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01/06/2009 05:33 PM
SMU vs. Georgia
DALLAS, Texas, January 6. SMU swimming and diving took on the Georgia Bulldogs on Tuesday, January 6 in Joe Perkins Natatorium with the women falling to the NCAA top-ranked Bulldogs 137.5-99.5, and th...
01/06/2009 10:55 AM
Special Swim Shop Offer for Premium Subscribers -- 10 Percent Off Virtually Everything in the Store in January!
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 6. ONE of the perks of being a premium subscriber to Swimming World Magazine is the 10 percent discount on select items in the Swim Shop. As part of our 50+ anniversary ce...
01/06/2009 08:11 AM
Michael Phelps Scores Big Sponsorship Deal with Mazda in China
BEIJING, China, January 6. MICHAEL Phelps continued his victory lap by scoring another record sponsorship deal. According to the Daily News, Phelps picked up a $1 million deal from Mazda in China, w...
01/06/2009 08:05 AM
Davis & Elkins College Adds Swimming
ELKINS, West Virginia, January 6. DAVIS & Elkins College has announced plans to establish intercollegiate men's and women's swimming and tennis teams to start competition in the upcoming 2009-10 a...
01/06/2009 07:55 AM
Swimming Technique Q&A Goes Behind The Scenes at SwimAtlanta
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 6. MARK Minier, Head High Performance and Select Age Group Coach at SwimAtlanta, is the subject of the Swimming Technique Q&A interview in the January issue of Swimming W...
12/30/2008 01:36 PM
Auburn's Richard Quick Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor; Auburn Confirms With Official Release - Updated with new Prayer Pager
Updated with new Prayer Pager number on January 6 AUBURN, Alabama, December 30. SWIMMING World has just been informed that Auburn head coach Richard Quick has been diagnosed with a malignant brain ...
01/05/2009 09:57 AM
Alberto Montini Obliterates Four FINA Masters World Records (With Video Footage)
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 5. JUST before the turn of the calendar to 2009, Italy's Alberto Montini swam faster than four FINA Masters world records at three separate short course meters competitions. ...
01/05/2009 08:58 AM
Industry News: World Open Water Swimming Man, Woman of the Year Named by 10Kswimmer.com
LOS ANGELES, California, January 5. STEVEN Munatones, a Swimming World special correspondent in open water swimming, has announced 10Kswimmer.com's 2008 World Open Water Swimming Man and Women of the ...
01/05/2009 08:54 AM
Tae Hwan Park Changes Training Location to Southern California
LOS ANGELES, California, January 5. KNOWN for his desire to learn from a variety of coaches as well as experiencing different cultures, world-traveling South Korean Tae Hwan Park has moved to the U.S...
01/05/2009 08:45 AM
Swimming World Magazine's Digital Interactive Brings Print Magazine to Life Online
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 5. PREMIUM subscribers to Swimming World Magazine get special access to various content items compiled as part of each issue. January's issue was no different as Swimming Wo...
01/04/2009 09:01 AM
Eamon Sullivan to Undergo Hip Surgery
SYDNEY, Australia, January 4. JUST a few months before World Championship selection trials will be held in Australia, the country's star sprinter, Eamon Sullivan, has chosen to undergo another round ...
01/04/2009 08:48 AM
Sharpen Your Breaststroke With Dryland Tips In SWIM Section Of January's Swimming World Magazine
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 4. LOOKING to improve your breaststroke? If so, the January issue of Swimming World Magazine provides readers with a series of dryland tips to increase breaststroke efficienc...
01/03/2009 07:57 PM
Navy, Harvard
BOSTON, Massachusetts, January 3. HOST Harvard (5-0) won 11 of the 16 events contested en route to posting a 188-112 dual-meet victory over the Navy men's swimming team (12-1) at Blodgett Pool on Satu...
01/03/2009 07:52 PM
Duke, Michigan Win Orange Bowl Classic in Florida Keys
KEY LARGO, Florida, January 3. DUKE University and University of Michigan took top honors in the women and men's divisions respectively Saturday at the Orange Bowl Swimming Classic in the Florida Keys...
01/03/2009 07:43 PM
Arizona Hosts Multiple Dual Meets
TUCSON, Arizona, January 3. THE University of Arizona swimming and diving program served as host to five universities today at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center in Tucson, Ariz. When the final results we...
01/03/2009 07:35 AM
Passages: U.S. Paralympian Marin Morrison, 18
SAMMAMISH, Washington, January 3. KOMO-TV is reporting that inspirational 2008 U.S. Paralympic swimmer Marin Morrison passed away on Friday at the age of 18. Morrison, who competed at the Paralymp...
01/03/2009 07:28 AM
Bob Bowman Talks About Keys to Making Michael Phelps
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 3. JUST a few weeks after his star swimmer won eight gold medals at the Beijing Games, Bob Bowman sat down with Brent Rutemiller in this exclusive SwimmingWorld.TV interview ...
01/02/2009 07:52 PM
Passages: USC Olympic Gold Medalist Roy Saari, 63
LOS ANGELES, California, January 2. ROY Saari, a former world record-holding swimmer who won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics and captured nine NCAA individual titles at USC, died Tuesday (Dec. 30) i...
