Category: Organization
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Thank You USA Swimming Volunteers!
This video is a small way of showing our appreciation to our countless volunteers across the country. Whether you’re an official, concessions worker or sell programs you all play a huge part in helping our meets run efficiently. From all of us at USA Swimming, thank you for all that you do!
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Never too old to learn some swimming skills
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘You are never too old to learn a new trick?†Well, you are never too old to learn some swimming skills! The Vigo County YMCA and the Terre Haute Torpedoes Swim Club will be hosting adult aquatics events during the month of April. And it’s not just to learn…
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One in five adults in England can’t swim – but it’s never too late to learn
For years, when on holiday in Ayia Napa, Charlie Dark would “look cool around the pool with my sunglasses on and get in the shallow end but that’s as far as my skills wentâ€. But now the 44-year-old DJ and creative writing teacher is learning to swim for the first time so he can enjoy…
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Columbia police close case of sexual assault claims made by MU swimmer
The Columbia Police Department has closed its investigation into sexual assault allegations made by deceased University of Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey. Menu Courey committed suicide in June 2011, after which ESPN discovered that she alleged to have been raped by Mizzou football players. ESPN’s “Outside the Lines†first reported the allegation in January 2014…
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Swimming Australia brings back Dolphins
Australian swimming is harking back to a golden moniker to regain public pride ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Australian team once again will be named the Dolphins, after the name was dropped in 2009. Swimming has worked to rebuild its brand since the Stillnox scandal in the wake of a disappointing London Olympics…
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Swimming lessons cater for new Australian migrants
Operators of learning-to-swim schools are catering to increased demand for private lessons in backyard pools as new Australian migrants struggle to learn water skills in adulthood. Petrina Liyanage of ‘Swim with a Smile’ says she teaches many new migrants who are scared or embarrassed of learning to swim in public pools. She now has so…