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10/06/2008 03:16 PM
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Olympic Bronze Medalist Reiko Nakamura Retires
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TOKYO, Japan, October 6. TWO-time Olympic bronze medalist Reiko Nakamura announced her retirement today, according to Kyodo News in Japan.
Nakamura, 26, finished third in the 200 backstroke in both...
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10/06/2008 01:12 PM
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Five-Star Lauren Perdue Announces College Pledge
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GREENVILLE, North Carolina, October 6. SWIMMING World five-star sprint free prospect Lauren Perdue pledged her services for the next four years over the weekend.
Yesterday, Perdue committed to spen...
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10/06/2008 12:29 PM
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Getting to Know: Slovenia's Sara Isakovic
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Feature by Stefan Lackner
CLEVELAND, Mississippi, October 6. BEIJING silver medalist Sara Isakovic of Slovenia is the next person in our Getting to Know series on European swimmers. Isakovic blas...
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10/06/2008 11:08 AM
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Meet of the Week Preview: Incarnate Word at New Orleans
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By Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, October 6. THE third season of the SwimmingWorldMagazine.com Meet of the Week series begins in New Orleans with a battle between Incarnate Word and UNO taking ...
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10/06/2008 10:36 AM
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College Recruit Rankings Profile: Five-Star Shannon Vreeland, Class of 2010
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 6. FIVE-star prospect Shannon Vreeland of the Class of 2010 is the next swimmer in our Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series. The all-around performer swims...
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10/06/2008 10:06 AM
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First Couple of Open Water Win FINA World Cup
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By Steven Munatones
SINGAPORE, October 6. THE first couple of the open water swimming performed well on the Singapore stop on the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup tour on October 4.
Olympic...
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10/06/2008 10:01 AM
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Gregg Troy Speaks With SwimmingWorld.TV in October Issue of Swimming World
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 6. IN a special SwimmingWorld.TV interview from the American Swimming Coaches Association World Clinic in Las Vegas, coach Gregg Troy breaks down Ryan Lochte's races at the O...
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10/05/2008 09:21 PM
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Trent Grimsey, Britta Kamrau Win the Tiburon Mile
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By Steven Munatones
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 6. TRENT Grimsey of Australia stunned the all-star field of pool and open water swimmers at the ninth RCP Tiburon Mile, winning by 14 seconds ...
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10/06/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: George Block Discusses Swimsuit Legislation, High School Swimming Season Scheduling
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 6. THIS special Monday edition of The Morning Swim Show features an interview with George Block, past president of the American Swimming Coaches Association.
At the recent...
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10/05/2008 04:49 PM
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Six-Star Mary Beck Changes Verbal Commitment
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AUSTIN, Texas, October 5. TWO-time reigning Swimming World Magazine National Female High School Swimmer of the Year Mary Beck made Teri McKeever's day recently as she switched her commitment from Tex...
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10/04/2008 12:58 PM
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RCP Tiburon Mile Real-Time Play-by-Play
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SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 5. SWIMMING World open water correspondent Steven Munatones provides up-to-the-minute play-by-play of the RCP Tiburon Mile festivities and swim starting at 6 a.m. P...
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10/04/2008 11:36 AM
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Get The Lowdown On Prep School Swimming In The October Issue Of Swimming World
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 4. THE 13th edition of Swimming World's Prep School Listings are included in the October issue. Learn what positives are inherent at this level. For the swimmer, prep schoo...
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10/04/2008 11:22 AM
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Getting to Know: Germany's Paul Biedermann
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Feature by Stefan Lackner
CLEVELAND, Mississippi, October 4. THE next swimmer in the Getting to Know series on European swimmers is Paul Biedermann. Biedermann is a German swimmer who topped the ...
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10/04/2008 10:50 AM
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Dennis Stark Relays, Women
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NOTRE DAME, Indiana, October 4. A clean sweep of the Dennis Stark Relays' 12 events in front of a packed house at the Rolfs Aquatic Center gave the Notre Dame women's swimming and diving team its firs...
