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when the conversation turns to swimming

I got the most animated I’d been all evening when I started talking about swimming. My friend and I both knew Pete Thomas, one of the Biggest Loser contestants, in college. I mentioned that I follow him on twitter, and she told me that he just completed a triathlon. She looked at me and asked me if I wanted to do a triathlon. My eyes lit up and I started talking faster. We talked about being ready, and I said I wasn’t sure my freestyle was up to doing a triathlon yet. Not to mention my running.… Continue

Added by Angela Gray on November 20, 2009 at 10:35pm — No Comments

Sabir Muhammad: Passion for the Pool (11/13/2009)

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Added by Douglas Carrington on November 17, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Sabir Muhammad: Passion for the Pool (11/13/2009)

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Added by Douglas Carrington on November 17, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

Destinations of India – Honeymooners’ Paradise

Honeymoon in India? It is the dream comes true of many newly wedded couples. India provides couples with several exotic destinations to celebrate honeymoon vacation. Couples and newly wedded can plan their honeymoon according to their choice and preferences. If you want to celebrate along the beaches the Goa would be the right place for you. If you want to celebrate in the lap of nature then Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Darjeeling are ideal. You can also celebrate… Continue

Added by Rajesh Kumar on October 14, 2009 at 8:15am — No Comments

Explore the Royal Charm on Trip to Rajasthan

Situated in the northwestern part of India, Rajasthan is the most preferred tourism destination of India. It is a beautiful state of India with fascinating tourism options that are worth exploring on trip of Rajasthan. The state is endowed with wonderful options such as heritage tourism, wildlife tourism, cultural tourism, desert tourism and lot more special tourism. Every year tourists from all over the world visit this wonderful state to India to explore its unique royal charm and fascinating… Continue

Added by Rajesh Kumar on October 8, 2009 at 5:38am — No Comments

The History Lesson

Jayson's history lesson was fascinating. Gerry Dworkin Lifesaving Resources http://www.lifesaving.com Continue

Added by Gerald M. Dworkin on October 7, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Free Swim screenings coast to coast!

Come see the award winning FREE SWIM (www.FreeSwimMovie.com) . . . October 13th at 7:30PM The Cape Ann Community Cinema (www.massbayfilmproject.org) 21 Main Street, Gloucester, MA * come earlier for a pre-screening party at 6:30pm October 18 at 10AM La Femme Film Festival (www.lafemme.org) Davidson/Valentini Theatre 1125 N McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA Spread the word and hope to see you there! Continue

Added by Jennifer Galvin on October 1, 2009 at 3:14pm — No Comments

Rajasthan Tourism Appealing Tourists from Worldwide

Situated in the northwestern part of India, Rajasthan is the most preferred tourist destination of India. It is globally famous for its heritage beauty and the royal attractions appealing tourists from world wide. The state of Rajasthan is gifted with amazing tourism options off beat and mesmerizing than other tourist destination of India. Heritage tourism, Cultural tourism, wildlife tourism, fairs and festival tourism, etc are some of the prominent tourism options of Rajasthan. Every year quite… Continue

Added by Rajesh Kumar on September 30, 2009 at 5:36am — No Comments

Buidling a Team

Coach Archie talks about how he built the first swim team at Norfolk State University.

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Added by Jayson Jackson on September 21, 2009 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Any grant writers? Really, what about grant applications for others to see?

I'm working on a grant application, of sorts. I could use some help and input. Are there any grant writers in the soup here? Can you self identify? Reply to this post please. Furthermore, it would be great to have some grant template fodder for re-use in my grant applications. So, if others have finished grant applications and have wordsmithed some of the basics for aquatics, then I'd love to have those posted here, within the NING, too. Grant application links can be posted in the comments.… Continue

Added by Mark Rauterkus on September 21, 2009 at 9:45am — No Comments

On 9/14/09, U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Res. 57 "Recognizing the persistently high rates of drowning fatalities among children"

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Added by Jennifer Galvin on September 16, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

2009-2010 Swimming and Diving Competition Schedule

* denotes CCSA Conference Competition HOME MEETS in CAPS Home Meets hosted at the Morcom Aquatics Center 10/02/09 ORANGE VS GREEN INTER-SQUAD MEET TALLAHASSEE, FL AT 8:30 am 10/10/09 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA(WOMEN ONLY) TALLAHASSEE, FL AT 12pm 10/16/09 at HBCU Relay Meet Greensboro, NC at 4 pm 10/17/09 at Gardner-Webb*, Campbell* Boiling Springs, NC at 4pm 10/23/09 at Florida State Tallahassee, FL at 4 pm 11/13/09 at University of Tampa Tampa, FL at 3:30 pm 11/14/09 at St. Leo St. Leo,… Continue

Added by Douglas Carrington on September 13, 2009 at 12:36pm — No Comments

FAMU Swimming and Diving has a blog!

