Swimmer's Daily

  • Enjoy a breathtaking Full Replay of the Women’s 10m Platform Final from the 2009 edition of the FINA World Championships in Rome. Who remembers the outstanding performance of Paola Espinosa in this amazing final?

     

  • Hannah Baker, a senior on the Liberty women’s swimming & diving team, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Rock Royer/Mac Rivera Award.

    In 1974, the Rock Royer/Mac Rivera Award was established to honor the top senior student-athlete at Liberty University who best exemplifies the standards and lives of both of these great Christian men.

    Rock Royer was Liberty’s first football coach in 1973. Mac Rivera was a member of Liberty’s men’s basketball team from 1972 until 1975. Both Rock Royer and Mac Rivera tragically died at a young age, with Royer dying in a plane crash and Rivera passing away after a fall.

    This award encompasses more than just athletic ability. It recognizes the Liberty University graduating senior student-athlete who has maintained an exemplary testimony on the playing field, in the classroom and among the student body.

    The award is typically announced at Liberty Athletics’ annual FLAMESPY Award show selection at the end of the spring semester. However, due to the COVID-19 virus and the cancellation of the spring semester, Liberty Athletics was unable to host a physical celebration of the 2019-20 athletic season with its student-athletes this year.

    “A near 4.0 student and Nursing major, Hannah excelled in the classroom here at Liberty, maintaining high marks in a demanding program, while also competing and training at an elite level. That said, it is not the academic or athletic prowess that sets Hannah apart, it is how she was able to excel amidst personal challenges that I believe makes her a worthy candidate,” stated Liberty Women’s Swimming & Diving Head Coach Jake Shellenberger.

    Shellenberger added, “Twice during her career here at Liberty, Hannah received news that her mom developed cancer, the second occurrence during a phone call the evening before the start of this year’s conference meet. I cannot imagine the strength it took for Hannah to swim through it all, but swim through it she did, placing 2nd in the 200 free, 3rd in the 50 free, 4th in the 100 free. Also a member of four winning relays, Hannah certainly led us to those back-to-back titles.”

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  • It is a sobering statistic: eleven deaths at sea in ten years. Along the coastline of France’s Reunion Island, surfers, but also swimmers, are regularly attacked and sometimes killed by sharks. For the island paradise, it’s a problem that’s causing major concern for the surfing community and the tourism sector. Our reporters Clovis Casali and Julien Sauvaget went to the French overseas department in the Indian Ocean to find out what’s being done to shake off its “Shark Island” image.

  • Colorado Parks and Wildlife recovered the remains of two people who likely drowned while swimming at Lake Pueblo State Park on Friday.

  • With the lockdown going into its third month in some states, more evidence of nature returning to its pre-human state can be seen on beaches. Many swimming spots have been closed for months, and as they reopen, people are warned to be on the lookout for sharks. Animal Planet Wildlife Biologist Forrest Galante says that sharks coming closer to the beach is a natural consequence of human absence. In Miami Beach, aerial footage showed a carefree swimmer unaware he was being circled by sharks!

  • International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Swimmer Tomi Stefanovski of Macedonia talks about his career with IMSHOF chairperson Ned Denison on the 11 June 2020 edition of WOWSA Live

  • Bodyweight exercises to help improve your swimming strength and fitness.

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  • A trip up Interstate 75 to Chattanooga can be fun for the whole family.

    You likely already know about Lookout Mountain, Ruby Falls and the Tennessee Aquarium, but Chattanooga has a few hidden gems less than half an hour from downtown.

    The North Chick Blue Hole in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, is a great place for swimming, sunbathing and taking envy-inducing photos for your Instagram.“North Chickamauga Creek comes tumbling down the side of Walden’s Ridge, carving out a steep gorge between Signal and Mowbray mountains, and creating a series of deep, welcoming pools along the way,” Visit Chattanooga writes on its website.

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