Category: Organization
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Maryland Swimming will stay if they raise $11.56 million by June 30
University of Maryland president Wallace Loh announced today that they’ll cut eight sports from its athletics roster, including swimming & diving – but also that the teams each have a chance to save themselves by raising eight years of total costs by June 30. The swimming teams will need to raise $11.56 million, while women’s…
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Great Britain now technically banned from London 2012
Crazy, WADA has now declared the British Olympic Association (BOA) “non-compliant” with the WADA Code, which means that the host nation is technically unable to compete at London 2012. The row is over CAS/WADA lifting the ‘Osaka Rule’ that bars from the next games anyone who has served a doping suspension of 6 months or…
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In Massachusetts, boys compete as girls ?
So, my good American friends, I am really confused by this: At Norwood High in Massachusetts, boys compete on girls teams because their schools do not have boys swimming programs. Able to do so because the open access amendments to the state constitution mandates that boys and girls must be afforded equal access to athletics.…
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Principal to swim with sharks after students meet challenge
Aaah, Principal Fradley has surely learned a lesson about motivation, promising to swim with the sharks at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, if his students raised more than $20,000 at a Walk-A-Thon in September. “I really didn’t think they would do it, because last year we raised $12,000,” Dr. Fradley said. Oh well, they did,…
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Ryk Neethling in fight with former assistants over clients
Olympic gold medallist Ryk Neethling is seeking a court order to stop his former swimming instructors Lizette Botha and Uschi Dahlmann from “soliciting” his clients and competing with his swimming schools, allegedly by having gotten hands on his client database. Read The Star
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Michael Phelps spreads word to save Maryland Swimming
The most decorated athlete in Olympic history is among those calling foul over a proposal to cut 8 varsity sports at the University of Maryland, including men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Read wusa9.com
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WADA threatens to declare Britain non-compliant with global anti-doping code
The World Anti-Doping Agency says Britain could be declared non-compliant rules this weekend if it keeps its lifetime Olympic ban for drug violators. Read The Washington Post.
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Maryland Swimming in dire straits, let’s help out !
A call to arms here on GoSwim.tv: There is an epidemic in swimming right now, and Maryland is latest in a long line of schools dropping swimming from their programs. This is also a notice to all college coaches, your programs are NOT safe. In my humble opinion, you’re not just a coach anymore, it’s…
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Swim legend Mark Spitz backs the Big Splash mile
Fun fact in this video, Mark Spitz’s swimming career started with him doing well in a swim across a pool, mostly because he was called last because of his name starting with an “S”, and therefore was cold. Big Splash via the BBC