Swimming Pool Headlines
Phelps-hype draws local athletes to the swimming pool (The Alaska Star)
Although coaching different teams Eagle River's Anne Williams and Chugiak's Jessica Kopischke agree that Michael Phelps winning eight gold medals during the 2008 Olympic Games is having a positive impact on enrollment for their respective high school swimming teams.
USA Women's Water Polo Silver, Netherlands Gold at 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
The women's water polo team from the Netherlands jumped to an early lead and, although never trailing by more than two goals at the end of any quarter, the US...
USA Synchronized Swimming Team Tied For Fifth Following 2008 Olympic Team Technical Routine
The USA Synchronized Swimming Team swam its way into a fifth place tie with Canada today during the 2008 Olympic team technical event. Both teams scored a 95.167 and will...
2008 Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team Final - Russia Gets the Gold
Russia swept the synchronized swimming competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the team event, the USA tied for 5th with Japan.GOLD: RUSSILVER: ESPBRONZE: CHN 4. CAN 5. JPN5. USA7....
Men's 2008 Olympic Water Polo Semifinal Results - A Golden Chance for Team USA
The USA faced Serbia Friday for the chance to advance to the gold medal game scheduled for Sunday (Hungary won an earlier game, moving them into the other slot in...
Olympic Modern Pentathlon: USA Men 18th and 23rd at the 2008 Olympic Games
Sam Sacksen (Somerset, Pa./Colorado Springs, Colo.)
18th place with 5,280 total modern pentathlon points
Shooting - 178 (1,072 points)
Fencing - 14V-21D (736 points)
Swimming - 2:08.99 (1,256 points)
Riding - 81.55 (1,104)
3km Run -...
Olympics-Swimming-"Pool rat" Phelps found focus on path to gold (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Simon Denyer BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters) - When Michael Phelps was a kid, his primary school teacher told his mother he would never amount to anything because he was unable to focus. When Phelps ...
City Swimming Pools Closing (KRBC - KTAB TV Abilene)
If you are wanting to take a dip in a city pool, this will be your last weekend to do so. The pool season will come to an end this Sunday. Both the Rose Park and the Stevenson Park pools were open Saturday from 1p.m. until 6p.m. this evening.
Netherland's Maarten van der Weijden Gets the Gold, USA Swimmer Mark Warkentin Finishes 8th in First-Ever Men’s Olympic 10k Marathon Swim
Mark Warkentin (Santa Barbara, Calif.) placed eighth Thursday in the Olympic debut of the men’s 10k marathon swim at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. The Netherlands’ Maarten van der Weijden...
Controversy over Popular Resort's Swimming Pool Complex (KIII Corpus Christi)
There has been a lawsuit filed against a Mustang Island resort claming the resort has a dangerous swimming pool complex that has led to drownings.
NBC Dives Into USA Swimming Pool (Broadcasting and Cable)
Network looks to ride Michael Phelps’ wake, inks deals for 2009 World, U.S. Championships; U.S. Championships in 2010, 2011.
US Olympian Sheila Taormina, a Four-Time Olympian in an Historic Three Different Sports
Taormina won a gold medal in swimming at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. as a member of the women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team (setting an Olympic record in...
3 city swimming pools will close Friday (The Buffalo News)
NIAGARA FALLS -- The three city swimming pools at 91st Street, Hyde Park and Center Court will close for the season on Friday, the Parks Department announced Tuesday.
USA Synchronized Swimming Team Finishes Duet Finals in Fifth Place at 2008 Olympic Games
The USA duet of Christina Jones (Fremont, Calif.) and Andrea Nott (San Jose, Calif.) finished out the 2008 Olympic Synchronized Swimming Duet competition in fifth place today, with a mark...
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