Provides the latest RSS feeds for Swimming News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Peking Press.com http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/cat/bb7316205eb3683a/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 04:20:29 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:20:29 -0400 30 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned US citizens that public swimming pool is filled with fecal matter. The researchers from CDC collected water samples from filters at 160 indoor and outdoor pools around Atlanta, and found traces of feces in nearly 60 percent of them, demonstrated by the presence of E. coli bacteria. The agency said that the E. coli bacteria enters ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214611452/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sun, 19 May 2013 02:40:01 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214611452/scat/bb7316205eb3683a We're only a few years removed from "Swimsuitgate" at the Class 5A state meet. Saturday may be remembered as "Measurementgate." The start of Saturday's 5A boys state swimming and diving championships in Grand Junction was delayed for more than an hour when meet officials determined the pool at the El Pomar Natatorium at Colorado Mesa University was three-sixteenths ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214611491/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sun, 19 May 2013 02:12:51 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214611491/scat/bb7316205eb3683a JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A great white shark is looming, once again, off our coast.Mary Lee is 16 feet long, 3,400 pounds and recently pinged 150 miles off Jacksonville's coast.Mary Lee was tagged in Cape Cod in September by Ocearch. She was named after the fisherman's mother. This isn't Mary Lee's first visit to North Florida. She pinged dangerously close to Jacksonville Beach ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214610622/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:10 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214610622/scat/bb7316205eb3683a SARASOTA, Florida, May 8. USMS is reaffirming that effective May 7, in accordance with USMS article 102.12.1D, Arena Powerskin Carbon Pro suits bearing the following FINA approval codes (found on the FINA stamp on the back of each suit) are no longer allowed in USMS pool competition: AR220993 (women's), AR220994 (women's), and AR141364 (men's). "USMS article 102.12.1D states ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214609162/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 21:41:21 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214609162/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Update May 18Today, noted sports business journalist Darren Rovell tweeted that Michael Phelps' agent Peter Carlisle denies a rumored comeback by the Greatest of All Time. However, Rovell then went on to quote Carlisle in a way that did not completely shut the door on a potential Phelps bid to return to ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214608173/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 19:53:28 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214608173/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Vyacheslav Sinkevich cracked the Russian 200m breaststroke record in 2:08.62 in the semis at in Kazan. The time took him inside the 2:09.36 standard established by Grigory Falko in shiny suit at the 2009 World Championships in Rome. Steadily they fall.  Sinkevich, who cracked 2:10 for the first time last year, with a 2:09.90 in the Olympic semis in London, went through in 29.27, 1:02.08 ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214607476/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:58:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214607476/scat/bb7316205eb3683a CONCORD, California, May 18. IN the fastest high school heat ever in a 100-yard breaststroke event, Campolindo's Steven Stumph took down the national high school record in the event at the California Interscholastic Federation's North Coast Sectional championships.Stumph, who tied Brendan Hansen's 2000 national public school record of 53.67 during prelims, scorched the finale with ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214606887/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 18:32:11 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214606887/scat/bb7316205eb3683a CONCORD, California, May 18. SHORTLY after Campolindo's Steven Stumph dropped the fastest boys 100-yard breaststroke record of all time in high school competition, the Carondelet girls became the first prep quartet under 3:21 in the girls 400-yard free relay at the California Interscholastic Federation North Coast Sectional Championships.Carondelet put together a sterling time of 3:20.42 ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214606370/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:34 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214606370/scat/bb7316205eb3683a TOPEKA, Kansas, May 18. FOR the fourth straight year, Shawnee Mission East High School claimed the team title at the Kansas 6A Girls Swimming and Diving Championships May 18-18 in Topeka. The Lancers did so in convincing fashion, scoring 404 points to runner-up Lawrence Free State's 295. Two Blue Valley Schools--Northwest (252) and North (183) took third and fourth places, respectively, and ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214606170/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 17:37:34 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214606170/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Michael Phelps is planning a comeback to swim at the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to a well-placed US source. Peter Busch, whose father Frank is director of the American swimming team, is a news anchor at a Fort Myers, Florida, TV station. He posted a brief story on the station's website yesterday saying Phelps is plotting his return to the pool and hopes to compete at the next Olympics. "The ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214604714/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214604714/scat/bb7316205eb3683a SANTA CLARA, California, May 13. CURTIS Ogren, a junior at St. Francis, set a national independent school record in the 200 IM at the CIF Central Coast Section Championships May 10-11 in Santa Clara. Ogren posted a 1:45.01, which betters Matt Thompson's 2009 time of 1:45.27. David Nolan still holds the overall mark at 1:41.39 from 2011. Ogren also set a Central Coast record of 53.90 in the ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214604145/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 13:18:10 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214604145/scat/bb7316205eb3683a BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 13. AFTER 45 minutes, 47 seconds of action, USC's Anni Espar scored the winning goal in the third sudden-death overtime period