Mat's Swimming Blog April 2007 Archive

My 11 year old son, who is very athletic, wants to begin lifting some free weights to help get more fit. Should kids lift weights? (Vincent Iannelli, M.D./About Pediatrics)

The International Swimming Hall of Fame has announced its 2007 group of inductees. The list includes two swimmers, one diver, one synchronized swimmer, one water polo player, and two coaches. ... Read More

The 2007 Synchronized Swimming U.S. National Championships concluded today at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. The event ran April 26-28 and featured elite athletes vying for national titles in the ... Read More

United States Synchronized Swimming (USSS) announced the athletes nominated to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, April 28 in Indianapolis at the IU Natatorium. USSS became the first National Governing ... Read More

Many of the world’s best divers will be gathered in Fort Lauderdale for 4-days of top level international competition. The 2007 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix will be held at ... Read More

The 2007 Synchronized Swimming U.S. National Championships continued today at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis. The event runs through April 28 and features elite athletes vying for national titles in ... Read More

The 2007 Synchronized Swimming U.S. National Championships kicked off today at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis with the free preliminary competition. The event runs through April 28 and features elite ... Read More

When Australia's Libby Lenton led off a relay at the recent Duel in the Pool, she swam faster than any other woman ever had - 52.99 for the 100m freestyle. ... Read More

What happened with Stanford Swimming that resulted in men's coach Skip Kenney's suspension? Christian Torres (The Stanford Daily) lays out some of the details step by step. On the editorial ... Read More

Reports from China are that Austalian Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Grant Hackett has been hospitalized due to a severe infection. Hackett was touring China on his honeymoon, got a small ... Read More

Looking for new ways to work your abs? Here is a huge selection of abdominal strengthening and toning exercises you may have not tried. Keep in mind that developing and ... Read More

Genetics shape us in many ways including our athletic potential. Just how important are genetics in athletic success? They certainly help and may even give you an athletic edge, but ... Read More

To ensure that your children are safe, never leave them unsupervised around water. Here are some tips to keep your child safe around water... (Vincent Iannelli, M.D..About.com Guide to Pediatrics)

Nancilea Foster and Thomas Finchum closed out the Speedo USA Diving 2007 Spring National Championships by winning individual titles in women’s 3-meter and men’s 10-meter, respectively, on Sunday afternoon. Foster ... Read More

The 2007 Synchronized Swimming U.S. National Championships will make a splash at the IUPUI Natatorium, April 26-28. More than 100 elite athletes will vie for national titles in the solo, ... Read More

Haley Ishimatsu became the second double gold medalist of the week upon winning the women’s 10-meter title at the Speedo USA Diving 2007 Spring National Championships on Saturday. Troy Dumais ... Read More

I can't read French, but Sky News (Australia) and JOURNALO (Europe) are reporting that L'Equipe, a French paper that claimed Ian Thorpe failed a doping test, has released a story ... Read More

This swim workout features a mix of swimming with 100's of changing effort levels and swimming 100's at a consistent effort level. Try to get a feel for how hard ... Read More

World Championships bronze medalists David Boudia and Thomas Finchum added to their list of awards by winning the men's 10-meter synchronized title at the Speedo USA Diving 2007 Spring National ... Read More

Chris Colwill and Jevon Tarantino won the men's 3-meter synchronized diving title, and Haley Ishimatsu and Mary Beth Dunnichay captured the women's 10-meter synchro title at the 2007 Speedo USA ... Read More

Mary Yarrison won a national title in front of her hometown fans and Chris Colwill added another championship to his resume at the 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships ... Read More

The object of study of the Swimming Research Center Amsterdam is competitive swimming and how to improve a competitive swimmer. What aspects determine performance in swimming? How does the swimmer adapt to ... Read More

Swimmer Jessica Long became the first Paralympic athlete to win the AAU James E. Sullivan Award, presented to the USA’s best amateur athlete, Wednesday night at an awards ceremony in ... Read More

The first step in decreasing the number of childhood drownings is to learn more about them: Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children between the age ... Read More

Natural swimming pools are bordered with wood, planted with lush vegetation, and are free of chemicals like chlorine. They resemble a good old fashioned swimming hole. Natural swimming pools (or ... Read More

The U.S. Olympic Committee announced swimmers Natalie Coughlin and Michael Phelps as its March Athletes of the Month. The USOC Team of the Month was awarded to the USA Women’s ... Read More

Natalie Coughlin - World Champion Swimmer, World Swimming Record Holder - want to know more about the swimmer? Her book, "Golden Girl" is subtitled "How Natalie Coughlin Fought Back, Challenged ... Read More

The 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships will be held in Boyds, Md., from April 18-22. The meet will be held at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center, where the ... Read More

To set a goal time for your triathlon swim, determine your threshold swimming pace per 100 meters, add 5% to 10% for navigation problems and to compensate for the lack ... Read More

Martin Strel' has completed his Amazon river swim. That's over 5,000 kilometers of swimming completed. You can follow-up on Martin Strel's latest swimming adventure on the Amazon on-line. (Amazonswim.com)

Speedo and WCSN provide the videos of all seven of Michael Phelps Gold Medal swims from the 2007 FINA World Championships. You can see Phelps swim the 4 x 100 ... Read More

The 2007 FINA World Swimming Championships was arguably one of the most successful World Championships for Team USA since the meet’s advent in 1973. How does it stack up? Look ... Read More

