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Anthony Ervin, US Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist, former World Record Holder & World Champion has become an official spokesperson for International Water Safety Day (IWSD).

After winning the Olympic Gold, 2 World Championships, and 7 NCAA titles, Ervin retired at the young age of 22. A true humanitarian, Anthony auctioned off his Olympic Gold Medal on E-Bay donating the proceeds to tsunami…

From The Inertia:

The Inertia, in partnership with Nike Surfing, is proud to present the online premiere of 12 Miles North: The Nick Gabaldon story.You can also visit…

Big thanks to meet director, Rob Green, for sending the final results for the 26th Annual Black History Swim Meet and DC Parks and Rec for putting on a great meet.

Full Results…

(Pictured from left to right: Asst. Coach Adrian Haywood, Erek Cox, Shayla King, Head Coach Tommy Jackson, Derek Cox and Frederick King)

The City of Atlanta Dolphins Swim Team…

I was reminded time and again this week of why I like kids.  That is not to say that I would ever return to middle school, even on pain of death.  That is not to say that I think kids should rule the world and parents and adults should not be making the tough decisions and sticking with them.  It is to say…

US Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist, and former world record holder Anthony Ervin becomes spokesperson for International Water Safety Day

Anthony Ervin being announced at the Austin Grand Prix. (Photo Credit: Mike Comer - Pro Swim…

Come join us in D.C. for the 26th Annual Black History Invitational Swim Meet!  Teams from Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida will descend upon the nations capital for this historic swimming competition.  This…

Moved to Cairo. Bigger job. Enormous Swim America program at Wadi Degla Sporting Club. From 750 kids in the Bahamas, in a program nixed by the powers-that-be, I've stepped up to 4000 young Cairenes.

Facilities are out of this world. 2 50m pools, 2x25m specially designed shallow learn-to-swim pools. Major obstacles: the Arabic language, the video-game Cairo traffic, and the appalling violence centred upon Tahrir Square.

Loving the job and the chaos so far. More…

Water heals.  Every major religion uses the healing and cleansing power of water in some form.  Specific waters in many regions of the world are known to have healing powers.  ‘To take the waters....’ has been a common cure for centuries, if not across the millennium.  Bath.  The Dead Sea.  The Ganges. …

PVS Family!

Wow can you believe it is already 2012! Time has certainly flown by. We have a lot going on in the New Year as we continue to create programs that foster growth, educate and further develop our coaches, families and swimmers in the PVS and surrounding community. Take a look below to see what we have coming up!

Team DMV-PV – Black Heritage Meet Travel…

From TEAMUSA.org, By Maura Gladys:

Ervin at the 2012 Austin Grand Prix

“It’s not a comeback,” he says. “I’m just swimming again. I’m just enjoying what I’m doing and the environment that I’m in.”

But when…

Join Miriam Lynch and I at Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday, January 21, 2010 at 10AM!

We will be discussing the following topics & more with local coaches and aquatic professionals:

■The importance of attracting and developing diverse aquatic professionals while growing financially sustainable swimming programs

■National/local government and community based organizations that have supported the development of aquatics programs, addressing the need…

From USASwimming.org, By Mike Gustafson:

A few weeks ago, I received an email from a swimming coach in Compton, California named Louis Pecot. His complaint as a coach for over 30+ years in the area was that, despite earlier claims from someone featured on this website, there was swimming in Compton – at least when he was growing up. I interviewed him about his background growing up…

From USASwimming.org, By Mike Gustafson:

WILL: “I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals, and a box of wood. But Beethoven, Mozart, they saw it, they could just play. I couldn't paint you a picture, I probably can't hit the ball out of Fenway, and I can't play the piano.” 



SKYLAR: “But you can do my o-chem paper in…

There are two types of drowning.  There is drowning in a high-income country and there is drowning in a low-income country.  The source is the same.  Unintentional submersion in water resulting in asphyxia caused by a liquid entering the lungs.  The end result is the same.  Death, and if…

From CNN.com:

In the Human Factor, we profile survivors who have overcome the odds. Confronting a life obstacle - injury, illness or other hardship - they tapped their inner strength and found resilience they didn't know they possessed. This week, Cullen Jones, the first…

From USASwimming.org, By: Mike Gustafson:

A few weeks ago, I received an email from a swimming coach in Compton, California named Louis Pecot. His complaint as a coach for 30+ years in the area was that, despite earlier claims from someone featured on this website, there was swimming in Compton – at least when he was growing up. I interviewed him about his background growing up in South…

From Gazette.net, By: Jennifer Beekman:

Former Winston Churchill High School three-sport athlete David Banks (center) returned to the school to talk with members of the school's crew team, including co-founders…

It's awesome to learn of so many dynamic people sharing so many wonderfully uplifting activities, especially in the water. I hope to meet Sabir soon...

My son spotted the t-shirt on the attached photo at the Shedd Aquarium gift shop last weekend.  It cracks me up every time I look at it.  It is reminiscent of Gary Larson’s brilliant Far Side cartoons that routinely turned our perceptions upside down with hilarious results.  We often think…