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Sat, 17 May 2008 13:06:36 -0400 Japanese Swimming Federation Considers Speedo LZR Racer for BeijingBy Hideki Mochizuki, Swimming World Japanese CorrespondentTOKYO, Japan, May 17. AFTER the Japanese Olympic Trials in April, the Japanese national team has been worried by the fact that no swimmer is a... Cate Campbell Blazes 100 Free, Beats American-Record Setting Natalie Coughlin SANTA CLARA, California, May 16. THE second night of swimming at the Santa Clara International Invitational began with a bang as Natalie Coughlin clipped her American record in the women's 100 fre... Dara Torres Shines During First Night COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 16. DARA Torres, 41, returned from a short rehab stint with a vengeance as she put together a strong 100 freestyle in the Texas Senior Circuit's first night of swimming... USA Swimming Releases Statement from Executive Director Chuck Wielgus on TYR Lawsuit COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 16. USA Swimming has now released its official statement from Executive Director Chuck Wielgus in response to the TYR lawsuit."USA Swimming has reviewed the legal ... FINA to Review New Suits June 3 LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 16. ACCORDING to Associated Press reports, FINA has scheduled a special swimwear approval meeting for June 3 where all of the manufacturers will have a shot to get their new... Connor Signorin Sets U.S. National Age Group Distance Record HIGHTSTOWN, New Jersey, May 14. COMPETING in the 15-year old age group, Peddie sophomore Connor Signorin set a National Distance Swim Record in the 3000-yard freestyle at the Clinton I. Sprout Pool. H... Don Talbot Talks About How Most Coaches Are Beginning to Neglect Technique PHOENIX, Arizona, May 7. WHEN swim coaches hit the proverbial brick wall with making their swimmers faster, Don Talbot is one of the people they call to get them over the hump. Talbot, a renowned auth... USA Swimming hopes for swimsuit case settlement A top USA Swimming official said Friday he hopes a lawsuit accusing the governing body of being in cahoots with Speedo will be resolved quickly so athletes can focus on the Beijing Olympics. Santa Clara Grand Prix Swimming Meet / Coughlin Goes Fast, Not Fast Enough It's not often that Natalie Coughlin breaks an American record and does not win the race, but that's what happened Friday afternoon on the first full day of the 41st annual Santa Clara Grand Prix swim... 53.30 and 53.39 100 Free Bests The women's sprint battle is hotting up: at the U.S. Grand Prix in Santa Clara, California, teenager Cate Campbell (AUS) clocked a storming 53.30 ahead of an American record of 53.39 for Natalie Cough... Speedo Championship Series Sectionals, High School Roundup Highlight Junior Swimmer Section in May Issue of Swimming World Magazine PHOENIX, Arizona, May 11. EACH competition comprising the Speedo Championship Series Sectionals is presented in the American Relay section of this month's Junior Swimmer. Meet write ups includes r... Hardy, Lochte awarded USOC honors The United States Olympic Committee awarded Jessica Hardy and Ryan Lochte the Athlete of the Month honors today for their performances at Short Course World Championships in Manchester, England, April... Excerpt from "What Though the Odds" Haley Scott was a freshman swimmer at the University of Notre Dame when her team was involved in a fatal bus crash while returning home from a meet. Though initially paralyzed, Scott came back to swim... Erik Vendt, Kate Ziegler Top Distance Prelims SANTA CLARA, California, May 15. WITH the specter of a TYR lawsuit hanging over his head, Erik Vendt focuses those worries into a meet-record in the men's 1500 freestyle during the first night of ... FINA Doping Panel Suspends Rebeca Gusmao Two Years RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 15. ACCORDING to a press release posted by the Brazilian Swimming Federation, the FINA Doping Panel has elected to suspend Rebeca Gusmao for two years.The suspension dates ... TYR Files Lawsuit Against Speedo, USA Swimming, Mark Schubert, Erik Vendt; Lawsuit Document, Statements Included, TYR Responds Updated May 15, 2008LOS ANGELES, California, May 15. ACCORDING to an article published by the Los Angeles Times, TYR has filed a federal-court lawsuit against Speedo, USA Swimming, Mark Schubert and E... Karlee Bispo Sets National High School Record in 200 Free LODI, California, May 11. KARLEE Bispo of Thomas Downey set the National High School record in the 200 freestyle last night at the CIF San-Joaquin Section Championships.Bispo, a Swimming World six-sta... Reporting TYR Lawsuit; Mike Chasson Talks About Effect of Cutting ASU Men's Team; Karlee