The idea that certain stabilizing muscles can be trained to automatically contract at the time of effort to protect the joints, has long been a tenet of the exercise sciences ... Read More

Results are on-line (from USA Swimming or Swimming Australia) for the 2007 Duel in the Pool from Sydney. One known highlight - Libby Lenton led off a mixed gender relay ... Read More

This swimming workout makes you think about changing speeds during a swim, but also aims to get you to be able to learn how to pace yourself through a longer ... Read More

This is like a dessert for the world championship swimming fans. Bragging rights are at stake as swimmers from United States and Australia meet for the third Mutual of Omaha ... Read More

There is a water shortage in Melbourne, but they still managed to fill the pools for the 2007 FINA World Championships. Now that the events are over and the Susie ... Read More

In the 2007 FINA World Championships, the solo free final, Christina Jones (Fremont, Calif.) represented the United States with a fifth-place finish. (March 21) The 2007 FINA World Championships held ... Read More

2007 FINA World Championships Results Updates: From About Swimming World Championships Results: Swimming Open Water Swimming Diving Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Results Full Result Books From Omega Timing (PDF): Swimming (pool) Open Water Swimming Diving Synchronized Swimming Men's Water Polo Women's Water PoloMore ... Read More

Two more world records fell on the final night of swimming at the FINA World Championships, as the Baltimore duo of Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff both took down world ... Read More

At the FINA World Swimming Championships, swimmers score points for their country. Which country came out on top in 2007? The top three: USA 981pts Australia 769pts Japan 415pts The rest of the teams...

COUNTRY G S B Total 1. USA 21 14 5 40 2. RUS 11 6 7 24 3. AUS 9 7 10 26 4. CHN 9 5 2 16 5. FRA 3 2 2 7 6. GER 2 5 4 11 7. RSA 2 - 1 3 8. JPN 1 4 8 13 9. CAN 1 3 1 5 10. ITA 1 2 5 8 11. POL 1 2 1 4 12. SWE 1 1 1 3 13. TUN 1 1 - 2 14. KOR 1 - 1 2 14. UKR 1 - 1 2 16. CRO 1 - - 1 17. ESP - 4 2 6 18. GBR - 2 3 5 18. NED - 2 3 5 20. ZIM - 2 - 2 21. HUN - 1 1 2 22. BLR - 1 - 1 22. SUI - 1 - 1 24. AUT - - 1 1 24. DEN - - 1 1 24. EGY - - 1 1 24. GRE - - 1 1 24. VEN - - 1 1

1. AUS 3:34.93 WELSH 54.78; RICKARD 59.63; LAUTERSTEIN 52.63; SULLIVAN 47.892. JPN 3:35.16 MORITA 54.76; KITAJIMA 59.23; YAMAMOTO 51.90; HOSOKAWA 49.273. RUS 3:35.51 VYATCHANIN 54.08; KOMORNIKOV 1:00.65; SKVORTSOV 52.13; LAGUNOV ... Read More

1. HOFF Katie 89 USA 0.78 4:32.89 WR 50m: 29.83 100m: 1:03.91 150m: 1:39.49 200m: 2:14.10 250m: 2:51.50 300m: 3:29.68 350m: 4:01.64 400m: 4:32.89 2. MARTYNOVA Yana 88 RUS 0.94 4:40.14 50m: 29.45 100m: 1:03.08 150m: ... Read More

1. SAWRYMOWICZ Mateusz 87 POL 0.89 14:45.9450m: 27.67 100m: 57.73 150m: 1:27.36 200m: 1:57.50250m: 2:27.11 300m: 2:57.28 350m: 3:26.88 400m: 3:56.83450m: 4:26.29 500m: 4:56.09 550m: 5:25.53 600m: 5:55.30650m: 6:24.95 700m: ... Read More

1. LENTON Lisbeth 85 AUS 0.73 24.53 2. ALSHAMMAR Therese 77 SWE 0.80 24.62 3. VELDHUIS Marleen 79 NED 0.81 24.70 4. STEFFEN Britta 83 GER 0.72 24.79 5. JOYCE Kara Lynn 85 USA ... Read More

You can read the full transcript of Ian Thorpe's press conference regarding the accusation by L'Equipe that he had an unusual finding in a doping test. It makes one wonder ... Read More

1. PHELPS Michael 85 USA 0.75 4:06.22 WR 50m: 25.56 100m: 55.05 150m: 1:26.70 200m: 1:58.18 250m: 2:33.30 300m: 3:09.33 350m: 3:38.43 400m: 4:06.22 2. LOCHTE Ryan 84 USA 0.72 4:09.74 50m: 26.13 100m: 55.99 150m: 1:27.08 ... Read More

1. HARDY Jessica 87 USA 0.68 30.63 2. JONES Leisel 85 AUS 0.79 30.70 3. KIRK Tara 82 USA 0.73 31.05 4. WHITE Tarnee 81 AUS 0.75 31.14 5. SCHAFER Janne 81 GER 0.82 ... Read More

1. ZANDBERG Gerhard 83 RSA 0.74 24.98 2. RUPPRATH Thomas 77 GER 0.60 25.20 3. TANCOCK Liam 85 GBR 0.61 25.23 4. DRIESEN Steffen 81 GER 0.75 25.29 5. CLAY Matthew 82 GBR ... Read More

Four American athletes advanced and one relay team did not in the last preliminary session of the FINA World Championships today. Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) easily won her heat and ... Read More