Nick Thoman and Josh Schneider taking time out to teach children how to swim, at a Charlotte area YMCA week-long YSplash event. Now back to the Charlotte UltraSwim Jones vs Schneider swim-off!
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Glen doing good in Libanon
Former Olympian and Swedish national coach Glen Christiansen visited Lebanon this week, for the second time this year, leading a 6 day training camp for Lebanese youth, 40 in total aged 8 to 17, spanning from relative beginners to elite swimmers. Plus had two-hour sessions for adults in the evening, in addition to the all-day youth sessions. What an amazingly good job, promoting our great sport in a war-torn country. Via simma.nu/se
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I should have been a Newport lifeguard
When thinking about career options with high salaries, lifeguarding is probably not one of the first jobs to come to mind. But it apparently should. In Newport Beach, lifeguards are compensated well, when compared, say, to the county annual median household income is $71,735. Even excluding benefits like health care and pension, more than half the lifeguards receive a total salary, including overtime pay, exceeding $100,000. And they also receive an annual allowance of $400 for “Sun Protection.” And probably get all the girls too. Read more here on the Orange County Register.
(The only video I found on the issue right now. I don’t
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NewsChannel 36 on the Jones vs Schneider duel
Tomorrow Thursday May 12 at 6:20 PM Eastern Time (22:20 UTC), Cullen Jones and Josh Schneider will fight for the last spot on the US World Championship team, in a 50 meter freestyle swim-off at the Charlotte UltraSwim. With an official webcast transmitting live on Ustream, we are all ready, for instance on swimmersdaily.com/live. Read more here on wcnc.com.
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USA Today segment on Missy Franklin
At 16, swimmer Missy Franklin is rapidly rising through ranks, leading Michael Phelps and everyone else in this season’s Grand Prix standings. Read a lot more here on USA Today.
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Lee Memorial on drowning prevention
Informative video by the Lee Memorial Health System, advocating these layers of protection: Supervision (“water watchers”), pool gates, alarms and having an emergency plan. View More Health Matters video segments at leememorial.org/healthmatters/
Drowning Prevention from Lee Memorial Health System on Vimeo.
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Baby seal hitching the wrong ride
“Excuse me, but could you go any more slower?” :-)
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Exercise may get you higher grades
Experience from University College South Denmark suggest that if exercise is an integral part of an education, fewer fail and more people get high marks. 40 nursing students got the opportunity to exercise 3 times a week during lunch hour, resulting in their overall module 1 grade point average jumping up to 6.51, compared to 4.74 in 2009 and 3.80 in 2010. They say that it is too early to make any firm conclusion, but think that all programs should consider incorporating exercise and sports, as a win for the students but also to society that may have a better and healthier population. Via dsr.dk.
[Image courtesy of Mike Baird, CC BY 2.0]
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Highlights from the Fran Crippen SafeSwim Event
Todays edition of the Morning Swim Show featuring highlights from last weekend’s Fran Crippen SafeSwim event. Watch the full show in the video player below and visit SwimmingWorld.TV for more video interviews. Via SwimmingWorld Magazine.