11/21/08 Olympic champions Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.) were in attendance to accept top honors tonight at the USA Swimming Foundation’s Golden Goggle Awards. Phelps and Coughlin took home the awards for Male and Female Athlete of the Year, respectively. The Golden Goggle Awards, held at the New York Hilton and hosted by Bob Costas, celebrated the accomplishments of 2008 Olympic Swim Team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
October 8th, 2008. Awards such as: Breakout Performer of the Year: Perseverance Award: Coach of the Year: Relay Performance of the Year (all from the 2008 Olympic Games): and more....
September 30th, 2008. United States Masters Swimming (USMS) and the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) unveil a partnership that is expected to strengthen both organizations and add some muscle in the fight to preserve, protect and expand college swimming.
September 29th, 2008 USA Swimming banned the revolutionary, high-tech swimsuits worn by nearly every swimming Olympian in Beijing for athletes 12 years old and younger during its annual convention in Atlanta on Saturday.
September 27th, 2008 A Presentation to the USA Swimming House of Delegates Delivered by Chuck Wielgus, Executive Director Atlanta, Georgia –
September 25th, 2008. Top 6 times by Americans in the past year. Impressive list.
September 11, 2008. Already accustomed to the "gold standard", The New York Stock Exchange welcomed Team Speedo swimmers Natalie Coughlin, Ryan Lochte, and Michael Phelps to the exchange on Tuesday to ring the opening bell in acclamation of their achievements at the 2008 Beijing Games.
See the full story, and Confirmation that Phelps is indeed Hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend.
September 10, 2008 , Donates Speedo $1 Million Bonus to Charity
09/05/2008 Everyone loves the Onion
Aug 6th, 2008. One of my favorite sites has a lot of great D1 workouts filmed. Here we see some of the best in the world fly around at practice. A 22.8 50 meter swim at workout? Crazy.
Aug 5th, 2008. The 2008 Speedo Junior National Championships kicked off this evening with the men’s and women’s 800m freestyle events in Minneapolis, Minn., at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center.
August 4th, 2008. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – On the final day of competition at the 2008 U.S. Open, Chad La Tourette (Mission Viejo, Calif.) lowered both the U.S Open record and the meet record in the men’s 800m freestyle. Throughout the five-day meet, a total of 15 meet records were broken.
August 2nd, 2008. U.S. Olympic Swim Team Press Conference from the Singapore Island Country Club – August 2, 2008
July 24th, 2008. U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy has tested positive for a banned stimulant and expedited arbitration proceedings aimed at resolving whether she will remain eligible for the 2008 Olympics have been launched. Hardy, 21, of Los Angeles, tested positive at the U.S. Olympic Trials for the banned stimulant clenbuterol, her attorney, Howard Jacobs, confirmed late Wednesday. "Jessica denies that she has taken any prohibited substances," he said. "We're looking into explanations for the positive [tests]."
July 22, 2008. South Africa’s foremost medal contender in the men’s 100m freestyle will not be competing in the event at the Olympic Games.
July 22, 2008. After Bernhardt just missed making the team with her third place finish at the German National Championships, she went after Poleska, the second place finisher, for breaking a German eligibility rule by competing as a member of Coral Springs Swim Club in American meets.
July 21, 2008. The AFP is reporting that Grant Hackett has broken his own short course meters 800m freestyle world record with a new mark of 7:23.42 at the Victorian Short Course Championships in Melbourne on Saturday. The old world standard was 7:25.28.
July 19th, 2008. In news of the type you really hate to see with the Beijing Olympics so close at hand, news of another positive doping test has arrived from across the Atlantic, with the name being one many are familiar with in the United States.
July 17th, 2008 Athletic director Lisa Love said Tuesday the school was able to reinstate men's swimming because of financial support from various donors across the globe.
July 16, 2008. Bernhardt finished directly behind 2nd place finisher Anne Poleska (bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympics) and it is Poleska that was targeted in the lawsuit. Bernhardt claims that Poleska violated the German swimming federation's rule that allows membership on foreign college or school teams, but not foreign clubs.
July 15th, 2008. As the countdown to the Olympic Games in Beijing continues, the host country is cautioning its residents that the likelihood of coming out ahead of the U.S. in total medals is not good.
July 14, 2008. Eric Shanteau had trained his whole life for last week’s Olympic Trials. Nothing could stop him from making the Olympic team. Not even being diagnosed with testicular cancer the week before leaving.
July 14, 2008
July 14th, 2008. The United State of America was awarded the combined team score championship title, with a total of 820.5 points. Second, Japan with 634 and third Russia, with 585. The USA also won the overall medal count, with a total of 21, including the highest count of golds at 9. Russia was second with 7 gold medals and 13 total. New Zealand had the third most gold medals awarded, at five, while Japan had the third most total medals at 12.
July 13th, 2008. After four days of overcast showers in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon the sun broke through and brought the temperature and humidity way up. Fans were passed out to spectators and athletes, though the day five finals of the FINA World Youth Champs brought enough heat in the races to void any cooling efforts.
July 12th, 2008. Perhaps the greatest race of the evening, Heerden Herman on South Africa posted an 8:01.77 to win the gold. Raoul Shaw of France was the early leader in the race, and at about the 400m mark Poland’s Krzysztof Pielowski came on to take the lead.
July 11th, 2008. If you competed in the 1st FINA World Youth Championships, and set a record, hopefully you spread the word in the last year – as it is likely you will no longer have that claim to fame. In the finals of day three of the championship meet, 7 of a possible 7 records were set, starting with the Men’s 800m Freestyle.
July 10th, 2008 Three females under 2:10 in the 200m butterfly? Three males under 1:50 in the 200m free? And a swimmer doubling up in the 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly? Yes, these are all truthful statements, as the second night of competition came to a close with a blistering pace now established as the norm.
July 9, 2008 The meet is limited to swimmers aged 14 – 17 for girls, and 15 – 18 for boys; and has over 40 countries represented. All events are featured, including 50 meters of each stroke, with semi-finals scheduled for the events of 100m distance and under- the 200m distance events and up will go directly to finals, with the 800m and 1500m (each being offered to both genders) being timed finals.
July 8th, 2008 Torres will be replaced in the 100 free by Lacey Nymeyer, who finished third at the trials.
