Category: Organization
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Children petition against natatorium in University Park, Texas
Neighborhood children are petitioning against Highland Park Independent School District’s $15-$20 million plan to build a new swim center at Curtis Park. The park is considered the summer aquatic, social and recreational hub of University Park. “We think we should have a say in our community,†one child told CBS 11 News about their petition,…
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Drowning victim’s family sues Transy, citing ‘culture of disregard’ at swimming pool
A Frankfort couple have charged in a Fayette Circuit Court lawsuit that negligence by Transylvania University led to the drowning of their 13-year-old son in a university swimming pool in June. The suit was filed Monday by Ricky L. and Jessica A. Harris, whose son, Ricky Harris III,died June 23 after losing consciousness during a…
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Danish swimming in shock after Rollason’s resignation
Danish swimming is practically in shock after Shannon Rollason announced that he is resigning after the World Championships in December. – At this moment we are very disappointed and saddened. We have to just collect ourselves a bit, says Pia Holten, director of the Danish Swimming Federation. Jeanette Ottesen, who just three weeks ago won…
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Dagny Knutson sues her former lawyer
Through much of 2011 and 2012, American record-setting swimmer Dagny Knutson was, by her own admission, in “kind of a fog.†Just months after leaving her native North Dakota in the summer of 2010 for an Orange County-based USA Swimming elite training program designed to serve as a pipeline to the Olympic Games, Knutson found…
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Shannon Rollason resigns as head coach of the Danish National Training Center
The Danish Swimming Federation today announced that they have received NTC head coach Shannon Rollason’s resignation, to leave his position as head coach of the National Training Center in Bellahøj after the World Short Course Championships in Doha in December. Rollason has been head coach of the Danish NTC since 1 March 2013, and was…
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Harvard Stadium Could Host Swimming At 2024 Olympics In Boston
When it comes to the possibility of Boston hosting the 2024 Olympics, at least one idea is all wet — and we’re not talking about the debate over the feasibility of the city hosting the games. Historic Harvard Stadium could host swimming events in a prospective Boston Olympiad, according to The Boston Globe. A temporary…
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2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Return to Omaha
USA Swimming, in collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee, announced in April of 2013 that Omaha, Neb., has been selected as the host city for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming.
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Historic Black-Owned Swim Club Seeks Bankruptcy
A Philadelphia-area swimming pool that opened in the late 1950s for black members who were denied access to a nearby whites-only pool has filed for bankruptcy. Officials who put the Nile Swim Club of Yeadon into Chapter 11 protection on Wednesday didn’t explain the club’s survival plan in the seven-page bankruptcy petition. Officials launched a…
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Water Activities at Dickson Valley
Whether they’re playing water polo, water volleyball, or just swimming around, kids love having a blast in our lake! Website: dicksonvalley.com Facebook: facebook.com/dicksonvalley Twitter: twitter.com/dvmark