Gyurta Wraps Dominant Run to Olympics With European Championship
After a sleepy morning session on Thursday, the finals went at a much improved pace, with a slew of World-ranked times being posted. As has become the norm, a lot of swimmers tied or broke National...
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CC photo #146: Paltrinieri European champion in the 1500 freestyle
Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri on the medal podium yesterday after winning the men's 1500 freestyle at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships in a new championship record of 14:48.92, old...
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LESSONS FROM LEGENDS, Berkoff Blast-off
Chuck Warner is the author of “…And Then They Won Gold.” He has spent a lifetime studying the details behind what it takes to achieve swimming excellence. CHUCK WARNER: LESSONS FROM LEGENDS IIIn every...
View ArticleHungary Dominates Night Four at European Champs, Pellegrini Gets Last Laugh...
The beginning of the fourth night of the European Championships belonged to the home country as Hungary snagged wins in the first three events of the evening. Boglarka Kapas got things rolling in the...
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Milton Hershey's Sharron Townsend, West Perry's Jenna Knouse named...
Milton Hershey's Sharron Townsend, West Perry's Jenna Knouse named recipients ...PennLive.comHe took to the sport quickly, however, garnering a pair of District 3 titles in his high school career,...
View ArticleAuburn Women Ink Two Top Breaststrokers
The Auburn Tigers have been dominating the recruiting and transfer headlines late in this season, and they're not done yet.The women's latest signings are Philippa 'Pippa' Cochran out of the UK and...
View ArticleStreamlined News: May 24, 2012
Hungary wins lion&os;s share of medals at European championships on day four; USA Swimming launches new website; Olympic Trials pools under construction.
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Missy Franklin and parents on her life with drug testing
Interesting USA Today segment here on how drug testing is part of Missy Franklin's routine.
View ArticleIndustry News: USA Swimming, Summer Sanders and Speedo Join Forces to Launch...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 24. USA Swimming, Speedo USA and two-time Olympic gold medalist Summer Sanders will join forces this summer to help grow participation in swimming as part of a new, nat...
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District 3 Girls Soccer: No. 1 Cumberland Valley, No. 2 Red Land set for...
It's exactly the matchup Seth Lehman wanted.
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Debrecen 2012: Hungary jumps ahead in the medal race
The host country Hungary had a great day at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championship today, winning four gold medals and several lesser medals also, so that they now lead the medal race with 6...
View ArticleSprint News 5/24/12: Phelps a Baltimore Icon; Georgia Scores First Olympic...
…When Michael Phelps teammed up with Baltimore-born sporting goods franchise Under Armour, you knew that the two would be a good match. But now, the two modern-day icons of Charm City have teammed up...
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Norway’s Solli improves 50 back Nordic record from yesterday
At the Debrecen 2012 Europeans today, Norway's Lavrans Solli improved upon his 50 backstroke 25.40 Nordic record from the semifinal yesterday, clocking 25.28 and 7th in the final tonight. See result...
View ArticleCoaching a 15 year old Phenom
Garrett talks with Curl-Burke's Yuri Suguiyama about Katie Ledecky's breakout performance at the Ultra Swim, and their goals going into US Olympic Trials.
View ArticleASCA Fellow Jon MacColl Learning From Great Coaches
Feature by Jeff Commings CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 24. JON MacColl didn't see his job as assistant coach at Queens University and SwimMAC-Carolina as a demotion, even though he had spent more ...
View ArticleTed Knapp Named Head Coach of Stanford Men's Swimming
STANFORD, California, May 24. STANFORD Swimming will have a seamless transition when Ted Knapp assumes the head coaching duties for the men's swimming and diving program starting in July. Knapp, w...
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Stanford Promotes Ted Knapp as New Head Men's Coach
Taking over for a dynasty, Stanford has announced that they have promoted top assistant Ted Knapp to their new head coach after serving under Skip Kenney for 28 of his magnificent 33 seasons.Knapp, who...
View ArticleMSS: Peter Busch tribute
May 25, 2012: Before Peter Busch headed to Florida to start a new chapter in his life, he sat down with Jeff Commings for today's edition of The Morning Swim Show to offer a retrospective on his time...
View ArticleOlympic Preview: Men's and Women's 400 Medley Relay
By John Lohn GILLETTE, New Jersey, May 25. AS we creep closer to the Olympic Games in London this summer, Swimming World will produce event-by-event previews of the action set to unfold. As part of...
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