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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dina Levačič is a Croatian professional open water swimmer and a 21-year-old student from Split. She trains under the Croatian Olympic open water swimming coach, Slaven Šitić, and just completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming between June and September this summer. She started off with a 20 […]
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Chasing Amy, Where Perception And Reality Clash Courtesy of Andrew Malinak, Northwest Open Water Swimming Association. Among certain circles, the life of a housewife is not seen as difficult or strenuous as other walks of life or professions. The housewife is not seen as an athlete – especially one that requires grit, endurance, stamina and
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Jordan Wilimovsky Wins Fran Crippen Memorial Award Courtesy of United States Aquatic Sports, Dallas, Texas.. At the United States Aquatic Sports annual convention, it was not surprising that Jordan Wilimovsky of Team Santa Monica won his third consecutive Fran Crippen Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year award after just missing a gold medal in
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Courtesy of United States Aquatic Sports, Dallas, Texas.. The symbolism of awarding the Open Water Excellence Award to the World University Games Team USA sent a clear and powerful message across the open water swimming community. “This award to Taylor Abbott and David Heron of the University of Tennessee, Katy Campbell of Team Santa Monica,
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Courtesy of United States Aquatic Sports, Dallas, Texas.. How does a coach in the middle of the vast American southwest desert build a strong program in open water swimming? Through a deep passion, lifelong perseverance and positively prodding his athletes to always seek excellence. Ron Aitken of the Sandpipers of Nevada in Las Vegas has
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Courtesy of United States Aquatic Sports, Dallas, Texas. Ashley Twichell of the North Carolina Aquatic Club was awarded the USA Swimming Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year award at this week’s United States Aquatic Sports Convention. She had quite a varied year, winning the 2017 aQuellé Midmar Mile in South Africa. She also won
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Courtesy of College Swimming Coaches Association of America, Lone Star Lake, Kansas. While swimmers from the University of Kansas did not win an individual collegiate title like Haley Bishop and teammate Libby Walker did last year in the inaugural 5 km College Swimming Coaches Association of America National Collegiate Open Water Championships in Lone Star
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Courtesy of College Swimming Coaches Association of America, Lone Star Lake, Kansas. The men of the University of Missouri, led by freshman Gustavo Gutierrez from Lima, Peru, dominated the College Swimming Coaches Association of America‘s National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships on in Kansas’ Lone Star Lake. Gutierrez was the only swimmer to break the
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Courtesy of Aurélie Muller, Paris. French professional marathon swimmers Aurélie Muller and Marc-Antoine Olivier, who are both pre-race 2024 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim medal favorites, had the opportunity to celebrate the awarding of the 2024 Olympic Games to the city of Paris with Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World
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