Category: Organization
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Norfolk swim program improves grades and abilities
See WAVY Swimming lessons are turning around low academic scores at one Norfolk school. The lessons are part of a new program started by the Norfolk Redevelopment Housing Authority. The program gives students from Tidewater Park Elementary free swimming lessons before school at the Southside Aquatics Center in Norfolk. NRHA started the program to teach the students a new skill,…
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Local swim team ‘dives’ for food donations
See WHAS11 The Lakeside Seahawks swim team has joined forces with a local charity to make a difference in the community. Inside the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center, there’s much more to the average swim meet. Young swimmers are groomed to become champions. “I already swam the 200 free and the 200 fly. I still…
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2014 Australian Trials SwimFan Week – Canberra
Swimming Australia has been publishing videos pretty much every day last week, in anticipation of the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships Trials. Last week was Canberra, featuring Alicia Coutts and James Roberts among others. Monday Memory Tuesday Tips
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Rebecca Adlington: Why are we closing swimming pools?
Read BBC As British swimmers leapt from the London 2012 starting blocks, they should have been doing so in full confidence. But their performance was one of the few lowlights of 2012, with the team securing three medals instead of UK Sport’s target of at least five. “We put a lot of pressure on ourselves,”…
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The head of swimming explains Red Pine’s swim program
See redpinecamp.com For Once You Have Been A Camper, Something Is Here To Stay, Deep In Your Heart Forever, Which Nothing Can Take Away Here are some campers explaining their 50 mile swim
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Swim program helps children with special needs
On Saturday mornings, the swimming pool at the France A. Cordova Recreational Center splashes with the sound of children learning to swim, but that sound also helps parents with children in the Special Needs Aquatic Program breathe a sigh of relief.
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Navy SEAL Athletes – Swimming
See navyseals.com Check out Navy SEAL Justin Gabriel as he talks about how his experience on a high school swim team contributed to his later profession as a Navy SEAL.
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YMCA swimmer Arthur Schenkein celebrates 100th birthday
See WDBJ7 Some people are celebrating more than just love on Friday. A Salem resident is excited to be happy and healthy at the age of 100. The YMCA in Salem had a party for its oldest member. Arthur Schenkein is turning 100 years old. Schenkein still comes in to the YMCA several times a…