinct challenges. But Fernando Delgado, elected Saturday to lead the FPN, i...

AUBURN, Ala., March 17. TIGER coach David Marsh scored a major coup in the early recruiting period by signing Bolles School star George Bovell -- a Trinidad & Tobago Olympian. Bovell wss the surprise of last summer's World Championships in Fukuoka -- surprise, that is, to all but himself and his...

AUBURN, Ala. ¯ The Auburn men's swimming team has signed seven impressive recruits for the 2002-03 season as announced by head coach David Marsh. Included in the group are Lyle Babcock (Yorktown, Va.), Seth Barry (Chesterton, Ind.), George Bovell (Trinidad and Tobago), Kurt Cady (Las Vegas, Nev....

SAVANETA, Aruba, April 22. THE first night of action at the Carifta Games featured a handful of meet marks taking a tumble as the top age groupers of the Caribbean took to the water. 15-17 Aruba's Jordy Groters and Bahamas' Dustin Tynes battled in the boys 200-meter breast with Groters emerging with...

By Phillip Whitten FUKUOKA, Japan, July 25. THIS is our preview of the events to be contested tomorrow, Thursday, July 26, at the World Championships in Fukuoka. Five finals are being contested with three featuring races that leave it difficult to divine the winner. Still, that's the purpose of ...

Elizabeth Beisel Kicks Off Postgrad Career With Speedo Sponsorship The two-time Olympian joins an already impressive list of elite athletes wearing the Speedo brand. GAINESVILLE, Florida, June 17. TWO-TIME Olympian Elizabeth Beisel, just three months into a new chapter of her swimming career as a po...

SAVANETA, Aruba, April 23. SURINAME's Yael Touw Ngie Tjouw, 12, is definitely making a mark on the 11-12 age division at the Carifta Games, which features the best age groupers out of the Caribbean. So far, Tjouw has won four individual events in just two days of action. 15-17 Bahamas' Joanna Evans ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 7. UNIVERSITY of Florida's Janelle Atkinson has become a triple gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Championships here this week. The Jamaica native, who was a multi-event NCAA finalist last March at East Meadow for Coach Greg Troy's Ga...

LOS ANGELES, California, June 19. SPEEDO USA, a division of PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH), and the American Red Cross today announced a new, multi-year agreement that will see SPEEDO USA serve as the exclusive licensee of the American Red Cross in the Begin to Swim category. Beginning in 2015, select Speedo...

JULY 11. THE Caribbean, site of the magnificent St. Croix Coral Reef Swim and Flowers One-Mile Swim on Grand Cayman, and home of some of the world's most beautiful waters and reefs is now the site for a new open water swimming event and adventure. The Bonaire EcoSwim, November 30th 2001, will be...

Barrier Breakers: Women Who Have Elevated the Sport By Gigi Picard Swimming World College Intern It is easy to look back on the year 2020 in sports and feel a measure of disappointment: seasons were cut short, championships were canceled, stands stood empty, athletes were quarantined. It all felt a ...

1992 and '96 Olympic gold medalist Jeff Rouse, 28, whose world record in the 100m backstroke was broken earlier this week by Lenny Krayzelburg, was married on August 14 to Gwen Martin in their hometown of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia, in the Caribbean and will make t...

By Phillip Whitten KRALENDIJK, Bonaire, Nov. 30. VINCENT Van Rutten, a 14 year-old distance ace from the neighboring island of Curacao, was the surprise winner of the first 5K Bonaire Eco-Swim. The Eco-Swim was organized by Randy Nutt, (see www.randynutt.com for info on upcoming swims), who has orga...