Swimmer's Daily

  • Maneater is a third-person shark sim and I flippin’ love it. Billed as a “SharkPG” by Tripwire Interactive, Maneater follows the exploits of a severely wronged bull shark. Cut from her mother’s belly at birth by famed hunter, Scaly Pete, and disfigured in her escape, our heroic Carcharhinus cuts her teeth patrolling the shoals and coasts of South Florida in search of revenge, growing from a level 1 pup barely able to take down a trout, to a level 30 Megalodon gleefully chewing through entire armadas of coast guard ships.

    The goal of this game is to eat everything in sight and then wash that meal down with anything dumb enough to think it could hide from you the first time through. The main gameplay mechanic in Maneater involves you cruising through the water, monching on anything you can fit down your ever-growing gullet and avoiding larger predators until you’re big enough to bite them down to size. Your developmental progress is measured by how many nutrients in total you’ve consumed of protein, fats, minerals, and mutagen.

    See Engadget

    Maneater | Launch Trailer | PS4

  • Enjoy a breathtaking Full Replay of the Women’s 10m Platform Final from the 2009 edition of the FINA World Championships in Rome. Who remembers the outstanding performance of Paola Espinosa in this amazing final?

    Epic Women's 10m Platform Final – Rome 2009 FINA Worlds Replay

     

  • Hannah Baker, a senior on the Liberty women’s swimming & diving team, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Rock Royer/Mac Rivera Award.

    In 1974, the Rock Royer/Mac Rivera Award was established to honor the top senior student-athlete at Liberty University who best exemplifies the standards and lives of both of these great Christian men.

    Rock Royer was Liberty’s first football coach in 1973. Mac Rivera was a member of Liberty’s men’s basketball team from 1972 until 1975. Both Rock Royer and Mac Rivera tragically died at a young age, with Royer dying in a plane crash and Rivera passing away after a fall.

    This award encompasses more than just athletic ability. It recognizes the Liberty University graduating senior student-athlete who has maintained an exemplary testimony on the playing field, in the classroom and among the student body.

    The award is typically announced at Liberty Athletics’ annual FLAMESPY Award show selection at the end of the spring semester. However, due to the COVID-19 virus and the cancellation of the spring semester, Liberty Athletics was unable to host a physical celebration of the 2019-20 athletic season with its student-athletes this year.

    “A near 4.0 student and Nursing major, Hannah excelled in the classroom here at Liberty, maintaining high marks in a demanding program, while also competing and training at an elite level. That said, it is not the academic or athletic prowess that sets Hannah apart, it is how she was able to excel amidst personal challenges that I believe makes her a worthy candidate,” stated Liberty Women’s Swimming & Diving Head Coach Jake Shellenberger.

    Shellenberger added, “Twice during her career here at Liberty, Hannah received news that her mom developed cancer, the second occurrence during a phone call the evening before the start of this year’s conference meet. I cannot imagine the strength it took for Hannah to swim through it all, but swim through it she did, placing 2nd in the 200 free, 3rd in the 50 free, 4th in the 100 free. Also a member of four winning relays, Hannah certainly led us to those back-to-back titles.”

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    Hannah Baker Rock Royer Mac Rivera

  • It is a sobering statistic: eleven deaths at sea in ten years. Along the coastline of France’s Reunion Island, surfers, but also swimmers, are regularly attacked and sometimes killed by sharks. For the island paradise, it’s a problem that’s causing major concern for the surfing community and the tourism sector. Our reporters Clovis Casali and Julien Sauvaget went to the French overseas department in the Indian Ocean to find out what’s being done to shake off its “Shark Island” image.

    Hunt down sharks to protect surfers? The dilemma facing France's Reunion Island

  • Colorado Parks and Wildlife recovered the remains of two people who likely drowned while swimming at Lake Pueblo State Park on Friday.

  • With the lockdown going into its third month in some states, more evidence of nature returning to its pre-human state can be seen on beaches. Many swimming spots have been closed for months, and as they reopen, people are warned to be on the lookout for sharks. Animal Planet Wildlife Biologist Forrest Galante says that sharks coming closer to the beach is a natural consequence of human absence. In Miami Beach, aerial footage showed a carefree swimmer unaware he was being circled by sharks!

    4 Sharks Seen Close to Miami Beach Shoreline

  • International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia talks about his career with IMSHOF chairperson Ned Denison on the 11 June 2020 edition of WOWSA Live

  • Bodyweight exercises to help improve your swimming strength and fitness.

    https://youtu.be/_Eamkxr-ZDs