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10/04/2008 10:47 AM
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North Texas Relays
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KELLER, Texas, October 4. WHEN all was said and done, the Missouri State men and the SMU women were too much for the other schools to handle at the 2nd Annual North Texas Relays on Friday night.
Th...
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10/04/2008 09:24 AM
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Who Inspired You?
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Feature by Steven Munatones
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 4. DURING the welcome dinner at the RCP Tiburon Mile, 20 pool and open water swimming Olympians and world champions were asked by race...
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10/03/2008 09:35 PM
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Army Vs. Stony Brook, Vermont
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WEST POINT, New York, October 3. THE Army swimming & diving teams kicked off the 2008-09 season, Friday night, hosting Stony Brook and the Vermont women at Crandall Pool.
The Army men defeated ...
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10/03/2008 09:01 PM
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Florida State vs. Florida Atlantic, Florida International
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BOCA RATON, Florida, October 3. AFTER driving all day to Boca Raton, Fla., the Florida State swimming and diving team got a chance to stretch out in the water as the Seminoles defeated Florida Atlanti...
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10/03/2008 07:53 PM
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Stanford Women Vs. San Jose State
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STANFORD, California, October 3. THE Stanford women's swimming team got their season off to a good start with a 170-102 dual meet victory over San Jose State from the Avery Aquatic Center on Friday af...
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10/03/2008 04:38 PM
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Balance Of Aquatic Disciplines From 2008 Olympics Covered In October Issue of Swimming World
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 3. THERE was plenty of other water sports action, in addition to swimming, that took place during the Olympics in Beijing.
Swimming World's Olympic issue offers coverage...
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10/03/2008 03:52 PM
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Huge Turnout Expected for Nort Thornton Grand Reunion
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BERKELEY, California, October 3. RESPONSE for the Nort Thornton fund-raiser at California has been tremendous thus far. California is anticipating upwards of 200 former swimmers and friends of Nort t...
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10/03/2008 01:06 PM
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Swimming World Announces Early Schedule of Dual Meet of the Week Program
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 3. SWIMMING World will be featuring several collegiate dual meets around the country as part of its weekly Dual Meet of the Week series. The program, which was instituted t...
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10/03/2008 11:38 AM
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G. Edward Schweikert Named to Susquehanna Hall of Fame
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SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, October 3. SUSQUEHANNA University will induct six members into the SU Sports Hall of Fame at an on-campus ceremony on January 24, 2009, and one of the six inductees will be ...
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10/03/2008 07:53 AM
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NCAA Announces Division I, III Cuts; New Standards Impact Swimming World College Recruit Rankings
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, October 3. THIS week, the NCAA released the 2008-09 cuts for Division I and Division III. Both sets of cuts are included below.
The new, and much more difficult cuts, alter...
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10/03/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: Brendan Hansen Talks About Recovering Lost Gold Medal: Bob Placak on RCP Tiburon Mile; Winner of Photo Finish Friday Contest
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 3. AN Olympic gold medalist and the founder of one of the biggest open-water swims in the United States join The Morning Swim Show on Friday.
To start the show, we bring y...
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10/02/2008 03:20 PM
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Acadia University in Canada Reinstates Swimming
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WOLFVILLE, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 2. ACADIA University today announced that it will reinstate varsity swimming in time for Atlantic University Sport competition in September 2009. This is the se...
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10/02/2008 11:24 AM
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Ous Mellouli Against the World
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By Steven Munatones
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 2. OUSSAMA Mellouli trailed the leaders over the first 1100 meters of the Olympic 1500-meter finals. Then, he surged to the front, opened up ...
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10/02/2008 10:33 AM
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Day-By-Day Coverage Of Swimming Is Spotlighted In Special 2008 Olympic Issue Of Swimming World
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 2. THE swimming competition from the Olympics in Beijing is reported on and analyzed in the October issue of Swimming World.
Readers are provided with a summation of the...
