Age Group Swimming
Swimming’s Tigress Woods?
First things first: I’ve got to give credit to TF reader Bev, who pointed out an article about one Lia Neal and her astounding accomplishments in the pool to date. I didn’t take note of the post until now. If you didn’t read Bev’s comment this week and didn’t check out this New York Times […]
14 Year Old’s 9:07.95 In The 1,000
In the swimming world we’re always looking for a new place to shift our focus. Recently it’s gone from the Long Beach Grand Prix to the China Games to the Missouri Grand Prix and the NSW Open, and now it’s on to the conference meets, then NCAA’s, more Grand Prix meets and Olympic Trials. So […]
Rowdy Gaines Becomes Executive Director of Rowdy’s Kidz
As mentioned earlier, Rowdy Gaines is stepping down from the USA Swimming Foundation (although it is noted that he will continue to support the foundation) and returning to his home state of Florida as the newly appointed Executive Director of Rowdy’s Kidz. Under this program, Gaines will oversee a series of educational and motivational […]
The 200 Backstroke Record You Probably Didn’t Hear About
And in some ways it may be better than Lochte’s swim…
Here I am scouring the results from U.S. Nationals this past weekend looking for a story beyond the Lochte/Coughlin/Michigan 800 free relay phenomena when I think that I find one: The next generation of swimming superstars.
Championships Cancelled!!!
Whoa, I know what you’re thinking: “U.S. Nationals are cancelled!?” Before you start unpacking the bags and canceling airline and hotel reservations let me clarify: U.S. Nationals are NOT cancelled. That meet is a go. But how would you feel if just a week before you planned to swim at that meet (or […]
European Youth Olympic Festival Day 3 Results
The third day came to a close at the European Youth Olympic Festival yesterday and there were a number of strong swims across the board. On the girl’s side, Italy’s Silvia Di Pietro won the 50m free in 26.23, Aimee Willmott of Great Britain swam away with the 400m IM in 4:50.32, Alevtina Orlova […]
Second Day in the Books at European Youth Olympic Festival
The second day of the European Youth Olympic Festival ended today with some quality swims. Danila Izotov (’91) of Russia took the boy’s 400m freestyle in 3:58.70. Izotov’s teammate, Kirill Chibisov (91) won the boy’s 100m fly in 55.53, while Germany’s Troy Arnicke (91) won the boy’s 200m breast in 2:18.31. On the girl’s […]
Great Races Par For Course on First Night of Dayton Sectionals
The Dayton Central Zone Championships got underway yesterday, and despite it being a Monday, the swimming got off to a great start with many competitive races. Nearly every race under 800m was decided by less than a second - quite an unusual feat.
In the distance events the winners each had commanding victories as Amanda […]
Swimming Community Comes Together After Tragedy
Every once in a while an article passes through my inbox that touches you like no words can describe. A lot of us have lived through times like this, personally and through acquaintances, but nothing can prepare you for anything like this. The story is one of tragedy, but also of community. It […]
An Ethical Coaching Dilemma - Cecil Russell Still on Deck
We’ve discussed Cecil Russell before. Russell is the Canadian swim coach who has been through the ringer in terms of participating in illicit activities and has been banned from the sport of swimming - not once, but twice. This past weekend, many parents were asking the question - should he even be allowed at […]
European Youth Olympic Festival Gets Started
The European Youth Olympic Festival got underway today with some quality swimming. On the women’s side, Melanie Radicke (93) of Germany won the girls 400m free in 4:21.11, Silvia Di Pietro (93) of Italy won the 100m fly in 1:00.60, and her teammate Pamela Gabrieli (94) won the 200m breast in 2:34.58. For the […]
Minneapolis Sectionals Start With a Number of Meet Records
While only the distance swimmers had a shot at racing last night at the Clovis Sectionals, swimmers at the Central Sectionals in Minneapolis had an opportunity get down and get racing on their first night of competition. In the women’s 800m free, Yuen Kobayashi took it to the field en route to a meet record […]
Solid First Night of Swimming at Oklahoma City Central Sectionals
At the first night of competition at the Central Sectional in Oklahoma City, a large amount of racing took place. In the women’s 800m free, a pair of University of Missouri swimmers grabbed the top spots. Colleen Gordon and Jill Granger grabbed first and second in 8:58.23 and 9:01.26 with the Kansas City […]
Distance Events Are Solo Act at Clovis Sectionals
The first night of competition at the Clovis Western Sectional was highlighted by Mission Viejo’s distances corps taking top spots in both events. In the only events of the night, Mission Viejo’s Micha Burden won the women’s 800m freestyle in 8:54.67. Aislinn Smalling of Class Aquatics was second in 8:59.20, and Shelley Harper of […]
Swimming Mandatory at Government Schools in India
Clearly, as of today, India has one true hope in the pool - Virdhawal Khade. But that does not mean that India as a country wants to keep it that way into the future. With the Commonwealth Games coming to Dehli in 2010, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced swimming would be mandatory […]
Gold Medal Mel Mel Stewart
The Swimmers' Ear Mike Gustafson
Top 5 Tuesday David Cromwell
In My Mind Nathan Jendrick