Swimmer's Daily

  • Four-time Olympic Medalist and USA Swimming Foundation Ambassador, Cullen Jones, discusses the cultural barriers that influence the lack of African-American involvement in the sport of swimming. He shares his thoughts on the evolution of the sport and the necessary steps to make the sport more inclusive.

  • Carlos Tejada, a swimmer who has an intellectual disability with a degree of 65%, is considered to be one of the best sportsmen from the province of Almería. There are no boundaries for him, just hard work. He began to swim when he was 8 years old and started to compete at 12. Throughout all this time, he has won over 200 trophies, some of which are gold medals that he won in international adapted swimming competitions. He is champion of Spain in 1,500 metres freestyle and has participated in 54 championships of Spain. His friendliness, enthusiasm and capacity to overcome himself, have enabled him to gain recognition both in the social and sports spheres.

  • The Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority will host a job fair on Feb. 22 and March 1 to fill positions for the College World Series and Olympic Swim Trials.

  • Tigger is the son of Marlon’s world-famous 12 stone giant pit bull Hulk and his mate Roxy. Some of their prize puppies can sell for as much as $65,000 (£45,000) and in 2015 he valued a litter fathered by Hulk at $500,000 (£350,000).

    Hulk towers above his handlers when standing on his hind legs and his bite is capable of snapping a man’s arm ‘like a toothpick’ according to Grennan, but in this video he shows off his softer side as he cosies up to one of his puppies when bath time is done.

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  • Now in its forth year the Big Chill Swim has over 1000 competitors from across the UK & around the world. Taking place at the Low Wood Bay Hotel Resort Marina, Lake District. UK then event is part of the International Winter Swimming Association World Cup with races from 30m through to 1km. No wetsuits allowed!

  • Tributes are flowing for a teenager who tragically died after jumping from a bridge – and popular swimming spot – in Raglan today.

    The 16-year-old, who is yet to be named by authorities, was among a group of teenagers jumping from Te Kopua Bridge.

    Friends and family members have begun paying tribute to the young man, who many acknowledge was a nice, happy kid who enjoyed the water.

    One teen wrote: “Bro, I know we weren’t very good friends, but I know we were close enough for me to call you a brother. Haere atu ra my brother. We will miss you.”

    A relative said she was “hurting hard” following the news of her young cousin’s sudden death.

    “You will always be in my heart, cousin … Love you forever.”

    The boy died after he was struck by another bridge jumper and became submerged.

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  • Two years ago, Hunter Wright became the youngest athlete to successfully swim the Magellan Strait. At the time he was only 17-years-old, becoming the sixth person in the United States to complete the swim.

    With one world record under his belt, Wright is ready for another.

    Hunter is planning to swim in the chilling waters of the Arctic Ocean. He’ll swim from Point Barrow, Alaska to the city of Barrow wearing only a speedo and cap.

    “It’s about a 4.4 miles swim. Water temperature ranges from 32 to 40 degrees and nobody in the world has ever attempted it,” Wright explained.

    The challenging and chilling swim will only be the beginning of a much larger plan for Wright.

    “One of my goals is to swim Antarctica. And but that’s the most southern swim in the world and I wanted to do the most Northern swim in the world to just start out and kind of get a warm up going before Antarctica,” Wright said

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  • Rani is a golden retriever who has caught dozens of fish as well as some turtles. Watch her snatch a big bluegill out of the water.
    She puts the bread right under her mouth for bait.

  • In an act of sportsmanship one league official described as “absolutely incredible,” Metuchen High School senior Michael Spark presented his Greater Middlesex Conference Championships first-place medal to the swimmer he believes is “its rightful owner.”

    Spark finished second in the 100 backstroke at the Jan. 29 conference championships to Latvian-born Rich Fortels of Monroe, who broke a 14-year-old meet record in the event only to have his 51.30-second time nullified on a technical rules violation that state Sen. Samuel Thompson, 12th legislative district, called “absurd.”

    After learning that conference officials last week rejected the appeal of Monroe on behalf of Fortels, who was disqualified for wearing his Peddie Aquatics club team swim cap that did not give him a competitive advantage, Spark, who was awarded first place during the Jan. 29 meet, went to Monroe High School on Monday to present Fortels with his championship medal.

    “You beat me fair and square,” Spark said during a meeting with Fortels in Monroe Athletics Director Greg Beyer’s office. “You broke the meet record. You proved to everyone that you are the better athlete and the better swimmer. You were the clear winner. You beat me by three seconds. You deserve all the recognition. I want you to take this.”

    See USA Today High School Sports and mycentraljersey.com