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Make swimming fun
Swimming is the closest we’ll ever come to flying. I love the weightlessness of gliding through the water, spiraling and flipping with currents.
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4 Life Lessons Learned at the Pool
Options for youth sports abound with the explosive growth of competitive teams and leagues across the country – baseball, football, basketball, l...
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Smells like Teen Spirit… Nah, it’s Chlorine.
The sense of smell is closely linked with memory, probably more so than any of our other senses. Those with full olfactory function may be able t...
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3 Ways That The Pool Saved Swimmers During The Pandemic
When we were told to stay home and social distance in March, we weren’t sure how long we’d be fighting a global pandemic. By late May, many of us...
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Passion, Purpose and the Pool
Everyone who has been following the Olympics saw Dean Boxall’s reaction to Ariarne Titmus’s win over American great Katie Ledecky in the 400 free. It was over the top, silly, wild and hilarious. Love it or hate it, his passion is undeniable.
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Endurance in races...and in life!
Swimming, water polo and endurance racing has made us stronger and supportive of each other for many years.
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Finding love on the deck of the pool
All of our children are becoming good swimmers and anytime I see them in the water it reminds me of how our family was started - around the pool and surrounded by the love of the sport, water polo.
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She sweats chlorine...A podcast you need to hear
Denison vs. Kenyon. It's the greatest college sports story you've NEVER heard. A historic 17-year national title streak on the line. This is the story of the 2000-01 Denison women's swim team as they tried to pry the Division III national title from the vaunted Kenyon College Ladies.
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Time in the pool taught me far more than time in the classroom
Hair up in a swimmer bun, dry skin, permanently reeking of chlorine, Speedo backpack hanging off of broad shoulders… you can spot a swimmer from a mile away.
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I jumped into the deep-end and never looked back
As the story goes my love for the water started at the age of two when my mother took me to the neighborhood pool and set-up by the deep end. As she started taking my coverup off, I ran and jumped into the deep end.
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More Than Just A Sport
At 9 years old, I had no idea what an impact synchronized swimming would have on my life.
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Lifetime friendships made by the pool
Over the years the thing I have come to value the most about swimming is the relationships I have made through the sport. I have so many friends I have made through swimming.
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