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USA
Swimming names Scholastic All-America Team  
16/10/2008 - 07:10:10
USA Swimming has
announced the selection of its Scholastic All-America Team for
2007-08. Nine-hundred and seventy-four athletes made the team this
year, including 600 women and 374 men. Sixty-eight percent of the
successful applicants had a 4.0 GPA.
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Speedo
Tip of the Week
16/10/2008 - 07:10:33
This week’s Speedo Tip of the Week
comes from Adam Depmore, coach at Lone Star Aquatics in Round Rock
Texas. Depmore offers some advice for developing faster
turns.
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20
Question Tuesday
16/10/2008 - 07:10:05
Christine Magnuson was always known in NCAA
circles, but she traded those this summer for the Olympic Rings.
One of the best stories of the Games talks about her past, her
future, and how it all fits together in this week’s 20
Question Tuesday with special correspondent Bob
Schaller
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Bal, Kirk double up on gold at FINA
World Cup 16/10/2008 - 07:10:28
The 2008 FINA Swimming World Cup kicked off October 10-12 in Belo
Horizonte, Brazil. On the first of the seven-stop series, National
Teamers Randall Bal and Tara Kirk each picked up two gold
medals.
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USA
Swimming Grand Prix Series returns
16/10/2008 - 07:10:56
The top swimmers in the country will return
to the pool for the 2008-2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series. For
the second year in a row, swimmers will be awarded points for
medals earned at the six meets. A $20,000 purse will be awarded to
the swimmer with the most points at the conclusion of the
series.
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Fundraiser for coach Michael Lohberg
16/10/2008 - 07:10:21
The Coral Springs Swim Club will host a
“3K Family Fun Run, Walk, Stroll” Nov. 16 at the Coral
Springs Aquatic Center. The event will raise money for coach
Michael Lohberg’s family, to help defray the cost of medical
bills incurred by Lohberg’s battle with Aplastic
Anemia.
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Jones
to host fundraiser for aquatics program
16/10/2008 - 07:10:38
Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones, in
association with aloft Philadelphia Airport hotel, will host a
fundraising event on October 17 to raise money and bring awareness
to the Salvation Army’s Ray & Joan Kroc Center Aquatic
Program.
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Popovich named USOC Athlete of the Month
16/10/2008 - 07:10:01
The U.S. Olympic Committee announced Friday
that Paralympic swimmer Erin Popovich has been named its
Septewww.usaswimming.org/USASWeb/ViewNewsArticle.aspxmber Athlete
of the Month for her accomplishments at the 2008 Paralympic Games
in Beijing.
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Golden
Goggle Award Nominees
16/10/2008 - 07:10:10
USA Swimming has announced the nominees for
the 2008 Golden Goggle Awards. Here are the nominees in their
respective categories. The winners will be announced at the Fifth
Annual Golden Goggle Awards Nov. 17 in New York.
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Making
the Scene
1/10/2008 - 11:10:44
From the steps of the Capitol building to
Major League Baseball stadiums, Team USA’s Olympic swimmers
are making appearances everywhere and receiving accolades for their
achivements across the country. Want to see what some of them have
been up to since Beijing? Check out our SwimCam
Gallery.
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