Swimming Pool Headlines
The USA Swimming 2005 Golden Goggle Awards
It was a big night for Texas swimmers at Monday’s Golden Goggle Awards in New York City, as four of the eight awards went to athletes with ties to the University of Texas - Aaron Peirsol, Eddie Reese, Ian Crocker,...
Public Swimming Pools Neglected (AllAfrica.com)
THEIR swimming pool is a muddy stream just outside St Mary's high-density suburb in Chitungwiza.
Swimming in Antarctica - A Triple Attempt
Lewis Pugh will be attempting three different swims in the frigid antarctic waters. If successful, Lewis will become the only person to have completed a long distance swim in both the Arctic and the Antarctic....
Swimming pool furore lands Parore in hot water (Stuff)
Glamour couple Adam Parore and Sally Ridge are in trouble over a swimming pool they built without council permission.
Rocket Launchers for more Swim Start and Turn Speed
Plyometric exercises are a great ways to improve power, speed, and strength. Doing "Rocket Launchers" can increase your power off the blocks and off every wall. Rocket Launchers are specific training for the muscle groups used in starts and pushoffs....
Special Needs Swim Gear
Keeping kids safe and happy in the pool is a challenge for most parents, but the parents of children with special needs may have extra dilemmas to deal with -- finding swim diapers for older kids, keeping ear tubes dry,...
TeamUnify, Advanced Swim Team Management Web-based Software
This web-based software helps manage swim team billing and dues collections, grow and manage team membership, get or improve a website presence, and communicate more effectively with swim team members. Take a look at TeamUnify, Advanced Team Management for swim...
Swim for Croatia or Qatar - Will Draganja Go for the Million Dollars?
Croatian swimmer and Olympic silver medallist Duje Draganja might become a citizen of Qatar. If he does, he may earn 1 million dollars for the nationality switch, along with bonuses for world championship and Olympic medals. (SLAM)...
Swim with the World's Largest Fish
At Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, you can explore the underwater world of colorful reefs and a variety of fish and aquatic mammals. And yes, this is the place to dive and swim with the world's largest fish, the whale shark....
Man knocked unconscious at swimming pool (AberdeenNews.com)
A male who hit his head after jumping into a motel swimming pool on Thursday afternoon in Aberdeen was taken to a hospital for observation, law enforcement reported Friday.
Could you swim from Alcatraz to Shore - with your Hands and Feet Tied?
A retired U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant completed what many have said is an impossible feat. He swam the 1.5 mile distance from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco with his hands and feet tied, becoming one of only three people...
What Makes a Swimmer Fast? Swimming Biomechanics - Propulsion
Ever wonder how swimming works? How does fluid mechanics explain lift, drag, propulsion, and speed for swimmers? How do freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and backstroke differ - and how are they similar - in fluid dynamic terms? This is a great...
'Stomach bug linked to swimming pool' (u.tv)
An outbreak of the highly infectious stomach bug, Cryptosporidium, in Magherafelt has been linked to the local swimming pool. Health officials closed the pool while they carried out tests, but it is now hoped that it will be re-opened soon.
County OKs standard for swimming pools (Columbia Daily Tribune)
The Boone County Commission yesterday approved swimming pool standards that were accidentally left out of the county’s building code.
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