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Friday's Swim Report: It's Time To Go The Distance With Some Swim

Lane 1 - New Zimbabwe posts "Kirsty Coventry robber jailed.  A MAN was jailed for four years on Thursday after being convicted for robbing the former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry."

Lane 2 - US Masters Swimming posts via youtube "2013 USMS Spring Nationals - Day 1.  Emily Silver brings us all the action from the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring Nationals at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. Distance swimmers ruled the day with plenty of stories and action to follow."

Lane 3 - Charlotte Observer posts "Retirement wasn’t Berens’ cup of tea.  After a brief retirement that lasted about as long as a bad celebrity marriage, Charlotte’s Ricky Berens is back in the pool and will compete Friday through Sunday at the UltraSwim meet at Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center."

Lane 4 - swimming.org posts "Daley withdraws from Fort Lauderdale Grand Prix.  Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley has been forced to withdraw from action at the FINA Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale due an elbow injury.  Daley hurt his elbow in training and has been advised to rest to prevent further injury so made the decision to pull out of action in Florida."  Socialite Life posts "Tom Daley Hits The Practice Pool, We Drool."

Lane 5 - Sport Live posts "Le Clos and Van der Burgh head SA swimming team.  Swimming SA (SSA) have assembled a strong team for the Fina World Championships from July 19 to August 4 despite having to adjust their selection criteria.  he team, which was named in Johannesburg on Thursday, would be spearheaded by world record holder Cameron van der Burgh and fellow London 2012 Olympic champion Chad le Clos."

Lane 6 - Ber News posts "FINIS Sponsors Swimmer Roy Allan Burch.  Bermudian Olympic swimmer Roy-Allan Burch has picked up a sponsorship from FINIS, the company has announced.  Burch, a two-time Olympian, currently lives and trains in North Carolina and was a member of both the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Teams."

Lane 7 - 2(X)IST posts via youtube "2(X)IST SWIM: Summer 2013.  Stay current with the latest wave of Swim Briefs, Swim Trunks, and Swim Shorts from 2(X)IST. Find your fit at http://www.2XIST.com"

Lane 8 - The Santa Clara Weekly posts "Going the Distance to Rebuild Santa Clara's International Swim Center.  When the ISC opened in 1967, the Santa Clara News wrote that it was "Judged to be the finest outdoor swim complex in the world by those who know best." An Aug. 16, 1968 Life magazine cover story called it "The world’s incubator of Olympic swimmers."  Fast-forward 46 years.  The venerable complex has long outlived its 25-30 year life span."

Wednesday's Swim Report: Taking It From Lane Four To The Center Ring

Lane 1 - SB Nation Outsports posts "The Fabulous Life Of An Openly Gay College Swimmer.  USC swimmer Sean Mulroy may wear custom swimsuits dedicated to a drag queen and get his teammates hooked on brunch, but he takes his sport and being an out athlete seriously."

Lane 2 - Daily Progress posts "HEALTH: Water-based exercises boost health benefits - plus they’re fun.  wimming is the fourth most popular sport in the nation, and “just two and a half hours per week of aerobic physical activity, such as swimming, … can decrease the risk of chronic illnesses,” according to the website http://www.cdc.gov. This, in turn, “can … lead to improved health for people with diabetes and heart disease.”

Lane 3 - Mile High Sports posts "Franklin: “You can never make everyone happy”.  Nearly a year after winning four gold medals at last year’s London Olympics, the air of fame and success is still surrounding Colorado swimmer Missy Franklin as she explained on Monday to Doug Ottewill, Marcello Romano and Danny Williams on Morning Mayhem (9a-11a) on Mile High Sports Radio (AM 1510 | FM 93.7)."

Lane 4 - Inside The Games posts "New-look USA Boxing appoint top swim coach as sport director.  USA Boxing have appointed renowned swimming coach John Dussliere to the newly-created position of sport director as part of a major overhaul at the organization."

Lane 5 - WBAA posts "Purdue alum, Olympic medalist Keith Carter, 88.  A Purdue alumnus who won a silver medal in the 1948 Olympics has died. Keith E. Carter passed away May 3, 2013.  While he won a medal, he told WBAA in an interview last summer that he only started to swim competitively as a senior in high school."

Lane 6 - Nugget News posts "Sisters swimmers score in competition.  Three Sisters-area swimmers, Scott Miller, Kris Calvin, and Tom Landis scored valuable points in helping their team, Central Oregon Masters Aquatics (COMA) win the championship at the Oregon Masters Swimming Association championship meet in Bend last weekend."

Tuesday's Swim Report: Wait, 21 What And A Speedo?

Lane 1 - USA Today posts "Missy Franklin goes to prom, gets a tattoo.  Missy Franklin was out all night. She slammed into a few cars. She didn't get to bed until 7 a.m. She woke up with a tattoo. Has America's Olympic sweetheart turned all Reese Witherspoon and gone bad?"

Lane 2 - Herald Sun posts "Olympic swimmer Christian Sprenger aims for breaststroke world record.  THE world record is in his sights. And many argue that he should have been awarded a London Olympic gold medal.  But Australian swimming star Christian Sprenger reckons he is just learning breaststroke."

Lane 3 - USMS posts "2012 World Masters Swimmers of the Year.  Five Americans make the list of Top 12 Masters swimmers around the world."

Lane 4 - Billings Gazette posts "Hardin to host Masters swim meet.  The 2nd annual Masters Swim Meet, hosted by the Masters of Billings Swim Club, will be held June 8 in Hardin.  Swimmers ages 18 and over from around the state and adjacent states are invited to participate. Membership in USMS or USA Swimming is not required for this meet."

Lane 5 - In My Community posts "THE pool is limited,...THE pool is limited, according to swim champion and octogenarian Rod Baker, so most mornings you can find him swimming a casual kilometre at Doddie’s Beach.  Baker is Mandurah’s very own world record holder after competing in the 2013 Masters Swimming National Championships in Sydney.  While there, he set Australian records in the 50m, 100m, 200m and 800m freestyle events."

Lane 6 - USA Today posts "Michael Phelps' coach to help Turkish swim program.  Turkey has signed Michael Phelps' coach as a consultant on their swimming program for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Games that Istanbul hope to host."

Lane 7 - Baltimore Sun posts "Michael Phelps greets Under Armour shareholders in surprise appearance.  Olympic swimmer talks about golf, swimming to relax."

Lane 8 - Books Live posts "Coming Soon: Lewis Pugh Shares Strategies for Achieving the “Impossible” in 21 Yaks and a Speedo.  New from Jonathan Ball in May, 21 Yaks and a Speedo, by Lewis Pugh, “the Human Polar Bear” and bestselling author of Achieving the Impossible:  Lewis Pugh knows oceans. He was the first to complete a long distance swim in every ocean of the world, and has pioneered more swims around famous landmarks than any other person in history. He swam across the icy waters of the North Pole to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice, and across a glacial lake on Mt Everest to draw attention to the impact of climate change on the Himalayan glaciers.  It was there that he met his first Yak."

PanAm Sam vs Springy The Springfield Spring

Separated at birth?  You decide.

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SWIMMER Magazine: Paddle vs Propeller

Stu Kahn from Davis Aquatic Masters describes the differences between the propeller freestyle stoke and the paddle freestyle stroke, as featured in the May/June issue of SWIMMER Magazine.