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2 hrs ago | Prairie Village Post

A five decade tradition comes to an end: Synchronized Swimming season canceled in Prairie Village

It's looking all but certain that Prairie Village won't have a Water Show this July for the first time in more than 50 years.

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3 hrs ago | Star-Telegram.com

Fort Worth gets ready to open Forest Park, Marine Park pools

There's a small chance of rain Saturday, but it'll be a good day to get wet in Fort Worth regardless.

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4 hrs ago | BBC News

Carry takes on Swimming Scotland role

Carry retired after the 2012 London Olympics , but won gold in the 400m freestyle and individual medley at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

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4 hrs ago | Valley News Live

Swimming Requirement Holds Back Senior from Graduation

With a 3.5 GPA, and a handful of college credits, what if a swimming test was the only thing holding back your High School Senior from graduating? That's the situation for one Detroit Lakes, Minnesota senior who didn't quite meet all the graduation requirements.

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6 hrs ago | Baltimore News

Banned swim coach to be sentenced for sex abuse

A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches is scheduled to be sentenced for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.

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7 hrs ago | Decorah Journal

Decorah Swimming Pool opens Sunday

Hours Monday through Friday, 1-5:25 p.m. and 6:30- 8:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays hours are 1-8 p.m. However, Tuesday, May 28, and Wednesday, May 29, which are Decorah School makeup days, hours are 4- 8 p.m. Daily admission fees are free for children 3 years and younger , $4.50 for 4 to 64-year-olds and $3.50 for 65 years and older and special ... (more)

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Wed May 22, 2013

Alice24-7.com

Alice summer swim team draws new participants

Mark Molina Sports Editor It is no secret that summer swimming in Alice is popular among the locals, but new faces from surrounding cities have taken interest as well.

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Swimming World & Jr. Swimmer

High School State Swimming Championships: CIF Central Division 2

TULARE, California, May 22. The girls title at the CIF Central Section Division 2 Swimming and Diving Championships, held May 17-18, was decided by just seven points.

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Patch.com

CDC Study Finds E. Coli in Public Swimming Pools

A study of public swimming pools performed during last summer's swim season found that feces are frequently introduced into pool water by swimmers.

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The Hartford Courant

Glastonbury Rep. Srinivasan Supports New Swimming Pool Regulations For Schools

After two drowning deaths at high schools in neighboring towns, state Rep. Prasad Srinivasan voted with the rest of his House of Representatives colleagues Wednesday in favor of a bill that creates new pool safety standards.

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BBC News

Warning on poor school swimming

Half of seven- to 11-year-olds in England, some 1.1 million children, cannot swim the length of a standard pool, research suggests.

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Kirkland Reporter

Local synchro swimmers medal at Region A Championships

Seattle Synchro 13-15 Age Group swimmers warm up their gold medal routine. The team includes swimmers from the Eastside.

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Andover Advertiser

Olympians enjoy royal garden party

The Queen has hosted the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the summer for Olympians, Paralympians and London 2012 officials.

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Statesboro Herald

The body of a man who drowned Tuesday in the Ogeechee River was recovered Wednesday afternoon.

Burke County Dive Team members pulled the body of Antonio Lee, 24, from the water about 10 feet from where he was last seen before going under, said Screven County Emergency Management Director and Fire Chief Harvey Cryder.

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This is Wiltshire

SWIMMING: Chippenham youngsters set pace

CHIPPENHAM ASC swimmers Jack Cook, Matt Cruse, Peter Holden, Matt Hare and Henry Moore were the second fastest team in the country in the 2013 Swimathon, raising money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

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Bradenton.com

Swimmer Cullen Jones on the road for water safety

In the pool at P.S. 125, a Harlem elementary school, he was a sweetheart as he laughed, splashed and assured nervous 4-, 5- and 6-year-olds that they shouldn't be afraid to get wet.

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Bay of Plenty Times

Swimming: Greerton ends top of heap at relay champs

Baywave hosted the 2013 Swimming Bay of Plenty relay championships on Sunday with a number of teams pulling out all the stops in order to claim regional bragging rights.

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Plymouth Evening Herald

Hession takes swimming title

SWIMMING: Plymouth College Preparatory School pupil Lauren Hession has beaten top swimmers at prep schools from around the country to be crowned IAPS national swimming champion.

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WikiHow

How to Shock Your Swimming Pool

Shocking is also known as super chlorinating. It's a way to keep pool water safe and clean by adding three to five times the normal amount of chlorine or other chemical sanitizer to the pool water to drastically raise the chlorine level for a short time.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The Florida Times-Union

Police called to Jacksonville day-care facility for near drowning

A 2-year-old child is in critical condition at Wolfson Children's Hospital after falling into a pool Tuesday at an unlicensed day care on the Westside, Jacksonville authorities said.

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