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USA Swimming Names Tim Hinchey President & Chief Executive Officer USA Swimming COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A new chapter in the successful history of USA Swimming will begin as the organization announced that 2016 Major League Soccer Executive of the Year and Colorado Rapids President Tim Hinchey is the national governing body’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. He will start his tenure at USA Swimming on July 12. A Big West Conference scholar-athlete as a varsity swimmer at UC Irvine and a member of U.S. Masters Swimming,...
What Makes A Great Teammate? Here Are 12 Qualities By Positive Coaching Alliance, June 2017 Not every person has been blessed with great talent, but every person, regardless of ability can be a great teammate. Here are 12 qualities of a great teammate. Do these qualities describe you or your young player? Learn more here:
Champions Don't Eat Whatever! USA Swimming Launches #swimFASTERfood Campaign to Inspire Healthy Choices Bye-bye fast-food and hello FASTER food! USA Swimming is teaming up with Olympian Matt Grevers, Chobani® and Milk Life for a "swim-tervention" against poor concessions stand choices and to educate members on fueling for better performance. Check out www.swimFASTERfood.com for recipes ideas, healthy eating guides and fun videos with Matt Grevers.
USADA Update The USADA pocket guide is a condensed overview of the #antidoping process. Great for those new to new anti-doping.
NCAA to Follow International Swimming Rules NCAA The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel recently approved a proposal stating NCAA men's and women's swimming and diving teams will follow the International Swimming Federation technical rules. This change, along with others approved, is effective for the 2017-18 academic year. As the opportunities for swimmers to compete under USA Swimming and International Swimming Federation rules in the off-season continue to grow, it is believed that creating continuity between rules will benefit student-athletes. More
Phelps is Going to Race a Great White Shark During Shark Week STACK What does the most decorated Olympian of all time do when he finally retires from his sport? Race a shark, apparently. Discovery Channel recently announced that Michael Phelps, the 31-year-old former competitive swimmer with a record 23 Olympic gold medals, will square off against a great white shark as part of the channel's upcoming Shark Week programming. Continue
Is Juicing Actually Bad for Your Health? By Heather Linderfelt Fresh-made juices are the last health trend, and juice companies are popping up all throughout towns. Many juice fanatics praise the benefits of juicing — supposedly, juicing preserves the nutrients contained in fruit and vegetables — but science does not agree. The Gerson cancer diet involves massive amounts of juicing to eradicate cancer from your body. Proponents also say juicing fresh vegetables energizes you and alkalizes your blood, detoxifying your system. More
Salgado Picks Up Back to Back CVST SOM Awards For the second consecutive month, the Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Catalina Salgado as the Swimmer of the Month. For the Month of May, the 11 year old Senior 2 practice group swimmer raced to 14 personal best times with an average improvement of 7.75%. At the Brandon Blue Wave Invitational, Catalina swam to 11 personal best times out of 11 events including her first 800 meter Freestyle and first 400 meter Individual Medley. Catalina’s biggest time drop occurred...
CVST Has Great Tampa Bay Swim Classic This year’s Tampa Bay Swim Classic was a great success with fast swims and best times. The 10 & unders swam super fast with Morgan Labella (9) dropping a total of 16.38 seconds and Maddie (Mad Dog Jr.) Stenberg (8), dropping 21.84 seconds total for the meet. The 11&12 year olds showed great improvement with Lea (Vish) Visher (12) dropping a whopping 52.11 seconds total and Cat Salgado (11) dropping 42.29 seconds total in the meet. The 13&Over’s improved time with Henry...
