Month: April 2019
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Cal’s Teri McKeever honored as 2019 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year
Cal’s Terri McKeever named the Pac-12 Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year for the first time since 2015 and collects her eighth career award to tie Arizona’s Frank Busch for the most awards by a coach in Pac-12 history (1999, 2002, 2009, 2011-2013, 2015, 2019). McKeever led California to its third consecutive runner-up finish at…
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Swim Ireland IOSC19 Records Round Up
A record round up of the 5 days of action at the Irish Open Swimming Championships which were held in the National Aquatic Centre on the 27th to the 31st March 2019
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Doctors ‘should prescribe swimming to aid recovery from medical conditions’
Swim England has called for the medical profession to be more proactive in prescribing swimming as part of a programme of activity to manage a variety of medical conditions and aid recovery. As part of its latest #LoveSwimming campaign, titled Moving Medicine, Swim England has issued the plea alongside inspirational stories of how swimming has helped…
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Stanford’s Taylor Ruck earns Pac-12 Women’s Freshman Swimmer of the Year Honors
Stanford’s Taylor Ruck is the 2019 Pac-12 Women’s Freshman Swimmer of the Year after helping lead The Cardinal to this year’s conference title in the 400-free relay and the overall team championship. The two-time Olympic bronze medalist for Canada won gold in the 200-free among three medals at the Pan-Pacific Championships last year.
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See some of the state’s top swimmers compete in the Clovis West Swim Invitational
Clovis West swimming coach Adam Reid talks about how the Central Section has changed and what to look forward to in the Valley and State championships.
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Wanda’s Story | #LoveSwimming
Wanda was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in her early 30s and after suffering a serious back injury a few years ago, was told she would need a walking stick for the rest of her life. Determined not to let this defeat her, she followed her physio’s recommendation and started swimming. She wasn’t a confident swimmer at…
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Swimmer Beth French on Her Battle With ME and Taking on The Oceans Seven Challenge | Lorraine
Since she was a child Beth French has been in love with the idea of swimming the world’s oceans and decided to attempt to complete the Seven Oceans Challenge in a year, which would see her swim in freezing temperatures and amongst dangerous sharks. Her journey through the toughest oceans can be seen in the…
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