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Coast Aquatics Hosts Surf and Swim Classic at Frank Brown Aquatic Center

Jun 2, 2014

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in Competition, Organization

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Saturday at the Aquatic Center at Frank Brown, the Panama City Swim Team took to the pool for their latest meet.

But just because they were at home, doesn’t mean they were playing host.Their friends from Fort Walton Beach over at the Coast Aquatics Swim Team is leading their Surf and Swim Classic.

The long course meet has a huge turnout on hand. 522 swimmers have switched in and out of the lanes all day from seven different states, some coming from as far as Louisiana and Tennessee.
Dara Torres In Pool

Jun 2, 2014

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in Training

She likes the cold pool water. Not.
A “Celebration Of Life” – Shane Gould’s Olympic Memories | Olympic Rewind

Jun 1, 2014

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in History

Courtesy of the Olympic channel

Australia’s Shane Gould reminisces about her appearance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Swimming events and discusses the incredible spirit of the Games.
2-Year Old Found Floating In Swimming Pool

Jun 1, 2014

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in Safety

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A near tragedy in Coral Springs when a two-year-old child was found by his grandfather in a backyard pool.

The boy was rushed to the hospital. Doctors were able get a pulse and the child was breathing with assistance.

Friday night, officials said the boy was at Broward General Hospital in very serious condition.

The childâ€™s grandfather was watching the boy and the childâ€™s one-year-old cousin.

â€œHe turned away, didnâ€™t see the kids, looked back and found the one-year-old by the slider which was partially opened toward the back of the house,â€ explained Coral Springs Police Sgt. Carla Kmiotek.

Thatâ€™s when he made the horrifying discovery that the two-year-old was in the water.
Marmaduke teen drowns in pond near city limits

Jun 1, 2014

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in Safety

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A 17-year-old high school student drowned in a small pond southwest of Marmaduke city limits on Greene County Road 522, according to Greene County Sheriff Dan Langston.

Langston told Region 8 News Trevor Potter was swimming with a friend in the middle of the pond Thursday night when Potter started having chest pains. Potter’s friend tried to keep him a float, but was unable to.

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All cleaned up, Ian Thorpe returns to TV

May 31, 2014

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in Gossip

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Fallen swimming champion Ian Thorpe has triumphantly emerged from the darkest months of his life.

Australiaâ€™s most successful Olympian is out of rehabilitation and will attend the Commonwealth Games in Scotland in July.

His manager is in negotiations with Channel Ten and European networks for commentating roles at the swimming. Ten is expected to announce his signing within the next fortnight to work alongside former teammate Nicole Livingstone on the networkâ€™s coverage of the games.

â€œThatâ€™s great news that Ian is better,â€ Livingstone told The Sunday Telegraph.

â€œThatâ€™s what weâ€™ve all been hoping for.â€

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How a Giant Plus-Shaped Pool Could Make New Yorkâ€™s East River Safe For Swimmers

May 31, 2014

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in Health, Safety, Swimming Pools

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As the heat of summer approaches, you might be seeking a refreshing dip in a local pool, pond, lake, or river, but jumping in to New Yorkâ€™s East River is probably not at the top of your list. However, designersÂ Jeffrey Franklin,Â Archie Coates, and architectÂ Dong-Ping WongÂ are working on a project calledÂ +Pool, a giant plus-shaped pool that filters river water to create safe, clean water, that everyone can enjoy. TheyÂ have raised over $300,000 on Kickstarter, but to get this giant plus-shaped floating pool in the contaminatedÂ waterwayÂ is no easy task.
Swimming at camp too dangerous for students, school says

May 31, 2014

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in Organization, Safety

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A Toronto teacher says his Grade 8 students are unhappy that a three-day graduation trip to a nature camp in Bancroft, Ont., next month was cancelled due to the school board’s safety concerns over activities such as swimming and archery.

Lenny Chiro, who teaches at Amesbury Middle School, was preparing his class for the annualÂ trip to Camp Walden whenÂ the school board cancelled it, citing safety concerns.

“It’s confusing why at the last moment we’re told that we’re not in compliance with safety rules, when the facility that we’re going to has an exemplary track record and is extremely well supervised,” Chiro said Friday in an interview with CBC Radio’sÂ Metro Morning.

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How African Americans beat one of the most racist institutions: The swimming pool

May 31, 2014

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in History

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Most conversations about black people’s relatively poor swimming skills begin and end with the assumption that it’s all black people’s fault. For example, there are swimming pools and beaches all around this area, so if black people don’t swim as well – so the thinking goes – it must be because black people don’t want to know.

But what if there is a more sinister reason to black people’s unfamiliarity with the water? What if it’s as simple as the long history of black people being kept out of otherwise public pools and beaches?

In a blog post this week at grist.org, environment writerÂ Brentin Mock describes the swimming pool as one of America’s most racist institutions.

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