Month: February 2022
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Oakville Teen Honored as Hero After Life-Saving Swim | CityNews
Kyaan was enjoying a spring paddle with a friend when the pair saw something terribly wrong. Now, he’s being honored for putting his own safety aside to help. David Zura explains.
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Joint statement of the Nordic Swimming Federations regarding the invasion of Ukraine
The Nordic Swimming Federations strongly condemn the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian government supported by the government of Belarus. We call on the international aquatics’ community, and especially FINA, to immediately suspend Russia and Belarus from all involvement in international aquatics until a peaceful resolution of this conflict. All parties should be able to…
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11th DWR Conservation Police Training Academy Completes Officer Water Survival Course | Virginia DWR
The students of the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) Conservation Police’s 11th Basic Training Academy recently completed their 16-hour Officer Water Survival (OWS) course in accordance with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Program. The purpose of the course is to provide our new officers the…
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Swim Team Returns to Roxbury YMCA | YMCA of Greater Boston
Daly Richelieu-Hamilton is bringing the swim team back to the Roxbury YMCA! After not having a team for seven years, Daly has seen success with the program and is recruiting members directly from swim lessons, Giving new swim students the goal of joining the swim team has built confidence in his students along with a…
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Polar Plunge: Swimmers Brave Bitter Cold Weather to Take Dip In the Bay | KPIX CBS SF Bay Area
Temperatures in the 40s weren’t enough to delay a morning swim in the Bay
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Stanford extends lead in second day of Pac-12 Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships | Pac-12 Networks
Stanford holds a 99-point lead on USC through the second day of the Pac-12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships after adding more titles. Torri Huske won the 200 Individual Medley while the Cardinal won the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:26.52. Stanford’s Anya Goeders and USC’s Anicka Delgado tied for first in the…
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First Colonial Girls Swim Team’s History-Making Performances | 13News Now
A Virginia Beach high school swim team is shining a spotlight on Hampton Roads. The First Colonial High School girls swim team took home their first state title in 2019. Then they did it again in 2020. And last weekend, they made it a three-peat! Philip Townsend spoke with them today about the history-making moment.
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Simon Ince Is the Oldest Person to Successfully Swim The 34km False Bay Crossing | eNCA
A new Guinness World Record will soon be awarded in South Africa. 62-year-old Simon Ince is set to receive it as the oldest person to swim from Simon’s Town to Rooi Els, crossing False Bay. Ince took on the almost eleven-hour long swim this past Sunday.
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