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CC photo #158: The Debrecen 2012 team internet center
As in Budapest, the organizers of the Debrecen 2012 Europeans (and T-Mobile?) had arranged for this bus to be available, complete with computers and everything for teams to get on the internet. For...
View ArticlePerformance of the Week: June 5, 2012
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 5. WITH less than three weeks until the U.S. Olympic Trials, many swimmers are beginning to taper, so we are starting to see some fast performances as swimmers start to feel t...
View ArticleCommon Breaststroke Mistakes: Part Two
Analysis by Joszef Nagy Editor's Note: Today is the second in a five-part series of articles exclusively on SwimmingWorld.com detailing the most common mistakes swimmers make in breaststroke, as se...
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SwimSpray Returns to Princeton
ANDREW CHADEAYNE:I spent this past weekend at Princeton University. It was my 11th consecutive Princeton Reunion…. 14th consecutive if you count the three that I attended before graduating.Princeton...
View ArticleSprint News 6/5/12: Wisconsin Ends an Era; First Olympic Invites Confirmed
…The Wisconsin Badgers are among the first teams in the country to release their 2012-2013 schedules, and there's a bit of a shocking ommission - no Arizona Wildcats. While it may have been a fairly...
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BASEBALL: Pioneers advance, Comets fall
Peter Darrenkamp starred on the mound and at bat as Lampeter-Strasburg defeated Philadelphia Electric, 10-0, on Tuesday in the opening round of the PIAA Class AAA baseball playoffs at Ephrata War...
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Mellouli hard pressed by the pace of the Danes
Nice comment by the Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli on AZ Daily Sun “It's been kind of crazy because this is the first time I'm doing triples, which is three workouts a day,” said Mellouli, who won...
View ArticleImproving the Kick in Open Water Swimming
Thanks to contributor Mike Lewis for producing this report. Mike has nearly three decades of open water swimming experience as both an athlete and coach, working with Olympians and World Record...
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$1.5M settlement in the Andy King case
The 29-year-old King County woman who said that her coach molested her while she was on an Oak Harbor swim team nearly 18 years ago will receive a $1.5 million settlement from the North Whidbey Park...
View ArticleTennessee to Announce Ashley Jahn as Newest Assistant Coach; Jen Woodruff...
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 5. ASHLEY Jahn of UNLV will be named the newest assistant coach of the newly-merged Tennessee swimming and diving team as head coach Matt Kredich continues to rebuild a coa...
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Short movie: Some Things Are Really Simple
“Some Things Are Really Simple (Sommige Dingen Zijn Heel Eenvoudig)” is a claustrophobic film about a young father, Wout, who takes his identity from his hobby: swimming underwater. One day, Wout...
View ArticleTop 10 Years in Swimming
By Jeff Commings PHOENIX, Arizona, June 5. COMPETITIVE swimming has been around for hundreds of years, long before Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the 1896 Olympics. So how can Swimming World pos...
View ArticleSwimming World Flashes Back to 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympic Games
PHOENIX, Arizona, June 5. IN the latest Olympic Flashback by Jeff Commings with a special contribution by Steve Johnson, Swimming World looks back at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. East Ger...
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GIRLS' LACROSSE: Panthers' power too much for Comets
There are three words to describe Strath Haven's performance. Dominant, aggressive and accurate. The Panthers dominated on draws, pressured relentlessly on defense and fired accurate shots on offense...
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Raising kids in the Faroese cliffs
The traditional way, but gee, many safety issues here, me thinks.
View ArticleAustralian Olympic Committee Levies Penalty Against Nick D'Arcy, Kenrick...
SYDNEY, Australia, June 9. JUST days after news broke that Swimming Australia forced Nick D'Arcy and Kenrick Monk to take down Facebook pictures in which the duo posed with guns in the United States,...
View ArticleUSA Swimming Looking For Help to Get Word Out About Logo Placement on Caps at...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 9. RECENTLY, USA Swimming has contacted the online swimming community to help get the word out about rules for logos on caps at the U.S. Olympic Trials later this mon...
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D’Arcy and Monk apologize for their gun photos
Olympic swimmer Nick D’Arcy has apologized after posting a photograph of himself and team mate Kenrick Monk posing with guns on Facebook. According to SwimNews, the Australian Olympic Committee will...
View ArticleShelby Webber Transferring to Texas
In the turnover of the new staff, the Texas women have lost two swimmers to transfer this off-season.New head coach Carol Capitani, however, has gotten a big one back as well, with the addition of...
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Newham timelapse of the London 2012 Olympic Park
Behold Newham, the youngest borough in London, featuring the largest urban shopping centre in Europe, and oh yes, everything Olympic this summer! :-)
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