Articles filed under Swimming
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St. Charles E. leads area’s state hopefulsAug 21, 2012 9:13 am - One of the hotbeds of high school swimming faces plenty of uncertainty as the IHSA sectionals take place this year. St. Charles East returns swimmers who qualified for t...
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Aquatic club holding tryouts:Aug 13, 2012 5:38 pm - The Patriot Aquatic Club will hold tryouts for new members Aug. 21-22 at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. Tryouts run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each night. Swimmers w...
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Michael Phelps plunges into Golf Channel projectAug 11, 2012 11:00 pm - KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Now that he's retired from swimming, Michael Phelps is ready to try a new stroke — golf. One week after ending his incomparable Olympic career with...
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Quite an Olympics for American womenAug 10, 2012 6:45 pm - It’s the 40th anniversary of Title IX here in the United States this year and the Olympics is serving as the perfect tribute. Quite simply, the U.S. women, all of whom h...
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Spellman’s Scorecard: Some things you notice watching OlympicsAug 10, 2012 8:50 am - Random Olympics thoughts: ŸI want my #147;Parks and Recreation#148; back. ŸClass, thy names are Gabby Douglas and Oscar Pistorius. ŸI#146;m pretty sure the ...
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Douglas sacrificed much in quest for goldAug 04, 2012 6:44 pm - There’s a sleep-away summer camp in my hometown that I attended for five years when I was a kid, starting at age 9. My dad has often asked me why I don’t send my own kid...
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US women set world record to win medley relayAug 04, 2012 2:50 pm - LONDON — The United States set a world record to win the women’s medley relay at the London Olympics on Saturday. The Americans clocked 3 minutes, 52.05 seconds, slicing...
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Phelps ends career with gold in medley relayAug 04, 2012 2:00 pm - LONDON — The finale was a formality, more a coronation than a contest. Michael Phelps headed into the retirement the only way imaginable — with another gold medal. Recla...
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Phelps goes out in style, rallying in 100 flyAug 03, 2012 2:00 pm - LONDON — Michael Phelps is turning his final Olympics into quite a victory lap, and don't fret about American swimming after he's gone. Led by a pair of high schoolers,...
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Franklin completes Olympics backstroke sweep with world recordAug 03, 2012 1:00 pm - Missy Franklin won the 200-meter backstroke in a world-record time at the London Olympics, adding it to the gold medal she won in the 100-meter event five days ago. Fran...