Swimmer's Daily

  • The Keepers is a series of films made by The Good Life Experience telling the story of the festival through the people involved.

  • Elijah Winnington is a 17 year old swimmer competing in the biggest sporting event of his life in April 2018. He currently trains under Kyle Samuelson and Richard Scarce at the Bond Swim Club. Elijah is a Georgina Hope Rinehart Swimming Excellence Scholar and is currently studying a Bachelor of Business.

  • Swimmer Jocelyn Ulyett arrived at Loughborough University as an ‘average’ swimmer… now she has the potential to claim a medal at the Commonwealth Games.

  • Bunke was a beloved teammate for U.S. Paralympics Swimming. Her brave, strong fight against cancer did not go unnoticed by teammates, friends and family. Several teammates would honor Bunke’s fight against cancer by writing GRACE on their hands.

    “Today is a very sad day for the entire Paralympic community,” said Julie Dussliere, vice president of U.S. Paralympics. “Grace was an incredible friend, teammate and young woman who had a bright future ahead of her. Grace faced cancer with wisdom beyond her years, and she touched the lives of everyone in our program who crossed her path.”

    Read Team USA

  • Katie Ledecky’s spectacular swimming career at Stanford is over.

    The five-time Olympic champion announced Monday she will forgo her final two years of eligibility and pursue professional opportunities while continuing her training and classes at Stanford.

    The sophomore was expected to leave college swimming at some point to train for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She also had given up potentially significant endorsement and sponsorship deals by competing as an amateur the past two years and leading the Cardinal to back-to-back NCAA championships. Last year’s title was the program’s first in 19 years.

    Ledecky made it clear she treasured the camaraderie of the Stanford team and her general college experience.

    “I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to train and swim collegiately for two years alongside some of the greatest women swimmers of this generation — swimmers who are not just great athletes, but great people as well,” Ledecky said in a statement released by the school.

    Read SFGate

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  • News 5 has confirmed the Good Samaritan who helped save two children from drowning in Navarre has died. According to Fire Chief Danny Fureigh with Navarre Beach Fire Rescue, the man died Saturday at the hospital.

    Fureigh states in a news release:

    On Saturday March 24th at 6:14 pm, Navarre Beach Fire Rescue was dispatched to lifeguard tower 3 for multiple patients in the water. Once onscene the crew located several patients in the water and launched the Waverunner to rescue the patients. Crew was enroute to an unconscious victim just past the surf break but the rough surf hindered their progress. Navarre Beach resident and avid surfer Alexander Julio was surfing and rescued a 10 year old swimmer who the victim was attempting to rescue. Bystanders and Santa Rosa Sheriffs Deputies pulled the unconscious man from the surf and Firefighters and the Deputies administered CPR and transported the victim to a nearby ambulance. The waverunner with 1 firefighter pulled in 3 additional victims who were in distress and unable to make it back to shore. Fort Walton Beach Medical center confirmed the passing of the original would be rescuer.

    Read WRKG

    Photo by mamamusings

  • We met up with swimmer, Ellena Jones who is representing Team Wales in this years Commonwealth Games!

  • In Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Florida, there’s a mermaid show — and there has been for 70 years. It’s one of the United States’ oldest roadside attractions, and it still does three shows a day. At least, provided the local wildlife doesn’t get in the way.

  • Amy Desir, 30, and another woman told the staff at Dulwich Leisure Centre in south London that they had every right to join the session because they ‘identified as male’.