Swimmer's Daily

  • A Los Angeles County Fire Department lifeguard died during a swimming exercise Thursday morning, the first on-duty department death in recent memory.

    Brian K. Kutil, 42, began struggling during the lifeguards’ annual 500-meter swim recertification exercise at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach and was pulled from the water about 7 a.m., said Lifeguard Section Chief Chris Linkletter.

    About 25 lifeguards were swimming with Kutil and they unsuccessfully tried to revive him outside of the pool, Linkletter said. Kutil was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

    “He was a 20-year veteran, an oustanding lifeguard,” Linkletter said. “He’s going to be sorely missed.”

    See LA Times

  • Courtesy of Swedish YouTube user Nils Bremer. For science!

    Via Laughing Squid

  • Australian trick shot specialists, How Ridiculous, have completed what they are calling the world’s first ever underwater hole-in-one.

    The par-one course was set up with a bucket on the ocean floor 2.5 metres down.

    Brett Stanford hit the successful shot while his friends recorded the whole thing on their underwater cameras.

    See The Telegraph

  • Collin Craig came to WKU last Fall to not only go to class as a student, but to also compete at a high level in the swimming pool.

    Just like his mom and dad, Collin is a swimmer, but he’s no longer a student at WKU. The accusations he’s making against his former teammates could bring heavy consequences.

    The WKU swim team is known for winning conference titles, but it’s accusations out of the pool that have Bowling Green Police currently investigating.

    “Allegations were that they was some abuse from swim team members at WKU. We really don’t know what the truth is at this point in time,” said Bowling Green Police Public Information Officer Ronnie Ward.

    According to police,18 year old freshman and former WKU swimmer Collin Craig sent them an email one week ago. In the letter, he accuses members of the team of assaulting and forcing him to drink alcohol on several occasions.

    See WBKO

  • People in India never thought we were good at swimming. However, in a matter of months after Sandeep Sejwal won an unprecedented bronze for India at the 2014 Asian Games, Indian open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma has set a world record in the Antarctic ocean.

    Bhakti swam 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean!

    With this feat, Bhakti has now bettered the earlier record of British open water swimmer Lewis Pugh and American swimmer Lynne Cox, a release said.

    Bhakti, 25, is now the youngest in the world and the first Asian girl to have achieved this feat.

    Read India Times

    http://youtu.be/PX7YiWNQU64

  • A love for water can start early. José, Caitlyn, Natalie, Nicolai, Isabela, and Mina are all off to an excellent start. Swimming teaches confidence, it’s a sport and activity for life. Regardless of your age—the water will always welcome you.

    http://youtu.be/d_u49kvsYyE

  • Swimming has taught Javier Lopez and Douglas Nogueira how to set goals and achieve them. When you’re training to compete, your best friend is the black line, you count the tiles on the bottom of the pool, and your teammates become friends for life.

    http://youtu.be/0jcT0sc75Y8

  • Ocean is a competitive free diver who can hold her breath for over six minutes. A marine biologist and researcher, Ocean can get closer to nature. Ocean is also a dive instructor who empowers her students to experience the full beauty of the ocean’s ecosystem.

    http://youtu.be/QP935NJUEIA

  • Explore a world where working out is the furthest thing from work. Students Forrest Allison and Lisa Strong from Allyson Bailey’s deep water class remind us how aqua aerobics can transform bodies and minds with challenging, effective workouts.

    http://youtu.be/xGG3ODf9p4I