Swimming Pool Headlines
USA Swimming Announces 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships Team
Twenty-six of the USA's top swimmers, including five Olympians will travel to Manchester, England to represent Team USA at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships, April 9-13. World record-holder...
Swimmers Natalie Coughlin, Michael Phelps and Kate Ziegler Nominated for 2007 USSA Athlete of the Year
The United States Sports Academy has nominated Natalie Coughlin, Michael Phelps and Kate Ziegler for its 2007 Academy Athlete of the Year. The Academy Athlete of the Year ballot is...
2007 US Swimming Paralympics Open Championships
The 2007 2007 US Paralympics Open Swimming Championships were 6-8 December in College Park, Maryland. Full results from the swim meet are available on-line from the US Olymipc Team website....
School may be locked out of swimming pool (Wairarapa Times-Age)
A school may have to stop swimming lessons for its students because they don't have enough qualified lifeguards. And other schools caught by the same red tape might be forced to seek alternatives rather than pay out thousands of dollars to train teachers to become lifeguards.
Butterfly Swimming - Surprisingly Popular with Older Age Groups
Most recreational swimmers initially dismiss butterfly because it apparently needs such a high degree of strength, mobility and coordination - but it is not as hard as it looks. It...
Swimming pool fight abandoned (BBC News)
Protesters in one town abandon their fight to save their swimming pool, but fights go on elsewhere.
Sprinters and Long Distance Swimmers Differences in Mental Preparation
An open water swimmer asked me recently about the difference in mental preparation between a sprint swimmer and a long distance swimmer, especially when finishing the race (not winning) becomes...
Turn a Small Swimming Pool into a "Lap-Swim" Pool with a Tethered Swimming System
Swimmers, you can turn almost any swimming pool into a "lap" pool by using a tethered swimming system. These devices hold the swimmer in one spot (or almost one spot),...
Car Crashes Into Swimming Pool (KPRC Local 2 Houston)
DEER PARK, Texas -- A woman was rescued from a car after she crashed it into a swimming pool, KPRC Local 2 reported. Deer Park police said the woman drove through a fence and landed in a pool in the back yard of a home in the 300 block of Ellen Drive on Wednesday afternoon.
Car Crashes Into Swimming Pool (KPRC Click2Houston.com via Yahoo! News)
A woman was rescued from a car after she crashed it into a swimming pool, KPRC Local 2 reported.
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