Swimmer's Daily

  • Eastern Illinois University president David Glassman issues a statement on the ongoing lawsuit filed by Jaylan Butler, an EIU swimmer, in conjunction with the ACLU against six law enforcement officials Butler claims unfairly detained and threatened him.

  • A brother and sister in Britain drowned during a game to see who could swim the farthest out from shore — an incident ruled a “tragic accident” in an inquest this week, according to new reports.

    Malika Shamas, 14, was swimming near Clacton Pier in Essex last Aug. 8, when she got to a point that she was still able to stand up, but panicked, the BBC reported.

    Her brother Haider Shamas, 18, and two cousins rushed to her aid, but it was too late.

    Malika was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead, and her brother died two days later of pneumonia, brain damage and drowning.

    The siblings could both swim, the inquest heard, but they had been competing with their cousins to go deeper and deeper into the sea, The Mirror reported.

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  • Addie Schiemann is anything but shy when it comes to her passion for the pool.

    “I really do have a love for swimming,” Schiemann said. “I love the way it feels in the water and I love my teammates and I love all my coaches.”

    The 17 year old has competed in the sport since she was in grade school. But on July 14th, 2017 Schiemann’s swimming career nearly came to an end.

    Addie was involved in a U-T-V accident and had to have her right arm amputated just above the elbow.

    “After the accident, I was like how could i ever swim again with one arm?” Addie said. “I was more frustrated at the fact that I didn’t think I could.”

    After hundreds of hours of rehab, Schiemann was back in the pool less than three months later.

    “After that, I was hooked,” Schiemann said. “I was like if I can swim i might as well not give this up. I can do this. It’s not impossible as I thought it was sitting in the hospital bed thinking there’s no way but here I am now so it’s pretty cool.”

    “She’s competing with the best of the best and she doesn’t shy away from that,” said Fremont head coach Ali Granger. “She’s not scared and she doesn’t back down. She does not care if you’re five inches taller than her with both arms.”

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  • All the excitement of our annual Inter-House Gala, from house pride, to the heats, and the traditional matric plunge to close the evening – get all the results on our website http://bit.ly/38HWUJ7 and links to the photo album #SuperaMoras

  • Join OH. Report junior reporter Jadon Wyant of state-bound Lexington Swim & Dive Team as he interviews teammates Tessa Gerhardt, Bobby Keller and Tanner Holmes.

  • A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn’t be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China.

    “We need to find the best way to have a safe Olympics,” Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani said, speaking at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. “Right now we don’t have an effective strategy, and I think it may be difficult to have the Olympics (now). But by the end of July we may be in a different situation.”

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  • The Gophers preview the 2020 B1G Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

  • Did you know that a “swimming mile” is actually about 6% shorter than a full mile?