Swimmer's Daily

  • See WICS

    Swimming is a way to escape the heat and have some fun during the summer months. However, now is also the time of year where accidental drowning is the leading cause of death among children between 1-and-4 years old.

    Sangamon County coroner, Cinda Edwards, pronounced the drowning death of a 3-year-old boy from Whitehall, Illinois. He died at St. John’s Hospital on Monday around 7:30 p.m.

    Death by drowning is common this time of year. In fact, from Memorial Day to Labor Day in 2013, more than 200 children in the United States drowned. This is why the Springfield YMCA has roughly 70 trained lifeguards in hopes to prevent drowning from occurring.

  • A good read in general, here on stuff.co.nz

    Australian Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe was also in New York on the day of the Word Trade Center attacks. Out for a jog, Thorpe planned to visit the observation deck of the World Trade Center, but returned to his hotel when he realised he had forgotten his camera. Turning on the TV, he saw the north tower on fire after it was hit by the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11.

    world trade center photo
    Photo by David Paul Ohmer

  • See WLTX 19

    The next time you think about skipping a workout, you should think of Arline Minns.

    Minns celebrated her 99th birthday on Wednesday at the Drew Wellness Center — after she finished the hour-long water aerobics class she attends five days a week! Minns says the secret to a long, healthy life is to simply stay active.

    “If you sit home in a rocking chair in front of the television and don’t get out, you will lose it,” said Minns. “They say if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it!”

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  • See 6abc

    A 16-year-old boy says he was bitten by a shark while swimming at Delaware’s Cape Henlopen State Park.

    The shark attack happened around 5:00 p.m. Monday.

    The teenager, Andrew Vance of Delmar, was wading in 5 feet of water when the shark bit his arm.

    He reported that the shark released its bite and swam away after he batted it with his right arm.

  • See KTTC

    School may be out for summer, but for many children and teens there are more lessons to learn in the pool. Participants in the Water Safety Instructor class at Rochester Recreation Center are completing a six month course in water safety and instruction.

    The student instructors are diving in to the fundamentals of swimming before they start teaching children at area pools and recreational waters.

    “You’re their teacher, but you’re also kind of, their friend,” said Laura Torgeson of Pine Island, who’s working toward her WSI certification. “If you make it fun and friendly for them then they get such a better experience and they want to come back.”

    KTTC Rochester, Austin, Mason City News, Weather and Sports

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    Le squale des bassins à rejoint le Team Arena en avril dernier, découvrez son portrait en 1m30 ! :)

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  • See KSLA

    After a Shreveport teenager almost drowned this past weekend, The Swim School in Shreveport-Bossier City offered some safety tips to make sure summer fun is also safe.

    Facility Manager Elaine Durbin said the first thing to remember is something simple but important.

    “You definitely need to enroll in swim lessons for sure,” she said.

    KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana News Weather

  • See WDIO

    A beautiful day across the Northland Tuesday, but down by Lake Superior a cool breeze is fueled by even cooler water. It’s creating dangerous conditions for swimmers.

    “Hypothermia is a big risk,” Cheryl Vander Heyden, with the Duluth YMCA, said. “It’s always a risk in Lake Superior because it never gets very warm, but the risk is much higher this year.”

  • See WFSB

    A man police said was behind the wheel of a serious crash that ended in a swimming pool in Ledyard had a blood alcohol level almost four times the legal limit.

    Police said 25-year-old Marcus Harvin, of New Britain, was charged in the Memorial Day weekend crash where he was driving down Route 12 in Gales Ferry when police said he lost control and crashed his car through a utility pole, a traffic control box and a metal guardrail and ultimately ended up in a backyard swimming pool.

    WFSB 3 Connecticut