FINA Swimming World Cup Update, New Doha trailer
Katinka Hosszu leads the women’s division on the 2013 FINA World Cup Series with 282 points.
Towson Tigers Set Six Meet Records, Roll at Relays
The Towson University women’s swimming and diving team opened the 2013-14 season with a resounding victory at the Potomac Relays Friday at American University, setting six meet records en route to the win.
Cullen Jones Diversity Invitational Draws 500+ Swimmers To Compete OCT. 11-13
Cullen Jones: “It has always been a dream of mine to bring the sport of swimming to a broader audience. The CJDI is designed to help support – and encourage – diversity in swimming by bringing together kids of all backgrounds and giving them the chance to compete in an elite event, all while raising money to support this important cause. It’s going to be a terrific event!”
ECU Swimming and Diving Teams Finish Second At All-North Carolina Invitational
“I’m very pleased with our performances this weekend,” Pirate head coach Rick Kobe said. “We had some outstanding swims and I’m very excited about the season ahead. We’ve got a very fast group and should have another outstanding year.”
Boise State Cruised to a victory over Rival Idaho
Aoyama set season opener records in the 50-freestyle (23.36) and the 100-butterfly (54.95) on Saturday. Stephanie North previously held the season opener record in the 50 free, and Amber Boucher held the record in the 100 fly. Boucher’s record in the season opener was 56.33 until Saturday.
How to Employ Perfect Pace Work In Swimming
SwimSwam contributor Chris O’Linger is an assistant coach at the University of the Incarnate Word. Pace is a term swim coaches…
Dubai Children To Have Their Own Swimming World Cup
The golden boy of the London Olympics, and already a Dubai crowd favourite, South African Chad Le Clos, and Tunisian distance superstar Oussama Mellouli will be on hand to meet the children and sign autographs after the Children’s World Cup races on both Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October.
Austin Swim Club Future Home, Olympic-Sized Myrtha Pool For High-Caliber Swimmers, Masters and Triathletes
Todd Foley’s Austin Swim Club will have a new address in the future at the Austin Aquatics & Sports Academy site being developed in Southwest Austin.
SwimSwam Film Fest: Bodysurfing Ho’okipa
From Mike Donohoe, the filmmaker: “If you’ve been to Maui you may know Ho’okipa surf break. There aren’t too many regular body surfers there… It’s one of my favorite places to swim. Since retiring from swimming in 2007, I have struggled to get back into competitive swimming. Body surfing has replaced racing as my favorite in water activity.
Olympic Gold Medalist to Host First-Ever Cullen Jones Diversity Invitational, Oct. 11-13
Four-time Olympic medalist Cullen Jones, the Queen City Dolphins, and Speedo will host more than 500 swimmers from around the United States at the first-ever Cullen Jones Diversity Invitational (CJDI), a three-day, USA Swimming-sanctioned swim meet, held Oct. 11-13 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatics Center in Charlotte, N.C.
NC State Swimming & Diving Primed to Begin 2013-14 Season at All-NC Invitational
“We are expecting to get the season started with some energy and to get the ball rolling with competitions,” said head coach Braden Holloway.
Video of Celtics Star Brandon Bass Taking Swimming Lessons
Brandon Bass, 28 , cannot swim. He never learned how. Now he’s enrolled in swimming lessons with nearly a dozen young kids at the Boys & Girls Club in Boston.
Fifteen Meters of Fame: Analysis and Development of Underwater Dolphin Kicking
Many programs are consistent with their work on dynamic movements for underwater specificity, vertical kicking, and monofins (Arnold, 2011), but at the University of the Incarnate Word, we are introducing new hypoxic drills to ensure our athletes are working toward mastering their “Fifteen meters of fame.”
Oprah and Diana Nyad: The Power of the Human Spirit – airs Sunday Oct 6
Diana Nyad (from the show): “There’s a Henry David Thoreau quote that really grips me hard and it says when you achieve your goals in life, it’s not what that gets you. But it’s who I am.”
Triumph over Tragedy: Mallory Weggemann at TEDx UNPlaza 2013
In 2008, Mallory Weggemann, a talented swimmer and college freshman, received an epidural injection to help treat back pain, but complications with the procedure left her paralyzed from the waist down.