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Bealls employees and customers purchased over 24,000 savings passes for the event, making our total donation for the Make a Splash program, $74,838!! This donation will help fund swim lessons for thousands of kids throughout the state of Florida and provide Florida families with water safety information. A big THANK YOU to our stores for promoting the event and selling the savings passes!! Bealls’ partnership with the USA Swimming Foundation and Make a Splash program will continue throughout the year. In the upcoming weeks we will be working with...

Dear members of USA Swimming, In the past couple of days, you have likely seen or read media coverage criticizing USA Swimming’s policies on child protection. The story has made many headlines, but it lacks a great deal of truth. We want to take this opportunity to speak openly to you, our swimming family. First, and most importantly, sexual abuse – and any abuse of our athletes – is an issue that USA Swimming takes very, very seriously, and always has. It breaks our hearts to see a child mistreated....

North Florida Cuts Women's Swimming and Diving from swimmingworld.com The University of North Florida announced on Monday the discontinuation of the Women's Swimming and Diving program. UNF Athletic Director Lee Moon attributes the strategic restructuring to a number of factors, including the level of competition, financial impact to UNF, facilities and conference membership. Al... Full Story!

USA Swimming Sectionals, Fort Lauderdale: Elizabeth Beisel Doubles; Ryan Lochte Posts Strong Prelim Times from swimmingworldmagazine.com By David Rieder FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, March 21. ON the final night of long course meter action at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Fort Lauderdale, Olympians Elizabeth Beisel and Ryan Lochte clocked world-class times; Beisel's... Click Here To Read The Full Story!

USA Swimming Sectionals, Fort Lauderdale: Elizabeth Beisel Breaks Own Sectional Record March 20, 2010 FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, March 20. DURING the third night of long course meter action, Bluefish's Elizabeth Beisel lowered her sectional record in the women's 200 IM at the USA Swimming Sectionals held in Fort Lauderdale. Mexico's Fernanda Gonzalez Ramirez touched out Beisel, 1:02.11 to 1:02.21 to win the women's 100 back. Gator... Full Story!

NCSA Junior Nationals: Rachel Naurath Caps Great Meet With Another Title March 20, 2010 For information on how to watch On-Demand archives from this event, click On-Demand Pass (Expires March 31st). ORLANDO, Florida, March 20. THE final night of short course yard swimming came to a close at the N... Full Story!

Florida Wins One of Closest Meets in NCAA History 1650 Freestyle Nikki White of Indiana took charge from start to finish in heat one of the mile, giving the others a time to chase in 16:08.52. It didn’t take long for that to be matched as Melanie Costa-Schmidt of Florida dominated her way to a clocking of 16:01.72 in heat two. Heat three proved to be the ‘slow’ heat with Samantha Vanden Berge of UCLA overcoming an early lead by Eleanor Doran of USC to finish in 16:09.40. Heat four...

NCAA Division I Women's Championships: Florida Wins Team Title; Stanford Claims 400 Free Relay WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 20. WHILE Stanford claimed the final event title, the Florida Gators had the ultimate victory for the NCAA team title thanks to an unbelievable comeback triumph after an amazing morning of qualifying. Stanford's Kate Dwelley, Sam Woodward, Betsy Webb and Julia Smit did what they had to do to try to give Stanford the overall title by winning with a pool record 3:12.32. That performance beat the 3:13.56 set by Georgia...

Amended Lawsuit Filed Alleging Widespread Abuse Within USA Swimming from swimmingworldmagazine.com SAN JOSE, California, March 19 SAN JOSE attorney B. Robert Allard alleges widespread abuse within USA Swimming in an amended lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court. According to an article... Click Here To Read The Full Story!



