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USA Swimmer Chloe Sutton Wins Third Gold at 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet
Chloe Sutton waves to the crowd prior to competing in the Women's 800 Meter Freestyle finals during day three of the Missouri Grand Prix on February 14, 2010. Photo by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty ImagesChloe Sutton won her third gold medal of the meet Sunday at the 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet, taking the women's 800m freestyle with a time of 8:40.16. Sutton also took second in the women's 200m butterfly Sunday, bringing her total medal count for the weekend to five - three golds, a silver and a bronze.
Photo of Chloe Sutton by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty Images

USA Swimmer Chloe Sutton Wins Third Gold at 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 23:19:37.

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Indoor pool offers swimming lessons (Portsmouth Herald)
PORTSMOUTH — The Recreation Department is accepting registrations for March/April swimming classes. These Red Cross lessons are held at the Indoor Pool on Andrew Jarvis Drive next to the high school. More than 40 courses will be offered for infants...

Save Money By Picking The Right Size Pump For Your Swimming Pool
No one likes to walk out in his or her yard and find a green swimming pool and yet green pools are now in style. We are not talking about letting your swimming pool water turn green - instead, we are talking about creating a swimming pool that is easy on the environment and easy on your budget. Armed with just a little information you can easily save $30-40 and still enjoy your swimming pool, and your pool water will never look better!

Save Money By Picking The Right Size Pump For Your Swimming Pool originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 02:08:25.

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Chloe Sutton Wins Fourth Gold to Wrap up 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet
The 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet wrapped up Monday morning with timed finals of the women's 1500m free and the men's 800m free. USA Swimming National Teamer and 2008 Olympian Chloe Sutton won the women's 1500m free in 16:56.98, ahead of Taylor O'Brien (17:09.91) and Gillian Ryan (17:30.12).

Chloe Sutton Wins Fourth Gold to Wrap up 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Monday, February 15th, 2010 at 19:12:14.

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The CADIZ Freedom Swim 2010 to Benefit the Vista Nova School in Capetown
Looking for a challenging open water swim for a good cause? Check the CADIZ Freedom Swim in South Africa on 2 May.Cold water, 7.5km of strong currents, and (while no one has ever been hurt) the possibility of a shark. The swim has both individual and relay divisions and follows English Channel Swimming rules.

The CADIZ Freedom Swim 2010 to Benefit the Vista Nova School in Capetown originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 00:47:10.

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Swimming: Mainland Regional boys; Atlantic City, Holy Spirit girls return to pool (Press of Atlantic City)
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Village council: Swimming pool going dry (The Times-Reporter)
When West Lafayette Village Council met this week, it was explained that the closing of the village swimming pool was very necessary after a pool consultant along with a risk management insurance representative provided an evaluation of the condition of the pool.

Growing 'grass' in the swimming pool (Lancashire Evening Post)
Cannabis farms are appearing at properties in quiet residential streets throughout Lancashire and the rest of the UK in unprecedented numbers.

Eric Shanteau Takes Two on Second Night of 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet

Eric Shanteau swims in the Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke preliminaries during day two of the Missouri Grand Prix on February 13, 2010. Photo by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty ImagesUSA Swimming National Teamer and 2008 Olympian Eric Shanteau won two events Saturday on the second night of the 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet. Shanteau took the men's 200m IM with a time of 1:59.75, then returned to the pool a short time later to win the 200m breaststroke in 2:11.17. "To do the times I did tonight bodes really well for the rest of the summer," Shanteau said. "I'm really happy with how things have gone."
(Photo of Eric Shanteau by G. Newman Lowrance/Getty Images)

Eric Shanteau Takes Two on Second Night of 2010 Missouri Grand Prix Swim Meet originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 02:00:50.

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The Swimmer's Catch-up Drill - Better Freestyle Swimming by Using a Drill to Improve Your Swimming Technique
To be a better swimmer, you need to improve your swim technique and you need to improve your swim fitness, two key elements of good swimming (you probably already realized they were needed!). Getting better at either could improve your swimming speed. Getting better at both could improve swim speed and efficiency. The catch-up drill is one of the many swimming drills that can be used to help a swimmer learn better freestyle swimming technique. Because it is a lot like regular swimming, once the catch-up drill is learned, the swimming drill can be used at almost any point in a swimming workout, at almost any swimming speed, at almost any level of swimming effort.

The Swimmer's Catch-up Drill - Better Freestyle Swimming by Using a Drill to Improve Your Swimming Technique originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 01:10:14.

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Robbery Suspect Arrested Under Kids' Swimming Pool (WBAL-TV Baltimore)
Police in Carroll County charged a man on Tuesday with robbing a bank and then trying to hide from police under a child's plastic swimming pool.


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