To all the friends and fans here on Diversity in Aquatics, I want to share the home of Florida A&M University's Swimming and Diving team blog. Here you can find information about the current teams, read interesting stories about our community activities, and stay abreast on the latest events with program alumni! Enjoy! www.famuswimminganddiving.blogspot.com Continue

Added by Douglas Carrington on September 13, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

From the Creek to the Curriculum

Coach Archie delivers a lot in these powerful 3 minutes, from learning to swim in the creek, his early days at West Virginia State where swimming was compulsory, building Norfolk State’s first pool on the beach with a tractor, and finally making swimming compulsory at Norfolk State by making sure it was included in the curriculum.

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Added by Jayson Jackson on September 9, 2009 at 12:05pm — No Comments

Complete Guide to Rajasthan Travels and Tours

Rajasthan, the largest state of India, is one of the most popular tourism destinations of India to be travel in. It is one of the most charming and captivating states of India. It is the state where ceaseless temptation of amazing tourism invites tourists through out the entire globe. It is the state where numerous tourism options available and one cannot imagine Rajasthan without tourism. In fact, Rajasthan and tourism go side by side. Rippling sand dunes, fantastic forts, fairy-tale palaces, f… Continue

Added by Rajesh Kumar on August 31, 2009 at 5:28am — No Comments

Holidays in Rajasthan- By Hire a Car

Rajasthan is one of the most favourite destinations of visitors in India. While you are in India visit Rajasthan in must. It stores some of the beautiful a heritage monuments for India. Why this Golden state of India is is so much talked about? Find the reason enjoying the stunning beauty of monuments and the charming historical places of this golden place. The easy way to explore the beauty of Rajasthan is on luxury safari drive. Most of the tours and travels service providing companies starts… Continue

Added by Rajesh Kumar on August 31, 2009 at 5:26am — No Comments

Rajasthan Tourism – Incredible Tourism Experience in India

Rajasthan Tourism is an integral part of incredible India tourism. It represents true charm of tourism in India. There is great tourism potential in Rajasthan, the royal state of India. Majority of tourists visit India on account of wonderful holiday experience, luxury vacation, adventure and safari, wildlife expedition, heritage tourism, and cultural & ethnic tourism. And Rajasthan has these all to offer visitors.

Today, Rajasthan is one of the most popular travel destinations of India a

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Added by Rajesh Kumar on August 31, 2009 at 5:23am — No Comments

Hotels in Rajasthan – Holidays in Luxury

Rajasthan is the land of monuments. There are several magnificent palaces, forts and monuments in the Indian state of Rajasthan appealing tourists and vacationers through out the entire globe. Many of magnificent forts and palaces of the state have now been converted in to heritage hotels offering world class accommodation facilities with perfect blend of traditional charm. Heritage hotels in Rajasthan not only offer luxury… Continue

Added by Rajesh Kumar on August 31, 2009 at 5:20am — No Comments

NABSYES 2009 in Savannah, Georgia June 21-26, 2009

The NABS 6th Youth Educational Summit 2009 was hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary in Savannah, Georgia. Housing accommodations were provided by Savannah State University. There were 36 youths who attended this very su… Continue

Added by Jimi Mack on August 24, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

First week of water polo in Pittsburgh

We had a great first week of water polo playing in the central part of Pittsburgh. We got Citiparks to let us try a new program at a low-use pool in The Hill District part of town, next to the Ammon Rec Center, 2216 Bedford Ave. On the first day, 24 kids. By Wednesday, we had 40 kids. Here we are gathered, a bit, after the second day. We are playing every Monday to Fri… Continue

Added by Mark Rauterkus on August 13, 2009 at 10:05pm — No Comments