Lane 1 - The Independent Florida Gator posts "Florida swimming and diving defeats Auburn on Senior Day. For Florida's swimming and diving teams, Saturday's meet with Auburn was special. Not only did the Gators pick up a win against a Southeastern Conference opponent, but the team also held its annual Senior Day. The swimming and diving program honorably recognized its seniors with introductions before the contest took place. Fans packed the seats and energy was high in the O'Connell Center Natatorium for the senior sendoff."
Lane 3 - New Zealand Herald drinks it in with "Your Business: Swim-school owner follows dream to set up vineyard. Ross Millar, owner of the Ross Millar Swim School, is planning to do just that with his new family business, Millars Vineyard at Mangawhai. That may seem like a bit of stretch, but Millar grew up in West Auckland with vineyards all around."
Lane 4 - Metro posts "Keri-Anne Payne: Wedding planning takes my mind off Olympic pressure. Swimmer Keri-Anne Payne has no time to get nervous about this summer's Olympic Games because she is so busy finalising her wedding plans."
Lane 5 - The Atlantic posts "The Bravery of Iran's Female Athletes. What women like Faezeh Hashemi face in Iran and why their struggle matters. In many ways, she is the godmother of women's sports in the Islamic Republic. An athlete herself, in the early 1990s she championed the right of women to have access to sports facilities and competition as the head of the Islamic Women's Sports Federation. In that role, she increased access for women to swimming pools and tennis courts and golf driving ranges. She established bike paths for women in Tehran's parks, despite that fact that conservatives are particularly bothered by the idea of women riding bicycles. She also paved the way for women to participate in international competition at the highest levels."
Lane 6 - Philly.com posts "Swimming with the homely, come-hither manatee. From my vantage point, here in Crystal River, Fla., it's hard to see how Christopher Columbus - no matter how long he had been at sea - could possibly have mistaken a manatee for a mermaid, even if he did describe them in his journal in January of 1493 as being "not half as beautiful as they are painted to be." And my vantage point is pretty conclusive: only six inches away from the wrinkly, puffy gray face of a decidedly Rubenesque, half-ton adult, her (or is it his?) heavily whiskered jowls drooping in what can hardly be described as a "come hither" look. Only the large fan-shaped tail at the end of her 10-foot body is even vaguely reminiscent of the legendary sirens of the sea."
Lane 7 - The Telegraph posts "London 2012 Olympics: Britain's athletes strike gold before the games begin. Britain's elite athletes will earn up to ten times more in endorsements than during previous Olympic years thanks to their increasingly high profile in the run up to London 2012. Even a relative unknown Jenna Randall, a synchronised swimmer, has been successful in accruing endorsements Braun Female and Kellogg's, as well as a charity calendar shoot for Nichole de Carle London, the luxury lingerie brand, all on the strength of her potential this year."
Lane 8 - Mail Online posts "Ready for your close up? Diver survives tiger shark attack by fending off 12ft-beast with camera. This is the terrifying moment a daring diver looked into the jaws of one of the world's most dangerous animals. Forced to fend-off the tiger shark with just his camera the adventurer came perilously close to the wrong kind of snap. Conservationalist Russell Easton was photographing the 12ft beast in the Bahamas when he got the close-up he was not expecting."
