Read moreBondi Lifesaver Cyril Baldock And The Phone Call to "King Of The Channel" Des Renford That Changed His Life11 June 2020Australia’s two-time English Channel conqueror Cyril Baldock will never forget the day he rang the man they called “The King Of The Channel” Des Renford – a phone call that changed his life forever. Baldock, now 76, was this week awarded an OAM in the Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to...
Read morePoll of the Week: Most-Anticipated Meet of 2014 (Results)15 January 2014PHOENIX, Arizona, January 15. THIS year won't have a world championships or Olympics, but we could still see some impressive racing at one or all of the four major international meets on tap for 2014. We wanted to know which of the four you were most excited for this summer, and I suppose we should ...
Read moreFitter and Faster Tour Partners With ASCA to Upgrade Age Group Coach of the Year Award25 February 2014For more than forty years, the American Swimming Coaches Association has presented two major awards at its Annual Awards Banquet at the ASCA World Clinic. They are among the most prestigious awards in coaching. The first award is the ASCA Coach of the Year. Presented since 1961, when famed Coach Jam...
Read more5International Swim Coaches Association Inducts Eddie Reese, Franke Bell and Dick Jochums into ISCA Hall of Fame28 August 2015In its first Hall of Fame induction ceremony as an organization, the International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) awarded a green jacket and a golden ring to three longtime swimming coaches at its sixth annual coaches clinic. The ceremony, conducted in Clearwater, Fla., at a private venue attended ...
Read moreHow Doc Counsilman Continues To Influence Gary Hall Sr. As Coach At The Race Club17 September 2014JACKSONVILLE, Florida, September 17. GARY Hall Sr. has been working hard to expand the brand of The Race Club, growing it from a team of future Olympians to a place where swimmers of all ages can improve themselves. In his video interview from the American Swim Coaches Association’s World Clinic, Ha...
Read moreIndiana Hoosiers Land Strong Addition to Coaching Staff in Dennis Dale12 May 2014BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, May 12. THE longtime czar of Minnesota Golden Gopher swimming is now a Hoosier as Indiana Athletics will announce that Dennis Dale has been hired in a prominent role on the IU coaching staff for the men's and women's team. With Dale no longer being welcome at Minnesota Swimming...