Swimmer's Daily

  • Read The Age

    Cate Campbell won the 100-metre freestyle at the Commonwealth Games selection trials at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre on Saturday night in a blistering time of 52.68 seconds, but the world champion’s night was made special by the performance of her sister Bronte, who pushed her to the limit in a race that could reveal her coming of age as a contender.

    The Campbell sisters had already secured their places on the Australian team in the 50 freestyle, but Bronte Campbell’s time for the 100 of 53.02, which included a second lap that was 0.01 fast than her elder sister, showed that she was keeping the more-credentialled Cate within sight.

    “This time I managed to hang on, but I’m not sure about next time,” Cate said.

  • Read Herald Sun

    Twelve months before Grant Hackett’s life unravelled at Melbourne’s Crown casino complex on the evening of February 21, the Olympic champion knew he was coming unstuck.

    Hackett’s now infamous night at the Crown, during which he was photographed by casino patrons wandering in the foyer after midnight searching for his young son while wearing only his underpants and clutching a singlet, would become the catalyst for a five-week stint in a rehabilitation clinic for sleeping pill dependency; a problem that has reared its head before, during his Olympic career.

    After battling through — “white knuckling” as he calls it now — for more than a year, the retired athlete finally ­informed his parents Neville and Margaret in early February that he simply wasn’t coping with his bitter and drawn-out divorce from singer Candice Alley. It had taken its toll on him mentally and emotionally.

    Last week, the dual Olympic gold medallist was discharged from The Meadows in Arizona — an exclusive rehab facility that specialises in 30 types of ­addiction, including drugs.

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    It wasn’t quite revenge of the nerds in the men’s 100m freestyle final at the national swimming titles in Brisbane.

    But academically gifted, socially awkward students across the country would have been forgiven for unleashing a rare triumphant air punch when 19-year-old physics fanatic Cameron McEvoy upset dual world champion James Magnussen on Friday night.

    In a result sure to shock the swimming world, McEvoy (47.65 sec PB) comfortably held out Olympic silver medallist Magnussen (47.92) to clinch the 100-200 double at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games trials in Brisbane.

    Remarkably, McEvoy’s 2014 best time would have pipped Magnussen for last year’s 100m world title and snapped up London Olympic bronze.

    It seemed fitting that a kid who is no stranger to rocket science ensured Magnussen “the Missile” misfired.

  • See Sunny Skyz

    A dying tiger shark off Australia was nursed back to life by divers who took turns swimming with the shark for one and a half hours in an effort to keep it upright and to get oxygen into its gills. Just as the conservationists were about to give up, the shark kicked, indicating new life.

    After a couple more strong kicks, the tiger shark regained its strength and swam off on its own, The Australian and WA Today reported Wednesday.

  • Image courtesy of Bidgee / Wikimedia Commons
    Image courtesy of Bidgee / Wikimedia Commons

    Read The Age

    Eamon Sullivan cringes a bit when he sees stories published about him nowadays. It is not so much because of the many injuries that have marred his career or out-of-pool controversies in which he was involved but more because of a simple word that often precedes his name.

    ”I keep seeing ‘veteran’ written down next to my name,” Sullivan said.

    “I don’t know if I like that yet, but I am certainly feeling a veteran today, a bit sore and achy.”

  • Read The Citizen

    South African swimming duo Thane Williams and Jonno Proudfoot have completed a 459km swim in 24 days, their spokespeople said on Friday.

    The two swam from Mozambique to Madagascar.

    “This is an incredible feat and by no means ordinary,” they said in a statement.

    In one day Williams and Proudfoot swam the same distance as the English Channel.

    “[They swam] battling jelly fish stings, swimming with sharks and whales, and being detained by French military on a French island after some confusion.”

  • jack-bauerleRead Savannah Now

    The University of Georgia announced Friday that swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle was suspended from “all job-related responsibilities effective immediately” after receiving a notice of allegations of NCAA violations.

    The NCAA alleged in the notice issued Wednesday that Bauerle made “special arrangements” on Dec. 10, 2013, with a professor to add men’s swimmer Chase Kalisz to a course for the fall 2013 semester. Classes for the semester already had ended and final exams were underway.

    Kalisz, a sophomore from Bel Air, Md., received a passing grade on Dec. 16 “despite not completing any work for the class,” according to the NCAA letter to UGA president Jere Morehead.

    The case is considered a “severe breach of conduct,” according to the NCAA notice that alleged Bauerle violated NCAA bylaws.

  • Read okcfox

    With temps heating up, you may have your sights set on the swimming pool.  It won’t be long before your kids will be begging to cool off and splash around.

    But before they do, there’s an important warning from safety experts, as our state is third in the nation in the number of drownings.

    Whether at the lake or the neighborhood pool,  Fun in the water too often turns deadly in our state.

    “Drowing is the second leading cause of death for children 2 to 14 in Oklahoma,” said Katie Mueller, director of Safe Kids Oklahoma.

    That’s why water safety education is essential.

  • Kate ZieglerRead Stack

    Endurance athletes are known to be voracious eaters—especially during their peak training months (look no further than Michael Phelps’ 12,000-calorie-per-day diet ahead of the London Games). So you might be surprised to learn that Kate Ziegler, a two-time Olympian and four-time World Champion swimmer, powers her performance with fruits, veggies, whole grains and legumes. The 25-year-old Ziegler says her vegetarian diet gives her more energy while speeding recovery between meets and practices. STACK spoke with Ziegler to find out why she became a vegetarian and just how much quinoa it takes to power all of those laps in the pool.

    Ziegler: For the longest time, I ate meat and I didn’t really pay attention to my diet. When I was about 20, I started to focus more on my diet. I wasn’t removing snack foods from my diet then, but I was adding in more fruits and vegetables. I then started focusing on a fruit, vegetable and plant-based diet, and I just felt so much better. After that, I started reading about the nutritional aspect of it, the environmental aspect, and that sold me on it, I suppose. So about a year and a half ago, I went vegetarian.