of the championship game at the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships May 10-12 at Harvard University. Espar's goal gave the USC Trojans a 10-9 victory over the Stanford Cardinal, earning them their fourth NCAA title and the first ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214603525/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 12:16:03 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214603525/scat/bb7316205eb3683a French Swimming Federation announced yesterday that Olympic gold medalist Yannick Agnel has elected to withdraw from any individual events this summer at the Barcelona World Championships. Agnel will be focusing on a change of scenery, as Agnel would like to move to the United States to train.The press release states that as part of his research into where he would prefer to wind up in the U.S., ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214601693/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 09:42:38 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214601693/scat/bb7316205eb3683a After a 999 call at 4am, Chapel St Leonards' Coastguard rescue team and the Skegness inshore lifeboat were called in, along with an RAF search-and-rescue crew based at Leconfield in East Yorkshire.The Humber Coastguard said the 23-year-old woman, who had been drinking alcohol, was found semi-conscious on the beach near a holiday resort in Chapel St Leonards, near Skegness, early today.A ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214601199/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 08:22:53 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214601199/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Michael Phelps displays his gold medal for the men's 100-meter butterfly swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Friday, Aug. 3, ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214600226/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:01 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214600226/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Femke Heemskerk (NED) was the star of the first of finals at the Maria Lenk Trophy, Brazil's world-titles qualifier in Rio, a 1:58.14 in the 200m free the only sub-2mins effort in the race. Guilherme Guido just missed the cut for automatic qualification to the world championships in Barcelona this summer, his 54.80 effort in the 100m backstroke granting him narrow victory over Leonardo de ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214600227/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 06:04:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214600227/scat/bb7316205eb3683a People always worry about pee in the pool, but number two is the No. 1 problem, government health experts say. They found plenty of evidence that someone’s pooping in the pool.It’s not only disgusting, but it’s evidence that people are not following basic hygiene rules, says Michele Hlavsa, chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Swimming ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214598135/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 02:03:49 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214598135/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Is Michael Phelps planning a comeback? A report Friday evening from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The three-paragraph story on the station's website was posted by news anchor Peter Busch, who is the son of Frank Busch, director of the U.S. national swim team. "The ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214598134/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 02:03:49 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214598134/scat/bb7316205eb3683a KUWAIT City, Kuwait, May 7. IN FINA's attempt to promote the sport of water polo on a global scale, especially in places where it is not considered a major sport, 11 teams gathered in Kuwait City to compete in the fourth FINA World Men's Water Polo Development Trophy. The Kuwait Swimming Federation is hosting the event, which will take place May 6-11.The 11 teams were divided into two ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214597509/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Sat, 18 May 2013 00:45:48 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214597509/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Michael Phelps, who retired from competitive swimming at age 27 immediately after last summer's London Olympics, won 18 gold medals and 22 medals overall, more than any other Olympian. (Clive Rose/Getty ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214596338/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Fri, 17 May 2013 23:54:54 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214596338/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Is Michael Phelps planning a comeback? A report Friday evening from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The three-paragraph story on the station's website was posted by news anchor Peter Busch, who is the son of Frank Busch, director of the U.S. national swim team. "The ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214596811/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Fri, 17 May 2013 23:53:50 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214596811/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Michael Phelps coaches children in BrazilOlympic medalist swimmer Michael Phelps coaches local children at the Laureus visit to Rocinha during the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards on March 11, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214596221/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:56 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214596221/scat/bb7316205eb3683a confirmed as fact tonight by former Morning Swim Show host Peter Busch and current NBC-2 news anchor in Florida, the Baltimore Bullet has grown bored with the lack of structure of his current lifestyle and will shortly be back in the saddle in Colorado Springs with mentor Bob Bowman.Phelps, as shown below, would neither confirm nor deny the news via Twitter. That will be good news to Allison ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214595372/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Fri, 17 May 2013 21:57:17 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214595372/scat/bb7316205eb3683a INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 12. THE U.S. Masters Swimming nationals came to an exciting conclusion today, as 18 new short course yards national records fell at the IU Natatorium. Rick Colella made it 6-for-6 in national records to highlight the competition.Rick Colella, a two-time Olympian and bronze medalist in the 200 breast at the 1976 Games, claimed his fifth and sixth national record of the ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214595374/scat/bb7316205eb3683a Fri, 17 May 2013 21:23:36 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214595374/scat/bb7316205eb3683a