Swimmer's Daily

  • The Lords and Ladies are looking for another national title at the DIII Championships in Greensboro, NC. Let’s go Kenyon!

  • The arena Swim Keel is a multi functional tool, designed to be used by beginners or advanced swimmers, as either a kickboard or a pull-buoy. Listen as Igor Bonnet, Category Manager of Equipment for arena explains how to use it.

  • A determined solo swimmer dubbed “the tractor” has completed an epic 60km swim from Geelong to Brighton.

    Mike Gregory and two other swimmers set off from the sea baths in Corio Bay on Friday afternoon, but only Mr Gregory made the distance, stepping ashore in Brighton yesterday afternoon after 22 hours and 35 minutes in the water.

    His two companions, Paul Hoffman and Steve Klugman succumbed to injury and fatigue and withdrew from the swim, which raised money for quadriplegic Melbourne teen Will Murray.

    See Herald Sun

  • Autopsy results show a rare heart condition contributed to a Dartmouth College swimmer’s accidental death at a Florida pool.

    Tate Ramsden of Nashville, Tennessee, died Dec. 26. A Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office report said the 21-year-old was swimming laps underwater when he went into distress.

    An autopsy report released Friday by Dr. Russell Vega, chief medical examiner for Manatee, Desoto and Sarasota counties, listed drowning as the cause of death. A contributing cause of death was arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, a rare disease of the heart muscle.

    The condition is inherited and causes abnormal heart rhythms.

    Read WMUR

    https://youtu.be/GGaju_2vT8w

  • It’s verging on criminal to allow a public asset as glorious as Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour to be used for little more than water traffic. Harbourside plans have been much talked about and an authority to oversee development has been proposed, but it could yet be years before any of its ideas come to fruition. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has pre-empted the decision-making by suggesting that there is no better place to go for a lunchtime swim or to fish. He’s not entirely wrong, though the thought that an hour is all that’s needed to get from the office to the lapping waves to take a dip or cast a line and grab a bite to eat before returning is nothing short of demented.

    In a blog posting last week, Leung envisaged a swimming platform near the IFC from which office workers could take a 20-minute dip during their lunch hour as an alternative to going to the gym. Praising fishing as a good way to relax, he also suggested a 45-minute break to sit by the shore and cast a line. Understandably, he has been ridiculed for a host of reasons, among them the time constraints faced by workers, the low quality of harbour water, heavy ferry and pleasure-boat traffic and the impracticality of going fishing for such a short time during the hottest and busiest part of the day. Put that down to someone out of touch with everyday people.

    Read South China Morning Post

    Photo by pasuay @ incendo

  • As if we didn’t already have enough drama surrounding the Columbus Aquatic Center, Jeff Pischko, head swimming coach for the Columbus Hurricanes, tells me he’s afraid the city is about to lose a huge swim meet. […]

    So what’s the problem?

    It’s shocking, you might say.

    The people with Georgia Swimming, which controls such meets, say they need an aquatic center that does not have to shut down when lightning is in the vicinity. Georgia Tech’s Olympic Aquatic Center, which lately has hosted the meet, is such a place.

    Read Ledger-Enquirer

  • The Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA) Swim Team dominated the 2016 Metropolitan Swimming Junior Olympics March 11 to March 13, bringing home the overall team title as well as the combined 11-12 and 13-14 age group titles. AGUA swimmers rose to the occasion, snapping meet-favorite Long Island Aquatic Club’s (LIAC), 15-year winning streak.

    Read Asphalt Green

    AGUA - Image courtesy of Joanna Gallai
    AGUA – Image courtesy of Asphalt Green

  • Ger Kennedy is an Irish cold swimmer. He arrived in Yakutsk, Russia’s Siberia, on March 5th, 2016, in the early morning and we went to the place called Elanka on the Lena River. 2,5 hr by car. After, he swam 52 m under the ice. The temp of water under the ice was -1C. Air temp -13,8C. Depth 4,7-5 m. Ice thickness ~80 cm. Visibility ~10-15 m. Everything went safe. Thanks to Sergey Sobolev and his team, who made an Irish dream come true. Location search took 2 weekends, ice holes cutting 2 days, ice hole swimming 4 minutes only.

  • Michael Phelps continued to expand his reach in his new Arizona home Saturday with appearances at two Arizona State campuses to promote Pitchfork Aquatics Swim School.

    Pitchfork Aquatics is the first Arizona licensee of the Michael Phelps Swimming program, which teaches safety, fitness and performance.

    Read AZCentral