Bispo Discusses National Record PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16. THE Friday edition of The Morning Swim Show visits with the head coach of the Arizona State University swim team and talks to the newest national high school record holder.To... California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Division II High School State Championships By Brian SavardLONG BEACH, California, May 15. HART and La Canada won the men's and women's titles, respectively, in the second of four division championships in the CIF Southern Section.Team ... USA Women's Water Polo vs. Canada COMMERCE, California, May 15. BRENDA Villa and Patty Cardenas returned to their hometown at the Commerce Aquatics Center in Commerce, Calif., and combined for five goals but it was not enough to upend... Comments from ASU Supporters; Tanya Gandy Talks About UCLA Water Polo Win; Look Inside May Issue of Swimming World Magazine PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15. THURSDAY'S edition of The Morning Swim Show catches up with the MVP of the NCAA women's water polo tournament and continues to follow the developments surrounding the... More Reaction on Arizona State Program Cuts; $5 Million Needed to Save Men's Swimming TEMPE, Arizona, May 14. IN an article in the Arizona Republic, Jason Skoda and Richard Obert collected several reactions from impacted student-athletes after a meeting with Arizona State Athletics Dir... Body found in search for Israeli tourist 16 May 2008 Searchers scouring Fiordland bush for missing Israeli tourist Liat Okin have found a body.The 35-year-old disappeared nearly two months ago while walking on the Routeburn Track.Private se... Kiwibank ambush takes rates below 9% 16 May 2008 Kiwibank has once again ambushed its bigger competitors this morning, cutting its two-year fixed mortgage rate by 0.3 percent. It is now down to 8.99 percent, the first time two-year loan... Gusmao Gone, Says Brazil The Brazilian Swimming Federation has released news that the FINA Doping Panel has suspended Rebeca Gusmao for two years, dating back to a July 13, 2007, anti-doping control at the Pan American Games ... TYR Takes Battle Of BodySuits To Court The battle of the bodysuits is getting tighter, courtesy of a lawsuit in which TYR is suing ... well, quite a few folk, it seems: Speedo; Mark Schubert, the head coach to the USA who was on teams when... Virginia Tech Promotes Braden Holloway to Associate Head Coach BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 14. THE Virginia Tech Athletics Department, along with swimming and diving head coach Ned Skinner, announced Wednesday the promotion of four-year assistant coach Braden Hollo... Scrambling to counter Speedo The rubber maker said it has sent samples to Japan's three main sporting attire makers - Mizuno, Asics and Descente. The Japan Swimming Federation has given the three until May 30 to come up with an u... InventHelp Clients Invent Swimming Pool Game PRWEB ) May 15, 2008 -- InventHelp announces that two of its clients, inventors from Yucca Valley, Calif., have designed a game to be played in a swimming pool. The inventors have created a prototype.... Tsunami survivors helped by swimming ability A survey of survivors of the 2004 tsunami in Aceh shows survival rates were dramatically increased among teenagers and middle-aged people who could swim. The director of the Alliance for Safe Childre... Man, 80, denies historical child indecency charges 15 May 2008 An 80-year-old Rotorua man has denied 20 child indecency charges, which date back almost half a century.Among the charges are three counts of rape. The offending is alleged to have occurr... Police seize goodies from fine defaulters 15 May 2008 A sharp and shocking reminder to a number of Hamilton people to pay their fines.Hamilton police have seized plasma screen TVs, laptop computers and DVD players from several homes. It is p... New garden ripped off within hours 15 May 2008 A Nelson woman whose home was the focus of filming for an episode of the "Mucking In" television show, has been targeted by thieves.Trish Moir's property underwent a transformation last w... Kiro dismisses anti-smacking petition 15 May 2008 The Children's Commissioner believes efforts to have reforms to the Crimes Act which effectively outlawed smacking repealed, will make no difference.The Kiwi Party has delivered a 300,000... Lack of midcourt depth causing concern 15 May 2008 Silver Ferns coach Ruth Aitken expects the New Zealand franchises in the ANZ Netball Championship to fare much better against their Australian counterparts when trans-Tasman matches resum... Nick Brunelli - On the Record about Arizona State Cuts TEMPE, Arizona, May 14. NICK Brunelli, one of the top swimmers to come out of