IN AN AGE of ethnic conflict, fatal disease and chronic malnutrition, it seems strange to stumble across figures such as this: 388,000 people die every year from drowning, according to the World…
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In case you missed it: Drowning No. 1 cause of death for children 1-4
From ShreveportTimes.com, By Loresha J. Wilson:
Eighty-eight Louisina children died as a result of unintentional drownings from 2007-2009, the most recent statistics…
Added by DAP News on July 20, 2012 at 12:20pm — No Comments
Olympic Swimmer Neal Built Her Dream in Brooklyn
From NYTimes.com, By William C. Rhoden:
At 17, Lia Neal made the U.S. Olympic swimming team. Photo Credit: Al Bello/Getty Images
Rome Neal…
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Drowning, the Silent Epidemic
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Lia Neal: A Journey in the Making
From USASwimming.org, BY Mike Gustafson
MANHATTAN – Lia Neal is sleeping. It’s 10:45am on a Thursday morning. In another room await 3 TV cameras, 2 dSLR cameras, 20 reporters, and a gathering of onlookers, supporters, and Asphalt Green staff. While they wait in a hallway, I spot Lia on the floor in the Asphalt Green pool complex. She’s…
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Bullying and Water
My kids and I headed to one of our favorite places last weekend, the Millennium Fountain in Chicago. After a week of blistering temperatures, the fountain was packed with kids (and adults) splashing with joyful abandon. The Fountain is brilliant in it’s design, huge slabs of rough…
Added by Rebecca Wear Robinson on July 11, 2012 at 12:20pm — 1 Comment
Black Swimmers Increasing Diversity of the U.S. Team
From NYTimes.com, By KAREN CROUSE
Doug Mills/The New York Times
Cullen Jones after winning the 100-meter freestyle final Sunday to qualify…
Added by Shaun Anderson on July 7, 2012 at 2:52pm — 1 Comment
On Non-Swimming vs Not Swimming
Over the last month, I had more encounters with splashing in the water watching children than with actual swimming.
My old lady swim cap keeps my hair dry while children splash. It doesn’t hold up as well when I’m actually swimming.
I thought a lot about how I looked, like a stereotype. Can’t get my hair wet, can’t swim, blah, blah. It was embarrassing.
But, yesterday, when I took my four youngest children to the beach for a birthday party, and spent my time in the lake…
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Black Swimmers Increasing Diversity of the U.S. Team
From NYTimes.com, By KAREN CROUSE
Doug Mills/The New York Times
Cullen Jones after winning the 100-meter freestyle final Sunday to qualify…
US Olympic Swimming Team
Added by Dennis Burroughs on July 2, 2012 at 6:45am — No Comments
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