In our GMX7 The Wonders of Age Group Swimming weekly series, we celebrate swimmers of all ages and experience levels with age group profiles of some recent results. Alaia Sloan, 11, Swimming Falfins (FLFN-CO): At the Colorado Age Group State Championships in late February, Sloan set wins and personal bestsRead More →
International Masters Swimmers Hall of Fame Tom Maine, 96, of Carbondale, passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at Cottages du lac Saint-Louis. He swam to 27 FINA Masters World Records, but didn’t begin his Masters career until he was 70 years old. He was elected to the US MastersRead More →
OTTUMWA – In her last swim meet for the Iowa State YMCA Championship, Leah Chelgren had no expectations. “I had the flu and a sinus infection literally a week ago,” Chelgren said. “I couldn’t train much because I was still recovering. I even told my mum that I had alreadyRead More →
Aaron Williams first jumped into a pool about 10 years ago, taking swimming lessons at the Vineland YMCA with his two brothers because the boys’ mother feared for their safety after the family added a pool in the garden. The rest, as they say, is history. On Sunday, Williams steppedRead More →
WAYNE – Lorelai Page didn’t know what it was like to win an NJSIAA Section title. Mountain Lakes hadn’t won any while on the team. But not because of an opponent. Page, a Lakers junior, was not on the team as a rookie and there was no state tournament lastRead More →
FRANKLIN — Sectional time has arrived for the boys swimming, and this season it’s brought Martinsville, Mooresville and Indian Creek to Franklin Community High School to compete for a chance to make the finals of the State. For the Artesians, swimmer Blake Rains intends to make a third consecutive appearanceRead More →
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The Hockaday School swim team won five of twelve events in Friday’s SPC Swimming and Diving Championships at the Arlington ISD Natatorium to win the women’s championship in convincing fashion. Hockaday finished with 199 total points – 42 ahead of Houston St. John’s, which finished second. Hockaday’s Brooke Adams wonRead More →
One of six children in his family who swam during his formative years, Eamon was cared for under the strong Lanier Aquatics program at Frances Meadows Aquatics Center. “Since I arrived 5 1/2 years ago, Eamon has been an amazing athlete and amazing to watch him train,” said Lanier AquaticsRead More →
The Northern Michigan University women’s swimming and diving team and several school officials celebrate winning the GLIAC Championships with the banner at the Saginaw Valley State University pool at the University Center on Monday. (Photo courtesy of NMU) UNIVERSITY CENTER – Freshman swimmer Heidi Billings andRead More →
TR PHOTO BY NOAH ROHLFING – Marshalltown senior swimmers Marcus Barker, right, and Aaron Seberger keep busy after finishing tied for second in the 100-yard freestyle event at Saturday’s district meet at Linn-Mar Secondary School in Marion. Both swimmers qualified to declare with their time of 48.29 seconds. MARION —Read More →
Nanami Campbell found a quick friend in Evie DeCarlo when she moved to the area in sixth grade. The two colorful people instead of going out for recess, forged a bond that lasted until high school. That friendship blossomed between the two girls of the Worthington Kilbourne women’s swimming andRead More →
With 328 points, the Middletown South women’s swim team clinched a Shore Conference title Tuesday night at the Neptune Aquatic Center. “I came into today’s competition with optimism that we would do well. We had a great meeting last week in the Counties and I expected us to go throughRead More →
I remember it like it was yesterday – June 1955. It was the day Laura and Arnie Wolf decided to clean up and open their in-ground pool after a long cold winter. Volunteers were not lacking for the work. Wolves were kind and generous people who often invited neighbors toRead More →
Brett Esch Sentinel McPherson WICHITA, Kan. — On Saturday, the McPherson High School swim team competed in its biggest regular season meet in Wichita Heights. 21 schools attended, although most were struggling with the same staffing issue: COVID-19 protocols. “With over 200 swimmers from schools 5A and 6A, getting toRead More →
MARLBORO – Edward Horgan knew well the frustration of great effort in vain because of limitations beyond his control. He understood that even a good performance brought no guarantee of success. Despite his meticulous study of swimming techniques and tireless dedication to mastering nuances, the results were not always favorableRead More →
As the swim season draws to a close, here are the 2021 All-Bayou Region boys’ and girls’ swim teams from The Courier and The Daily Comet. Teams are based on Louisiana High School Athletic Association state championship results. Boys Most Valuable Swimmer Collin Klingman White Catholic Ed, Sr. Events: 200Read More →
Of the 12 swimmers in Mike Venos’ team at Birmingham Brother Rice, four of them competed all four years. This lack of “full-time” experience isn’t something that’s standing in the way of Brother Rice as he begins his season. It’s not something that worries Venos. “The last time we wereRead More →
WELSHPOOL Sharks have further underlined their reputation as one of Welsh swimming’s talent pools Meggie Thomas, 14, from Llanfyllin, competed at the British Para Championships in Swansea and set two personal best times to earn a place in this year’s Welsh Para Performance Team. Meggie will now travel to SwanseaRead More →
