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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...
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Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel Nominated for Kids’ Choice Awards American swimmers Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel have been nominated for 2017 Kids’ Choice Sports Awards. The annual awards show is a sports-specific spinoff of the original that has been put on by children and teens television network Nickelodeon every year since 1988, which makes 2017 the 30th edition of that show. The Kids’ Choice Sports Awards were launched in 2014. Winners receive a ceremonial orange blimp trophy, which was a logo for the network for the first 25 years of the channel’s existence....
IOC Adds Women’s 1500, Men’s 800 Distance Events, Mixed Medley Relay for Tokyo 2020 Olympics The International Olympic Committee has added three new races to the Olympic program for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to a report from Inside the Games. A press release from... More
Ryan Lochte, Kayla Reid Welcome Son Caiden Zane Lochte Ryan Lochte and his fiancee Kayle Reid just announced the birth of their son Caiden Zane Lochte. The couple welcomed their child at 5:46 a.m. on June 8. Never seen a miracle happen More