Arizona State, provided Swimming World with an inside look into his thoughts and reactions regarding the cut of men's ... Capital gets diving rights Swimming's world body, Fina, has granted Wellington the right to host the 2010 World Cup of diving at the Regional Aquatic Centre. The World Cup will be a key lead-in event for the Commonwealth Games.... Locals worry over Hayward Hill substation 15 May 2008 Concerned Haywards Hill residents are demanding answers from Transpower about its plan to use outdated electrical equipment at the sub-station this winter.The sub-station is one of two in... Take Your Marks Makes Its Mark With Swimming World Magazine; NEW College Recruit Rankings Launched With 2008 NCAA Times PHOENIX, Arizona, May 12. THE Swimming World College Recruit Rankings system just keeps getting deeper and deeper as we work hard to provide the best coverage of recruiting in the nation.Today, Swimmi... Kirsten Groome, Chloe Sutton to Represent U.S. at Open Water Test Event; USA Swimming Confirms Move Updated May 12, 2008PHOENIX, Arizona, May 11. USA Swimming will send Kirsten Groome and Chloe Sutton to compete for the lone 10K open water spot available for the U.S. at the Beijing Test Event.Cather... Jemma Lowe Sets British Short Course Record MIDDLESBROUGH, England, May 13. THIS weekend at the Middlesbrough Open, Jemma Lowe set the British record in the women's 200 butterfly over the short course. Curtains Close on Meet With More Records RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 11. A few more records fell during the final day of swimming at the Maria Lenk Brazil Trials held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Tatiana Barbosa nearly posted an Olympic A cut e... U.S. Olympic Trials Preview Centerpiece of June Issue of Swimming World Magazine PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13. THE U.S. Olympic Trials preview penned by John Lohn and Jason Marsteller is part of the June issue of Swimming World Magazine. Analyzing Arizona State University's Cut of Men's Swimming; Olympic Women's 200 Back Preview; Clown Diving in Florida PHOENIX, Arizona, May 14. Developing news from Arizona State University highlights the Wednesday edition of The Morning Swim Show on the heels of the announcement that its men's swim team would be... Tribute to Buck Dawson, First Executive Director of International Swimming Hall of Fame PHOENIX, Arizona, May 12. THE Monday edition of The Morning Swim Show pays tribute to Buck Dawson, the first executive director of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.To view this show Buildings within moments of collapse Some Gisborne buildings were within seconds of collapse during the region's 6.8 magnitude earthquake just before Christmas.The manager of the Gisborne Council Building Consent section says engineers h... Broadband technicians protest pay rates 14 May 2008 Broadband technicians will today converge on Telecom's main offices in Auckland and Christchurch to protest their pay rates.The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing union members work ... Brazilian Olympic team roster TEAM ROSTER: Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolatto, Fabiola Molina, Daynara de Paula, Gabrielle Silva, Joanna Maranhao, Cesar Cielo, Nicolas Santos, Rodrigo Castro, Eduardo Deboni, Fernando da Silva, Nicolas Ol... State of Origin sides named www.rugbyleague.co.nz A fearsome looking backline, including Warriors centre Brent Tate, has been named for Queensland for the opening State of Origin match on May 21.Tate will line up alongside Bill... Attempted murder charge over West Coast assault 13 May 2008 A 17-year-old has been charged with attempted murder over a serious assault on an elderly West Coast man.The 74-year-old was attacked in his Dobson home at about 8.30pm last Monday. Neigh... Cameron back in court 13 May 2008 The man accused of the murder of Christchurch teen Marie Davis has appeared again in the Christchurch District Court.Dean Cameron was remanded in custody until June 19 for a pre-depositio... Real estate sales collapsed in April 13 May 2008 New figures show the residential real estate market suffered a further slump in sales last month.Real Estate Institute president Murray Cleland says sales collapsed to just under 4,500 in... Warkentin scores silver on final day of Open Water Worlds Olympian Mark Warkentin (Santa Barbara, Calif.) concluded the 5th FINA Open Water World Championships with a silver medal in the men's 25K open water race. Warkentin, who qualified for his first Olymp... Crews Begin To Build Olympic Swimming Pool OMAHA, Neb. -- Crews began work Monday on construction of a temporary swimming pool in the Qwest Center convention area.An L-shaped pool will be used as a warm-up pool during the U.S. Olympic swim tri... Who's Up, Who's Down Results Galore Dominate For The Record In May Issue of Swimming World Magazine PHOENIX, Arizona, May 12. THE men's and women's results from the NCAA Division I Championships, including results for finals and consolation finals and final team standings lead off the For Th... Swimming Technique Q & A in May Issue of Swimming World Traces Club Development PHOENIX, Arizona, May 10. THE development of NOVA of Virginia Aquatics is outlined by head coach Geoff Brown in the May issue of Swimming World Magazine. Brown has been involved with NOVA of Virginia ... People in Sports | Michael Phelps BALTIMORE — Michael Phelps says he's returning to Baltimore. The six-time Olympic gold medalist appeared at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club's Countdown to Beijing fundraiser on Saturday with O... Boost for volcano monitoring The greater Auckland region has received a boost to its earthquake and volcano monitoring services as an earthquake recorder is installed at the bottom of a 250 metre deep disused borehole at Riverhea... Power industry investigation "timely" 11 May 2008 Consumer New Zealand supports an investigation into the way the power industry operates as electricity retailers prepare for another round of price increases.The Electricity Commission is... Liv Tyler love split 11 May 2008 Liv Tyler has split from her husband.The 'Armageddon' actress and British rocker Royston Langdon have ended their five-year marriage but have vowed to remain on good terms for the sake of... Record price for King Country farm 11 May 2008 While residential property prices are sliding, it seems there is still plenty of money around for land which can be turned into dairy farms.PGG Wrightson Real Estate has sold a King Count... Paddison tied for 70th 11 May 2008 Gareth Paddison has shot a two-over par 74 to be three-under the card but tied for 70th and 19 shots off the lead at golf's Italian Open in Milan.Hennie Otto from South Africa birdied the... Te Mana arrives in Arabian Gulf 11 May 2008 The Navy frigate HMNZS Te Mana has arrived in the Southern Arabian Gulf to begin patrolling the region's waterways against possible terrorism attacks.The frigate, which sailed from Devonp... Twigg through to finals 11 May 2008 Women's single sculler Emma Twigg is through to the final of the opening rowing World Cup of the season in Munich after finishing second in her semifinal to Czech sculler Mirka Knapkova.T... South American Record Book Torched RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 10. SWIMMERS hit their stride at the Maria Lenk Brazil Trials as South American records fell at a high rate throughout the day.Liliane Guiscardo took down the South America... Chris Thompson Reminisces About Most Recent Attempts to Break His American, NCAA Record PHOENIX, Arizona, May 9. IN the span of 12 months, Chris Thompson's American and NCAA record in the 1650 yard freestyle was chased by three of distance swimming's best. In an exclusive intervi... One Down, Two To Go Rebeca Gusmao, of Brazil, has been cleared on the first of three counts before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, her lawyer Breno Tannuri has confirmed. The two cases still pending are l... Dixon sets the pace at Indy 500 10 May 2008 New Zealand driver Scott Dixon has set the pace in the final practice session ahead of tomorrow's qualifying for the Indianapolis 500.He clocked a top speed of 233 miles per hour on lap 1... Thieves target fish farms 10 May 2008 There is something fishy going on down at the salmon farm and the upshot is that consumers will end up paying more for it.The King Salmon Company in the Marlborough Sounds has found itsel... No support for bonding scheme 10 May 2008 Medical students would rather have incentive based relief to pay off their student loans, than be bound to working for the Ministry of Health once they graduate.A bonding scheme for young... House fire blamed on embers 10 May 2008 Embers from an open fire are being blamed for serious damage to a house in Invercargill overnight.A dozen firefighters helped deal with the blaze in Margaret Street. It broke out in the l... Another high for oil 10 May 2008 Crude oil has reached yet another high on world markets, trading at $US126 a barrel, but there are signs we may have seen the worst for now.A study by accountancy firm KPMG has found that... Touched Out by a Giant of a Man, Maarten van der Weijden, Ksenia Popova Win 25K Titles By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special CorrespondentSEVILLE, Spain, May 8. MARK Warkentin learned how difficult it is to touch out a 6 foot 8 inch competitor, especially when the touch pads are e... |
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