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10/02/2008 08:11 AM
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Auburn Announces Coaching Staff Changes
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AUBURN, Alabama, October 2. FORMER Auburn swimmer Richard Long and long-time staff member Tom Healey will assume new roles with the Auburn swimming and diving team, head coach Richard Quick announced ...
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10/02/2008 07:58 AM
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Kohei Kawamoto Drops Asian, Japanese Record
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NIIGATA, Japan, October 2. KOHEI Kawamoto keeps dropping the Japanese standard in the men's 50 fly.
After taking the standard down to 23.71 during the 2008 United States Masters Swimming Champion...
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10/02/2008 07:37 AM
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Swimming World Five-Star Prospect Jordan Danny Verbally Commits
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SANTA CLARITA, California, October 2. SWIMMING World five-star prospect Jordan Danny informed Swimming World Magazine that she has verbally committed to the University of Southern California. Danny sw...
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10/01/2008 11:11 PM
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A Look Inside Being on a National Team
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Feature by Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, October 2. THE names of the 2008-09 National Junior team and the National team were recently released by USA Swimming. The teams are comprised of sw...
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10/02/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: Dan Hicks Relives Favorite Moment From Beijing Games; Isaac Grombacher Talks About Chances of Third-Straight National H.S. Title
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 2. A look back at one of the most amazing swimming races at the Beijing Olympics and an interview with a top high school coach highlight Thursday's edition of The Morning Swi...
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10/01/2008 02:20 PM
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Special October Issue Of Swimming World Presents Coverage Of 2008 Beijing Olympics...Greatest Olympian Of All Time Featured On Cover
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 1. NONE other than Michael Phelps is featured on the front cover of Swimming World's 2008 Olympic Issue. Swimming World highlights the step-by-step history-making performanc...
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10/01/2008 11:50 AM
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Libby Trickett Changing Coaches
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SYDNEY, Australia, October 1. LIBBY Trickett announced to the Australian press today that she would be changing training venues to Sydney. She will be leaving longtime coach Stephan Widmer for Eamon...
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10/01/2008 08:48 AM
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College Recruit Rankings Profile: Five-Star Haley Anderson, Class of 2009
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 1. THE next swimming in our Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series is five-star prospect Haley Anderson. A Class of 2009 swimming, the all-around star swims ...
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10/01/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: Analyzing USA Swimming's Decision to Restrict Swimsuit Use in Age Group Swimming; Looking at Future of Men's 400 IM
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PHOENIX, Arizona, October 1. ANALYSIS of USA Swimming's decision to restrict the use of high-tech swimsuits in age-group competition, as well as a look at the future of the men's 400 IM on the world s...
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09/30/2008 01:36 PM
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College Swim Coaches Say Extend the Ban on New High-Tech Suits
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 30. BUCKING the trend by most of swimming's governing bodies to accept the new high-tech swim suits, the board of directors of the College Swimming Coaches Association of A...
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09/30/2008 10:46 AM
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USA Swimming's Athletes Executive Committee Announces New Board
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 30. USA Swimming's Athletes Executive Committee (AEC) announced its new Board of Directors chosen at the United States Aquatic Sports convention held in Atlanta this past w...
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09/30/2008 10:36 AM
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College Recruit Rankings Profile: Five-Star Kaitlin Frehling, Class of 2010
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 26. KAITLIN Frehling, a five-star sprint freestyle specialist from the Class of 2010, is the next swimmer in our Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series. Fr...
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09/30/2008 10:20 AM
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Five New Items for Sale in Swim Shop, Including Michael Phelps DVD and Dryland Training Tool from FINIS
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30. A DVD featuring all eight gold-medal winning races by Michael Phelps at the Beijing Olympics and a new dryland training tool are among the five new products for sale st...
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09/30/2008 10:18 AM
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David Boudia Named USA Diving's Athlete of the Year
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 30. DAVID Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) was honored as USA Diving's Athlete of the Year at the United States Aquatic Sports awards banquet Saturday night.
The 2008 Olympian...
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09/30/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: Analysis of USA Swimming Annual Awards; University of New Orleans Men's Coach Randy Horner Talks About Team's First Meet in 16 Years; JR Rosania and Breaststroke Dryland Tips
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30. AN interview with the coach of the University of New Orleans men's swim team, which returns after 16 years away, is the focus of Tuesday's edition of The Morning Swim S...
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09/29/2008 01:30 PM
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Ben Michaelson Settles Into New Life as Combat Medic
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Feature by Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, September 30. JUST a few years ago, Ben Michaelson was one of the premier swimmers in the world. His time of 52.76 in the 100m fly ranked him third all-tim...
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09/29/2008 01:01 PM
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Industry News: United States Masters Swimming and College Swimming Coaches Announce New Program
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 29. UNITED States Masters Swimming (USMS) and the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) unveiled a partnership that is expected to strengthen both organiz...
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09/29/2008 12:04 PM
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Post Olympics Bump Helps American Swimming Coaches Association to Record Numbers
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, September 29. NOT only has USA Swimming seen record growth within the ranks of its swimmers after an amazing run for the sport at the 2008 Beijing Games, the American Swimmi...
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09/29/2008 10:05 AM
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Rich Foster Reelected President of United States Aquatic Sports
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 29. OVER the weekend, Rich Foster earned reelection as the President of United States Aquatic Sports at its 29th annual meeting held in Atlanta, Ga.
USAS is the umbrell...
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09/29/2008 09:45 AM
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Valerio Cleri, Larisa Ilchenko, Kristel Kobrich Win Gold in Last Two Stops of FINA Marathon World Cup
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HONG KONG, September 29. OVER the past two stops of the FINA Marathon World Cup events held in Shantou, China on Sept. 21 and Hong Kong on Sept. 28, Valerio Cleri earned both victories while Larisa I...
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09/29/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: Pat Hogan of USA Swimming's Club Development Program Talks About Potential Membership Spike and How to Retain New Swimmers
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 29. USA Swimming is on a quest to increase the number of young swimmers in its membership following the Olympic Games, and a member of the USAS staff joins the show to talk...
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09/28/2008 12:59 PM
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League of European Swimming (LEN) Elects New President
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ZURICH, Switzerland, September 28. THE Ligue Europeenne de Natation (LEN) Congress, the League of European Swimming, gathered in Zurich for its 2008 Elective session.
Italy's Bartolo Consolo, LEN P...
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09/28/2008 09:34 AM
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Western Illinois vs. IUPUI
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MACOMB, Illinois, September 28. THE Western Illinois swimming and diving teams swept IUPUI, 176-112 in the women's events, and 163-128 in the men's events, on Saturday afternoon at Brophy Hall Pool to...
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09/27/2008 09:47 PM
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USA Swimming Announces Annual Awards
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 27. MICHAEL Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) was named USA Swimming Athlete of the Year and Mutual of Omaha Senior Vice President of Brand Management and Public Relations John Hilde...
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09/27/2008 07:23 PM
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Alabama vs. Delta State, Vanderbilt
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, September 27. THE Alabama Swimming and Diving teams opened up the 2008-09 regular season with a trio of wins Saturday in the Alabama Aquatic Center. The Crimson Tide men downed De...
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09/27/2008 06:49 PM
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Florida Atlantic vs. Georgia Tech, Florida Gulf Coast
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BOCA RATON, Florida, September 27. THE Florida Atlantic University men's and women's swimming and dive team competed in their first meet today against Georgia Tech University and Florida Gulf Coast Un...
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09/27/2008 05:21 PM
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USA Swimming Elects to Ban High Tech Suits in Age Group Swimming
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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 27. ACCORDING to an article in the Washington Post, USA Swimming delegates at the United States Aquatic Sports convention held in Atlanta, Ga., elected to ban high tech sui...
