Swimmer's Daily

  • Sports Editors Sumner Higginbotham ’16 and Nick Cipolla ’17 make a splash in the Campus Recreation pool to see if their swimming skills hold any water.

  • Polish Open Winter Swimming Championships
    Silesia Winter Swimming 2016
    January 23, 2016 Katowice

  • Ice-hole swimming is a traditional Russian fun. Winter swimmers are called “walruses” here. “Lipetsk Walrus Club” exists for over 60 years and since then a lot of people have joined our healthy lifestyle community. Winter swimming is popular not only among seniors but also among young people. Lipetsk ‘walruses’ enjoy the cold water as well as the cold air and go for a swim at any time of the day or night! :)

    https://youtu.be/rBEV_bqbijk

  • 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.

    See Detroit newstime

  • 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.

    See NZ Herald