Category: Organization
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2024 US Olympic Swim Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium Nominated for SBJ’s Sporting Event of the Year | WTHR
The Sports Business Journal will announce the winner on May 21.
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Florida Lawmakers Push for More Pool Safety to Prevent Accidental Drownings | WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando
State lawmakers are pushing for more safety measures when it comes to preventing accidental drowning deaths. According to state officials, at least 46 children had died as a result of an accidental drowning in Florida by June 2024. During last year’s legislative session, lawmakers pushed through a law that would provide swim lesson vouchers to…
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Former Swimmer Sues UPenn Over Handling of Transgender Athlete | ABC News
Margot Kaczorowski is suing UPenn and the Ivy League of Council of Presidents as the Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for the university.
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Trump Admin. Suspends $175M in Funds for Penn Over Transgender Swimmer | 6abc Philadelphia
The University of Pennsylvania has been facing an Education Department investigation focusing on its swimming program.
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Should Swimming Lessons Be Part of the B.C. School Curriculum? | CBC British Columbia
BC Today guest host Dan Burritt and Kimiko Hirakida of the Lifesaving Society of B.C. hear from callers who say they have benefited from swimming lessons. Hirakida says having swimming lessons included in the school curriculum would better educate people about water safety and even conducting a rescue.
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First Alert Safety Check: Safesplash Hopes to Set New Swim Lesson Safety Standard | Dakota News Now
First Alert Safety Check: SafeSplash hopes to set new swim lesson safety standard
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Why Aussie Schools Are Cancelling Swimming Carnivals | The Project
Schools across the country are ditching swimming carnivals due to their students’ low swimming skills. So, with school swimming competitions under threat of extinction, what needs to be done to keep the tradition alive?
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Hundreds Travel to Rochester for City’s Largest Swim Meet | KTTC
Hundreds travel to Rochester for city’s largest swim meet
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Australian Schools Urged To Boost Swim Programs As Swimming Carnivals Cancelled | 10 News First
It’s been a tragic summer on our waterways, with the number of drownings 14% higher than the five-year average. Royal Life Saving says the swimming skills of students are “dangerously weak,” calling on schools to urgently boost swim programs with many carnivals being cancelled.