01/02/2009 08:15 AM
Final Look Back At 2008 Heads World Swimming Content In January Swimming World Magazine
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 2. A month-by-month review of the highlights of 2008 headlines the World Swimming section in the January issue of Swimming World Magazine. Included within this feature are l...
01/01/2009 09:59 AM
Women's All Time Top Performers-Performances in Short Course Yards
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 1. SWIMMING World superfan Bill Bell is back with a pair of his all time lists. Today, it's the women's short course yard top 50s. PDF version of Bill Bell's top SCY time...
01/01/2009 09:45 AM
The Man Behind Michael Phelps Featured On Cover Of January Swimming World Magazine
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 1. SWIMMING World rings in the new year, and enters its 50th year of publication in a standard magazine format with Michael Phelps' coach, Bob Bowman, on the cover. Bowman h...
12/24/2008 12:19 PM
2008 Swimming World Magazine Parting Shots in Review
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 1. WITH the final day of 2008 upon us, we leave you with a tribute to the Parting Shots of Swimming World Magazine's issues of the past year. To the right, we have created...
12/31/2008 10:11 AM
Passages: Looking Back At Those Who Left Us in 2008
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 31. HEADING into the first day of 2009 tomorrow, Swimming World takes a look back to the soon-to-be-gone 2008, and honors those that have passed on within the last year. ...
12/31/2008 08:28 AM
Men's All Time Top Performers-Performances in Short Course Yards
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 31. WITH the last day of 2008 upon us, Swimming World superfan Bill Bell is back with a pair of his all time lists. Today, it's the men's short course yard top 50s. PDF ...
12/30/2008 07:28 AM
Flash Rewind - November, December
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 31. OVER the next week, Swimming World Magazine will take a look back at the Flash Stories from the past year. Today, here are the top stories that earned that special des...
12/31/2008 05:00 AM
The Morning Swim Show: "Nine Days of Beijing" -- Day Nine Recaps Emotional Week in Beijing
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 31. THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing." Day 9 of the series is our c...
12/30/2008 07:37 AM
Swimming World Six-Star Promotion: Chloe Sutton
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 30. OPEN water Olympian Chloe Sutton is turning some heads in the short course yards realm. So much so, that she's earned promotion to elite six-star status in the Swimming...
12/30/2008 05:00 AM
The Morning Swim Show: "Nine Days of Beijing" -- Day Eight Features Michael Phelps' Eighth Gold Medal, Dara Torres' Quest for Individual Gold
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 30. THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing." Day 8 of the series looks ba...
12/29/2008 08:25 AM
Flash Rewind - September, October
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 30. OVER the next week, Swimming World Magazine will take a look back at the Flash Stories from the past year. Today, here are the top stories that earned that special des...
12/29/2008 10:22 AM
County in Maryland Cutting Swimming From Budget
FREDERICK COUNTY, Maryland, December 29. ACCORDING to a report by the Gazette, the Frederick County Public Schools is contemplating cutting swimming from its district that encompasses nine high school...
12/29/2008 08:54 AM
Ous Mellouli Named Best Athlete in Tunisia
By Chaker Belhadj TUNISIA, December 29. RECENTLY, Ous Mellouli was named the best athlete in Tunisia with 653 points during national voting. The Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 freestyle, Mell...
12/28/2008 08:41 AM
Flash Rewind - July, August
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 29. OVER the next week, Swimming World Magazine will take a look back at the Flash Stories from the past year. Today, here are the top stories that earned that special des...
12/29/2008 05:00 AM
The Morning Swim Show: "Nine Days of Beijing" Relives Olympics -- Day Seven Recaps Michael Phelps' Seventh Gold Medal
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 29. THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing." Day 7 of the series looks ba...
12/27/2008 08:54 PM
Lending a Helping Hand to Inner-City Swimmers
Feature by Kristen Heiss COLLEGE STATION, Texas, December 28. TWO years ago, swim coaches Tom Topolski and Butch Briggs sat in a pub in Grand Rapids, Mich., and got to talking about the need for a...
12/27/2008 08:15 AM
Flash Rewind - May, June
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 28. OVER the next week, Swimming World Magazine will take a look back at the Flash Stories from the past year. Today, here are the top stories that earned that special des...
12/28/2008 05:00 AM
The Morning Swim Show: "Nine Days of Beijing" Relives Olympics -- Day Six Features More Upsets and World Records
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 28. THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing." Day 6 of the series looks ba...
12/26/2008 08:36 AM
Flash Rewind - March, April
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 27. OVER the next week, Swimming World Magazine will take a look back at the Flash Stories from the past year. Today, here are the top stories that earned that special des...
12/27/2008 05:00 AM
The Morning Swim Show: "Nine Days of Beijing" Relives Olympics -- Day Five Recaps Upsets and Surprises in Water Cube
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 27. THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing." Day 5 of the series features...
12/25/2008 07:08 AM
Flash Rewind - January, February
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 26. OVER the next week, Swimming World Magazine will take a look back at the Flash Stories from the past year. Today, here are the top stories that earned that special des...
12/26/2008 05:00 AM
The Morning Swim Show: "Nine Days of Beijing" Relives Olympics -- Day Four Features Five World Records
PHOENIX, Arizona, December 26. THE Morning Swim Show is taking a look back at nine days of the best swimming in history with our year-end series "Nine Days of Beijing." Day 4 of the series features...