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  • Avid Swimmer Celebrates her 99th Birthday at the Pool

    Jun 12, 2014

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    rokur
    in Health, Training

    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!”

    (video autoplays, therefore pushed below the break)

    (more…)

  • Boy, 16, Reports Shark Bite in Delaware

    Jun 12, 2014

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    rokur
    in Nature, Safety

    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.

  • Swim instructors prepare for summer of teaching

    Jun 12, 2014

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    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

  • Portrait de Yannick Agnel

    Jun 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Speak in English :-)

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

    (video gone, so here is the pure English version)

  • Shreveport swimmer nearly drowns, sparks pool safety awareness

    Jun 11, 2014

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    by

    rokur
    in Safety

    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

  • Lake Superior Swimming Risky as Beach House Opens

    Jun 11, 2014

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    by

    rokur
    in Safety

    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.”

  • Swimming pool crash suspect may have been drunk at the time

    Jun 11, 2014

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    by

    rokur
    in Safety

    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

  • Man Jumps Into Sydney Harbor and Encounters a Great White Shark

    Jun 11, 2014

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    by

    rokur
    in Nature

    The discussion is raging on Sourcefed and Reddit, but I won’t give it away. Yet! :-)

    Close Call with a Great White Shark in Sydney Harbour!
    Filmed on a GoPro at Manly jump rock.

  • Mare Nostrum Canet 2014 LIVE on Sport+

    Jun 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Competition

    The Canet-en-Roussillon leg of the Mare Nostrum Tour is underway, here are a few vital links:

    • Swim Meet Landing Page
    • Start List / Psych List
    • Live Timing
    • Results
    • TV Broadcaster
    • Facebook Page
    • Hosting Club Web Page

    Image courtesy of Jón Bjarnason

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