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09/27/2008 10:28 AM
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Getting to Know: Germany's Sarah Poewe
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Feature by Stefan Lackner
CLEVELAND, Mississippi, September 27. EDITORIAL intern Stefan Lackner will be providing a series of profiles helping our readers get to know some of the top swimmers in E...
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09/27/2008 10:09 AM
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Men's Collegiate Water Polo Notebook: USC Takes No. 1 Position, Cal Drops to 4th
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Column by Julia Lam
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, September 27. TRIPLE overtime, a buzzer-beater, and a dramatic come-from-behind win: the NorCal Tournament in Stockton, Calif., featured water polo at ...
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09/26/2008 01:38 PM
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Sean Kelly Named New British Swimming Head of Stockport Intensive Training Center
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STOCKPORT, England, September 26. MULTIPLE Olympic medal-winning coach Sean Kelly has been selected to head up the British Swimming Intensive Training Center (ITC) in Stockport when it becomes operati...
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09/26/2008 11:08 AM
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Matthew Ense Named Assistant Coach at Denison
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GRANVILLE, Ohio, September 26. DENISON University head men's and women's swimming coach Gregg Parini has announced the hiring of Matthew Ense as an assistant coach with the Big Red swimming and diving...
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09/26/2008 10:09 AM
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College Recruit Rankings Profile: Five-Star Woody Joye, Class of 2010
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 26. THE next swimmer in our Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series is Woody Joye out of the Class of 2010. Joye is a five-star prospect who swims for Montg...
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09/26/2008 09:46 AM
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Swimming South Africa Update on Inquiry
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 26. SWIMMING South Africa has been diligent in keeping the swimming world updated while it works out some internal disputes. This is a level of transparency not...
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09/26/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: Look at Australian and USA Junior Team Rosters, USA World University Games Roster; Hall of Famer Jim McConica Relives Summer Lifeguarding on California Beach
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 26. ONE of the inductees into the International Masters Hall of Fame is the focus of the Friday edition of The Morning Swim Show.
Host Peter Busch opens the show with a ...
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09/25/2008 10:51 AM
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USA Swimming Announces 2008-09 National Team and National Junior Team
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, September 25. USA Swimming has released the rosters for the 2008-09 National and Junior National teams
To be eligible for the team, athletes must have one of the top six...
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09/25/2008 10:01 AM
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Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen Nabs 4 Masters World Records; Several Other Records Also Fall in Zurich
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ZURICH, Switzerland, September 25. FOUR Masters world records, one European and six Swiss National records were set during the 1st Zurich International Long Course Masters Championships held Sept. 5-7...
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09/25/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: Spindrift Beck and Austin Surhoff Talk About Recruiting Trips, Senior Year in High School; Look at October Issue of Swimming World Magazine
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 25. HIGH school swimming is the focus of Thursday's edition of The Morning Swim Show.
Two of the fastest high school seniors in the country, Spindrift Beck and Austin Su...
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09/24/2008 06:14 PM
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The Rural Swimmer
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Feature by Kristen Heiss
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, September 25. DYNAMO Swim Club, Longhorn Aquatics, Cincinnati Marlins, Mission Viejo Nadadores: These are just a few of the well-known clubs that p...
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09/24/2008 12:03 PM
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USA Swimming Announces 2009 World University Games Roster
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, September 24. TWENTY-six of the country's top swimmers will head to Belgrade, Serbia next summer to compete in the 2009 World University Games. The swimming competition wil...
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09/24/2008 10:33 AM
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Australian Short Course Championships: Robert Hurley Doubles Up On Final Day
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MELBOURNE, Australia, September 24. ROBERT Hurley completed the Australian Short Course Championships with his fourth and fifth titles of the meet.
Hurley first won the men's 200 back with a time o...
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09/24/2008 06:00 AM
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The Morning Swim Show: Experts Weigh In On Future of Swimming; Marketing Swimmers
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PHOENIX, Arizona, September 24. ATHLETE marketing and the future of world swimming is the focus of Wednesday's edition of The Morning Swim Show.
Host Peter Busch brings us two interviews from exper...
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