Shanteau Undergoes Cancer Surgery (AOL.com)- Eric Shanteau had surgery Wednesday to remove a cancerous testicle after fulfilling his goal of swimming in the Olympics... Complete Story
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9/7/2008 Paralympics, Swimming: First Day Features 13 World Records Out of 16 Golds (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- The swimming portion of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics got off to a splendid start with swimmers lighting a torch to the record book. In sum, 13 world records were set on ... Full Story! |
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9/6/2008 Roland Schoeman Shoots Down Short Course World Record (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- Roland Schoeman took the men's 50 free world record over the short course away from Duje Draganja at the South Africa Short Course Championships. Schoeman ... Full Story! |
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9/5/2008 Universal Sports to Broadcast LIVE Coverage of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- Watch the Opening Ceremonies LIVE on September 6th on UniversalSports.com Universal Sports is proud to announce the multiplatform broadcast coverage of the 2008 Beijing... Full Story! |
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9/3/2008 College Recruit Rankings Profile: Four-Star McKayla Lightbourn, Class of 2010 (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- The next swimmer in the Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series is McKayla Lightbourn. Lightbourn is a four-star IMer in the Class of 2010 who swims for ... Full Story! |
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9/2/2008 College Recruit Rankings Profile: Four-Star Rocky Raybon, Class of 2010 (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- Raquel "Rocky" Raybon is next up in our Swimming World College Recruit Rankings Profile series. Raybon is a four-star butterfly specialist who swims for Sarasota YMCA a... Full Story! USA Swimming Makes Staff Changes (USASwimming.org)- Following the conclusion of the 2008 Olympic Games, USA Swimming made several changes to its staff. In the Club Development division, Tom Avischious made the transition from his role as the Program & Services Director to Field Services Director. Sue Anderson will now assume Avischious’ former role, as she was promoted into the position. The Business Development division also saw two promotions, with Karen Linhart becoming the Media Relations Manger, and Jim Fox being named the new Marketing Manager... Read More... Michael Phelps Launches Foundation, Donates Speedo $1 Million Bonus to Charity (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- Fourteen-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps today announced the establishment of the Michael Phelps Foundation and made his first donation by committing the we... Full Story! |
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8/31/2008 Olympic Torch Staying In Britain During 2012 Relay (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- According to various media outlets, including the AFP, Olympics organizers of the 2012 Games have decided that the torch relay will not leave the country. An article by... Full Story! |
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8/29/2008 Sullivan Says Phelps Got Lucky (AOL.com)- Mistakes by his rivals helped American Michael Phelps win eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, world record-breaking Australian swimmer Eamon Sullivan said Friday... Complete Story FINA Announces More Than 800 Out-Of-Competition Tests Negative (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- FINA just distributed a press release with the results of its unannounced out-of-competition tests for the time period spanning January-July 2008. The organizatio... Full Story! |
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8/28/2008 Michael Phelps to Host Season Premiere of Saturday Night Live (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- The media train keeps on rolling for Superman as Michael Phelps has been announced as the host of the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Phelps will appear on the September 13 episode, which will kick off the 34th yea... Full Story! |
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8/27/2008 SI Cover Featuring Phelps Released as Poster (USASwimming.org)- Sports Illustrated has announced that the magazine’s Aug. 25, 2008 cover will be commissioned as a poster and will be available to a global audience. "I have spoken at length about my desires to help grow the sport of swimming and I am truly honored that Sports Illustrated has chosen to create this commemorative poster for fans across the U.S. and around the world,” said Phelps. “I hope the poster will serve as a reminder to all that anything is possible." The poster was released Monday by Sports Illustrated and can be found online at fineartlimited.com, or at 1.800.544.5239. Posters are 13x18 ($15 + p&h) and 18x24 ($19.95 + p&h). Dara Torres Heading for Shoulder Surgery, Michael Lohberg Coming Home (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- Dara Torres, coming off a remarkable Olympic stint in Beijing at the age of 41, is heading for another round of shoulder surgery according to The Honolulu Adverti... Full Story! Coughlin a Finalist for Sportswoman of the Year (USASwimming.org)- Natalie Coughlin has been selected by the Women’s Sports Foundation as a finalist for the Sportswoman of the Year Awards. Athletes were considered for the 2008 award based on their athletic achievements between Aug. 1, 2007, and Aug. 24, 2008. Criteria include championships won, records set and awards won. Voting has begun and will conclude September 2, 2008. The awards will be presented at the Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Dinner on Oct. 14, 2008 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. |
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8/26/2008 2009 FS LC Championship Date Changes Official- On August 24, 2008, Florida Swimming Board of Director's with the recommendation from the Florida Swimming Technical Planning Committee passed the date change of the 2009 FS Long Course Junior Olympic Championship, to July 16-19, 2009, to be hosted by Gulf Coast Swim Team, Ft. Myers, Florida. Also, passed was the date change of the 2009 Florida State Senior Swimming Championship, to July 23-26, 2009, to be hosted by Indian River Aquatic, Ft. Pierce, Florida.
