Tag: Cullen Jones
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Citi Every Step Of The Way: Cullen Jones for Make a Splash
Cullen Jones for USA Swimming Foundation‘s Make a Splash Initiative
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A conversation with Cullen Jones
Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones talks about what’s he’s looking forward to at Trials this summer and shares his biggest challenge leading up to Omaha. The pools are on their way, by the way, from Genoa Italy, read The Independent.
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Quick Minute with Cullen Jones
USA Swimming Sport Diversity Consultant Shaun Anderson catches up with Cullen Jones in between training sessions at the U.S. Training Center in Colorado Springs. Quick Minute with Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones from Diversity in Aquatics on Vimeo.
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Cullen Jones keeps on inspiring kids to swim
We’ve been there before, but now it’s on CNN, with a lot of interesting comments from Jones himself about his choice to be a swimmer rather than a basketball player like his father, etc. Via CNN, see also Make a Splash
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Cullen Jones helps South Florida kids swim safe
According to a study by USA Swimming, 60 to 70 percent of African-American and Hispanic children don’t know how to swim. Cullen Jones and USA Swimming are trying to do something about that, with the Make a Splash campaign. From NBCMiami.com via Diversity in Aquatics.
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Record number of drownings, shame on us
This is just wrong, cities across the United States are experiencing record drownings this summer, despite efforts to raise awareness about water safety and the importance of life-saving swimming lessons. We should know better, the safety tips are simple, and our possibilities to spread them are better than ever. Read what Cullen Jones has to…
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The World Swimming Time Zone is now GMT+8 hours
All the best swimmers in the world are now flocking along the China Standard Time zone, waking up at approximately 7 AM in Shanghai, midnight in London, 7 PM the day before in New York and 4 PM the day before in San Francisco. The Brits are in Osaka, the Americans at the Gold Coast…
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Cullen Jones almost drowned as a kid
Alright, I’ve learned that he had a bad experience as a kid, but didn’t know that it was so bad that he had to be resuscitated. Read theadvertiser.com, and let’s support his efforts to encourage more people to learn how to swim. At an amusement park in Pennsylvania when he was 5, Jones almost lost…
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Poolside interviews at Santa Clara 2011
Some media talk before the start of the Santa Clara International Grand Prix this weekend, featuring top names like Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Brendan Hansen, Amanda Beard, Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer and Cullen Jones. Here Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman: Here Ryan Lochte: And here Brendan Hansen: