Category: Organization
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Bosom Buddies underwater dart tournament
A local family wants help raising awareness to fight breast cancer. They’re looking for people to play darts the weekend of Sept. 25. But there’s a catch, people have to play darts underwater as part of a tournament. It’s at central coast dive over the weekend and people can still sign up. They don’t even…
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Rio 2016 urges NOCs to seek “non-traditional” accommodation as shortage looms
Rio 2016 have urged National Olympic Committees to seek “non-traditional” forms of accommodation during next year’s Olympics and Paralympics, such as rented apartments through their partnership with Airbnb. […] Speaking to delegates during last week’s OCA General Assembly in Ashgabat, Rio 2016 NOC Relations Department continental manager for Asia and Oceania Sarah Paterson admitted there…
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Swim in College: Watch Your Social Media
Former college swimmer Kaitlin Frehling has an important message for you wannabe college athletes – watch your social media posting!
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Congratulating Coach Marsh on selection as 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Swimming Head Coach
SwimMAC CEO and Director of Coaching David Marsh was surprised by a gathering of about a hundred family members, friends, colleagues, supporters and swimmers at the Port City Club in Cornelius, NC to celebrate his recent appointment as the head women’s swimming team coach for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. https://youtu.be/TWqlbp6lGuE
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Young deaf swimmer calls for more support for disabled athletes like himself
A young Boy from Wallasey who is profoundly deaf and who represented Team GB at the World Deaf Swimming Championships is fighting for more recognition for deaf swimmers in this county. After competing Nathan Young, who is a member of Bebington Swimming Club, ranked eighth best deaf swimmer in the world. But he says the…
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FINA criticizes Rio 2016 organizers for inadequate aquatic venue conditions
Swimming’s world governing body FINA has strongly criticized the organizers of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro over what it says are substandard facilities and “disrespect” for aquatic events. FINA, which oversees some of the Olympics’ most-watched events, attacked the organizers and Rio mayor Eduardo Paes on various grounds including slashing the seating capacity…
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Oakland University swimmer Ayrton Kasemets comes out; surprised by his teammate’ reaction
The water has always been home for Ayrton Kasemets. It’s always been his safe place. “The pool is somewhere where I escape to be with my friends, and to relax,” he tells me. And maybe it’s been that place for him, because outside of the pool, the Oakland University sophomore swimmer felt like a fish…
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Morning Swim Show: Craig Lord on how ASCA wants to have FINA replaced
On the Morning Swim Show, Craig Lord, leading journalist and authority on political issues in competitive swimming, sits down with Brent Rutemiller, Publisher of Swimming World Magazine to discuss the 11 grievances against FINA and why the American Swim Coaches Association voted to replace FINA rather than reform it. See Swimmming World
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1500 Meters For Mike 2015
On September 19, 2015 a thousand swimmers will meet at Belmar Beach , NJ to honor the memory of a fellow swimmer, The College of New Jersey’s Michael Heaney and support victims of Traumatic Brain Injury by swimming 1500 Meters for Mike.