Swimmer's Daily

  • Southern Connecticut State swimmer Dan Elliot was one of the best in the Northeast-10 Conference, and had big plans for this upcoming season. But Elliot’s career has been put on hold.

    His love for the water brought him to Southern.

    “I’ve been swimming since I was about eight years old. I definitely enjoyed it right away. I’ve always been around the water being from the south shore of Long Island,” Elliott said.

    As a junior, he won multiple conference championships and broke the conference record, both individually and on relays. But at Jones Beach on Long Island this summer, everything changed. Elliott was working as a lifeguard one day when a swimmer called for help.

    “It was actually the day that Hurricane Bertha was rolling in, so the swell was much bigger, and the tide was coming in and out much more quickly,” he said.

    As a lifeguard for the last five years, Elliott had probably made over 200 saves. He thought this one would be routine, but it was anything but.

    “The guy was stuck out in a rip current, and I went out to get him, and a wave was coming in, and it just happened to be bad timing,” Elliott explained. “I wound up diving and actually hitting my head. Immediately I knew something had gone wrong because I hit my head, and I felt a shock go through my entire body.”

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  • A giant squid has been filmed launching a frantic attack beneath the waves on a passing submarine.

    The ten-legged beast is seen launching itself towards the vessel, whipping its tentacles at the hull.

    People in charge of the submarine try to frighten the beast away by shining a bright light at the squid, which only enrages it further and prompts a second attack.

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  • Shooting a music video in a swimming pool was an ambitious move for Nicola Madill, especially when she could barely swim a length, or breadth for that matter.

    Nevertheless, the Dundee songstress plans to make filming history in Scotland.

    In a collaboration with award-winning film makers Flyboy Creative, Nicola’s new video Mia will be shot entirely underwater depicting an extraordinary fantasy world.

    Due to release before Christmas this year, the video follows a struggle between a mermaid and Mia, the mermaid queen.

    Part of the video will be filmed in a swimming pool although the team are still scouting secret outdoor locations.

    Production safety will be led by underwater cinematography expert Lindsay Brown, founder of Stray Seal.

    So while Nicola is practicing her breast stroke before gearing up in mermaid regalia, she knows at least she’s in safe hands.

    “I told the production team I was an average swimmer,” admits Nicola. “But the truth is I could barely swim the breadth of a pool so I’m now training every day.

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  • On the ocean floor is a hidden secret – a young girl holding up the ceiling of water. An inventive sculpture, which measures five metres and weighs 60 tonnes, has been placed on the sea bed of the Bahamas. The artwork, which was built by British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, will be a new home for marine wildlife and stunning attraction underwater.

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    http://youtu.be/MMJV8UxMnvw

  • At first glance, six-time Olympic medalist and 2012 U.S. Olympic Swim Team co-captain, Brendan Hansen, and Tom Colicchio, head judge on the hit show Top Chef, don’t seem to have much in common. But did you know that Tom was a competitive swimmer as a child, just like Brendan?

    Meet Tom and Brendan in the following video — two real life champions who share their stories of dreams, hard work and the pursuit of excellence, in the pool and in life.

  • Dr. h. c Klaus Schormann of the International Union of Modern Pentathlon explains the evolution of the event on the Olympic stage. Dr. Shormann walks us through the event’s history, rules and scoring system along with outlining the developments made over the years to the sport of Modern Pentathlon at the Olympic Games.

  • Isklar Norseman Xtreme Triathlon is considered the ultimate triathlon on the planet, and the race that any hard core triathlete should do at least once.

    “The tears stream down my cheeks from my unblinking eyes. What makes me weep so? There is nothing saddening here. Perhaps it is liquefied brain.”
    ― Samuel Beckett

  • Miami-Dade County Public Schools introduced a swim program Friday to honor the legacy of a toddler who drowned last year.

    The program, called iSwim, is turning the tragedy of baby Kyan Quintana’s death into a life lesson for other children. It was launched Friday at Greenglade Elementary in Southwest Miami-Dade.

    M-DCPS Superintendent Alberto said iSwim is geared toward keeping South Florida kids safe in the water. “It’s an opportunity to teach all of the children in Miami-Dade how to swim,” he said.

    According to Carvalho, 19 kids in South Florida drowned in the last two years.

    “Eleven of those children were younger than 4 years of age,” Carvalho said.

    Kyan drowned in his family’s backyard pool before his second birthday last summer. Dr. Marta Perez, a school board member, initiated the swim program in his honor. “It’s a wonderful community opportunity to improve the lives of children,” Perez said.

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