With victories over Susquehanna Township and East Pennsboro, the Boiling Springs boys’ and girls’ swim teams extended their blistering 2021-22 campaign on Tuesday and Thursday. HS Swimming: Braelen Mowe and Katie Buehler’s big nights ignite Boiling Springs wins over Big Spring The Bubbler boys took 138-27 and 133-12 wins whileRead More →
WILLMAR — The Alexandria boys’ swim and dive team went undefeated this season by beating the Willmar Cardinals 109-70 Thursday at Willmar High School. Alexandria has won nine events, a swimming demonstration in the last two races, the 100-yard breaststroke and the 400-meter freestyle relay. Aidan O’Meara of Willmar tookRead More →
Five girls from Herts and Essex Secondary Schools took pride in the Secondary School National Team Relay Championships. Catherine Clune, Ellen Millar-Bond, Emma Fields, Miriam Moukdad and Ella Greatbatch – all of whom are members of Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club – performed well against strong opponents at the London AquaticsRead More →
In the 80s and 90s, when Barry parenteau coached the future Sainte-Croix women’s swimming and diving team and her father, Paul, guided the men’s team of HC, Barry’s wife, Valley, operated the competition timing system at the Hart Center swimming pool, and their young children were tracking the times atRead More →
SAGINAW – The boys and girls swim and diving teams at Marquette High School competed in a one-of-a-kind event for them over the weekend. They took part in a Lower Peninsula competition, the Muzz Relays at Saginaw Heritage. “Marquette swimming and diving headed down the state for competition (as farRead More →
The latest issue of Magazine of the swimming worldis now available for download in the Jumping swimming world! Non-subscribers can download this issue here By Shoshanna Rutemiller Maximus Williamson of North Texas Nadadores (Southlake, TX) is a force to be reckoned with. In July 2021 at the Texas Age GroupRead More →
In high school sports, it is usually the students in the upper class who set an example for young athletes. Last season, when he was just a freshman, Nordonia swimmer Noah Holtz turned the tide and made a big impression on his older teammates. “It was really nice to seeRead More →
Waukee wins team title in competitive field with 4 of top 6 teams in state Linn-Mar’s Aiden Carstensen competes in the fourth inning of the 100 backstroke at the 2021 IHSAA State Swimming Championships at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Saturday February 13, 2021 (Andy Abeyta / The Gazette)Read More →
Senior Northwestern Evan Bower (seated center) signed on to continue his education and swimming career at Shawnee State University earlier this week. Pictured: (front, LR) Michele Bower, Evan Bower, Lee Bower. (back cover, left to right) Dave Frantz, Hanna Tackett, Michelle Tackett, Gerald Cadogan. Jacob Smith | Daily schedules McDERMOTTRead More →
Brogan Robinson begins to surprise himself. Already the holder of five individual program records for the Olentangy Berlin men’s swimming and diving team and a member of his three best relay times, the senior achieved two All-American performances at the Jim Stacy Winter Championships on December 18. at the SPIRERead More →
A West Lothian swim club has launched a specialist program for people with disabilities – and hopes it will encourage other sports in the county and beyond to do the same. Swim-IT Head Coach Fiona Donald said the coincidence with the Paralympic Games is the perfect time to raise awarenessRead More →
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NEWBURGH, Ind. (WFIE) – With the Olympics officially underway, a Newburgh swimming club will be cheering on their teammates. Newburgh’s Sea Creatures have a proven track record of sending individuals nationwide. “Since I’ve been here in 2014, we’ve had the chance to continue this tradition of excellence that we’ve hadRead More →
A record-setting teenager from Bromley became the first in her swim club’s 123-year history to qualify for senior international competition. Evelyn Davis, 16, a student at Bromley High School, is a member of the Bromley Swimming Club and was selected to represent the GB team at the European Swimming ChampionshipsRead More →
A Utah Aquatics Academy swimmer floats on his back in the “survival float” position. (Alliesha Reber) Kristy Neilson and her family traveled to Lake Powell three years ago with her then 2-year-old son Carter. While loading the barge onto the dock, before the family dug up the life jackets, theRead More →
Abnormally low temperatures and light rain that fell Thursday afternoon in Shawnee didn’t feel like the first day of summer, but the dank, wet weather conditions didn’t stop 26 children from enjoy a special swimming lesson at the Thomas A Aquatic Center Soetaert. Thursday’s lesson was going to take placeRead More →
“It’s blue, it’s blue!” Those are the words that stick with 29-year-old Candace Thome when she learned that her almost 2-year-old brother, Brayv, fell into his family’s swimming pool in 2011. Brayv would not survive it. He had long hair “like a little surfer baby,” the Garden Grove woman recalled.Read More →
Even after passing all the important Yale entrance requirements — SATs, interviews, essays, and high school transcripts — one last test awaited me: swimming. Yale men not only had to be academically competent and physically upright; they also had to know how to swim along the pool at the PayneRead More →