Former elite, record-breaking swimmer takes on her most difficult challenge – her son’s cancer. But, thanks to some love, support, and love for swimming,… her son (and her family) is stronger than ever.
Paly Voice editors Benner Mullin and Kasra Orumchian take on the freshman swim test, where they have to complete eight lengths in eight minutes, and then tread water for five.
More Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar streamed toward the border on Thursday and Friday, despite government assurances that it was stopping the massive exodus of refugees to Bangladesh. A video shows dozens of Rohingya attempting to swim across the currents of a muddy river in northern Rakhine state of Myanmar, from where it is a more than 20-kilometer walk through jungles to the border.
The Liberty Swimming and Diving team begin their first season as a program and the team is already off to a great start after winning their first meet, the ODU Fall Invitational.
If there is a time to experiment and find the perfect formula, it’s early in the season. Cal men’s swimming will look to do exactly that this weekend as it looks for a good jump off the block to its ranked campaign in a pair of dual meets.
The Bears will split the squad in two, sending one to University of the Pacific on Friday and the other to Pac-12 opponent Utah on Saturday. Unlike the King of the Pool meet two weeks ago, in which every swimmer swam all four strokes and an individual medley, these meets will feature the more conventional 16-event lineup, with each swimmer competing in three to four events each. It will be an early test for the Cal swimmers.
“It’s good to be able to do that early in the season,” said Cal men’s swimming head coach David Durden. “Just to see how we’re holding up for that lineup and let them extend into some different areas and let them work through a little bit of fatigue.”
Swimming supremo Adam Peaty has spoken of his love for his country after rubbing shoulders with royalty as he received his MBE
The 22-year-old was today, October 11, bestowed with the honour by the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, during an investiture ceremony held at Buckingham Palace.
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