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8/25/2008 Thanks for the Memories, Team USA (USASwimming.org)- Bob Bowman was sitting next to me, and Michael Phelps across from me. Just after the 2000 Olympics... Read More... USA Swimming Readies for Record Growth in Olympic Wake (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- Bolstered by record performances and high television ratings at the 2008 Olympic Games, USA Swimming is anticipating its largest single-year membership boost in ... Full Story! |
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8/24/2008 FINA Announces Olympics Were Clean (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- With the conclusion of the 2008 Beijing Games coming today, FINA has announced that all doping tests collected and tested at the Olympics in the sport of swimming were clea... Full Story! |
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8/22/2008 In Memory of Larry Shofe- Larry Shofe, 55, the late Sarasota YMCA Swim Team, head coach, died Monday, August 18, 2008, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Larry had an extensive background in the competitive swimming world, having coached Bolles School Sharks, Jacksonville; University of California, at Santa Barbara; Old Dominion, in Norfolk, Virginia and Sarasota YMCA Swim Team and was most recently coaching Pilot Aquatic Club, Knoxville, Tennessee. He also served as a volunteer at both the State and Nationals Levels, including General Chairman of Florida Swimming. He is survived by his wife, Rosemary Shofe and two sons, of Osprey, Florida. A memorial service will be held at Church of the Palms, 3224 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, Florida, (Take the Bee Ridge, exit right off of I-75, head west a couple of miles and it will be on the left hand side), August 30, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. The family requests in lieu of flowers, condolences can be mailed to Mr. & Mrs. Curtice, % Rosemary Shofe, 696 Andover Circle, Winter Springs, Florida 32708. A Larry Shofe Memorial Fund will be set up and administered by Florida Swimming. Florida State Swimming And Diving Adds Katy Peterson To Coaching Staff (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- Florida State swimming and diving coach Neil Harper announced Friday, August, 22 the hiring of Katy Peterson as the new assistant coach for the Seminoles. "We were ... Full Story! |
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8/21/2008 Warkentin Places 8th in First-Ever Men's Olympic 10k Marathon Swim (USASwimming.org)- Mark Warkentin (Santa Barbara, Calif.) placed eighth Thursday in the Olympic debut of the men’s 10k marathon swim at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. The Netherlands’ Maarten van der Weijden won gold in 1:51:51.6, while David Davies (GBR) earned the silver and Thomas Lurz (GER) finished third for the bronze at 1:51:53.1 and 1:51:53.6, respectively. Read more...Tara Kirk Vows to Continue Fight (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- After putting a self-imposed moratorium on discussing Jessica Hardy's withdrawal from the U.S. Olympic Team, and the subsequent insertion of Rebecca Soni in her place... Full Story! NBC Purchases Broadcast Rights for World, U.S. Championships (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- According to a report by Broadcasting & Cable, NBC has signed on to broadcast the 2009 World Championships and the U.S. National Championships from 2009-11 ... Full Story! |
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8/20/2008
Changes to Safety Training for Swim Coaches
Requirement for 2009 Registration Year
(USASwimming.org)-
Information has been sent to LSC Registration Chairs about the updated
Safety Training for Swim Coaches requirement. These changes take
effect for the 2009 registration year which begins in September. The
main change is that all coaches must successfully complete the online
(25 questions)
Safety Training for Swim Coaches written test. |
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8/19/2008 Passages: Pilot Aquatic Club's Larry Shofe, 55 (SwimmingWorldMagazine.com)- Larry Shofe, 55, who just recently left Sarasota YMCA to take over as head coach of Pilot Aquatic Club in Knoxville, Tenn., has died of an apparent suicide according to a report by the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Shofe, who had described his new position as his dream job, was found in his Corvette in his garage. The car was under a cover and a hose had been attached to the tailpipe and run in the driver's side window, according to Al Greene, who rented the house on Riversedge Road to Shofe. Greene said he had been contacted earlier in the day by Shofe's wife, Rosemary, who said she could not get in touch with her husband. Greene said he later went to the house, used his key to enter and searched for Shofe. On his second trip into the garage, he lifted the cover on the car, saw Shofe and called authorities. The car was not running, Greene said. Sutton and Warkentin to Compete in the Olympic Debut of the 10k Marathon Swim (USASwimming.org)- American open water swimmers will begin competition Wednesday with the Olympic debut of the 10k marathon swim competition. Chloe Sutton will compete in the women's race on Wednesda, August 20, and Mark Warkentin will compete in the men's race on Thursday, August 21... Read More... |
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8/18/2008 An Olympic edition of Swim Nut Zeke (USASwimming.org)- Click Here to check out the comic. |
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8/17/2008
Olympian Larsen Jensen Releases Open
Letter to U.S. Swimming Community
Team USA Ends Competition at Water Cube with 31 Medals
(USASwimming.org)-
The
United States wrapped up the final session of swimming Sunday at the
National Aquatics Center with a gold medal and a world record in the
men’s 400m medley relay. In the process, Michael Phelps made history by
winning eight gold medals, more than any other athlete at a single
Olympic Games.
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8/16/2008
History Written: Phelps
Wins No. 8
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8/15/2008
Phelps Ties Spitz's Record with Seventh Gold (NBCOlympics.com)- Michael Phelps won his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, edging Milorad Cavic by a fingernail, .01 of second in the 100m butterfly on Saturday at the Water Cube. Full StoryRavens to Show Phelps Race (AOL.com)- The Baltimore Ravens are urging fans attending Saturday night's NFL preseason game not to leave early... MoreBoth Relays Advance in Friday's Prelims (USASwimming.org)- Both American 400m medley relays qualified for Sunday’s finals of the 2008 Olympic Games. Margaret Hoelzer, Megan Jendrick, Elaine Breeden and Kara Lynn Joyce finished third in Friday’s prelims, turning in a time of 3:59.15, less than a second off the American record of 3:58.30. Matt Grevers, Mark Gangloff, Ian Crocker and Garrett Weber-Gale were the top seeds in 3:32.75, a hundredth of a second ahead of Australia. Read more...Americans Capture Three Golds, Break Three World Records in Beijing (USASwimming.org |
