Swimmer's Daily

  • Yesterday evening at the 2014 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, Pál Joensen reached his 100th championships gold medal. Here counting also relays, tonight he might reach it in individual events. So yeah, #notenoughfingers ! :-)

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    Bartal is keeping tabs

    • 2004 (VS): 1 silver
    • 2005 (VS): 3 silver, 2 bronze
    • 2006 (VS): 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
    • 2007 (VS): 10 gold, 1 bronze
    • 2008 (SuSvim): 15 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze
    • 2009 (SuSvim): 14 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
    • 2010 (SuSvim): 13 gold, 4 silver
    • 2011 (SuSvim): 11 gold, 6 silver
    • 2012 (SuSvim): 11 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
    • 2013 (SuSvim): 14 gold, 2 silver
    • 2014 (SuSvim): 10 gold, 1 silver, 2/3 through the meet

  • Read NY Daily News

    Dimwits in Sacramento were jailed after firing gun and jumping into a canal. Cops arrested Reuben Amaro and Robert Solorio after circling their would-be escape with helicopters.

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  • See WWAY3

    Charles Crews, who was swimming at Wrightsville Beach, said he learned just how strong rip currents can be and what it feels like to be caught in one.

    “It was pushing me outward, away from the wall basically, and it was coming downward onto me and pushing me under. As I was swimming, I was trying to stay afloat. And, whenever I would try to get close to the wall, it would crash onto me and pull me down under,” Crews said.

  • See WPTV

    The mystery swimmer who saved a local man from drowning has been revealed.

    Second grade teacher Kevin Vorse was the man who hustled out to rescue a panicked swimmer at the Lake Worth pier Monday. […]

    He says he’s never thought of himself as a hero, he was just in the right place at the right time.

  • Read The Kansas City Star

    Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky plans to swim for Stanford after she graduates from high school next year.

    The 17-year-old from Bethesda, Maryland, announced her commitment Thursday. She is a junior honors student at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in her hometown.

    Ledecky will join Olympic champion Missy Franklin in the San Francisco Bay Area. Franklin is wrapping up her freshman year at California. She plans to swim during her sophomore year before turning pro leading to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

  • See 23abc

    The drowning death of a toddler in Oildale on Monday shows how important swimming safety is as the weather starts to get hot.

    Experts say drowning is the leading cause of death for children one to four years old, and the second leading cause for children up to age 14.

  • See kshb.com

  • See WLOX

    When the weather warms up, a lot of little ones love to hit the water. If your child happens to fall into a pool or river, would he or she know what to do to stay alive? A Harrison County couple recently started a program to help prevent drowning accidents. They’re teaching children not only to swim, but to survive.

    You will find a bunch of children swimming in the Laneys’ pool this summer. Allison and Greg Laney operate Mississippi Gulf Coast Lil’ Shrimps Swim Academy at their home off Doc Lizana Road.

    “Being an ER nurse for so many years and taking care of so many children who drowned in the ER, it really hit home when I had a child that I didn’t want him to be a drown victim,” said Allison Laney.

    WLOX.com – The News for South Mississippi

  • See KIMT

    In just a few weeks Memorial Day will mark the opening of many public pools around the area.

    And for those who have pools in their back yards, police want to remind you of some rules.

    In Osage, the police department says you’ll need to make sure you have the pool fenced-in.